Update your iPod so your next Cowboys tailgate party has the appropriate music associated with it. Please be sure your team is fully prepared: no shirt, ponytail and chest pounding. This is the crucial 'Rule of 3's' that can not be avoided.

As a matter of fact, how about this? Do your best version of this new Dallas Cowboys theme song in the style of your favorite Fun Fun Fun Fest band, and if we like your version the best, we'll give you and a friend a three day pass to the festival in November. We'll also share your video here on the site. Just send a YouTube link to paige@austinist.com. Bonus points for covers in the style of Hum, Slayer, Mates of State, Odd Future. Spread the word. more ›

• Look for director Spike Jonze and the Arcade Fire around Austin!
• Sometimes someone really is in the right place at the right time, with the right set of skills, to stop a criminal.
• Yes, our current governor is sponsoring a driver for a Sprint Cup race at the Texas Motor Speedway this month.

When the Dallas Cowboys move into their new stadium for the 2009 season, fans will enjoy the action on the biggest high-definition screen in the world. more ›

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Mia Hamm doesn’t want to visit Waco, and we can’t really say we blame her. The North Carolina Tar Heel and world soccer legend recently declined induction in to the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Sometime-Austinite Hamm and husband Nomar Garciaparra are expecting their first child in early spring, and the couple’s doctor advised any travel after January. Yea, sure that’s the reason. more ›

• Rumors suggest the Dallas Cowboys are interested in trading up for UT safety Michael Huff, but recent signings of veteran safeties indicate that won't be the case.
• The TABC is re-evaluating their efforts to crack down on drunkards who pose a threat to public safety.
• Much like every cock we've ever known, it seems that roosters are more about getting it on than taking time for their mates. Roosters (yes, like the chicken) have seemingly lost interest in the art of foreplay and are becoming more sexually aggressive.
• An elementary school principal, locking down students to keep them from going to the immigration protests last week, apparently instituted the lockdown procedure for a nuclear attack, leading to some students going to the bathroom in buckets.
• How to trade an oversized red paperclip for a year's worth of free rent, here.
• Girls really are better than boys. We knew we were onto something when we were kids.
• Greenpeace predicts that the Chernobyl disaster that happened several years ago is going to be more devastating that previously thought.
  

One of the greatest players in NFL history appears interested in working for the Austin Wranglers. "Neon" Deion Sanders says he is very interested in coming to work in some capacity for the local ALF team. We are not sure where "Prime Time" would contribute, but he would definitely raise the profile of the team. more ›

Our Thanksgiving usually consists of a huge Thanksgiving lunch (with the Detroit game in the background) and then vegging out in front of the TV that evening. There are a bevy of holiday (and non-holiday) goodies on tomorrow. Here are a few things to watch out for: -"Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade" - 9am, KXAN (NBC). -Miracle on 34th Street - The 1947 original with "the real Santa Claus" (or so Dad tells us every... more ›