Category: Random

I’ve been holding back on posting about this, but I just can’t anymore. On Friday, Vanessa received a call from Meals on Wheels and More of Austin offering her a job! She formally accepted the offer today and so now everything is official. She has an apartment, a roommate, a job, a boyfriend. What else…

Are you annoyed at the endlesss “pre-approved” credit card offers that flood your mailbox? I am. For awhile, I was writing “remove from list” and sending the application back to them in their postage-paid envelopes, but that was still leading to a ton of paper waste, extra mail through the USPS and my time. I…

A story in today’s Austin American-Statesman pointed out something I didn’t realize: this weekend, the Republic of Texas Bike Rally and the Austin Pride Parade, celebrating gay, lesbian and transgendered folks, are both holding their celebrations in Austin. When I say “bike rally”, I mean big Harley-Davidson-riding, leather-wearing bikers. In any other city, it would…

CNN carried a story today about a 21-year old German guy who wanted to visit his girlfriend in Sydney, Australia but typed “Sidney” into a travel website instead. The guy found himself in Sidney, Montana. “”I did wonder but I didn’t want to say anything,” the gentleman told a newspaper. “I thought to myself, you…

After tonight’s little brawl, the NBA slowly start earning the nickname the “megasport”. This game, they combined a ball, a court, with some freestyle boxing. I heard next week they’re going to suit up in full pads and see who can kick the ball into the goal. I’m just completely blown away. There are plenty…

We shut off our AC. Okay, not completely, but we’ve knocked it up to 85 degrees. Our City of Austin bill, which includes water, sewer, waste removal and electricity, was much higher than we expected. As this is the financially most difficult time of year, an unexpected high bill hurts. Ever since then, however, I…