Category Archives: Blog stuff

The Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center now has a blog. Here’s some of what you can expect from their blogging efforts: Conversations on how we can work together to save lives Personal stories from blood recipients and their families Success … Continue reading → Continue reading →

No shoes were thrown in the making of this Texas Progressive Alliance weekly roundup post. Click on for the highlights. Continue reading →

Nearly seven years of blogging and I still haven’t been indicted by Patrick Fitzgerald. Yet. Swear your way to better health. Where the ticket-splitters are now. Let’s find a true progressive candidate to win back the Congressional seat that William … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Early voting is going on now for the SD17 runoff. Have you done something to help Chris Bell yet? That doesn’t have anything to do with this week’s Texas Progressive Alliance roundup, but it needs to be said anyway. Click … Continue reading → Continue reading →

A little later than usual, but that’s the kind of weekend it was… The Ten Best George Bush Photos Ever. And just think, in 47 more days, we can all begin to forget that he ever existed. Link via PDiddie. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There may be leftovers in the fridge, but there’s plenty of fresh content from the Texas Progressive Alliance. Click on for the best of Thanksgiving week. Continue reading →

Still recovering from tryptophan overexposure… Let the people pick Obama’s successor in Illinois. The dark side of camera phones. Via McGuff. Time to start thinking about Christmas gifts! Confessions of an unrepentant BlackBerry addict. Yeah, I’m like that, too. Via … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It’s Thanksgiving time, but the Texas Progressive Alliance isn’t taking the week off. Click on for the usual assortment of highlights. Continue reading →

T-minus 61 days till President Obama… We are a center-left country. I like the sound of that. When Barack met John. Dealing with modern day pirates. From the “Conservatism cannot fail, conservatism can only be failed” department. While I agree … Continue reading → Continue reading →

On a somber note, I am sad to report that Debutant has had a relapse of her leukemia, and is back in Houston for more treatment. Which is to say biopsies and chemo and other nasty stuff. And she’ll be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Hey, kids you know what time it is: It’s time for another Texas Progressive Alliance blog roundup. Click that link and read those highlights. Continue reading →

My link dump transition team is in place and we expect no interrruptions in service as we bring you the weekend roundups. Everything you ever wanted to know about becoming a force to be reckoned with on Twitter but were … Continue reading → Continue reading →

David Mauro, one of the BOR bloggers, is in the running for a $10,000 blogging scholarship. He’s in second place, but currently trails the leader by about 3000 votes. David is both the only Texan and the only progressive political … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Is it just me, or is anyone else still a bit amazed that this election is actually over? Pending the SD17 runoff, of course. And “amazed” may be in a good way or in a not-so-good way, as you see … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Glory, glory, hallelujah! A beautiful election result, a beautiful weekend, and a beautiful list of links to peruse. Save the Mexico City water monster! In case you missed the official end of the Opus comic strip. Autobiography fail. I have … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It’s Election Day. Need I say more? Here is the weekly TPA roundup to peruse while you wait on line at the polls, or wait till the results start coming in. Continue reading →

Hope you’re enjoying your Halloween weekend. Here are some hopefully not-too-scary links to get you through the rest of it. “I mean, when you see 700 shambling dead zombies walking toward the Civic Center up the bridge, it would probably … Continue reading → Continue reading →

My usual modus operandi for election nights is to hit a party or two and mooch all the free food and beer I can celebrate or commiserate with my fellow Democrats in a social environment. This year will be a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Early voting has started, and it’s off the charts. Need I say more? Read all about it in the weekly highlights of the Texas Progressive Alliance. Click on for more. Continue reading →

Have you voted yet? Early voting ends on Friday. Thus endeth the message, now here come the links. Stayin’ alive, literally. New frontiers in physics, McCain-style. Vito Fossella, the soon-to-be-former Congressman from my hometown, was convicted of drunk driving in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Early voting has begun. That’s all the intro you need for this week’s Texas Progressive Alliance blog roundup. Click on to read the highlights, and get thee to an early voting location. Continue reading →

Early voting begins tomorrow. A big celebration of that is going on at Discovery Green today. And now we dump a few links. Centenarian nuns for Obama! And rednecks and bassets, too. Oh, Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! I said, turn that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Nothing like a weekend of nostalgia to recharge your engines. But 20 years is a long time to look back, so let’s just go for a week, to review the Texas Progressive Alliance’s blog highlights. Click on for the roundup. Continue reading →

“Let us drink a toast, as each of us recalls Ivy covered professors, in ivy covered halls.” That has nothing to do with link dumping, but I’m attending my 20-year reunion, so please cut me some slack. Suppressing the vote, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It’s time for another Texas Progressive Alliance weekly blog roundup. No debates, no spin room, just a week’s worth of blog highlights. Click on for more. Continue reading →

I got yer doggone weekend link roundup right here, you betcha… In case you missed it before, Michelle Obama posts on MOMocrats. Very cool. The woman behind Miss Piggy. I had no idea she was inspired by Peggy Lee, but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Still mulling over the Presidential debate? Let the Texas Progressive Alliance tell you about what you missed while you were wondering whether or not it was going to happen. Click on for this week’s highlights. Continue reading →

These links were not brought to you by FEMA… Lamentations of the Father. A classic from The Atlantic. I know this is a linkpost, but I’m going to quote a little anyway: For we judge between the plate that is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

So the Houston Press has its annual Best of Houston issue out, and it comes as a very pleasant surprise to see that they’ve picked me as the best local blog. That’s the third time they’ve seen fit to bestow … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Neither rain nor sleet nor hurricane can stop the Texas Progressive Alliance from doing its weekly blog roundup. Click on for the highlights. Continue reading →

A little distraction (I hope) while Ike-related cleanup and recovery goes on. Flying the unfriendly skies. The original Wonder Woman doesn’t like Sarah Palin. And may I just say, I still have a crush on Lynda Carter. Live long and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It’s Tuesday, and that means it is time for yet another edition of the Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round-Up. This week, many bloggers in Houston and in the Gulf Coast region are without power and digging out from Hurricane Ike. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

And the links came tumbling down… 100 clues you’re not going to a really good college, via MeMo. Some big-picture thoughts on light rail from Austin Contrarian. Why the “Dog Whisperer” ain’t all that. Who opposed the “Bridge to Nowhere”? … Continue reading → Continue reading →

All righty, the conventions are over, the speeches have been given, the bounces have bounced, and we are now officially supposed to be paying attention. So with that in mind, here is the latest roundup from the Texas Progressive Alliance. … Continue reading → Continue reading →