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2012-02-13T13:48:00.002-06:00

My Happy Monday continues! Big-time fave @DougBurr will be peforming in Austin this Friday night. Details and RSVP info here: http://bit.ly/xJFGzT

2012-02-13T11:56:00.001-06:00

Fun stuff. Grand Champeen bassist Alex Livingstone is currently on the road with @steadycraig and blogging about it: http://bit.ly/AilI3U

2012-02-13T11:06:00.001-06:00

Speaking of A.D. Blood... I expect greatness based (almost but not entirely) on the nod to Richard Buckner's The Hill: http://amzn.to/yLPNU5

2012-02-13T10:18:00.001-06:00

I'm so happy about that @monahansband at @hotdogscoldbeer show on 4/20 I neglected to include the linkage. My bad: http://bit.ly/zEcDxH

2012-02-13T10:08:00.001-06:00

Happy, happy Monday to me! @monahansband announces a show at @hotdogscoldbeer with ((Sounder)) and A.D. Blood on 4/20! #reasonstosurviveSXSW

2012-02-13T02:11:00.001-06:00

Raindrops on rooftops and seven year old kittens...

2012-02-12T22:15:00.001-06:00

I simply believe in the possibility of redemption. My fave person in the world was once abusive. I'm glad he changed, glad I could forgive.

2012-02-12T22:08:00.001-06:00

So...Chris Brown. I understand everyone's outrage. I also think there's something to be said for forgiveness. Hate the sin. Love the sinner.

2012-02-12T02:16:00.001-06:00

My lil' brother's given name is Whitney. And I'm pretty sure he goes by his nickname on account of Whitney Houston's talent and popularity.

2012-02-11T14:17:00.001-06:00

I'm so glad that Carolina seems to have recovered from that Duke loss far better than I've recovered from my first visit to The White Horse.

2012-02-10T12:00:00.001-06:00

Honestly? I don't even like The Talking Heads - GASP! - but this cover is kind of rad. The Rosebuds, "Road To Nowhere": http://bit.ly/wGSX1V

2012-02-10T10:54:00.001-06:00

I'm almost certainly preaching to the choir, but it's very good info. Old Men Pretending To Be Newly Upset At Old News: http://bit.ly/A2GujD

2012-02-10T00:11:00.001-06:00

"Things have a life of their own," the gypsy proclaimed with a harsh accent. "It's simply a matter of waking up their souls."

2012-02-09T09:39:00.001-06:00

I'm afraid that damn game set my recovery back by several days. I feel as if I got hit my a truck this morning. Give me strength.

2012-02-09T00:57:00.001-06:00

Mardi Gras in NOLA, SXSW, Festival en el Barrio in 2SON, a few trips to the ranch and, before I know it, I'll be back in NOLA for Jazz Fest.

2012-02-08T23:20:00.001-06:00

I think I'm still in shock and/or denial about that Carolina loss. But I'm so grateful that I got to watch it with my two favorite UNC fans.

2012-02-08T22:16:00.001-06:00

Stunned. Nice walking three point shot to bring it within reach. Four mothereffing steps?!

2012-02-07T13:41:00.001-06:00

Yay for my cancelled trip to Virginia! I just used my flight credit to book a trip to Tucson for Festival en el Barrio! http://bit.ly/zD0ozj

2012-02-07T00:31:00.001-06:00

No head cold dreams tonight. Please and thank you kindly.

2012-02-06T20:44:00.001-06:00

Watching @blobtower's SNL performance with @jumutx. I'll quote: "To all future SNL musical guests... THAT is how it's done. Bitchez." Horns!

2012-02-06T14:46:00.001-06:00

Nails it. @lefsetz on Madonna, Mitt Romney, Elizabeth Warren, the 1%, the 99%, Susan G. Komen, Planned Parenthood: http://bit.ly/wDeK5l

2012-02-06T12:02:00.001-06:00

"Can't count to all the lovers I've burned through
So why do I still burn for you?
I can't say"
Carry Me Ohio - Sun Kil Moon
Gorgeous lyric.

2012-02-06T11:28:00.001-06:00

Yet another album I'm super-excited about in 2012! "@PasteMagazine: @joepug Talks The Great Despiser, Debuts New Track http://t.co/tFFey1Tg"

2012-02-06T10:41:00.001-06:00

I don't want to be sick. I do want to win the lottery. I'd settle for one of the two. Since I already seem to be coming down with a cold...

