Rick Perry: Not as Crazy as the other guy

I never thought I'd say this, but I hope that Rick Perry sweeps the Republican primary. Courtesy of Pete, check out Perry's opponent Larry Kilgore. This man is apparently in favor of executing people for adultery, homosexuality and beastiality. NOTE: I found the images on the his page to be disturbing and graphic, but I'm also pretty sensitive to violence.








Perry, the less crazy Republican:

Student Elections = Yawn

... but I do quite like some of the "Super Mario Brothers'" Policies, namely:

Vince Young Statue
- The bronze will be acquired from the melting of the Confederate soldier statues that currently reside in the Main Mall to create one Super Vince statue

Whataburger
- Replace University Dining Halls with Whataburger restaurants, to meet the cravings of students 24/7

Lazy River
- Construction of Lazy River transportation system, because students shouldn't have to walk to class. We will utilize the same technology as Schlitterbahn

Mushrooms
- Free shrooms for all

Koopa Elimination
- Keep campus safe from the Koopas

Lazy River. I'm all for that one.

Trapped in a closet

So they found all these old civil rights era pictures in a closet at the Birmingham News, where they'd been sitting for however many years. They're amazing. This is a picture of some Freedom Riders trying to figure out what to do after they've been kicked off a Greyhound. You can see more here.

SASE?

Should you always send an SASE when submitting an article? I ask because the CFP I'm responding to didn't give any directions and the website for the journal was noncommittal on the issue. I don't want to pull a major faux pas by not including the SASE.

A True Olympian

Who needs gold medals when you're double-fisting next to a double-d?

hangings-out

hey, becky, or anybody else who wanted to get together tonight: call me on my phone - i'm going to be away from the computer (i know! how terrible) and studying.

Biel's notes

Here are some of the websites that Biel referenced. I especially like the letter from Gordon Wood and the Coors Light advertisement.

http://www.grantwoodstudio.org/
http://www.iowahistory.org/sites/gothic_house/gothic_house.html
http://www.newmansownorganics.com/
http://www.commercialcloset.org/cgi-bin/iowa/portrayals.html?record=246
http://www.commercialcloset.org/cgi-bin/iowa/index.html
http://www.dentaleditors.org/Article%20Library/curtis%20art3.htm
http://www.campsilos.org/mod2/students/wood_letter.htm

ricin beans

what the?

i seriously just cried

when i watched this video of that autistic bball player we were talking about last night.

also, thanks, john, for covering for me last night. yeah, i was a little drunk. but to pay me back, my nose just started bleeding again.

A Texas Complement to the Winter Olympics

This article on Texas skiers from Slate made me smile:

http://www.slate.com/id/2136807/nav/tap2/

Jobs I wish I could have

The person who painted this must have the best job ever. Imagine: "We've found this 164 million year old skeleton of a mammal that is a cross between a beaver, otter and platypus. Could you imagine what it would look like swimming and paint us a picture?" Awesome.

On a related note, how do you think creationists square mammals that lived 164 million years ago? Do they just deny these things?

Check it out

So Pete has started a new blog dedicated to Texas politics and I thought it might be of interest to y'all. He's already gotten his first piece of hate mail from a conservative (and no John, it wasn't from me), I'm so proud.
Check it out here.

celebrities secretly have cellulite and skin

Despite the fact that this whole topic reminds me of my terrible post-paper conversation about body image at SW/TX PCA/ACA, this site, which was posted on Mannahatta, is a fascinating illustration of the majick of airbrushing.

You have to go to "portfolio," then go to "before and after," then click on the little link to the left of the picture that says "see this picture before."

free texas

here's the shirt for the texas independence day 5k
(i dont think i can post pics in comments, otherwise this would be under andy's 10k post)












the unadorned superior graphic
that originally sparked my attention was...

this one could clearly stand alone on the front of a shirt

A 10k run in April, anyone?

I'm also going to get my lard-arse off the couch and get running: the Texas Roundup 10k is coming up on April 29th and will (I'm thinking) be a good break from the hell-on-a-stick of essay time.

Anyone else game? There's a free signed certificate from Rick Perry as a reward!

Anyone up for some music tonight?

I think I'm going to go to see the Undertow Orchestra at the Parish on 6th tonight. The Underow Orchestra is comprised of recent American luminaries Vic Chestnutt and Mark Eitzel along with some dude from Cenrto-Matic and the guy from another famous alternative band I have completely forgotten the name of. Imagine a cerebral Travelling Willburies with a bit more spunk.

Tickets are $15, doors @9pm. Pyrotechnics and PBR optional. Give me a call/reply to this if you're up for it.

http://www.theparishroom.com/

Batter Up!

Is anyone else as psyched as I am about the softball team! I haven't played since I was nine and I can't wait.

sick

sick!

so nerdy on so many levels

so, i used to love the rocky horror picture show, but when i loved it i was too young to understand the references to "american gothic" that are embedded in the church scene at the beginning. after reading part of (well, most of - god, that book goes down easy) the biel book for next week, i went to try to find a pic on the web of that RHPS scene, and i found the script to the movie.

here's the note for that scene:

JANET & BRAD linger outside the church. So do a strange FAMILY : An old man with a pitchfork and his wife and daughter. They resemble the Quaker family in "American Gothic", a painting.

quaker? biel's book is obviously deficient, because it does not explore this conflation. doesn't he have google?

Basketball boo

It turns out that the B'Ball game against Kansas is sold out for the time being- it looks like the game will be the Big XII decider and Kansas are a good side, to boot- probably one of the better games of the year.

That said, I was told that tickets "may become available" so I will keep trying and let you know.