Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

President Musk and Trump are both poorly raised, coddled 8 year old boys.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

They want us to be overwhelmed and exhausted. Focus. Resist. Oppose.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

“I never thought they’d lock HIM up,” sobbed a distraught member of the Lock Her Up Party.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

“Loving your country does not mean lying about it’s history.”

If a good thing happens for a bad reason, it’s still a good thing.

Hey hey, RFK, how many kids did you kill today?

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

Celebrate the fucking wins.

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

“I was told there would be no fact checking.”

Let the trolls come, and then ignore them. that’s the worst thing you can do to a troll.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

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  3. 3.

    Tokyokie

    You should go to JMueller BBQ on South Congress to eat. Although I’m sure he’s sold out for today and he won’t be open again until Thursday. In which case you should go to Sam’s on East Sixth Street and get the mutton ribs. Or try one of the joints down in Lockart (about 40 miles southeast).

  5. 5.

    Tokyokie

    @Joseph Nobles: Is it SXSW time? Then forget about JMueller’s or Franklin’s for BBQ; they’ll be packed. Sam’s will do, provided you go late at night, and Lockart will be fine. You might want to try Louie Mueller’s in Taylor (aobut 40 miles northeast).

  9. 9.

    nancydarling

    John, Does your trip there have anything to do with the LabVIEW conference? My son is flying in tomorrow for it with some fellow engineers.

  12. 12.

    General Stuck

    You are aware they execute the bewildered in that god forsaken state. Just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and innocent as a baby calf. Austin may be fairly liberal, but I wouldn’t go out unless you absolutely have to.

  14. 14.

    The Dangerman

    I saw a TV show on Black’s BBQ in Lockhart; worth the trouble from Austin? I figure with a fluffy large gigantic white cat, going to Blacks seems apropos.

  16. 16.

    Violet

    @Tommybones: Yes, it’s not really Texas, except for that being in the middle of the state part and being the capital part. Other than that, not Texas at all.

  17. 17.

    Nicole

    Oh, Austin… I haven’t been there in almost 20 years. I was on a children’s theater tour and had just been dumped by my boyfriend. Austin offered me many fine places to drown my sorrows.

    Tonight, the husband and I are off to celebrated a friend’s 40th birthday. Said friend decided he wanted a superhero/supervillain theme party. Costumes are required. While shopping online for something to wear, I thought how helpful it would be if. among the many other costume categories, there was “Costumes that do not require Spanx.”

  21. 21.

    catclub

    @Nicole: There may actually be people (more likely androids or some such) who do not require spanx for such costumes.

  24. 24.

    Jane2

    @raven: The Broken Spoke is still there, complete with old guy dancers who make sure every female gets a turn at the two-step.

  26. 26.

    Mike in NC

    Last time I was in Texas several years ago, I spent two weeks at Fort Hood in August. God did it suck. On my one day off I visited the Nimitz Museum in Fredericksburg.

  28. 28.

    MikeJ

    Listening to John Parish & Polly Jean Harvey, Dance Hall at Louse Point.

    Damn that’s a good album.

  30. 30.

    Jane2

    @raven: They still have great acts and lots of cold Shiner. I don’t think the bathrooms have been cleaned since you were last there.

  38. 38.

    PeakVT

    Going to bed soon because this week my body wants to sleep from 8 to 4. This is something that is not under my control.

  41. 41.

    Keith G

    @raven: It gets in your blood. I have several friends around Galveston Bay who are married to a fine boat and keep a good wife.

  44. 44.

    JPL

    @PeakVT: At times, I’ll be on a nine to five shift but mostly ten to six. Eight is a tad early, my friend. just sayin Pretty soon the sun will still be shining at that time so your clock will be readjusted.

  47. 47.

    mainmati

    I thought you guys didn’t like PBS/NPR as part of the Village. I think sometimes they are but mostly they aren’t – certainly not part of the news entertainment complex.

  48. 48.

    Sayne

    Dude if you can actually get in to see a show Austin City Limits, you’re in for a treat. I hear it’s an awesome experience.

  53. 53.

    JPL

    I just finished the BBC version of House of Cards and it’s different from the American version. There was more chemistry between Spacey and Wright but Richardson is the ultimate ambitious sociopath. Because of the length of time between the series, it seems like a different show, imo.

