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On October 22, 2008 4:23 PM in Your Maps of Austin at Maker Faire [Gallery], they said:

Maybe that's the South South Oak Cliff part of South Dallas?...

On October 10, 2008 8:22 AM in Gory Homecoming Tee Infuriates LBJ High School Parents, they said:

Grape Ape In my experience, the folks spouting "violence isn't the answer" and getting overly worked up about toy guns, etc. aren't conservative, much less "ultra-conservative". The McPalin crowd do...

On October 3, 2008 2:09 PM in Extra Extra: Acronyms Abound, they said:

So, BramleyDirk, how do you like the current location of ARCH? Is there any action you'd suggest?...

In closing Time Warner Cable deos not charge individually for channels. Maybe you should start. Personally, one of the reasons I dislike TWC is the lack of a la carte channel packaging. If I'm going...

On September 18, 2008 4:58 PM in Las Manitas Closed Forever, they said:

LM, there are 3 others that voted for the loan still suckling the public teat: Wynn, McCracken & Martinez....

On September 18, 2008 11:55 AM in Las Manitas Closed Forever, they said:

They get graded down for the attempted shakedown. You're not the only one that gets to hold a grudge around here, LM. Oh, and the council-critters that were pandering to the anti-development crowd g...

On September 17, 2008 1:49 PM in Las Manitas Closed Forever, they said:

LM, I can believe that Eddie V's was built on a toxic waste pit, because it was a tire shop before it was a restaurant. More power to the Perez sisters for shaking down the developers, but when they ...

On August 14, 2008 8:20 AM in Breaking: Cox Pulling Out of Texas, Statesman Up for Sale, they said:

zoop- What green space? There was a parking lot next to the Congress bridge before the construction. It's not like it was virgin forest....

On August 11, 2008 1:45 PM in The Daily Photoist: August 11, 2008, they said:

He was pushing a bike across Riverside headed to the S. 1st bridge on Friday afternoon. Didn't realize that the butt-floss banana hammock was making a comeback....

GA- Insurance is a bet. Insurance companies are bookies, and they make good money skimming a vig off the top of the premiums. When you own as much property, dispersed as widely as the state of Texa...

On May 5, 2008 5:06 PM in City Council Race Gets Interesting: Dirty Dialing Hijinks, they said:

Jennifer Kim wins the award for "Understatement of the Year."...

On May 5, 2008 1:45 PM in Darque Tan Owner Makes Two Astounding Discoveries, they said:

Imagine that... a full-of-herself, busy-body 2nd year law student. I don't necessarily agree with the tanning salon tool's comparison of this silly law with great injustices (fugitive slave act, Nazi...

On April 30, 2008 2:12 PM in UT Austin Student in Hot Water for Terroristic Threats, they said:

So a troubled college student vents some disturbing thoughts to friends, who proceed drop the dime on him. The cops offer their "treatment", which involves felony charges and stigmatizing publicity. ...

On April 24, 2008 2:38 PM in Because It's Harder to Fight the Man When You're Nekkid, they said:

According to the Daily Texan, the guy who made these is a former UT computer science student who moved to the east side 5 years ago when he was in school. He grew up in Buffalo and was inspired by th...

On April 16, 2008 11:14 AM in Better Know a Candidate: Jason Meeker, they said:

Too many dumbass things to comment on, but I'd like to ask (to start): Are there any other people you'd like to ban from interacting with their elected officials? I know you don't agree with Suttle o...

On April 16, 2008 8:20 AM in I Am So Popular: Don't Shoot, Shoot, Shoot That Thing At Me, they said:

You do that to your "good friends"? I wouldn't admit it, either....

On April 14, 2008 1:39 PM in Austinist Interviews Ron Berry, they said:

[offtopic] LM, do you have someone paying you by the post? [/offtopic]...

On April 7, 2008 1:23 PM in Put the Brakes on This Lost Highway, they said:

nothing from sal costello, yet?...

On March 26, 2008 7:21 PM in Annex San Jose Coming to South Congress, they said:

I'm not saying don't worry. I'm saying don't worry about new upscale housing that isn't displacing existing housing, i.e. net new units. Prices are probably going up (definitely in current dollars, ...

On March 26, 2008 4:33 PM in Annex San Jose Coming to South Congress, they said:

Sure she's helping. If there is a net gain in housing units, it's helping- even if it's added on the high end. If there isn't sufficient supply of high end housing, the people in that sub-market w...

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