2012-02-06T00:05:00.001-06:00

This ish is complicated, yo. When you love and respect two people equally, why is one relationship effortless while the other is a struggle?

2012-02-05T22:51:00.001-06:00

I'm doing my damnedest to keep hanging out with Mom now that the game is over, but all she wants to do is watch more bull riding. Killmenow.

2012-02-05T21:08:00.001-06:00

Raymond Berry! Geeking out! If you are a football fan who also hapens to read books, I highly recommend Mark Bowden's "The Best Game Ever."

2012-02-05T20:47:00.001-06:00

Dare I say Lesser Manning no more? Equal Manning? Maybe. But Greater Manningham? Definitely. Now I just need the defense to finish this.

2012-02-05T20:24:00.001-06:00

@Urrealism If only it had been Tucson's @b_lopez_music's version of the Echo & the Bunnymen tune. Amazing young musician to make it current.

2012-02-05T19:57:00.001-06:00

As a fan, the second half of the SB is always bittersweet - final game of the season and all that ish - but never more than this year. #18<3

2012-02-05T19:52:00.001-06:00

Made my day. "@ErikVidor: Clint Eastwood commercial is fucking awesome. #BuyAmerican #buyDetroit #PissoffRepublicans"

2012-02-05T19:48:00.001-06:00

@PeteDominick: My house is silent while Clint is talking. 2nd half for America commercial is like an #Obama2012 endorsement by Clint Eastwood

2012-02-05T19:00:00.001-06:00

I really hope there's no OT in bull riding. I'd like to stop being an anti-social daughter. I'm flashing back to my teenage "asshole" years.

2012-02-05T18:27:00.001-06:00

I apparently have the opposite of a "Freebie" list.

2012-02-05T18:24:00.001-06:00

Adding Davey Beckham to the list of hot dudes I'm immune to. See also: That dude from The Notebook, the vampire, the werewolf and Tom Brady.

2012-02-05T17:52:00.001-06:00

Go Lesser Manning.

2012-02-05T17:28:00.001-06:00

I love Mom dearly, but I have my limits. She's intent on watching bull riding, so I'm retreating to the guest room to watch the Super Bowl.

2012-02-05T16:44:00.001-06:00

Oh, hey. False alarm. Turns out there is a front desk at Mom's house. The new phone I got Mom has the same type of charger as my BlackBerry.

2012-02-05T14:10:00.001-06:00

Oh, hey. Guess who forgot to bring her BlackBerry charger along and must now be vewy, vewy quiet to conserve her remaining battery life.

2012-02-05T01:41:00.001-06:00

If someone posting about their job, kids, life, meal or whatever else brings them joy offends you, that might say more about you than them.

2012-02-05T01:40:00.001-06:00

Our online worlds consist of a multitude of folks with innumerable interests and passions that may not resonate with each of us. (Continued)

2012-02-05T00:55:00.001-06:00

And now, I can simply be here. In the dark, in the quiet, finishing my IPA, petting one of three seventeen year old house cats. A departure.

2012-02-05T00:29:00.001-06:00

Furthermore... It could very well be that we have significantly different definitions of redemption. And grace. And faith. And that is okay.

2012-02-05T00:24:00.001-06:00

My takeaway from tonight's talk: If believing - as I do - there is more than one path to redemption is wrong, then I don't want to be right.

2012-02-04T21:10:00.001-06:00

Oh, hey. @David_Amram_'s "Symphonic Variations on Song by Woody Guthrie" just came on my iPod. What a lovely way to round out my road trip.

2012-02-04T20:45:00.001-06:00

Of course, I meant Geena Davis. And, of course, she's still gorgeous.

2012-02-04T20:39:00.001-06:00

I think of @TheRyanAdams's "This House Is Not For Sale" as The Beetlejuice Song. Whenever I hear it, I remember how gorgeous Gina Davis was.

2012-02-04T20:17:00.001-06:00

It's almost as if you reappear only to remind me you have nothing meaningful to offer me. It's not like I could ever forget. Try as I might.

2012-02-04T18:52:00.001-06:00

Headed to Weatherford to spend a couple of nights with Mom.

