Maybe "Weird" Is Spreading From Austin To The Rest of Texas? [Extra Extra]
- Country singer Billy Joe Shaver is gonna have to pay $1,000 for taking a gun into a bar.
- As the variety of delicious foodstuffs you can get from mobile venues in Austin continues to expand, we’re secretly starting to wonder if people are opening up the most absurd combo they can imagine. Most recent entry: Philly cheesesteak in a double-decker bus!
- Another story about how difficult it is to be a kid in the foster care system in Texas. Note the detail about the girls being goaded into fighting with the promise of “after-school snacks.”
- In the ATX, it’s likely easier to get your hands on weed than it is to score some raw milk.
- Carl Kasell from National Public Radio’s Wait, Wait ... Don’t Tell Me! will be visiting Waco.
- The Dallas Observer skewers the 2010 Texas Republican Party Convention. Don’t miss the comments!
- Houston is a meaty kinda town, and these chefs cure their own! (Warning: this is not safe reading for the vegetarian.)
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