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We strike water!

 Jimmy’s Well Service of Bastrop, Texas brought their water drilling rig to our land at 1191 Shiloh Road, Cedar Creek, TX 78612  and drilled a 380′ water well that came in at an awesome flow of 60 gallons per minute (gpm).  Normally wells come in around 15-30 gpm so this was an exceptional result.

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KVET’s Bucky and Bob Show comes to Baxters on Main 2

This is the full 40 minute video of Bob Cole and Bucky Godbolt from KVET appearing at Baxters on Main in Bastrop, Texas on Friday, August 1, 2008.  Ronnie Macdonald, Bastrop County Judge, and Terry Orr, Bastrop Mayor, stepped up to the mic on this early morning Austin radio talk show.  Click on the link below to play.

Today I’m 64, like the song says

When I get older losing my hair,
Many years from now,
Will you still be sending me a valentine
Birthday greetings bottle of wine?

If I’d been out till quarter to three
Would you lock the door,
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I’m sixty-four?

oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oooo
You’ll be older too, (ah ah ah ah ah)
And if you say the word,
I could stay with you.

I could be handy mending a fuse
When your lights have gone.
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
[ Find more Lyrics at www.mp3lyrics.org/aK ]
Sunday mornings go for a ride.

Doing the garden, digging the weeds,
Who could ask for more?
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I’m sixty-four?

Every summer we can rent a cottage
In the Isle of Wight, if it’s not too dear
We shall scrimp and save
Grandchildren on your knee
Vera, Chuck, and Dave

Send me a postcard, drop me a line,
Stating point of view.
Indicate precisely what you mean to say
Yours sincerely, Wasting Away.

Give me your answer, fill in a form
Mine for evermore
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I’m sixty-four?

Whoo!

KVET’s Bucky and Bob Show comes to Baxters on Main

Bob Cole and Bucky Godbolt brought the KVET traveling show to Bastrop, TX on August 1, 2008. We’re going to run a 5 part series on this event starting with their interview with Bastrop County Judge Ronnie Macdonald. Much more to come in the coming days.

Democrats running for Texas offices meet at Mitzis

The event in the YouTube series of videos (below) took place at Mitzi VanSant’s lovely home in Smithville, Texas. It was a perfect setting in a prefect town for the Democrats for US Senate in Texas, and for many other national, statewide and local offices to gather and meet.

There was an abundant potluck, drinks of all kinds, music, and plenty of shade (important in Texas). Some of the people you’ll see in the video include Chris Duggan (running for Bastrop District Judge), Rick Noriega (running for US Senate), Wayne Smith (running for Bastrop Sheriff), Susan Shelton (Democratic strategist), Mitzi VanSant (the party host), Larry Joe Doherty (running for US Congress), Linda Yanez (running for Judge statewide), Susan Strawn and many others. Best celebrity sitings since Brad and Angie left town.

Democrats gather at Mitzi VanSants in Smithville

Mitzi VanSant’s charming Smithville home was the gathering place for Democratic Candidates for office for US Senate, Texas Supreme Court, US House of Representatives, Bastrop County Sheriff, and Bastrop District Judge. This is the first video in an 8 part series of videos of the event. It will feature appearances by Chris Duggan, Wayne Smith, Lloyd Doggett, Joe Doherty, Susan Shelton, Linda Yanez, Rick Noriega and Mitzi VanSant among others.

The first video in the series features Susan Shelton, a leading Democratic strategist who gives us an overview of how the Democrats will gain control of Texas in the upcoming elections.

Bastrop Chamber Candidate meet up

High Definition Video of the candidates meetup

Audio Podcast of the Candidates meetup

Bastrop Chamber of Commerce Political Forum

Tue, Feb 26 2008 in Bastrop, 4:00 pm to 6:45 pm

Sponsored by the Bastrop Chamber of Commerce Governmental Affairs Committee. At First National Bank, 489 Hwy 71 W. Voters were able to come meet and hear from candidates for local, state-wide and federal offices.

BastropBuilder.com has contacted Cable Channel 10 in Bastrop and Bastrop Access TV has agreed to carry this video and the video from the Democratic meetup in Elgin from Sunday February 24. Check back on this website for dates and times.

