Category: Austin

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    Saved By The Bell

    School finally started this week for the wee ones. Princess kicked off her yearlong public school farewell tour as a senior and Budman became an almost-big fish at the Middle School as a 7th grader. “But Semitough” you say. “Doesn’t school start much earlier down there deep-in-the-heart’o?” Not any more. The Texas Legislature, in their […]

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    Burnt Orange Twist of a Different Sort

    I don’t even know how to describe this story at Deadspin. Suffice it to say that this takes the Red River Rivalry between Oklahoma University and Texas University to a whole ‘nother level. If you’re squeamish you might want to skip this one. You’ve been warned. These CTs are feeling it.

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    Aggie Football Preview With A Burnt Orange Twist

    Found this link posted on an Aggie football forum of all places. An entertaining and in many cases bang on  analysis of the upcoming 2007 season. Barking Carnival’s Texas A&M Football State of the Union lays it out in a forthright fashion that even this Aggie fan can’t argue: Dennis Franchione is an enigma wrapped in a […]

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    Friday Funkishness

    Freddie King-Boogie Funk Haven’t done any Friday Funkishness in awhile, but got the urge tonight after ruminating all week on the awesome vintage concert posters plastering the walls at Threadgill’s World Headquarters  and Scholz Garten in Austin. One of the posters near our table was this one circa 1970 for Freddie King. I saw Freddie […]