  54. 54.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    @PeakVT:

    I went to bed at 9pm on Friday, then the puppy woke me every hour on the hour by jumping on my head, at 2am, 3am, and 4am. By 5am I figured it was just time to get up and give up the battle. I figured that I will be in bed by 9pm again tonight so’s the puppy can do her thing. *sigh*

  55. 55.

    scav

    OT HORRORS!. Man possibly forced into parenthood without his consent and with monetary consequences for years! Anyone going to bring up that once that sperm exited his body it should perform its sacred task in the production of snowflakes? If he didn’t want to be a father, he should have kept those wigglers where they belonged. Once the sexual bits leave the body, doesn’t it not matter what happens to them next according to the transvaginal principle?

    Not to actually condone stealing sperm all the same. (Guess the regular act was just too traumatizing for the woman, or something.) Amusing to contemplate who is going to get most control of their gametes though in this post-discrimination world.

  56. 56.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @JPL: Richardson is ten times the prick as Urqhart than Spacey is as Underwood. I loved them both.

  57. 57.

    PeakVT

    @JPL: Unfortunately, the sun has very little effect on my sleep cycle.

    @Litlebritdifrnt: At least that will end in a year or so. And puppeh kisses make everything better anyway.

  58. 58.

    Davebo

    @General Stuck:

    Geez General you sound like one of those wingnuts who insist we must invade Iran because he’s afraid of the elastic in his underwear!

  60. 60.

    NotMax

    Okay, that was a surreal moment.

    In the kitchen prepping for big cooking adventure this afternoon. TCM on in other living room, in the background.

    Announcement made that the Burt Lancaster movie “The Train” will be on later today.

    However, what with being in another room and the bubbling of stuff simmering on stovetop partially masking the sound, what I heard was the announcer say “And then Burt Lancaster tries to stop The Tranny.”

  62. 62.

    kindness

    Can’t be SXSW yet. That doesn’t start till the 8th. But it may be a good time to hang out for a couple weeks if ya know what I’m sayin’ John. Could be fun.

  64. 64.

    lamh35

    Another weekend another birthday party in NOLA. Today’s party is for my twin aunt and uncle’s 44th birthday. The bar is stocked, the DJ is on da ones and twos, the crawfish is boiling, the oysters bout to go on da grill and da party ain’t even started yet!

  67. 67.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    anybody know if MyDD has folded it’s tent? They seem to have slowly fizzled out over the last few years, but now the link goes nowhere. I wonder if Jerome Armstrong finally joined the Trappists or something when Willard failed to avenge Hillary.

  68. 68.

    jeffreyw

    Mrs J and I just got back from a visit to the new microbrewery just down the road. Opened today and may have wood fired pizza kiln operating soon. Beer was tasty but the crowd seemed too young to drink. New crop of hippies, looked like.

  69. 69.

    ericblair

    @Davebo:

    Geez General you sound like one of those wingnuts who insist we must invade Iran because he’s afraid of the elastic in his underwear!

    To be fair, I’m afraid of the elastic in his underwear, too.

    Austin. Bats. Grackle shit. IBM training courses. Other than that, I got nuthin.

  72. 72.

    central texas

    @Tokyokie:

    J. Mueller has been involved in a bit of drama over the last few months but will be back in business as:

    http://www.johnmuellermeatco.com/home/

    Also, responding to another poster; yes, the Broken Spoke lives though it is in the middle of a severe attack of “progress”, surrounded by construction.

  73. 73.

    JPL

    Jeffrey, I saw the picture of Katie on the what’s for dinner site. Since your wife works with animals, I know she has several techniques for luring her back to the tribe. Have you tried sleeping with the stuffed animal before leaving for Katie? When I left dogs at the kennel I used to leave a pair of my jeans so they would have the scent.

  74. 74.

    eldorado

    you have unfortunately missed the texas rollergirls, unless you want to stay the entire month.

  75. 75.