 
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How to Make an Electoral Revolution – Bastrop event

“How to Make An Electoral Revolution”

Sponsored by Independent Texans

Sunday, June 8, 10 am to 5 pm

This event was held at the Aqua Water Coop, 415 Old Austin Highway, Bastrop, Texas Call us at 512-535-0989 or 512-657-2089 – click on any of the links below to see videos of the event, there are 21 10-minute videos in all, published to several video sharing websites such as Youtube.

12:30 Stopping Stinko Sweetheart Deals

Brian Rodgers & Paul Walhus for Stop Domain Subsidies

1 Brian Rodgers – Stop Domain Subsidies 1 of 3
YouTube, MySpace, Metacafe, Google, AOL Video, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos and Howcast

2 Brian Rodgers – Stop Domain Subsidies 2 of 3
YouTube, MySpace, Metacafe, Google, AOL Video, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos and Howcast

3 Brian Rodgers – Stop Domain Subsidies 3 of 3
YouTube, MySpace, Metacafe, Google, AOL Video, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos and Howcast

4 Paul Walhus – Stop Domain Subsidies 1 of 1
YouTube, Yahoo, Metacafe, Google, AOL Video, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Howcast

 

 

1:30 Voter Contact: Where the Rubber Meets the Road!

Nancy Robbins, Ron Paul activist

5 Nancy Robbins, Phone Banking Campaigns part 1 of 4
YouTube, Yahoo, Metacafe, Google, AOL Video, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Howcast

6 Nancy Robbins, Phone Banking Campaigns part 2 of 4
YouTube, Yahoo, MySpace, Metacafe, Google, AOL Video, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Howcast

7 Nancy Robbins, Phone Banking Campaigns part 3 of 4
Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Howcast

8 Nancy Robbins, Phone Banking Campaigns part 4 of 4
MySpace, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Howcast

10:30 How Ron Paul Made the Revolution

Chuck Young, Ron Paul activist

9 Chuck Young talks about the Ron Paul Paul campaign 1 of 4
MySpace, Metacafe, Google, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Howcast

10 Chuck Young talks about the Ron Paul Paul campaign 2 of 4
MySpace, Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Howcast

11 Chuck Young talks about the Ron Paul Paul campaign 3 of 4
Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Howcast

12 Chuck Young talks about the Ron Paul campaign 4 of 4
MySpace, Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos and Howcast

2:30 How to Protest Perry

Merry Anne Bright & Jan Tracy, Piney Woods Alliance

3 Piney Woods 1 of 2
Yahoo, Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos and Howcast

14 Piney Woods 2 of 2
YouTube, Yahoo, MySpace, Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos and Howcast

 

2:45 Taking Power: Electoral and Electrical

David Schraub (on solar farming) & Jere Locke (on Climate 1Sky)

15 Solar Farming 1 of 3
MySpace, Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Howcast
16 Solar Farming 2 of 3
Yahoo, MySpace, Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo and Howcast

17 Solar Farming 3 of 3
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8 Global Warming 1 of 4
MySpace, Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos and Howcast

19 Global Warming 2 of 4
Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos and Howcast

20 Global Warming 3 of 4
MySpace, Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos and Howcast

21 Global Warming 4 of 4
Yahoo, MySpace, Metacafe, Google, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos and Howcast

 

3:45 Winning Elections to Protect Your Water Rights

Marie Day, Lavaca County Taxpayers, Inc.

4:30 State Independent Convention Planning, September 6

10 Political Independence: What’s Obama, Kucinich and Paul got to do with it?!

Linda Curtis, Independent Texans

11:00 How Youth Organizes (for Arlan Foster), Arlan Foster, HD 18 Candidate

Eric Price & Clayton Scott, and other high school student activists

12:00 How Citizen’s Lobby Congress & the Texas Legislature

Ann Del Llano, Esq., Capitol City Solutions

Judith McGeary, Esq., Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance

Bastrop County Primary Election results

ELECTION RESULTS

Results: March 2008 Primary

Bastrop County

SUMMARY REPORT             STATISTICS
                           (ELECTION DAY)
RUN DATE:03/04/08 10:27 PM

                                                       VOTES PERCENT

           PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 21) .  .  .  .  .        21  100.00
           REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL .  .  .  .  .    38,695
           REGISTERED VOTERS - REPUBLICAN PARTY  .         0
           REGISTERED VOTERS - DEMOCRATIC PARTY  .         0
           BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL.  .  .  .  .  .  .     9,052
           BALLOTS CAST - REPUBLICAN PARTY .  .  .     2,700   29.83
           BALLOTS CAST - DEMOCRATIC PARTY .  .  .     6,352   70.17
           VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL  .  .  .  .  .  .             23.39

