Posts from September, 2001
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Sep1I’m for Peace
At 6:30 pm on a weekday, Mopac is choked with traffic. As soon as you muscle your way onto the freeway and race off, you suddenly stop for no apparent reason. Traffic then lurches forward and everyone gains about 25 feet, only then to abruptly stop once more. You nervously look into the rear view [...]
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Sep1Wilco, Live at Stubb’s Bar-B-Q
I have never been a big fan of alternative country, “y’allternative,” or whatever the correct label is now. I am proud to say that I witnessed an amazing Uncle Tupelo show, however. It was in Bozeman, Montana in 1993, at The Cat’s Paw, a casino/bar. Uncle Tupelo broke up in mid-1994, with Jay Farrar going [...]
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Sep0Some thoughts at 3:00 a.m.
I have attempted to write about what I am thinking and feeling a number of times over the past few days. I’ll tap off a sentence or two and then think, “Why am I doing this?” What possible perspective do I have on Tuesday’s events that have not been said a dozen times? I’m determined [...]
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Sep1Now is the time for rail transportation
It is awkward to discuss the “good” things that have come, or are developing, from last Tuesday’s tragic events. Andrew Sullivan writes “But there is, among the public, a unity that does not seem as if it will evaporate soon. Everywhere you go, you see American flags. They are draped on roofs, hung on fences, [...]
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Sep1Road Trip – Mexico
We left Austin around 8:30 am, after hitting Jo’s for some caffeinated goodness. We headed southwest, toward the little border town of Eagle Pass. The drive was pretty uneventful and we were at the border in probably 3.5 – 4 hours. Getting over the border was a snap-you simply cross the Rio Grande (which should [...]
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