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[ChiralWaltz]

Austin has always intrigued me. It struck me as a beacon of light, in a very dark (black gold, Texas tea) kinda place.

Austin's geographic location doesn't match its mental location :D

Saw something today about the L.A. river.

I suppose only in California, would they pave a river...

We do too. We just do it orthogonally.
http://www.judiandjim.com/images/InterestingPics/MansfieldDam070629.jpg

 

[OmCheeto]

Austin's geographic location doesn't match its mental location :D



We do too. We just do it orthogonally.
http://www.judiandjim.com/images/InterestingPics/MansfieldDam070629.jpg

I don't know what "orthogonally" means, but we have dams up here also. They do not constitute "paved rivers", IMHO.

ps. Ok. I googled "orthogonally". I now know what it means.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I have my butler read to me all forum posts. He gives you a British accent.

What accent does he give Evo?

 

[zoobyshoe]

In California, no one can hear you scream.

I had the worst conversation with this kind of content with a woman from New York City, though. Something about quantum neuronal something.

 

[collinsmark]

Ya got to love Austin.

Not too long after the last presidential election (Obama [Democrat] was re-elected), the state of Texas -- a red state (read: Republican) -- filed a petition to succeed from the union. (Meaning they wanted to separate themselves from the rest of the USA.)

In response, the city of Austin filed a petition to succeed from Texas.

http://austinist.com/2012/11/13/disgruntled_austinites_petition_to.php

 

[Evo]

Ya got to love Austin.

Not too long after the last presidential election (Obama [Democrat] was re-elected), the state of Texas -- a red state (read: Republican) -- filed a petition to succeed from the union. (Meaning they wanted to separate themselves from the rest of the USA.)

In response, the city of Austin filed a petition to succeed from Texas.

http://austinist.com/2012/11/13/disgruntled_austinites_petition_to.php

What is even funnier is that Austin is the capital of Texas, where all of those state politicians call home.

But Austin is home to the University of Texas and has a very young and academic demographic, it's also the seat of underground and Indie music. It's very well known in the music world.

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

I've seen it said that Austin is the sole exception to some of the more backwards ways prevalent in the South.

But the food in the South is just so good.

 

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[Evo]

I grew up a 4 hour drive from Austin, so went there often. My little sister graduated from UT Austin and still lives there.

My youngest daughter Evo Child goes to visit friends in Austin often, she was there last weekend.

 

[Borg]

I had the worst conversation with this kind of content with a woman from New York City, though. Something about quantum neuronal something.

Damn, I almost spit up my coffee when I read that.

 

[inotyce]

People advised me to work with Italian or go back to Italy to work. Oh Symbolism!

 

[turbo]

I would love to spend some time around Austin and its music scene. The rest of Texas can secede to Mexico if they want.

 

[ChiralWaltz]

Come on by anytime. Bring your swim suit and whiskey (the water is 69 degrees year round). Please also bring goggles, as topless sunbathing is permitted

Tuesday is a Full Moon Party:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyQT167Wqa4
Be sure you seen the adorable girl around 1:38

Zoobyshoe,
I think that NYC girl cut my hair recently. Her information wasn't 100% correct but it was probably the best haircut conversation I can remember.

Evo,
What does your sister do for a living?

 

[renz]

Austin, Texas

Running is water is great, but sometimes I prefer to swim in it. The depth is ~13 feet or ~4 meters:

Where is this place? The water looks so good I want to jump in.

 

[ChiralWaltz]

Where is this place? The water looks so good I want to jump in.

Barton Springs Pool
Austin,Texas

This should give you a general idea of the environment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyIR9DXTSps

 

[Astronuc]

Badger digs up medieval tombs in Germany
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/badger-digs-up-medieval-tombs-171444638.html

 

[Evo]

Evo,
What does your sister do for a living?

She's a psychologist.

 

[lisab]

If I get two goats, I'd name them Nabla and Delta.

 

[OmCheeto]

Barton Springs Pool
Austin,Texas

This should give you a general idea of the environment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyIR9DXTSps

I think I'm movin'...

:!)

My current house is so full of junk, I think I may have only 200 ft² of usable space.
I think I'll be quite comfortable in a 400 ft² house.

 

[inotyce]

Yes Sir, but not until I can get any confirmation about your movement information :D

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

If I get two goats, I'd name them Nabla and Delta.

Poor Delta has to lie around on his back all the time

 

[lisab]

Poor Delta has to lie around on his back all the time

Goats are so nimble, though!

It's been a long week and I'm glad tomorrow is Friday. 'Night, all.

 

[turbo]

Good night basil. My wife picked basil tonight, and the house smells wonderful.

 

[renz]

Barton Springs Pool
Austin,Texas

This should give you a general idea of the environment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyIR9DXTSps

Silly me. I was just at the Barton Spring pool last weekend.
Guess I was on the shallow side of the pool. I need to check out the rest.
The water was super cold.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Every stumble across an adorable little town, feel completely welcomed by the people, overwhelmed by the awesomeness of it, and decide that you want to move there, even if it involves changing your job and your life in some other way? My wife and I think we found it...Gulfport florida. We feel like residents already. Time to start planning! http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977346121

 

[Evo]

Had a dream last night, I was sitting at a counter in a break room at work with a few co-workers and suddenly a huge cockroach ran out from under something and I tried to kill it, but kept missing. My co-workers didn't see the roach and wondered why I was smashing about and upset. I told them Britney Spears had reicarnated as a cockroach and was running around the counter. They all yelled 'Britney Spears! Kill that roach! I killed it, what a mess. I've never been a fan.

 

[drizzle]

Lol Evo.

 

[DennisN]

Just read that Discovery Channel is getting heat for stretching the facts in a "documentary";

"Discovery Channel Provokes Outrage with Fake Shark Week Documentary" (TIME).

 

[Evo]

Disgusting, pathetic, and no surprise.

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

Delightful, pleasing, and shocking.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Just read that Discovery Channel is getting heat for stretching the facts in a "documentary";

"Discovery Channel Provokes Outrage with Fake Shark Week Documentary" (TIME).

I am so sick of discovery/history/aliens channel.

 

[DennisN]

Sorry to upset you, folks . But at least Discovery is getting criticism .

Yet, behold the horror of the mermaid:

Discovery is not new to the business of creating fake documentaries claiming to prove the existence of the strange and supernatural, In 2012, Animal Planet — like the Discovery Channel, part of the vast Discovery Communications empire — aired a piece of so-called ‘docufiction’ entitled Mermaids: The Body Found. The immensely popular special featured footage of a “mermaid” that had supposedly washed up on a beach, and told of a government conspiracy to cover up the findings. However, Mermaids concludes with an admission that the program was fictional. (Wiki link to the horror.)

So I've learned a new word today, docufiction. I will make a confession; I truly do not understand this business. The world, nature, history and the Universe is fantastic as it is, and full of mysteries. Why is that not enough? Well, well, time for some coffee...

 

[WannabeNewton]

Who the hell would have believed that a documentary about conspiracy ridden mermaids was real?!

 

[lisab]

Who the hell would have believed that a documentary about conspiracy ridden mermaids was real?!

Sadly, I think you know the answer to that question: lots of people.

For example, behold the Crazy Rainbow Woman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjZY0KufWao

She's just one of many.

 

[DennisN]

Crazy Rainbow Woman, what can I say? I'm speechless.

But when I come to think of it, there actually is a little mermaid quite close to me. But she does not move very much.

Thinking positively, and trying to forget about the shark and the mermaid, I'm looking forward to Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey, I hope it will be good. I'm also trying to get hold of Particle Fever, I'd like to see that one.