Real Name: Leslie Wilber Address: 311 Constitution Victoria, TX 77901 Member Since: December 26, 2007 Last Signed In: November 26, 2008 Profile Views: 1117 Blog Views: 4018 Election day on the wide, wide world of web By that you mean? Film meets public record Beer, bannanas and veg-friendly soups Election season is winding up Just when I thought I had figured out When you can't get wetter If you want to whip up a souflet or thwart Nazis, Julia's your girl Keeping track of FOIA requests I said no mayo, brown mustard! December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 
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Good, uncleaning fun
So I started to clean house Friday night (gasp!). I didn't get very far, because I hate cleaning. Once I get sort of started, a dust bunny shaped even a little like Elvis can knock me completely off track. Needless to say, I curled up beside the unfolded laundry on my sofa to read a book produced by the people behind this website. I swiped the book from a friend who was throwing away almost all the contents from his college apartment years ago. Then I forgot about it. I'm not going to pretend that everything on TheSmokingGun.com is high-brow journalistic gold. Mostly, it's the public information equivalent of Coke and Fritos. For example, today's featured documents are goofy mugshots. Going through the archives, you'll find... unusual?... crime reports and documents from the Clemens debacle. Oh, and Brittney docs, of course. Could we all get along just fine without knowing some of this stuff? Uh, yes. I know I could. But the site does offer a great look at exactly what kind documents you could get if you wanted to, laughs and ,sometimes, valuable information. Here's my standard pitch for the month: check out my Sunshine Week open records challenge. Folks, there's a free tee-shirt on the line.
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