They Don't Have Wombs

Where do these old men in funny hats and dresses,er, robes get off trying to tell anybody how women should treat their own bodies?

Alice Walker

My friends at Group News Blog have posted the most beautiful and insightful letter from Alice Walker to President Elect Obama. Here's the link:

http://www.groupnewsblog.net/2008/11/open-letter-from-alice-walker.html

Weirdness

There is still some weirdness left in Austin. In honor of the coming election, some people I know made this video.

The Bridge to No Where Man

http://www.tvknob.com/site/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=1690

Halloween 1998 - RIP Shaggy's

We Used to Be Weird

About ten years ago, merchants on South Congress just south of the Congress street bridge in an area that was then known as 'the strip'started feeling the pinch of rising property values and big box stores. Some of them came up with a slogan. "Keep Austin Weird" started showing up on bumperstickers, T-shirts, beer cozies, etc. It then got co-opted by the bigger businesses and the city government, who have pretty much made it meaningless. A case in point- these three bulidings. One is brand new to Austin, one is in Sydney Austrailia, one is in Tampa, and one is in Atlanta.

I borrowed the shot of the one in Sydney from Pam's blog. The others are from commercial sites promoting the buildings or the design firm.

Soundtrack for this post: Chris Chandler's United States Of Generica

What It Used To Be

"What did it used to be called?" asked the guy next to me at Live Oak Market in South Austin.

"Kronik," replied the store owner.

I turned to look at what they were talking about. The guy had a six pack of beer with a label that lookeds as though a big 'Censored' sticker had been placed over the label.

"What did you say?" I asked, not sure I had heard him right the first time.

"Kronik," he says. " They even spelled it right, too. The ATF wouldn't allow them to call it that so they changed the name to Censored because it was."

We all cracked up.

Soundtrack for this post, Louie Louie by the Kingsmen, the most censored and banned song that I can think of.

My New Project

I just opened an Etsy Store. Check it out here .