    Lolis

    I live in Austin:

    Here are my essentials:
    1.) Catch a show at Alamo Drafthouse Ritz or S. Lamar locations. Best to see an original show like Master Pancake or a Sing-a-long.
    2.) LBJ Museum
    3.) La Condesa Happy Hour – amazing half price apps, like grilled corn on the cob with parmesan cheese.
    4.) Koriente – excellent downtown food, healthy, local, I love the Jabchai, sweet potato noodles, great teas, etc.
    5.) The flagship Whole Foods
    6.) Peche – Sunday and Monday has all day happy hour and turn this place into a bargain. Only certain marked drinks are half price. I love the ones with champagne.
    7.) East Sixth – So many awesome bars to choose, Liberty, White Horse, Eastside Showroom, The Grackle
    8.) Club DeVille is my favorite Red River bar
    9.) Mt. Bonnell, take a short walk up for a great view of Austin, nearby here is the grounds of the Austin Museum of Art Laguna Gloria location which are great for a lovely stroll. The museum is a big skip. Right by here is a cute park with a bunch of peacocks and coi ponds.
    10.) Eat in the front patio of The Driskill Hotel. food is not amazing, great chocolate cake though, but view is fun and good ambiance. The restaurant is called 1888 or something.

  76. 76.

    trollhattan

    I give you the new voice of Republican reason: Herr Karl Rove. No, seriously guys. Stop the guffawing, the lot of you.

    “Losing has one great benefit to it,” Rove told a gathering of delegates at the party’s spring convention in Sacramento. “It gives you the chance to start fresh to look everything anew and start rebuilding from the ground up in innovative and thoughtful ways that will expand our reach and expand our members.”

    California GOP officials invited the former aide and adviser to former President George W. Bush to address attendees as they seek to recoup from a bruising 2012 election. The party, which holds no statewide office, ceded supermajority control to legislative Democrats, lost key congressional races and dipped below 30 percent in statewide voter registration.

    Rove echoed earlier remarks on the need to elect Latino and other minority candidates to local and state offices, telling state Republicans they need to go beyond talking to their traditional base. He praised Republicans in his home state of Texas for recruiting diverse candidates for statewide office, saying it’s important to have Republican messengers who “look like and sound like the people they’re asking for the vote from.”

    “If our values are universal then we have obligation to argue on behalf of values in every corner, in every crevice, in every community of our great country,” he said.

    Rove also urged Republicans to modernize their message, applying “timeless principles” of conservatism to new circumstances.

    http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2013/03/karl-rove.html#storylink=cpy

  78. 78.

    JPL

    @trollhattan: wtf.. values? applying timeless principles to new circumstances? Do you have any idea what he is talking about?

    I saw this earlier today.. This is what repubs do
    BATON ROUGE, La. — The budget hole in Baton Rouge has now grown to an estimated $1.3 billion for the 2013-2014 fiscal year.
    Gov. Bobby Jindal is hoping to avoid massive cuts to higher education and healthcare by taking money from reserve funds across the state.
    His $24.7 billion spending proposal would get $100 million from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.
    Much of the money was set aside to build phase four of the sprawling facility along the riverfront.
    “That is a state entity,” said Jindal. “They’ve got $170 million in reserves. This is above and beyond the money they use for operations.”
    State Rep. Jared Brossett, D-New Orleans, calls it a money grab.
    “It should not be taken and used for the state general fund,” said Brossett. “I disagree with their raiding of the fund. It’s a problem all over the state what the governor is doing as it relates to this budget.”

  80. 80.

    trollhattan

    @JPL:

    Sadly, I’ve lost my English-Wingnut/Wingnut-English dictionary, so I’m stuck on “Give me your money and I’ll fix it.”

    Seems too simple.

  81. 81.

    dance around in your bones

    @trollhattan:

    With the Repubs it’s all about the presentation/messaging, not their principles.

    FAIL. Please proceed, Repubs.

  83. 83.

    gbear

    @Lolis: Any chance that Club Foot is still around? My band played there in the early 80’s. We got bottled one night. Only time in my life that’s happened.

    My other memory of Austin is cockroaches the size of mice. When I got home I opened my suitcase on the front yard and brought everything in one piece at a time.

    While we were there we went to The Continental to see Doug Sahm. That was so cool.

  84. 84.

    Ben Cisco

    Was stationed in Austin circa ’88-92. Loved it. Alas, haven’t been back since my retirement tour in ’94. Miss the BBQ.

  86. 86.

    Baud

    @trollhattan:

    Losing has one great benefit to it,” Rove told a gathering of delegates at the party’s spring convention in Sacramento.

    I agree. They should do it more often.

  88. 88.

    balconesfault

    @trollhattan: Ahh yes – I remember Sir Douglas well.

    Actually saw his son playing his slot with the Texas Tornadoes a couple years back. Very sweet.

