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Houstonian Collecting Oral Histories from Long-Time Residents
KUHF: Houstonian Collecting Oral Histories from Long-Time Residents
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Poisoned pigeons mar Texas festival
This article couldn’t be any funnier if it tried. From the Associated Press of all places - Poisoned pigeons mar Texas festival -
TEXARKANA — The city’s annual festival was marred by dead pigeons nose-diving into pavement and others dying on downtown sidewalks after they ate poisoned corn from the roof of a nearby bank branch.
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New Diggs
Tomorrow I’ll be setting up shop in the old Eller Wagon Works building across from Minute Maid Park, not the least exciting part of which is a hella parking space.
Jessie’s cultural experience in a very traditional Indian wedding
My friend Jessie finally got around to posting pics of Shilpa’s wedding. I guess we can forgive her since it’s really long um, thorough.
Read the post: A Wedding Like None Other (in my experience anyway!)
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Houston Go! Magazine
I’ve got a couple of articles in the newly minted Houston Go! Magazine. Houston Go! is an entertainment monthly. It’s pretty amazing. Pete’s labor of love is not only coming to fruition, but already hitting the stands. You can pick up a copy of your very own at any of these locations.
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Orientation at the University of Houston Law School today
First up - take a test. It was an evaluation of our writing proficiency, but still. It was very test-like and made law school feel that much more real and looming, which of course it is. Our first class is next tuesday.
MS150
2 days. 180 miles. 12,000 riders. 10 million raised for MS research. Not a bad weekend. Kris, Katy and I cross the finish line.
The Grace Bible Church Podcast, Guinea Pigs Needed
I just finished creating a podcast for my church and I need a few guinea pigs if any of y’all would be willing. Basically I just need to know if it works and if people have trouble subscribing or downloading the mp3 files. If you want to play, grab a copy of iTunes and follow the directions below. If you are offended by the idea of being associated with rodents, feel free to refer to yourself as a beta-tester.
1. Download a podcast reader such as Apple’s iTunes (it’s free, no excuses)
2. Install it, then run the program
3. Click the “Podcasts” option in the Source menu (on the left)
4. Copy the link http://feeds.feedburner.com/GraceBibleChurchPodcast
5. From the iTunes menu select “Advanced” and “Subscribe to Podcast”
6. Paste the link from step 4 into the URL field
For steps 4 through 6 you can also try to drag and drop the following icon:
Subscribe to the Grace Bible Church Podcast
The Weepies at McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
I’ve just got too much going on right now, a familiar refrain these days, but for the rest of you, thursday’s show at McGonigel’s Mucky Duck features The Weepies, a project from veteran folk artists Deb Talan and Steve Tennen.
Take a listen to: The Weepies
In search of the perfect laptop
I’m starting law school in the not to distant future and one of the first orders of business is to find the perfect laptop. The University of Houston law center techies have a recommended Dell laptop that gets you 3 years of free technical support, but frankly I’ve used a Dell for the last 3 years and it’s just not worth it, in my humble opinion.
So what constitutes the perfect laptop these days? Before I get down to the technical, let’s step back for a moment. What do I need to really do with a laptop?