I am the Hoi Polloi

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The Chronicle says: “Most official Super Bowl parties this week are private, invitation-only soirees, such as Maxim and Playboy magazines’ celebrity-magnet events. Or they are free street bashes, such as the downtown Main Event concert jams, where few, if any, boldfaced name personalities will be mixing and mingling with Houston’s hoi polloi.” –chron Come on … Read more

Wait, wait: parse that WMD statement

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If you didn’t hear Wait, Wait this weekend, you missed the Dean Scream Buzzer and attempts at immitation and an attempt to parse the administration’s latest statement on weapons of mass desctruction – worth the price of admission itself.

METRO

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I’m taking METRO all week, not wanting to try to park downtown. Last night, took the rail to the CC. Got back downtown about 11:45. It’s crazy down there already. Busy, crazy. Not to mention the places that didn’t exist a week ago that are booming. Also, they’ve got a pedestrian hip-rail up next to … Read more

A long, busy day out of nowhere

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So, I had planned on going to the Big Top and prepping the bartop trim. But I also recalled that I had promised to replace a kitchen sink dispose-all for a friend this week and had been horribly otherwise busy.

So I called J. Nunnally to see what was up about 11am. “I’m at Ikea. I have $400 in gift certificates and I’m buying stuff for his house.” Bobby Mac being out of town, and J. Nunnally, his eX-but-still-friend house sitting for him. “I’m not sure how I’m gonna get the stuff back, though.”

I, of course, had dozens of things to do at the house, and had mentioned to Yo-yo, that I was planning on working at the CC/Big Top (but had made no specific plans or promises), so I offered “I’ll come help you”.

Number One. Ikea on a weekend should be avoided at all cost. O.K. that’s the only number that’s relevant.

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confluence

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In the past week I’ve had an amazing number of random and heartfelt compliments, all of which have bowled me over. I don’t know what’s going on in the Universe, but it’s a bit crazy right now. I’d go into the details, but they’re so overwhelming that I can’t really find the ability to do … Read more

20 Helens agree – Bill is meme-ing

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Ok, I’m meme-ing (it’s been a long week). Twenty things you might not know about me. My first name is Charles. I was born in Puerto Rico. I graduated from UT; I started as an Electrical Engineering major, and ended with a Computer Science degree. My father graduated UT; he started as an engineering major, … Read more