Photo by smellyknee on flickr Kucinich left off Texas primary ballot for not signing Dem loyalty oath, sues. No Republican is running for Travis County DA. How's the City Manager search going? Norman Mailer archive at Ransom Center opens to the public today. We've been told that it is nigh impossible to find a Nintendo DS in town. NYTimes says the DS is as big a hit for Nintendo as the Wii. West Lake Hills......

Photo by Northern Transplant on flickr The Trail of Lights will open this Sunday evening. Suspicious black powder sent to office at Ninth and Congress today. Looks like vice chancellor and dean of agriculture Elsa Murano will soon be A&M's first female president. The former TEA science director forced out for forwarding an email on evolution thinks she is now unemployable. Will the upcoming strip club "tax" affect the Alamo Drafthouse? The Texas Comptroller's office......

Last fall, a friend referred us to a mysterious new website. The page at Supper Underground promised a multi-course meal at a secret location with a small group of guests. Intrigued, we signed up for the next dinner, and received a cryptic email with an address and time several days later. The September event was held at a tony Westlake Hills estate with a lovely back patio garden. Candles flickered on the porch, quiet......

Estimated damage of last week's hailstorm in San Marcos: $100 million [link] Percentage of Austin school district students who went on to college, in 2005: 57 [link] Final count of UT students whose private information, including SSNs, was compromised, according to official figures: 106,000 [link] Estimated value of electronic equipment stolen from Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church by a former church employee and his cohorts: $13,000 [link] Approximate horn span, in inches, of MooTube's world......

Operation Interdependence is one of thirteen shipping stations in the nation that package what in Iraq becomes luxuries (soap, toothpaste, peanuts), and it's right here in Austin. Each month, they send out fifteen boxes with 50 baggies full of sample sized goodness, and every now and then, a super luxury, like a CD-R. They work out of Slaughter Creek Self Storage, which is in South Austin, twice per week. They package the baggies into......

We told you about this last week, but we know you can be forgetful. Ben and Jerry's is offering free ice cream today from 12-8. Where? Where can you get this free ice cream??? Here: 500 N. Lamar Space 150 Austin, TX 78703 512-735-2345 701 South Capital of Texas Highway Suite E-580 Westlake Hills, TX 78746 512-330-0283 Bon appetit!......