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Pastafarians unite!

Personal Politics (Outside Austin) PS: I am not a crackpot
Have you been touched by his noodly appendage?
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Help for Rick Perry

Personal Politics (Outside Austin)
I know this is late, but the conversation below did really just happen this morning. (08:27:57) (me): ok I’m going to check this mofo in…
IM shenanigans m1ek at work
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On office locations

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M1EK's new commute will be to his garage, which boils up to a crackpot rant about offices and technology workers. M1EK doesn't like talking about…
personal suburban stupidity techbros
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There is no lie brazen enough for the road warriors

Funding of Transportation I Told You So Personal Politics (Outside Austin) PS: I am not a crackpot
Honolulu is dense enough to support rail. Don't believe the lies of Cliff Slater and his ilk.
Bad transit in other cities liar
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Not much room for optimism

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The market isn't going to make adjusting to peak oil very easy or comfortable, despite what your friendly local libertarians will tell you.
this did not age well
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You’d better be hedging

Austin Driving in Austin Funding of Transportation I Told You So Personal Politics (Outside Austin) Texas Republicans Hate Cities
Toll roads are a hedge of sorts
Roger Baker is wrong about everything subsidizing suburbanites subsidizing the suburbanites suburban drivers love welfare suburban freeloaders
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Shoal Creek Updates

Austin Bicycling in Austin I Told You So Personal The Shoal Creek Debacle Walking in Austin (Pedestrian Issues) When Neighborhoods Go Bad
I will hopefully move some of this content to my old moldy Shoal Creek Debacle Page when I get time. Brief introduction: Prior to around…
bicycling Shoal Creek Debacle
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Sometimes I get it right

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Right after reading the stories about more buyers being upside-down on car loans (and pointing out to my wife that we have a 72-month loan…
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I’m back

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Was in Hawaii for 10 days; back now. I have a backlog of things to write, but for the time being, here’s a link to…
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RIP, Joseph Henry Dahmus

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My grandfather passed away in his sleep on Monday afternoon. Since I spent my first 9 years in State College and was one of the…
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