How can you tell it’s not football season? We are talking about comic books. I have a feeling that the demographic for this is me and me alone but I’m doing this anyway because Ain’t It Cool News won’t post my reviews ever since I admitted that I liked the second Matrix movie better than […]
Every decade has its own unique goofiness- the ’40s had zoot suits, and the frontal lobotomy as a treatment for depression, the ’80s had Boy George, but I think one decade in the 20th century sticks out for embracing crazy ideas. This is not a matter of political leanings, or taste; this is about […]
You can always tell what region a fast food chain was founded by checking what their default condiments are.
And so we have officially entered the “Dead Zone” of the sports year. Spring football ended a couple of weeks back for the only program we care about. College basketball ended for our guys on the same day, after one of the most successful seasons a Longhorn roundball team has experienced. The baseball team is […]
The actor Richard Widmark passed away last Wednesday. You might remember him as the guy who played Jim Bowie in ‘The Alamo.’ But if you don’t know who he was, you’re the reason that Dane Cook gets movie roles. And the reason Austin High grads watch ‘Love Actually.’
Like all actors he had an up and […]
So I decided to take off work on Friday to check out some afternoon free shows at SXSW. I didn’t get a wristband or badge so my options were pretty much limited to the daylight hours.
Started off by going to see Billy Bragg on the corner of 7th and Red River. Looked like they […]
“I am not convinced that today’s employers remain awed by ‘yesteryears’ academic powerhouses of Harvard, Yale, Stanford etc.”
I typed in lines from some recruiting interviews and it gave me some useful insights. Thought I would share.
Translation in italics.
For me, it’s all about getting a good education. Seminole. Bank on it.
I want to major in finance or petroleum engineering. sociology, holla!
I value a family environment. I’m going to […]
I’m a big fan of the website Overheard in New York. It’s random people posting bits of conversations they hear while going about their day in the city.
For example:
Street sock vendor to another: This country’s immigration problems could all be solved if they just stopped selling Corona.
–Union Square
Overheard by: Cameron Rose
or
Chick: When Derek Jeter […]
HenryJames recalls Rourke’s best work.
Scipio gets punchy.
Doperbo on zymurgy.
Scipio hates Zola Budd’s freedom.
HenryJames on Ohio State and the stupid fucking BCS.
TaylorT on the 70’s.
CA on Will’s D.
CA looks the Spring Intra-squad.
TaylorT looks in on Vincent.