Tag Archives: Ben Atwell

High on Life — Jumbo and Willie

Posted on January 9, 2023 by nowandthenadays

During the 60s and 70s, when Bee Caves Road was little more than a drive through the country, there was a beer joint whose back fence hid a small cabin on a back lot known by the cognoscenti as “the … Continue reading →

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We are not Sucking Aliens

Posted on May 16, 2010 by nowandthenadays

The Statesman this week reported that Speaker Straus had suggested some unsavory solutions to reducing  the state budget shortfall.  Two of the unsavory solutions (at least to me) include unpaid work furloughs and four-day work weeks for state employees.   Personally, … Continue reading →

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