Thanksgiving Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Like many Americans we’re in day 432 of Thanksgiving leftovers at our house, so it’s sort of like Thanksgiving is still happening! My parents are in their 70s– and this week they are both...
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Hanks: Clothes swaps are good for the planet, the holiday soul
By Anna Hanks – Special contributor Every year I cringe when I read about the crowds on “Black Friday,” the biggest shopping day of the year. Even more terrible is reading about the various...
I’m All About ” Sick Beat” Today.
The song that’s been repeating in my head is “Sick Beat” by Kero Kero Bonito. It may be the most feminist Japanese-language/rap song about video games ever made. (True confession: I’m not into “sewing,...
My Pictures Spotted In The Wild: November Edition
I’m always curious where my pictures end up after I release them into the wilds of the Internet. Here are some of the photos I’ve found since the October photo roundup! A picture from...
Throwback Thursday: Lena Dunham, SXSW Keynote 2014
I’m just starting to read Lena Dunham’s book “Not That Kind of Girl” and I ran across these pictures from her keynote speech at South By Southwest earlier this year. I couldn’t help noticing...
Watch the Sylvia Earle Keynote From SXSW Eco 2014
I was so incredibly impressed by the Sylvia Earle keynote at SXSW Eco this year. If you weren’t there, you need to watch it at the link below. Earle is an amazing and inspiring...
Pictures from the SXSW 2014 “Veronica Mars” Film Premiere
After South by Southwest this year, I wrote about a bunch of things, and shared pictures of some other things. However when I was cleaning up my photo archive, I realized that I’d never...
It’s a Self-Medicating With “Best Coast” Day
Given the Austin rain, the bummer election results, and a general feeling that I still have a haunt-over, I’m self-medicating with Best Coast today. Above are a bunch of Best Coast pictures from this...
Election Day Signs At My House
I’m very lucky that this election features TWO people I know running for Austin City Council, in two different districts. That means I have TWO different signs hung up, one in the front, and...
Hanks: ‘Nana-technology’ is closer than you think
By Anna Hanks – Special to the American-Statesman As I was hanging my laundry out on the line on the day following the South By Southwest Eco Conference earlier this month, I realized that...
