The Oscars are like dividend statements from Bernie Madoff. You know they’re coming, you expect the worst, but you open the envelopes anyway, with your fingers crossed, hoping this year will be better. It never is, but despite rock-bottom ratings, and dwindling interest in too many nominees nobody...

This article should be titled Oklahoma Alias Oklahoma! That part of the country we know and love has two faces my friend. In the Spring it is a storm chasers dream. Wide open country where you can see the horizon on all sides for miles. Watching and waiting for a funnel cloud to form or dangle down ...

From Bill King, in an e-mail entitled "Driving Bolivar": ===================== ... Currently, there are about 38 persons confirmed to have been killed by the Hurricane Ike with about 40 others still missing. The governor's office estimates the total economic impact of Hurricanes Ike and Dolly to be ...

Another week of triage, slogging through the backlog of CDs, including a few things from the logjam when I was in Detroit. Still haven't gotten to unpacking the travel cases. If I had nothing better to do, and more confidence than I feel, I'd say that next week should be the one where I buckle down ...

good evening! finally i've gotten around to compiling my top ten favorite albums of 2008 (here's a link to 2007's list) of course i waited until very last minute (totally my style) so it's been a bit of a scramble (and i had to keep my writing on each album to a minimum) but i'm quite happy with the...

Mr says he *may* have tomorrow off (up in the air - he's been scheduled to work, so it's a cool bonus if he has off!) Getting pre-paid in full for a doll-to-be-made, which is a character I have been dying to have an excuse to make for years. Win-win for me! Finishing a dollie that has been in the wo...

For all of those living along the Texas Gulf coast, looking back on 2008 cannot fail to bring to mind thoughts of stormy weather (Tropical Storm Edouard and Hurricanes Dolly, Gustav, and Ike).  Those who stayed endured several frightening and sometimes dangerous days.  Those who fled were left wor...

As we close out 2008, we're taking a moment to briefly revisit some of the articles that we published on Austinist this year. Whether poignant, sad, hilarious, or downright ludicrous, many of these stories probably affected your lives to some extent. Certainly, at the very least, they provided their...

Lost Pines? Have the UT Regents and Ken Shine Lost Their Minds? Contact: Tom Johnson   Executive Director  Texas Faculty Assn.  800-364-8452 X1471 tjohnson@tsta.org    GALVESTON/AUSTIN – DEC. 15, 2008: The University of Texas Board of Regents h...

ABC 33/40 E-FORECASTMorning Edition For Thursday December 4, 2008===================================================================HUNTER STREET CHRISTMAS PAGEANTSunday, December 14Celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ at "Beautiful Savior", aChristmas pageant at Hunter Street Baptist Churc...