Local Passive Aggressive Note

I found this on passiveaggressivenotes.com and was thrilled to see it was a local note that our neighbors in the north of Austin don't know anything about cattle ranching.

Listen UP Bacon Lovers!

Do you love Bacon? Do you love Kevin Bacon? Go to the Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek on Thursday for a viewing of Flatliners and 6 courses centered around bacon.
Here's the menu: Potato Hickory Smoked Bacon Leek Vichyssoise

BLT Salad - Heirloom Tomatoes, Applewood Smoked Bacon, Spinach and Arugula tossed in a Warm Bacon Vinaigrette served with Bacon-wrapped Crackers
*served with Spaten Premium

Creamy Boursin Cheese and Shrimp stuffed Jalapeño wrapped in Peppered Bacon
*served with Brooklyn Lager

Chicken Fried Peppered Bacon w/ Bacon Mac & Cheese
*served with Coors Original Yellow Belly

Bacon Explosion Wellington!- Woven Bacon stuffed with Italian Sausage, Cheese, and Bacon wrapped in a Golden Brown Puffed Pastry
*served with Maredsous 8

Chocolate Ice Cream with Cinnamon and Sugar coated Maple Bacon
*served with 512 Porter

Deliciousness Abounds! Grilled Cheese Invitational

I love grilled cheese sandwiches. I reallly love grilled cheese sandwiches. On March 14th Austin will have it's 2nd Annual competition. I am so there! I want to compete but I'll probably wait until next year. My friends "The Lunch Ladies" will be there SERVIN' IT UP! Check it out. Link

Local Austin Jewelry Designer

I like stuff. Do you like stuff? Here's a link to a friend's jewelry design website. I have a pacman necklace made by her. It's good to support local people trying to make it. So buy this stuff!
Ilovefatcats.com

Free Puppies!

You too, can be happy and have all your cares melt away when get home from a hard day of work. Just imagine playing ball, puppy snuggling, and a new friend for life!

if you can help please call Rachel at Manchaca Village Vet Center in Austin, TX at 512-925-2174. You can ask for Rachel if she is in.

overheard in Austin

I love reading this column. Basically, it's because I'm nosy and I like to make fun of people.

H-E-B (Burnet and Koenig)

Guy to his friend, looking at the Valentine’s Day stuff “Should I get her a balloon or just the flowers?”

His friend “All of this is bullshit. Get her something useful, like a bag of tampons.”

Link

Let's Go Crazy!

I wish I could go to this! I will be in Dallas this weekend so I can't make it.
Here is the info:

Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008

The Scoot Inn

1308 E. 4th St.
Austin 78702

Doors 9pm
Show 10pm
Dancing All Nite

Tickets $13 advance
$16 door

It helps the kiddies at the Texas School for the Blind so you can be a good neighbor and get your booty-shake on. Link

Austin Events: RESET / PLAY

A friend sent this to me, it's an art exhibition that integrates video game influences. It starts tomorrow at the Arthouse in Austin.

The video game as a medium and a style of life has reached its middle age along with the first generation of people who grew up playing them. The non-linear, interactive, processor based narratives, which at first mimicked Hollywood and struggled to convey their simple content with 8-bit processors, gradually became the largest entertainment industry in the history of electronic media. RESET/PLAY is a critical exploration of contemporary art inspired by video games. Questioning the history, control mechanisms, political and art-historical implications of electronic games, RESET/PLAY assembles a formidable group of international artists who are making a significant impact on this growing post-game artistic sub-genre. Artists include Cory Arcangel, Michael Bell-Smith, Mike Beradino, Brody Condon, Alex Galloway, JODI, Guthrie Lonergan, Kristin Lucas, Joe McKay, Michael Smith, Eddo Stern and Keita Takahashi.

The Devil's Cigar: The Link Between Japan and Austin

Central Texas is the same latitude as southern Japan. Which may be one reason why this mushroom is only found here in Central Texas and Japan. Just another reason for me to go visit and the name also has the word devil in it. Another favorite of mine. No, I'm not a satanist. I just like evil things! They are sexy. Here's the story on pink tentacle. Link