2012-02-04T00:53:00.001-06:00

Trains, thunderstorms & Guthrie tunes. I feel zero remorse for staying in upon returning to Austin. What could I possibly be missing out on?

2012-02-03T23:23:00.001-06:00

74,000. Returning to Austin from San Marcos for the second time today. How easily I've come to embrace changes I initially fought so hard.

2012-02-03T13:27:00.001-06:00

New fave blog: http://bit.ly/AEuBjb Groundhog Day Lessons: We can learn to be better people. If it takes 10K hours of practice, enjoy them.

2012-02-03T11:04:00.001-06:00

I sincerely hope coverage of the Komen/Planned Parenthood story has educated more folks about the services PP provides: http://bit.ly/zd1hXD

2012-02-03T10:59:00.001-06:00

"@TexasTribune: BREAKING: @Komenforthecure reverses decision, will continue funding @PPact. http://t.co/tBytNGDt #PlannedParenthood #Komen"

2012-02-03T01:42:00.001-06:00

As content & exhausted as I am after seeing great bands at my fave bar, when I get in my truck & hear Gillian Welch I'm tempted to drive on.

2012-02-02T16:34:00.001-06:00

Spring showers in February? Yeah, that's normal. Totally.

2012-02-02T14:50:00.001-06:00

Poor people... "Vote with your pocketbook. Keep your religion out of your vote." @pinkdome gets an amen from me today: http://bit.ly/wurnh2

2012-02-01T16:06:00.001-06:00

Pardon me while I go ahead and geek the eff out about @JustinTEarle & @tristentristen playing @AntonesNightclb in May. #reasonstosurviveSXSW

2012-02-01T15:04:00.001-06:00

A gorgeous day like today simply begs the question: Why am I not napping peacefully in a hammock following a four margarita lunch?

2012-01-31T19:49:00.001-06:00

Um, hello? Is this thing on? @steadycraig at @HITWatx at 8pm. Get here, Y'all. Cc: @austndiva

2012-01-31T13:28:00.001-06:00

Happy 65th Birthday to my amazing mother, Mary Snyder. And to that candyass Nolan Ryan who is clearly not as tough since he retired in 1993.

2012-01-31T01:05:00.001-06:00

"From now on, I'm only dating dudes who also happen to be feminists." - Me

2012-01-30T18:15:00.001-06:00

If it weren't for this daylight savings time nonsense, I would totally go run the trail in the rain right now. Because mud puddles are fun.

2012-01-30T11:55:00.001-06:00

Aw, yeah! Another of my fave Tucson musicians gets a mention on a fave NYC blog: http://bit.ly/yNKS61 Cc: @andrewcollberg, @FortLowellRecs

2012-01-30T02:36:00.001-06:00

"All Systems Red" - Calexico

2012-01-29T21:12:00.001-06:00

Magic with @BeBellanti and @austndiva. @Zelicks, San Marcos.

2012-01-28T01:17:00.001-06:00

Dear @Southland_TNT, Welcome back. With a vengeance. I barely missed @SHO_Homeland for the first time in weeks thanks to two new DVR-ed eps.

2012-01-27T22:56:00.001-06:00

That I can get @DeschutesBeer in TX = a bit of a double-edged sword. Though delicious, it reminds me that I can't get @GooseIsland Matilda.

2012-01-27T15:34:00.001-06:00

There are very few things that would break my heart harder than witnessing this album performed start to finish: http://n.pr/xwvtv7 Leonard!

2012-01-27T14:36:00.001-06:00

As a rule, I never turn down Macallan when offered. What am I to do if it's offered it by a passel of fellas in my office tower elevator? ;)

2012-01-27T13:24:00.001-06:00

"And we don't want to talk about it. Or we do, but we're afraid to." http://bit.ly/w3Rvvu I may no longer relate, but this is brave writing.

2012-01-26T23:46:00.001-06:00

Reading about Kierkegaard, listening to Craig Finn: http://bit.ly/wHrsAX It's working for me. /P.S. Go to the Hole in the Wall next Tuesday.

2012-01-26T15:13:00.001-06:00

Be courageous. Be genuine. Be kind. Be thoughtful. Be worth it. If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best.

