Random News That We Want You To Know About [Extra Extra]
- Sarah Palin will campaign with Rick Perry in Houston in February, at an event called “Super Sunday with Sarah!”
- WTF? An off-duty Plano officer was allegedly driving drunk when he hit an on-duty police car. Both officers were injured enough to go to the hospital.
- The Vet school at Texas A&M now has their own blacksmith.
- This dude drowned one Bugatti, but is buying another one. At least someone is stimulating the economy!
- The Onion gives us five Austin bands to catch up on. With video!
- A Texas Tech study claims that people with have lots of tattoos (or one “intimate piercing”) tend to be more ‘deviant’ than people with fewer tattoos. (We love that this study came out of Lubbock, a place not exactly known for heavy inking.)
- The Daily Texan investigates the BSDM lifestyle. You know, in the interests of journalism.
- Two Dallas designers dish about their stint on “Project Runway.” Even better, one of them spent time making clothing for Courtney Love!
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