When I was a kid, the rumor was that the school district superintendent would decide to have a snow day based on how fast his dog came back to the door when he was let out for his morning constitutional. I could see that being true in the early 90s. If it were true now, we’d have a livestream cam on that dog to see if he’d take a shit or run back inside.
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Christmas Before Thanksgiving
I don’t mind you putting up Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving. I mind you turning on the Christmas lights. I mind you doing it in my neighborhood. Now, imagine this being said in the character of Charlie Young: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHQrOz8wkEA
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Texas Legohorns
Meet Drew Finkel, the Longhorn who built the UT Tower and DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium out of Legos. Installing a tablet into the scoreboard of the stadium, playing Longhorn highlights is my favorite touch. Source: Lego Land | An Alcalde Interactive Feature
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The Mystery Brains of the Texas State Lunatic Asylum
They were odd shapes and strange colors. Voorhes could tell there was something wrong with these brains. For 20 or so years, a doctor at the Austin State Hospital (for the mentally ill) kept brains of some of the deceased residents and have been stored in the back of a storage closet for some time.…
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From The Other Side: The WordPress Dev World from a Blogger’s POV
I’ve never been called a user before. In my world I’m a writer, an editor, a blogger, a creative. I know my role in the agency world, consultant world, and publishing world. I have literally no clue about my role in the blogging world, despite having been a blogger since 2008. At WordCamp I felt…
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On The Rocks
In a first, I had a rock stuck inside the headphone jack on my phone. It took nearly 20 minutes to remove. Austin, Texas, United States of America
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Homescreen, November 2014 Edition
Includes: Clock Widget Weather1 Widget “Favorite” contact: my wife Runkeeper Google folder with the various Google apps Social Media folder with Twitter, Untappd, Swarm WordPress Google Play folder with the various Google Play apps The bottom row: Phone Hangouts (SMS) Chrome Camera Background is an old picture of Catalina. Nexus 4