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Doug in Gruene
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I’m here to kick ass and talk about Texas State football, and I’m all out of Bobcats and/or Armadillos
I am the premier contributor of #lostshoes and #dogsincarwindows posts
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Never not a good time to remind y’all of this:
Any #worldle folks wanna share their stats? I’ve rebuilt my streak and wanna show it off.
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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An absolute legend stop by the podcast today, Mr. Bootsy Collins, King of the Funk

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November 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This is going in my upcoming memoir “Latchkey Kids of West Texas.”
i would fucking annihilate a plate of these right now ngl
Somebody needs to lose their job over this.
October 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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ATTN: Texans

This means they know you've been texting while driving
October 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Here’s a poster ChatGPT helped me make for today, and the printed version. Feel free to use. #nokings
(I ran out of requests on chat, so I had to print it out and add the “no” bar)
October 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
October 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Clear sky at night, sailor’s delight. Or something.
October 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Nice!
October 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Sterling Morrison quit the Velvet Underground for a new life in Texas. In part three of this six-part series, former reporter Andrew Dansby digs into how Morrison spent some of his time in Austin, including going back on stage as a not-Velvet.
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Why Sterling Morrison quit the Velvet Underground for Texas
Here's when Sterling Morrison reached a breaking point, quit the Velvet Underground and started a new life in Austin.
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February 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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friends with large accounts, I'm not going to pester you personally but just generally speaking, I would sure appreciate a signal boost on this thing. We seem to have leveled out, and since this is a one-shot (won't be in bookstores) I'd like to get it out there as much as possible.
Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow
Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.
www.kickstarter.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Another Tetris round

Wordle 1,554 6/6*

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September 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Robert Redford with a tiny cardboard cut-out of Paul Newman, photographed by John Dominis, Utah, 1969
December 2, 2024 at 8:22 AM
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September 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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DC Comics’ Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen No. 115 - October 1968.
September 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
It’s been 2 1/2 months and I still think of this magnificent moss at least every other day #phishinaustin 6/28/25 @phish.com
September 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
September 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Wordle 1,541 3/6*

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Zigged when I shoulda zagged
September 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
September 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
September 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Small, median, or large?
#lostshoes
#mobilephotography
September 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Lost in the Alamo City
#lostshoes
#mobilephotography
September 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
According to one of my heroes…
August 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Wordle 1,527 2/6*

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Missed it by *that* much
August 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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On this day in 1977, NASA launched Voyager 2, sending the legendary Golden Record—a time capsule of Earth’s music, sounds, and greetings—on its journey into the vast unknown of space.
August 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM