Newsletter
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What do you think of Victoria's airport?
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
I flew out of Victoria Regional Airport to reach a conference I'm attending in Washington, D.C. Despite an acquaintance's words of caution about flights being canceled in Victoria, the first leg of the round-trip flight went off like clockwork. A ...
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By mikeforman in Forman Flashes
Week 7 has come and gone. El Campo edged Bay City and all but set itself up for the top seed in 24-4A in the Division II playoffs. The Blackcats will probably have to win out to make the playoffs. ...
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Anyone catch the Orionid meteor shower this weekend? I got back to Victoria from my son’s football game in San Antonio and made my way into the backyard about 1:30 a.m. Saturday. The sky was free of ...
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Coming out of the (broom) closet
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
He's finally come out of the closet, people. After all these years of "is he or isn't he?" the mystery is now solved. He most certainly is. And no, I'm not talking about Tom Cruise (although I'm still waiting for ...
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By GabeSemenza in Crowdsourcing
I can never get enough glimpses at modern homes. They look cool, they're built efficiently and they use operate efficiently. If you're into modern homes check out Dwell. Very cool magazine.
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Reader-submitted articles allow community to reach out
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
We received an e-mail Friday that brightened my day: "I just wanted to thank you for your "Reader Submitted Articles" Section. I was able to post the information about my book, and have been able to reach some people that ...
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We're in beta, as Google would say
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
We're a bit overwhelmed by how much traffic our new site is generating. We're on a pace to far surpass the biggest month in online Advocate history. There's always a downside to success, of course. Some of our longtime users became ...
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By ALongLook in The Write Stuff
As Breast Cancer Awareness Month enters its last week, I am reminded of the struggle my sister went through with the disease several years ago. She lost her battle at age 41, and looking back at some the poems and ...
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40th anniversary of famous Bigfoot film
By cjcastillo in Digital Babble
It has been 40 years since the blurry, shaky images of Bigfoot were first seen in the famous Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot footage, taken at Bluff Creek, California on Oct. 20, 1967. Whether you are a believer or not, you can't deny ...
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Stephen Colbert for President?
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Finally. That's all I have to say (although I'd rather see the Daily Show king himself, Jon Stewart, take a stab at the presidency). If you haven't heard yet, Stephen Colbert has announced his plans to run for president, according ...