Jorhn McCain
My biggest complaint about presumed Republican nominee for President of the United States John McCain is that there is no “r” in Washington!
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Microsoft overtake of Yahoo?
This is not a good sign for my DSL service, which was set up by Southwestern Bell, which was overtaken by AT&T, which partnered with Yahoo, crufting up the place entirely. Now Microsoft wants in on the mess. Eep!
Political Appointees Eviscerate Science
This is actually more of a free speech case. It’s disappointing on both levels. I just found out that Ms. Chris Comer was forced to resign as the director of the Texas Education Agency. (I wished she would have forced a firing – but everyone much choose their own battles.) She was forced to step … Read more
MOB Offends Okies
The chron reports (if you want to call it that) that the MOB is apologizing again. This time for calling an ex-coach a douche bag and intimating that Tulsa is in hell. Boo hoo. I guess Tulsa alumni are the last little piggie.
Best of “Austin”
The Best of Austin is out again, and Lee lists a few of the beer categories. It’s the analog of the Houston Press’ Best of Houston – they’re both alt/entertainment weeklies owned by the same company (see comment #1). It quite humored me that three of the bests on the list are Houston imports: Little … Read more
Select a Candidate
A few days ago I was listening to a podcast while biking through Memorial Park all the way to the West Loop and in an extended PBS interview with Mike Gravel I was struck by how much I liked him (and of course how he had no chance in hell of being taken seriously, much … Read more