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I occasionally need to read things like this in order to feel good about humanity. - Shelly Brisbin

Just in case Dani missed a crazy Arizona story. - Shelly Brisbin

I would really like to try this, even though I'm slightly afraid. - Shelly Brisbin

Wow. First time I've ever heard of these. - Shelly Brisbin

I want a self-driving car, but I don't want YOU to have one. - Shelly Brisbin

Sharing mostly to introduce you to the joys of Longform.org. If you enjoy reading great journalistic writing, and your attention-span isn't completely shot, you will appreciate Longform. - Shelly Brisbin

I saw a table tent card about Lo-Burn at a bakery yesterday. Austin has fallen in love with district shorthand. Let's see: we have SoCo, SoLa, SoFi, and LoBurn. For the East Sixth Street shot bar district, I suggest FratPuke. The ritzy Second Street district would be RichSec. I'll let you know when I have a name for my neighborhood. - Shelly Brisbin

Just for the headline: only people with three names can explain people with three names. - Shelly Brisbin

You're welcome, Dani. - Shelly Brisbin

A great read for the way the article puts modern politics in philosophical terms, and also the way it reminds you of actual history along the way. - Shelly Brisbin

For Dani: since I know you love the horror flicks. - Shelly Brisbin

I'll admit it: I haven't read this yet. I instinctively agree with the premise, however. - Shelly Brisbin

Some people in Houston got mad that the city council in Austin got mad at Arizona for passing an immigration law. Just so we're clear. - Shelly Brisbin

We have a politician fighting to keep his activities, and those of the state employees paid to protect him, secret. Not secret before they occur, but secret after the fact. Accountable government indeed. - Shelly Brisbin

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. Again, not a Bachman fan at all, but this gaffe thing is utterly made up, and was propagated by lazy, craven journalists. - Shelly Brisbin

Let's us not pretend that principle plays much of a role in what the members of the current majority do. - Shelly Brisbin

Well, congratulations to us. The 90% of PP's services that are not abortion-related were probably not even all that important to the women who can't afford to get them elsewhere. I'll have to ask my friend who ran a gauntlet of protesters to receive care for her endometriosis about that. - Shelly Brisbin

So, do these pop up in Google+ now? - Shelly Brisbin

Hera's a good practical look at how outrageous gerrymandering affects people's ability to be represented by someone who lives in their geographic area. Keep in mind that Austin is 68 miles north of San Antonio. Even under the previous gerrymander, some part of Austin were represented by an SA-based Congressman. but this is just insane. - Shelly Brisbin

Just for the photo. You KNOW that the stars on those flags were very carefully arranged. Texas' flag doesn't naturally hang like that. - Shelly Brisbin

Zoiks! Glass has been failing for days. Now they've closed this brand-new hotel "until further notice". - Shelly Brisbin

If I lived off the Internet coupons I'm offered, I would be tanned, waxed, massaged, and tweezed. And one meal, which I would have to travel 25 miles to eat. - Shelly Brisbin

It would be hard to overstate how little I agree with Ms. Bachman. Be that as it may, one of th very worst things about a presidential campaign is the relentless cataloging of verbal errors that inevitably occur. I would so love to take a 1.5 year vacation in Australia. - Shelly Brisbin

First, I was like, is that onion I smell? And then I was like, hey, with a robotic car, I could propel myself independently. And then I was like, ROBOTIC CARS? NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! - Shelly Brisbin

Credit where credit is due, Mr. Speaker. You are right on this one. - Shelly Brisbin

My mom's name is Emma. Because her parents were DEPRESSION-ERA HIPSTERS. - Shelly Brisbin

I had never heard of this fellow until after his death. I didn't see "Jackass" (for which I am everlastingly grateful), but it makes me a little sad to read that the headline about someone's death includes the phares "Jackass Star". - Shelly Brisbin

Wow, I hadn't even heard, or seen this in local news. Whatever you think about the death penalty, the idea that we here in Texas have escalated our executions to the point that they don't even warrant a cursory news story is a little disturbing. - Shelly Brisbin

Mourning. - Shelly Brisbin

This sort of thing is why I hate the world. - Shelly Brisbin