Writing
Rants, politics, chance encounters on mopeds, encounters in Austin Denver and it’s environs. Also bicycles and food. Occasionally some music too.
Rants, politics, chance encounters on mopeds, encounters in Austin Denver and it’s environs. Also bicycles and food. Occasionally some music too.
I think we will tell our children someday about how relevant blogs were at the start of internet. How citizen journalists actually had relevance before the media conglomerates figured out how brew the proper mix of pay-per-click, and social content narcotic. I’m under no illusions, that time has passed and the medium has been corpratized monetized and throughly fucked. I will begrudgingly except this sites lack of relevance and inability to rise above the likes of the social channels. That doesn’t mean however that i have any intention of shutting up shop. the motivation is different, the things i write here belong to me, are for my edification and should someone out in the big world of the internet besides the spam bots see it, good on them. This is content for content’s sake, nothing more.
A note on timing…
/in mini-post /by wadeferdDear aggie football mgmt, A reminder, most NCAA football games are two halves with a total of four quarters. Please keep this in mind as you seem confused on this in the past two “games.” That is all.
In Town
/2 Comments/in hippie with a computer talks too much, road-trip ruminations /by wadeferdAcross the river the giant Texas flag that flies every day over the state cemetery waves lazily in a breeze I don’t feel here. My immediate audience is the lake/river blowing west and flowing east by southeast, bound for a trip over the dam and a meandering journey to the rice patties of Colorado county, […]
Big twelve minus three
/in political bum fuzzery /by wadeferdSo, the Aggies are headed east. Some observers believe Friday’s launch of the Longhorn Network cable TV channel, a collaboration between UT and ESPN, played a major role in A&M’s decision to jump ship. “We can’t argue with the fact that the reason they are picking up their toys and leaving is the creation of […]
Scoutmaster’s Opinon
/in political bum fuzzery /by wadeferdEven Perry’s old Boy Scout Troop Leader, the one who awarded him his Eagle Scout badge, said he likely won’t be voting for him. Wallar Overton, 72, took over from his father as Perry’s scout master just before the governor earned his Eagle Scout badge. When asked whether he’d support his former scout, Overton replied: […]
Trojan
/in mini-post /by wadeferdI would like my space elevator now. Or maybe a new space station in 2020. .
The Crest of Stupid
/in political bum fuzzery /by wadeferdIt is my sincere hope that this weekend will represent Peak Stupid. To borrow from Hunter S. Thompson, I hope that five years from now we’ll be able to stand on a tall hill in Maryland and look down into Washington DC and see the highwater mark where the Stupid crested before it began to […]
Trickle Down
/in mini-post /by wadeferdDan Savage: “In 50 years taxes have never been lower. If Republican theories about the economy worked, we’d be having a boom right now. We’re told over and over if you lower taxes people will create jobs, it will trickle down and they’ll pee all over us and it never happens.”
From Apollo to This
/in mini-post /by wadeferdOur most promising route to the stars looks more like the offices of Initech.
Movie Previews
/1 Comment/in movies /by wadeferdMen and women should not watch the same movies. Liz: Oh god… Me: What? Liz: Cowboys and aliens. Just… Me: You mean the movie with James Bond and Han Solo and…that…uhm… hot chic? Like the best movie that’s going come out this year if not ever? Liz: A little formulaic, don’t you think? Me: Han […]
Race to the Finish
/in mini-post /by wadeferdSo really, it becomes about who can get their product to market first. Start your engines.