Monday, October 31, 2011

Weird Texas: Your Travel Guide to Texas's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets

Praise for Weird Texas: “If your taste extends to the odd side of traveling, .” —Booklist “…lives up to its promise of providing an overview of weird things found in

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Sunday, October 30, 2011

The Conscientious Marine Aquarist: A Commonsense Handbook for Successful Saltwater Hobbyists (Microcosm/T.F.H. Professional)

A bestseller since it first published in 1998, The Conscientious Marine Aquarist is one of the best-respected, time-tested, hands-on marine aquarium books ever published.Now completely updated from cover to cover with brand new text, a fresh design, and updated photography, The Conscientious Marine Aquarist is the essential book for all new, intermediate, and serious marine aquarium keepers—in

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Friday, October 28, 2011

R & M Texas State 4 Piece Cookie Cutter Set

High quality novelty cookie cutter set features great designs that keep their shape through baking.Sale Price:$6.15Read

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

When it Gets Weird to Be a Texan

Being a Texan has gotten kind of weird---and not that good old Austin kind of weird either. This weirdness is not cute, not colorful, and not smart at all.

Most of the time Texans just roll along. There are country folks and city people, often in the same family. There are ranchers and astronauts, oilmen and artists, farm workers, doctors, retailers, restauranteurs, car dealers and drug dealers. You know, just folks.

Even the politics used to roll along, like religion, in the middle of

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When Being a Texan Gets Weird

Being a Texan has gotten kind of weird---and not that good old Austin kind of weird either. This weirdness is not cute, not colorful, and not smart at all.

Most of the time Texans just roll along. There are country folks and city people, often in the same family. There are ranchers and astronauts, oilmen and artists, farm workers, doctors, retailers, restauranteurs, car dealers and drug dealers. You know, just folks.

Even the politics used to roll along, like religion, in the middle of

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Lonely Planet Texas (Regional Travel Guide)

From an in-depth Texas barbecue chapter to the inside scoop on the Austin music scene, this guide gets travelers deep in the heart of Texas.Sale Price:$14.68Read

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Monday, October 24, 2011

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Saltwater Aquariums

An undersea kingdom in the comfort of one's own home...includes CD- ROM! The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Saltwater Aquariums offers nearly 1000 descriptions and pictures of marine fishes, corals, plants, and invertebrates among sixty family groupings on an easy-to-use cross-referenced CD-ROM. Presented in straightforward, readable text focused on the best species to consider, compatibility

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Aquarium Care of Bettas (Animal Planet Pet Care Library)

Bettas are a unique tropical fish with attractive features. This handy book makes it easy and fun to find favorites from the many different types of bettas, and is a great tool to help make the best care choices for these colorfulSale Price:$3.99Read

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

When it Gets Weird to Be a Texan

Being a Texan has gotten kind of weird---and not that good old Austin kind of weird either. This weirdness is not cute, not colorful, and not smart at all.

Most of the time Texans just roll along. There are country folks and city people, often in the same family. There are ranchers and astronauts, oilmen and artists, farm workers, doctors, retailers, restauranteurs, car dealers and drug dealers. You know, just folks.

Even the politics used to roll along, like religion, in the middle of

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Just the right place to find a schadenfreude

Just the right place to find a

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Scientific knowledge applied with compassion

Scientific knowledge applied with

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Bringing our Kitchen up to Date

 

Guest post written by Joshua King

 

When we bought our house a year ago, we already knew a few things that we would have to do to make our home up to par, or at least in our opinion. But we spent so much money in purchasing the house that we knew we would have to hold off a bit on doing those other things around our house. One of those was remodeling our

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Friday, October 7, 2011

Download a MIx Tape in Memory of Steve Jobs

A site called Friday Mix Tapes has a great page where you can download a "mix tape" of Steve Jobs's favorite songs.

You can also download excerpts from some of his most inspiring

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