Your Mid-Week Experiment
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Frank A. Spring’s back with a new chapter of his debut novel, The Regulator.
I’m making this tonight with free corn and sea bass.
Have you ever heard of the “If by whiskey…” speech? A state representative really made this speech in the Mississippi legislature. He did not win re-election.
Unfamiliar Fishes is basically the Hawaiian Forget the Alamo.
“Chattering in eulogy/Which is a search for order/Which is nothing but/The elimination of beauty by artifice.” (“Cocaine and Gold” by Roger Reeves)
Did you know some people travel to New York City just to tag subway trains? (The City)
This —> “Deference to community input is a big part of why the U.S. is suffering from a nearly 3.8-million-home shortage and has failed to build sufficient mass transit, and why renewable energy is lacking in even the most progressive states.” (The Atlantic)
“The black hole is attracting a lot of gas to it. Its gravitational pull is so strong that the matter around it can’t resist. But it’s pulling it into an extremely tiny space. Imagine sucking an elephant through a straw.” (Washington Post)
I am surprised a majority of those 18-29 use Facebook. (Flowing Data)
Did you know Jackie Robinson coached college basketball in Austin? (Bleacher Report)
I have a new ambition: to be described as “avuncular.” (Axios)
Buy this barbecue (if you’re in Austin).
“Get active in your own rescue.” (Ryan Holiday)
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