• Irony alert: Governor Perry was against Texas accepting the stimulus package, but the nonprofit group he founded will still receive a stimulus grant!
• Tip: Take the meth out of your pockets before screaming for help while fighting an invisible foe. Trust us on this one.
• There was an early -Monday taping of the Oprah show at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas. Check out this photo-set!

• The New York Times blogs ACL.
• Cat fancier near Waco may have her home torn down because of the smell!
• This 97 year-old dude got a follow-up visit from the real estate lady who’d sold him his house…and she’d sold it to him in 1956! Talk about customer service!

• The seventh annual World Championship Corny Dog Eating Competition has a winner! The State Fair of Texas has everything!
• Slackerwood photo set from Fantastic Fest’s opening-night gala-premiere of “Gentlemen Broncos” at the Paramount Theater. (Scroll down for a great shot of the scruffy’n’hip actor Jemaine Clement from .)
• Apparently, being a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader requires the ability to study. (Not so much if you are an actual Dallas Cowboy!)

If you've ever been to the Texas/Oklahoma State Fair, you know that area between the ferris wheel and the Dizzy Dragons: it begs for rock. It glistens, yearns, begs for an instrumental post-rock 5-piece to grace it with versions of "Spiegel im Spiegel" (Arvo Part), long-form pieces composed for F.W. Murnau's classic 1927 silent film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, and the other, more traditional state fair-ready jams: you know, the kind with vibraphone... more ›

Think you know Austin? Austin360 isn't so sure: "There should be more to being a true Austinite than just moving here because you had a great time at South by Southwest and thought it was like that here year round. You should have to know a few basic things about Austin before you can officially refer to it as your hometown." Take their "AQ" test and find out. Another mortgage company with employees in... more ›

• The cook did it, at the Maine Bed and Breakfast, with a knife and a butcher block. Creepy smirk in the picture.
• A father and football coach in California just wanted to be a part of the game a little too badly.
• Since minimum wage isn't making ends meet, maybe stripping will...
• Embarassed about your penis pump? We don't recommend telling airport security that it's a bomb to hide it from your mother.
• A Norwegian Museum seeks public input through Legos.
• Apparently Steve Irwin didn't pull the Stingray barb out of himself...it does make a more dramatic story, though.
• Many teens opt for unprotected sex.
• As if fried Twinkies weren't enough to instantly cause heart failure, Fried Coca-Cola is now an option at the State Fair.
• The bins all over campus for Austin Student will, unfortunately, remain empty.

The University of Texas and Oklahoma University have agreed to a new 5-year contract that will keep the rivalry game at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas until 2010. Some were worried that Texas would pull out at the end of the previous contract, and possibly replace the game with a match-up against Arkansas or a home-and-home with OU. The teams did not demand renovations to the old crappy stadium in Dallas. more ›