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BarCamp Austin is an "unconference" -- an event that flips the traditional meeting setup on its head. Everything in an unconference is planned, set up, and executed by the participants. If it sounds like a model for chaos, it turns out it's just the opposite.

Officials in New Braunfels have grown increasingly concerned about the lascivious behavior that takes place on its beautiful rivers during the summer. There is drinking, and puking and cussing and smoking and a little too much flesh. That doesn't sound like a river, we thought, that sounds like a strip club. Apparently Trey Maddox, opportunistic owner of The Palace Men's Club in San Antonio, had the same neon light bulb flicker over his greasy head. Because this Sunday on the river, it's Ladies Night. Or something. For a mere $25, the club is offering a Tubing with Strippers excursion. Pay the price of one lap dance and you get to float down the river with Bambi, Star, Destiny and Kendra!

We are obviously mounted-up and riding high with the Kinky Friedman campaign for governor. (I mean, Why the Hell Not?) But we have the sneaking suspicion that this race will eventually come down to a battle between the two parties of the Establishment. With that said, the Democrats picked up a little bit of optimistic steam this morning as Chris Bell announced his candidacy for governor. In his announcement, Bell brought a breath of...