Woo hoo!
This year you had to register for a lottery with your credit card with an Austin billing address. All wristbands are tied to a name, and you could only order two. South By Bob Noxious did the heavy lifting and I win.
I’d like to hear how many people signed up for wristbands, and if we got lucky or they successfully scared away all the people they were trying to. But I have a wristband with my name on it.
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:50:31 -0600
From: wristbands@sxsw.com
To: blog.shirl.com
Subject: SXSW Wristband Purchase Confirmation
Congratulations!
Bobnoxious's entry has been chosen to purchase SXSW Music Festival
Wristbands, and you were listed as his 2nd wristband recipient.
You will be able to pick up your wristband at the Austin Convention
Center in Exhibit Hall 4 located at 4th Street and Neches beginning
Sunday, March 9th at Noon. You may pick up your wristband any time
during the following operating hours:
Sunday, March 9 (12pm-8pm)
Monday, March 10 (9:30am-6pm)
Tuesday, March 11 (10am-8pm)
Wednesday, March 12 (10am-12 midnight)
Thursday, March 13 (9am-10pm)
Friday, March 14th (10 am to 9 pm)
Saturday, March 15th (11 am to 4 pm)
To pick up your wristband, you must present a government-issued photo ID
matching the recipient name provided in your entry. Each individual must
pick up his or her own wristband. You may not pick up a wristband for
another person. All wristbands are assigned by name, and are non-
transferable.
The wristband will be attached to your arm at time of pick up, and must
not be removed until the festival is over.
Please print this receipt and bring it with you when you pick up your
wristband.
Your acknowledgment Code is : NONEOFYOURDB
BONUS! By following the link below and filling out the wristband
survey, you will enter for a chance to have your wristband(s) upgraded
to a Music Badge! Make sure to enter your acknowledgment ID:
NONEOFYOURDB
http://secure.sxsw.com/phpESP/public/survey.php?name=wristband
If you have any questions, please e-mail wristbands@sxsw.com
Thank you,
SXSW
February 27th, 2008
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bshirley |
music, sxsw |
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“The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.” -James Monroe
Getting back to the list of presidential qualifications, we have number five: James Monroe.
He presided over the acquisition of Florida, and the statehood granting to Mississippi, Illinois, Alabama, Maine, and Missouri. The Missouri Compromise and the Monroe Doctrine are all you’ll likely remember about him from grade school history.
In one of the most famous presidential portraits in history, he’s “the guy holding the flag”: Washington Crossing the Delaware, Emanuel Leutze.
Born in 1758 in Virginia, he served two terms from 1817-1825, and died in 1831 (age 73). He was the third president to die on the 4th of July.
Experience
- born land rich and money poor to a woodworker and tobacco farmer
- graduated the College of William and Mary, age 18
- fought in the Continental Army, age 19-22
- practiced law, age 22-24
- became member of the Virginia House of Delegates, age 25
- participated in the Continental Congress, age 26-28
- married, age 28 through his presidency
- Minister to France, age 36-38
- lawyer, age 39-40
- Governor of Virginia, age 41-44
- Ambassador to the Great Britain, age 45-48
- Virginia House of Delegates, age 49-51
- Governor of Virginia, age 51, resigned
- Secretary of State, served while running for president, age 51-58
- Secretary of War (filling two cabinet positions), age 55-56
- elected at the age of 58, a year after the end of the War of 1812
He lived on the grounds of the University of Virginia for five years after his presidency, moving to New York after his wife’s death to live with his daughter until his death.
February 26th, 2008
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bshirley |
presidents |
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Described in an article this week, the Beelzebufo, or Devil Frog is the largest currently known frog to have existed.
It totally makes me want to support the reanimation of extinct creatures from DNA. I want a frog from hell as a pet!
They were predatory. He could live under my house and eat the neighborhood rats.
It also wins for best scientific name of the week.
February 25th, 2008
Posted by
bshirley |
inthenews, science |
one comment
My biggest complaint about presumed Republican nominee for President of the United States John McCain is that there is no “r” in Washington!
February 23rd, 2008
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bshirley |
inthenews, language, politics |
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I played Crokinole this weekend for the first time. I saw it up at BGG.Con in November, and saw some talk about it before that (someone made two custom boards for the convention), but didn’t get around to playing it. Greg has his hanging on his wall like the art piece it is, but we’d never played it.
Apparently there are some particular rules about sitting down (one cheek to the seat) and not moving your chair, so the setup at a barstool-height table without chairs was an “invalid” one at the convention, anyway.
It was lots of fun, and a little bit infectious, and made us play until 2:30am, by which time we were not playing too well.
Basic rules: 4-player, each player has 6 disks, rotate in order, team mates across from each other. You must contact an opposing piece, or all of your pieces that moved are removed from the board. Rings are successively worth 5, 10, 15, with the hole in the middle worth 20, and instantly scored. After all are shot, the team in the lead gets the point difference.
The new boards run in the $150-$700 range, but are super nice and basically family heirlooms (barring fire or Katrina event). Of unknown origin but dating back to 1876 at least and popular with Canadian Mennonites. Check out the 35 new models and 3,500 antique used boards.
February 17th, 2008
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friends, games, weekend |
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So, I started off the OwnCon with a game of Tichu. I’ve been meaning to learn this suspiciously popular trick-taking card game. And I am very glad to have learned it. Another Bill and I “won” the learning game, so I got some free games from it.
February 9th, 2008
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bshirley |
games |
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