In searching for more information about some of the smaller candidates here (believe it or not, I don’t just vote straight ticket), I came across the North Austin Civil Association. This organization represents a tiny part of the city, less than five percent of the Austin population. But while at their site, I noticed something subtle.

Look at the highlighted letters: o, b, a, m, and a, in a sentence about not supporting a specific candidate. If you’re going to support someone, just come out and say it. Unless they’re being sarcastic (I don’t really know anything about them), this is the type of stuff that only comes back to hurt people and groups later on.

It's always seemed odd to me that people say "100% all natural." Aren't the "100%" and the "all" redundant?

If you and your friends can agree upon the best track on an album, it's probably not a very good album.

Kayak acquired SideStep (709 words), my part-time employer, for $196 million. Hopefully Extended Info can be saved. (Update: it can.)

It's funny how much effort we invest into goodbyes. If only the rest of our interaction was equally energetic. We squeeze all of our conversation into the short-term ones. We squeeze all of our future longing into the long-term ones.

Closed headphones are the craziest shit in the world. How can I be listening to music this loud without the people cramped up next to me even knowing?