Austin loves a farmers market. There must be a dozen or more around the greater Austin area alone. These markets focus on locally grown, and often sustainable, food and other products.

The Wife and I have been to several of the Austin-area markets and this morning we decided to make the trek down to south Austin for the SFC Farmers Market at Sunset Valley. SFC also runs the markets downtown (on 4th) and in the Triangle, and is supposed to…

The Wife and I returned to Cap City Comedy Club last night, this time to see Iliza Shlesinger. Iliza is the most recent winner, first female winner, and youngest winner of Last Comic Standing. She’s also appeared on the roundtable on Chelsea Lately. It seems that the Wife and I discover most comics there lately.

Her style is a mix of observational humor and physical comedy, and I can see why she won Last Comic Standing. She is absolutely…

The Wife and I went to see John Caparulo at the Cap City Comedy Club last night. John has appeared on Craig Kilborn, The Tonight Show, Blue Comedy Tour: The Next Generation, and a half-hour special on Comedy Central. But the WIfe and I know him for his regular appearances on the Round Table on Chelsea Lately.

There were a pair of warm up acts. both of which has some funny material and some that was not so funny. About…

These were taken in June 2010 at my Father-in-Law’s ranch in Hutto, Texas. Bailey is chasing after Ben, a golden lab that she absolutely adores. Ben was barely running, but Bailey had to give it her all to catch up.

Tech Notes: These were taken with my Nikon D200 and my Nikkor 300mm f/2.8 telephoto. The lens has amazingly fast autofocus, but the D200 couldn’t really drive it fast enough.

On April 2, 2010, Bailey entered our lives. She is a Queen Elizabeth Pocket Beagle.

The pocket beagle was a breed of miniature beagle that died out about a century ago. Queen Elizabeth Pocket Beagle is an attempt to recreate the breed by combining beagles and duchshunds, and many generations of miniaturization.

Bailey was bred by a breeder in New Jersey, and flown in via air. These pictures were taken within a few days of her arrival.

I love spicy food, pickled vegetables, and asparagus, so it was only a matter of time until I tried marrying all three. Just opened my first jar, and they came out really nice. Lots of crunch, and a whole lot of kick.

This recipe is really just a slight variation on the one I use for pickled peppers. Just use more peppers instead of the asparagus.

Makes 3-4 pints

Ingredients
5 cups cider (5%) vinegar
1 cup water
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These are questions everyone should be able to answer. I don’t understand how it’s not part of standard curriculum in school districts across the country!

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Every time there’s the slightest amount of snow in Central Texas, the entire city of Austin shuts down. Usually, this is an overreaction.

Today was different. When I got up this morning, it was already sleeting. A couple of hours later, it turned to snow, and it’s been snowing on and off since then. In nearly four decades in Austin, I’m not sure I can remember when we’ve gotten so much snow.

During last weekend’s game between the Minnesota Vikings and the New Orleans Saints, the Wife observed on the striking resemblance between Brad Childress, the Minnesota head coach, and Les Grossman, Tom Cruise’s character from Tropic Thunder.

I had to agree.

With the new year almost upon us, it’s time for filler posts to look back on the top posts from the previous year. Clearly, the syndicated cartoons are among the consistantly most popular posts.