Before the Longhorn football game, I got a chance to meet Kinky Friedman at the Scholz Garten in Austin. For the uninitiated, he is a musician (Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys), writer (17 mystery novels), free spirit and gubernatorial candidate for Texas in 2006.



<photo by Jewford>

With slogans like, "No Teacher Left Behind," "How Hard Can It Be," and "Why The Hell Not?" Kinky just might be on to something.

For more, see Dan Halpern's excellent article in the New Yorker.

Went to the Bat Fest in Austin last week, a yearly migration of people watching the bats fly from under the bridge over Lake Austin (River).



Here's a photo of Nate taking in the Bat Fest.
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On a trip to Austin, TX, Nate and I took in a football game.



Not just a football game, it was the Longhorns of UT on Daryl Royal field!

Can you identify these people?



The photo may be distorted a bit. Actually, this is from PhotoBooth special effects.

I'm sure it was an oversight but someone moved some boxes from the discard pile to a place in front of Brien's office.



I wonder if Brien is in there? What if he doesn't know there are boxes in front of his door and he tries to get out? Should someone move the boxes?