Daily Archives: September 25, 2003

Best Local Blog

Congratulations to Kevin Whited for winning the first Best Local Blog award from the Houston Press! Way to go, dude. Continue reading

Posted in Blog stuff | 4 Comments

The best laid plans

Your football team is 0-3, and you’re on the road for a tough game. The good news is that you’ve won the last two times you’ve played there, you’ve got some injured players coming back, and you’re staying at the … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Other sports | 1 Comment

Stupid Young Conservative Tricks

There’s not really much you can say about the affirmative action bake sale put on at SMU by a chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas once you get past the basic responses of “dumber than a box of hair” … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in The great state of Texas | 9 Comments

Metro update

Some good news on the rail front: Metro has jumped through the latest hoop by voting to change the ballot language in a way that satisfies Rep. John Culberson, and the Federal Transit Administration has accepted the change. Assuming that … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles | 1 Comment

What a tangled web

You may recall how a wacky group called Texas Citizens’ Action Network (TexCAN) recently accused MoveOn supporters of being Commies because the Communist Party of America (cpusa.org) web page links to MoveOn.org. Well, the Austin Chronicle had the same reaction … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | 1 Comment

Maryland shrugs off Diebold problems

You’ve probably already read this scary Salon article about the easily-compromised Diebold voting machines. According to that article, the state of Maryland ordered a review of its purchase of the Diebold machines. Well, guess what? Turns out the state of … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Scandalized! | 2 Comments