  90. 90.

    clussman

    Cole, I live in Austin. Are you planning to do a BJ meetup while you’re in town? And are you in town for SXSW Interactive? I go every year. Could possibly meet for a beer or some whiskey. There’s going to be pretty much unlimited free alcohol in this city for the next few weeks.

  91. 91.

    JenJen

    Pens-Habs game is EPIC. 6-6 with 4 minutes to go.

    It’s like they’re making it up to the fans for all that lockout nonsense or something.

  93. 93.

    trollhattan

    @clussman:

    There’s going to be pretty much unlimited free alcohol in this city for the next few weeks.

    Poor the rest of Texas. They just don’t have the right attitude.

  95. 95.

    dance around in your bones

    @clussman:

    Cole, I live in Austin. Are you planning to do a BJ meetup while you’re in town?

    John pretty much love/hates us all and is famously not interested in meeting us. You might try DougJ, though.

    I wish I was in Austin.

  96. 96.

    trollhattan

    @balconesfault:
    I didn’t know until just checking the googles he died back in ’99. Completely missed that but then, it’s not like MICHAEL FUCKING JACKSON DYING. LOVE the Texas Tornadoes album, and am frequently caught singing, “If you’ve got the dinero, we can take my Camero.”

    A buddy’s BIL was guitarist on a Doug Sahm album and got us into Fantasy Studio, which at the time was unchanged from the Creedence “Cosmos Factory” cover. Which had more of an impact seeing it than typing it.

  99. 99.

    raven

    @dance around in your bones:

    I wish I was sitting right under the X in Texas
    Right in the heart of where my heart should be
    No matter where I roam
    I’ll always be at home in Texas
    Under the X in Texas
    Is the only place for me. . .

  100. 100.

    raven

    Now I know he’s a teabaggin not job but Charlie does a nice job on Sweetwater Texas.

    When I was a young man in Sweetwater Texas
    Just one thing stayed on my mind
    To ride a white horse over Durango Mountain
    And leave Sweetwater Texas behind

  101. 101.

    trollhattan

    @JenJen:

    I’m out of whiskey.

    Somebody somewhere nearby can fix you up. Because that would be sad.

    I’m told I have too much wine in the basement. As if.

  104. 104.

    Firebert

    Torchy’s Tacos. Waterloo Records. The Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Stuff in Austin that’s awesome and not a bar.

  108. 108.

    scav

    One Jimmy Rogers and suddenly I’m off into Hank Snow and the Rumba Boogie. Dangerous stuff.

  113. 113.

    Firebert

    @raven: This time of year is kind of a low point for the bats. They’re migratory, and peak in August/September.

  115. 115.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    I wish neurotypical people would mean what they say. I wish that when someone says, “I’m really excited about going to the game tomorrow. I’m looking forward to it,” it meant that they actually intended to show up. On an intellectual level I realize that most people don’t actually intend any sort of commitment when they say things like that but on a fundamental level I don’t get it. I fall for that trick every time.

    Those of us on the autism spectrum allowed the rest of you to create (although you didn’t write down) the rules of social behavior. All I can say is that you guys have fucked up the job.

  117. 117.

    dance around in your bones

    @raven:

    I grew up in ABQ, which was about the closest I got to Texas. Something about it makes me go all Thelma and Louise about the place.

    I have a sister who lives in El Paso, but that’s not Austin, man. Who knows, I may end up living in El Paso, the way things are going.

  118. 118.

    Cacti

    Just a friendly FYI, when a Texas joint says “BBQ” what they mean is slow cooked beef.

    Barbecue, of course, comes from a pig, but Texas tries, bless their hearts.

  121. 121.

    dance around in your bones

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN): As a neurotypical (actually, sometimes I worry that I’m a sociopath or a misanthropist) – I apologize for our insensitivity.

    I really mean that. I have a grandson that looks like he might be “atypical” and it kinda worries me. He’s smart as hell and very imaginative, however – so I’m sure he’ll be fine? You just have to deal with what life hands you, no?

    Naturally, I don’t say anything about it to his parents.

  122. 122.

    Suffern ACE

    Mmmm. Stinky Cheese. But since the theme is Texas….well I don’t know how this day ties to that.

  123. 123.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN): Question: is tone of voice an issue for you? Sarcastic or ironic tone, etc? I certainly know that I have said things like “That sounds great,” in a tone of voice meant to convey exactly the opposite message.