2012-01-26T13:21:00.002-06:00

Universe, Should you see fit to make this happen, you know how grateful I would be and therefore already, always am: http://bit.ly/zTJ4N3 <3

2012-01-25T04:49:00.001-06:00

Oh...FINE. I'll wake up and acknowledge how effing LOUD you're being, Mother Nature. There's something to be said for being subtle, ya know?

2012-01-24T21:07:00.001-06:00

SOTU Edition... Because I can read all about that ish tomorrow... @JamesMcMurtry, @Contclubgallery A much better use of my time.

2012-01-24T13:52:00.001-06:00

Irregular heart rhythms, lottery tickets, brotherhoods, sisterhoods, faith, grace, magic and patience. It's a big day for the believers. <3

2012-01-24T09:38:00.001-06:00

For perhaps the eighth time in as many years, I left home without my bracelets this morning. It's pretty much like I forgot my wedding ring.

2012-01-24T00:59:00.001-06:00

"You're a comedian
You hide behind your funny face...
You're a chameleon
You hide behind your darker side...
I don't need a punchline..."
KE

2012-01-23T10:55:00.001-06:00

As if drinking whiskey, dancing with cowboys, stargazing, dog love, watching games with Dad & acting on a fun impulse hadn't done the trick.

2012-01-23T10:50:00.001-06:00

I've been absorbing @kittythefool's stellar new album on my drive back to Austin this morning. Feeling decidedly less bruised as a result.

2012-01-23T07:45:00.001-06:00

Driving through the frozen desert at dawn. Looking forward to watching color, light and warmth seep in as I roll eastward.

2012-01-23T00:05:00.001-06:00

Drifting off to dream in a house with an equal of number of familial ghosts and sleeping dogs. Feeling blissful and protected all the while.

2012-01-22T21:50:00.001-06:00

It's Harbaugh out here for a pimp. /That's neither clever nor funny. //Except for in my head. ///Where it's hilarious.

2012-01-22T18:42:00.001-06:00

All I need right now is a sports bar with a heated outdoor patio so I can watch the sky turn colors while I watch the game. That'd be bliss.

2012-01-22T17:17:00.002-06:00

I wanted the hot coach to win. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, Belichick may be going to the Super Bowl but he will still be ugly tomorrow.

2012-01-22T14:43:00.001-06:00

Bad: Driving back to Austin this afternoon with a hangover. Good: Staying an extra day to watch football with Dad. Best: Having a cold beer.

2012-01-22T11:36:00.001-06:00

Re-tweeted by @EileenDSmith and @HCookAustin in the same morning? I must be doing something right. Or very, very wrong.

2012-01-22T11:19:00.001-06:00

We now return you to our regularly scheduled hangover, already in progress.

2012-01-22T08:35:00.001-06:00

Your desire to judge others and indict them for crimes real or imagined says far more about you than it does about them. Forgiveness >
Fear

2012-01-21T21:48:00.001-06:00

Fetchin' beers for cowboys, prospectors. Marvelin' at how the passage of time can shrink a familiar space. Feelin' the love. Droppin' the G.

2012-01-21T11:05:00.001-06:00

Spending a calm, clear Saturday with my favorite fella in the world. Time spent with Dad = Serenity.

2012-01-21T02:39:00.001-06:00

Safe and sound and snug as a bug in a rug. Goodnight, Beautiful People. Much love.

2012-01-20T23:11:00.001-06:00

73,000. Travelling eighty miles an hour through the night. Carrying the light, seeking more in the form of shooting stars, beautiful beings.

2012-01-20T18:26:00.001-06:00

I loosen my grip from my palm; put it on your knee.
In my way, I say, "You're the reason I'll move to the city or why I'll need to leave."

2012-01-19T22:25:00.001-06:00

If I ever make it past the second track, I might be able to declare @sharonvanetten's "Tramp" the perfect break-up album. Holymotherofeffme.

2012-01-19T20:03:00.001-06:00

Date night with Honeybadger. Wings and UNC basketball.

2012-01-19T02:23:00.001-06:00

Hitting the reset button. Attended @JamesMcMurtry's Midnight Mass @ContinentalATX following surprisingly close UT basketball @BlakeRocap's.

2012-01-18T13:41:00.001-06:00

Listen to Woody Guthrie songs.

2012-01-18T11:05:00.001-06:00

Flawed but fearless.