Category Archives: Austin
Crews did this to our neighborhood and left. No repairs.
Street crews have been breaking up street curbs and building new ones around town. I appreciate new curbs, but their machinery took big chunks out of the streets around my neighborhood. And they left ...
Oct 10, 2022
The border is finally closing down to........ turkeys.
We're finally addressing the problem at the border. The Canadian border is clamping down on Thanksgivin' fixins! And actually, they're keeping us out. Today is Canadian Thanksgiving. But their governm...
Oct 10, 2022 Matthew Britton / CC
My flu shot gave me a hickey. Weird new reaction to the shot. Pic in blog. Should I be worried or flattered?
I got my flu shot on Friday, but I had a weird reaction. It bled for a bit. The nurse who gave me the shot asked if I normally bleed. I said nope. Then she asked if I'm on a blood thinner. Again, nope...
Oct 10, 2022 KOMUnews / CC
3-D printed house. Watch it happen in blog.
A company 3-D printed a house in Austin, Texas. A giant 3-D printer only took two weeks to lay out the frame work of the place. After, builders went in and did the rest of the job. You can watch clips...
Oct 07, 2022 Frontiers Conferences / CC
New adult Happy Meals..... was this necessary? Also, why do the toys have 2 sets of eyes?
McDonald's is serving Happy Meals for adults for a limited time. Jenny and I saw this on TV a couple of morning ago. The reporter said, 'Now adults can buy Happy Meals for themselves." We thought the ...
Oct 07, 2022 Phillip Pessar / CC
Goodwill opens 1st online store. It's sort of like a giant internet garage sale.
Goodwill has opened an online shopping site at GoodwillFinds.com. I visited and the first thing I clicked on is the "Halloween Costumes". They had a lot for kids, but I got the impression that you hav...
Oct 07, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Super cool Ghostbuster Halloween projection (on a house) Halloween decoration show. Watch in blog.
I've seen some Ghostbuster Halloween decorations, but this projection show is probably the best so far.
Oct 06, 2022 Gareth Simpson / CC
The high cost of homemade costumes. Also, vid of cheaper, easier DYI Halloween outfits.
When I was a kid, there were many homemade Halloween costumes that used tin foil, like a robot or a space suit. I even folded pieces over my teeth and pretended to be the James Bond villain Jaws a cou...
Oct 05, 2022 istolethetv / CC
Pumpkin Spice Alfredo - This week's at home pumpkin spice recipe.
Pumpkin spiced cheese sauce. How's that sound for this week's at home pumpkin spice recipe? It's Fettucine Pumpkin Alfredo. Let me start by saying that I haven't had a chance to fix this myself. I'm p...
Oct 05, 2022 Blake Sellers / CC
Polar plunging is possibly super healthy.
New data is suggesting that taking a swim in ice cold water has benefits for the body and mind. This study came out of Norway...... where they really don't have much to do besides figuring out what co...
Oct 05, 2022 Ann Forstie / CC