Look . . . Look . . . BAM! You just saved the world from another idiot motorcycler. Thank you. From the bottom of my heart.

From four until . . . when did we get home? My brain feels dehydrated. In the news.

Austin is rife with Democrats today — as if it isn’t always, but even more so today, tomorrow and Saturday — here for the Texas Democratic Convention. There’s been a lot of, frankly, ridiculous prophesying that Obama or Clinton will show up, but that has finally been put to rest by Obama tapping Virginia Gov. [...]

Leaving Las Vegas has always made me want to drink.

I’m in the Executive Lounge on the 25th floor of the Hilton in downtown Austin. How did I get here? Not as groundbreaking as the Talking Heads song, that’s for sure. My old college friend — who is oh-so-attractive in a variety of ways — gave me access. She said to “just act like you’re [...]

Overheard at Halcyon: An older guy wooing a drunken younger woman: “Listen to this. I wrote it down. It’s a pick-up line my mom heard in college. A guy came up to her and said, ‘Some girls say I’m hung like a horse.’ Now, remember, this is the 1950s. You know what she said? ‘So [...]

Speaking of coffee, Sunday while surfing through job ads on Craigslist (possibly the worst place to look for a job ever), I ran across an ad for staff for a new coffeeshop, Latte Dolls. I’ve never visited the existing shop on North Lamar, but just judging from its site it’s obviously a PG-13 strip-club-cum-coffeeshop. They [...]

And for good reason. The Dallas Morning News is reporting that More than 750,000 Texas drivers haven’t paid mandatory annual surcharges on their traffic violations, forcing them to drive without valid licenses and depriving the state treasury of nearly $620 million – much of which was supposed to be used for trauma care. Figures compiled [...]

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Lucky Canadians! Labatt Blue is sending Canadian troops in combat zones free beer! Unfortunately, American soldiers in combat zones are restricted from consuming alcohol. At least no country has established a military brothel yet, as far as I know. [Hotel Tango: The Torch, a Canadian milblog]