Lifestream
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Liked The Passions - The Square.
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"Oh Detlef, Excel will only take you down." [rutlo]
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Liked Midge Ure - No Regrets.
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Liked The Passions - Sanctuary.
historical
A drive down Austin memory lane
Austin has grown fast, but it has grown from a tiny urban core — meaning that we have less pre-World War II buildings than probably any other city our size in the South. Many neighborhoods quite close to downtown were developed in the 1960’s or later — the city basically ended 3 miles in each direction until 1960. This means you can live in verdant, “The Wonder Years”-esque suburbia and still be downtown in 15 minutes.
I stumbled upon ..read more
Make The Sunshine indeed
That was a drawing of mine from 1990 or so, back when everything had spiky hair, sunglasses and earrings. And back when Texas had normal temperatures. Or did it?
For example, on July 16, 1990, the high temperature in Austin was 78, and the low was 68. That’s actually well below normal, but then again, today’s forecast high of 102 is well above normal. Last year’s high of 97 was also above average. So was 2000’s, and 2004’s, ..read more