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Archive for June, 2008

Austin’s record heat continues

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

From KXAN.com

There have been high temperatures of 100 degrees or hotter for 17 days, and 16 days of record-breaking temperatures.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Sparta Grill

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Mississippi Floodwaters in Iowa

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Amazing photos of the flooding in Iowa. The recovery process for this is going to be long and painful.

Airline Announcements

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

More classic Carlin:

Part one
Part two

Report Sees Illegal Hiring Practices at Justice Dept

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

NY Times article:

Justice Department officials over the last six years illegally used “political or ideological” factors to hire new lawyers into an elite recruitment program, tapping law school graduates with conservative credentials over those with liberal-sounding resumes, a new report found Tuesday.

Marquee goodness

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Goodbye George

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

George Carlin passed away this weekend. I used to listen to his stuff over and over again and still have large portions committed to memory. He will be missed.

I used to be Irish catholic
Hippie dippie weatherman
Cats
7 words

Oldham

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Guard rail rusty goodness

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Religious right still in firm control of Texas GOP

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

I’m sure that’s no surprise. It’s also no surprise that I’m not a member of the religious right or the GOP. So why does their party platform still depress me? Some of the passages in the official platform document shock me in their zeal to promote discrimination based on very …