  124. 124.

    JasonF

    I’ve been to Austin once, for a professional conference. Barbecue at Iron Works and live music on Sixth Street. It was lots of fun.

  125. 125.

    dance around in your bones

    @raven: haha!

    I was actually born on the outskirts of Chicago, and we moved to ABQ when I was around 5 or 6? I remember driving there in the family station wagon and thinking I was going to see Cowboys and Indians any time now.

    Then we got to my parent’s friends place in ABQ and I promptly threw up in their hallway.

    We DID go to a lot of Indian reservations later on down the road, saw the dances, ate the fry bread. New Mexico is a good place to grow up.

  126. 126.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    @Omnes Omnibus: It can be an issue, but not in this case. The person seemed genuinely excited. She was asking where a good place to park near the arena is. That just doesn’t seem like the question you ask when you’re just kidding.

    On the other hand, the Gophers are now 36-0 and have scored 20 times since they last gave up a goal. The penalty kill is +2 on the season. And right now they’re doing it without the best player in the country on the ice.

  127. 127.

    scav

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN): I’m not entirely sure how many people actually understand whatever rules there supposedly are. Far as I know I’ve never been diagnosed with anything beyond chronic curmudgeonliness and so-called normal people baffle me. Luckily, there are enough of the other kind. I’ve a sneaky suspicion that many people are just faking it — no wonder it’s a mess. Not to imply you’re not wrestling with more bafflement than most, but don’t underestimate others confusion with the muddle of social existence.

  129. 129.

    dance around in your bones

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN):

    Sometimes people are just trying to be polite. That’s the basic social funky fabric.

    And sometimes stuff comes up that makes you not able to carry through with your implied promises.

    Try not to take it to heart so much. One thing I have always told my kids is that people are never thinking about you as much as you think they are. That’s life.

  130. 130.

    MikeJ

    Sadly, Austin has no BBQ. They have this thing they do with beef that is reminiscent of BBQ, but just isn’t the same.

    I did once see Guided by Voices there though. Some outdoor “bbq” venue. A joint went from guitarist to me to Pollard, which is probably true of every other person who was there.

    I also saw a buncha other bands in a buncha other bars and even bought cds from many, but GbV was the only one that ever mattered.

  132. 132.

    MikeJ

    @clussman: Cole explicitly said he hates it when people invite him for a beer when he is in town, but it won’t stop me from inviting him for one if he ever lets us know he’s coming to Seattle. Getting to annoy him would probably be as much fun as meeting him.

  133. 133.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @MikeJ: Maybe everyone in the Austin area should email Cole about meeting up. Two for the price of one.

  134. 134.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    @scav:

    I’m not entirely sure how many people actually understand whatever rules there supposedly are.

    I agree. That’s just more evidence that you’ve all fucked this up. Your rules for social behavior don’t even make sense to *you*. I mean, if they did then I could at least understand why you do it even though it all baffles me. But you don’t. You can’t even get it right for yourselves.

    It’s time for you to just abdicate your authority and let those of us on the spectrum take over.

  135. 135.

    dance around in your bones

    @MikeJ:
    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Haaaaaahaaaahaaaahaa!

    Let’s all email Cole and ask him out for a beer/meeting – wherever we are. That would be fun. All over the country! And perhaps out of the country!

    He’d delete all our emails in a flash.

  138. 138.

    scav

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN): Actually, I don’t think there’s any system that would really work universally. Regimenting jello is the basic issue. What makes sense to one person is ass backwards to the next, and we’re a mass of contradictions over and beyond our confusions. And that’s even if we’re well intentioned and trying to get along.

  143. 143.

    dance around in your bones

    Raoul Duke: And that, I think, was the handle – that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of old and evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn’t need that. Our energy would simply prevail. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look west, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark – that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.

    Nice Fear and Loathing refs, guys.

  144. 144.

    Anne Laurie

    @Nicole:

    While shopping online for something to wear, I thought how helpful it would be if. among the many other costume categories, there was “Costumes that do not require Spanx.”

    I believe that would be under “Muppets”. (Still have many yards of sequin-dazzled ruby velour that I intend for an Aughra costume one of these here years… )

  145. 145.

    Yutsano

    @MikeJ: We’d just have a meet-up with or without him. And if/when he didn’t show we’d just mock him mercilessly as we liveblogged.

