Stuff about my adopted home town - best lunch counter on the planet

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Wikipedia entry on Austin

The Tonkawa Indians
Hey... we were here first

Let's hope we heed the words of The Eagles, and it doesn't become
The Last Resort

KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD
Austin can often give San Francisco a run for its money when it come to strangeness.

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The Immigration Debate
"Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery"
~ Jack Parr

The Texas Border Wall Can't Separate Latinos From Their Memories and Culture - an excellent article with a debate in the comments section which is (for the most part) quite educational both in terms of current and historical perspective.

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Good Life Synonymous With South - (I'm not much of one for the bullets part of Bullets, Beer & BBQ, but I'll take the latter two ;)

The Austin Chronicle  - Music, Arts and City news from the 'Live Music Capital of the World'
"Austin"  - listen to Mr. Robin Williams' take on our little burg.  Be sure to check out his"Live 2002"recording (if you like it, buy it :-)  You may find a commentary upon a city close to you ;-)

~ A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.
~ There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in Texas
~ There are 10,000 types of spiders.  All 10,000 of them live in Texas .
~ If it grows, it'll stick ya.  If it crawls, it'll bite cha.
~ 'Jaw-P?' means, 'Did y'all go to the bathroom?
~ There is no such thing as 'lunch.' There is only dinner and then there is supper.
~ Iced tea is appropriate for all meals, and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar.
~ "Backwards and forwards" means "I know everything about you."
~ The word 'jeet' is actually a phrase meaning, 'Did you eat?'
~ You don't have to wear a watch, because it doesn't matter what time it is.  You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.
~ You measure distance in minutes.
~ You switch from heat to A/C in the same day.
~ You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Texas  Pete, Tabasco and Ketchup.
~ The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local gossip and high school  football.
~ You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.
~ Fried catfish is the other white meat.