Real Name: Tim Lara Member Since: July 20, 2005 Last Signed In: November 29, 2008 Profile Views: 833 Blog Views: 4849 Another NaNo WriMo done... NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH IS ALMOST A WRAP I don't follow trends, I set them... Here's my new stance What's in a name? I wish it was NEWS to me PAX 2008 Apparently no one checks these things You can take me out of Texas, but you can't take Texas out of me... Tropic Thunder... RIP Isaac Hayes July 05 August 05 September 05 October 05 November 05 December 05 January 06 February 06 March 06 April 06 May 06 June 06 July 06 August 06 September 06 October 06 November 06 December 06 January 07 February 07 March 07 April 07 May 07 June 07 July 07 August 07 September 07 October 07 November 07 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 January 09 
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So I just read an article online from the handy Victoria Advocate website.
There is a petition circling around to give the new high schools the old high school names.
Wha? I don't think consolidation is a good thing, never did, and I was truly suprised when a whole town of people let elected school board members do just that. (But hey, don't blame me, I was raised on MTV and apathy, my generation barely even reads a book, much less registers to vote.)
Before we let everyone off the hook...
Am I the only one around that feels we needed better local news coverage by our local TV stations?
I mean, I had to tune into Houston and San Antonio stations to get info on places a few hours away. Not to mention local weather advisories.
But whenever I switched to our local ABC affiliate, I never even saw a text crawl on the bottom of the screen.
I think it's really sad. We had people in our area with families there, we had people in our region who were fleeing the storm, not to mention...
So I didn't get a chance to update, but I went with the busygamer.com crew to cover the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle. We had tons of fun checking out the new games coming out, demoing everything from Left 4 Dead to Fallout 3, the New Warhammer, Lightsaber Duels, and many more.
We met all sorts of indie gamers, programmers, creators, nerdcore bands... etc.
I blogged about it on www.busygamer.com, and we've been running features this past week on the website, so I won't bore you with it here,...
Case in point. I just got a little package in the mail from Nielson. Apparently I have been selected to participate in a household survey.
To show me they mean business, they have included 2 dollars... American... inside the package.
While I appreciate the sentiment and the bribe, I wonder if I should tell them I dont watch any TV. Broke that addiction about 7 months ago. I save all the money from cable bills to travel, (Came back from Seattle last week!) Why spend life in front of a TV...
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