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The Luv Doc: Kind of Goofy, Kind of Dicky

Luv Doc, I see someone I actually KNOW on OKCupid! And here’s the weird part – we met at a party on New Year’s and she was with this kind of dicky boyfriend. I thought she was awesome, but he was kind of goofy. She and I really hit it off, but obviously nothing happened.…

by The Luv Doc

Max

After sufferiong trauma in Afghanistan, a heroic dog is sent stateside

by Josh Kupecki

Day Trips: Glenrio, Texas

The State Line Motel in Glenrio, on the Texas side of the border with New Mexico, proclaimed it was the first or last motel in Texas, depending on which direction you were traveling on Route 66. Glenrio’s dot on the Texas map marks a ghost town. The skeletons of once-bustling hotels, gas stations, and stores…

by Gerald E. McLeod

Cast of Characters

Henry Gonzalez: Veteran Austin artist/stage manager. Matt Hubbard: Keyboardist, Golden Dawn Arkestra, Matt Hubbard trio. Carl Huff: Fan who saw the GD at Municipal Audi­tor­ium in December 1971, a performance that began and ended with Buddy Holly’s “Not Fade Away.” Edi Johnson: Accountant at Manor Downs since 1978; still helps maintain the now-closed facility. Margaret…

by Chronicle Staff

Soccer Watch

What a stirring win by the U.S. Women Tuesday night against top-ranked Germany in their Women’s World Cup semifinal. The U.S. will play for the championship on Sunday in Vancouver, against either Japan or England, who are playing in the other semifinal as we go to press Wednesday. The U.S. defense has been stifling: five…

by Nick Barbaro

Headlines

City Council completed its final bits of business last week before the July hiatus, taking a break until budget workshops resume July 30, followed by the next regular meeting on Aug. 6. For some stock-taking, see “Council: Midterm Report Card.” Open Mouth, Insert Foot: District 6 Council Member Don Zimmerman welcomed the Supreme Court ruling…

by Chronicle Staff

Oops

In “Point Austin: Racism and Heroism” (June 26), a formatting error left unclear that one paragraph – beginning “Mother Emanuel” and ending “the history of America” – was quoting President Barack Obama’s remarks on the Charleston massacre. In “Public Notice: Be a Good Citizen” (June 26), Travis County Commissioner Gerald Daugherty’s last name was misspelled.…

by Chronicle Staff

Quote of the Week

“Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them.” – Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority on King v. Burwell, which upheld the subsidy provision of the Affordable Care Act

by Chronicle Staff

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

They have paprika flavored potato chips in Germany. Many Russians grew up in dense housing blocks, where children ran wild in closed central courtyards. Cul-de-sac translates in Russian as tupik – a word that evokes vulnerability and danger, a dead end with no escape. “Sahnoan” is a Native American word meaning “healthy one.” The art…

by Mr. Smarty Pants

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