  146. 146.

    Anne Laurie

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN):

    Those of us on the autism spectrum allowed the rest of you to create (although you didn’t write down) the rules of social behavior. All I can say is that you guys have fucked up the job.

    May I recommend — probably not for the first time — Miss Manners’ first book, which is available on kindle & almost certainly thru your local library?

    I am ADD, dyslexic, and was raised by wolves human ferals. When the book first came out in 1983, I read it cover to cover, which was easy because it was so entertaining. But more importantly, Judith Martin uses etiquette to spell out the substructure by which modern American neurotypicals have built our society, explaining in minute detail why “I’ll call you” can mean either “I look forward to becoming soulmates” or “Never come near me again or I’m getting a restraining order”, depending on context. She actually does write down all the stuff Normals pick up ‘automatically’.

    ETA: Missed the link! : http://www.amazon.com/Manners-Excruciatingly-Correct-Behavior-Freshly/dp/0393058743/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1362295836&sr=1-1&keywords=miss+manners+guide+to+excruciatingly+correct+behavior

  147. 147.

    Anne Laurie

    @dance around in your bones:

    I have a grandson that looks like he might be “atypical” and it kinda worries me. He’s smart as hell and very imaginative, however – so I’m sure he’ll be fine? You just have to deal with what life hands you, no?

    Naturally, I don’t say anything about it to his parents.

    Of course you don’t want to scare your kids unnecessarily, but on the other hand, if the little guy is ‘atypical’ then the earlier he gets access to special assistance, the better.

    I’m reading Far from the Tree, which is every bit as good as its reviews, but it’s terrifying even though I don’t have kids. Just the chapter on autism could be a stand-alone book, and there’s a bibliography long enough to published as a scholarly monogram.

  148. 148.

    dance around in your bones

    @Anne Laurie:

    Thank you for your thoughtful reply and book recommendation.

    The kid seems to have anger issues (usually directed at his little brother – shit rolls downhill) and lately has taken to chewing on his fingers. I’m not sure this is entirely atypical but I am keeping an eye on him. I will talk to the parents about it if it seems to worsen…..gads, I saw one of those “My Strange Addiction” shows yesterday that had a 24 yr old who wrapped a bit of blankie around her thumb and sucked it constantly, in public, even.

    People can be weird. Not excepting myself from that statement, either.

  149. 149.

    David Koch

    @Anne Laurie:

    I am ADD, dyslexic, and was raised by wolves human ferals.

    So sorry to hear that. I too have ADHD and dyslexia. It’s hard to deal with. For example, I know it’s not my fault, and I know I do everything to compensate, but still, I get so embarrassed when I misspell words that I want to crawl into a hole.

  150. 150.

    sneezy

    @dance around in your bones:

    I wish I was in Austin.

    In the Chili Parlor bar
    Drinkin mad dog margaritas
    And not carin where you are

    If I was in Austin this week, I might go see this lineup:

    Thu 3/07
    Billy Joe Shaver
    Ray Wylie Hubbard
    Chris Layton
    Malford Milligan
    Derek O’Brien
    Mayeux and Broussard

    at Antone’s.

  152. 152.

    heartlesshackle

    I second the barbecue nominations above, especially Snow’s in Lexington (open only Saturday mornings), Louis Mueller’s in Taylor (scheduled to reopen yesterday after having been closed for the last couple of weeks because of a pit fire), and Black’s in Lockhart (Smitty’s and Kreuz’s, too, for that matter). Franklin’s in Austin is some of the best, but that can be a hassle unless you order ahead for pickup. (They often run out of meat by 11:00 a.m.) I would also add to the list Stiles Switch on N. Lamar in Austin. Not Snow’s or Franklin’s level of greatness, but pretty good. Enjoy!

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    Central Planning

    @PeakVT:

    And puppeh kisses make everything better anyway.

    Does licking his balls make puppy kisses better or worse?

    I think that’s why I am not a dog person.

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    bluesqueezebox

    Hey Cole,
    If you’re still in town Saturday (the 9th)stop by and see my band play at Russian House (307 East 5th, 8-11). We play blues/jazz/gypsy (me on vocals and accordion, plus cello, trumpet, clarinet, guitar, bass and drums. They have Russian (and Soviet) costumes you can wear, and some very tasty vodka infusions. Hope to see you there!
    Clif

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