                          ********** (REPUBLICAN PARTY) **********

          President
          VOTE FOR  1
           Alan Keyes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        14     .52
           Hugh Cort  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         2     .07
           Mike Huckabee .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,021   38.13
           Mitt Romney.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        26     .97
           Ron Paul.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       405   15.12
           Fred Thompson .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        29    1.08
           Rudy Giuliani .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        13     .49
           Duncan Hunter .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         8     .30
           John McCain.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,132   42.27
           Hoa Tran.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         0
           Uncommitted (No Comprometido).  .  .  .        28    1.05

          United States Senator
          VOTE FOR  1
           Larry Kilgore .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       675   27.85
           John Cornyn.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,749   72.15

          US Representative Dist 10
          VOTE FOR  1
           Michael T. McCaul.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       660  100.00

          US Representative Dist 25
          VOTE FOR  1
           George L. Morovich  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,274  100.00

          Railroad Commissioner
          VOTE FOR  1
           Michael L. Williams .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,935  100.00

          Chief Justice, Supreme Court
          VOTE FOR  1
           Wallace B. Jefferson.  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,904  100.00

          Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7
          VOTE FOR  1
           Dale Wainwright  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,889  100.00

          Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8
          VOTE FOR  1
           Phil Johnson  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,866  100.00

          Criminal Appeals Judge Place 3
          VOTE FOR  1
           Tom Price  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,857  100.00

          Criminal Appeals Judge Place 4
          VOTE FOR  1
           Paul Womack.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,551   75.77
           Robert Francis.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       496   24.23

          Criminal Appeals Judge Place 9
          VOTE FOR  1
           Cathy Cochran .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,859  100.00

          State Representative Dist 17
          VOTE FOR  1
           Tim Kleinschmidt .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,944  100.00

          Chief Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals Dist
          VOTE FOR  1
           Ken Law .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,854  100.00

          District Judge, 335th Judicial District
          VOTE FOR  1
           Reva L. Towslee Corbett.  .  .  .  .  .     1,873  100.00

          District Judge, 423rd Judicial District
          VOTE FOR  1
           Charlotte G. Hinds  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,113   47.79
           Derek Van Gilder .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,216   52.21

          Sheriff
          VOTE FOR  1
           Terry Pickering  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,639   65.48
           Rosanna L. Abreo .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       864   34.52

          County Commissioner, Precinct No. 1
          VOTE FOR  1
           Willie Pina.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       494  100.00

          County Commissioner, Precinct No. 3
          VOTE FOR  1
           Don Loucks .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       443  100.00

          Constable, Precinct No. 1
          VOTE FOR  1
           Dan "Ranger" Hall.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       487  100.00

          County Chairman
          VOTE FOR  1
           Albert L. Ellison.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,864  100.00

                          ********** (DEMOCRATIC PARTY) **********

          President
          VOTE FOR  1
           Bill Richardson  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        26     .41
           Hillary Clinton  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     3,272   52.15
           Joe Biden  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        16     .26
           Barack Obama  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,833   45.15
           John Edwards  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       118    1.88
           Christopher J. Dodd .  .  .  .  .  .  .         9     .14

          United States Senator
          VOTE FOR  1
           Ray McMurrey  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       696   13.73
           Gene Kelly .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,270   25.05
           Richard J. (Rick) Noriega .  .  .  .  .     2,580   50.90
           Rhett R. Smith.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       523   10.32

          US Representative Dist 10
          VOTE FOR  1
           Larry Joe Doherty.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,161   73.95
           Dan Grant  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       409   26.05

          US Representative Dist 25
          VOTE FOR  1
           Lloyd Doggett .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     3,426  100.00

          Railroad Commissioner
          VOTE FOR  1
           Art Hall.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       888   19.29
           Dale Henry .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,258   27.33
           Mark Thompson .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,457   53.38

          Chief Justice, Supreme Court
          VOTE FOR  1
           Jim Jordan .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     4,270  100.00

          Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7
          VOTE FOR  1
           Sam Houston.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     3,198   66.24
           Baltasar D. Cruz .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,630   33.76

          Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8
          VOTE FOR  1
           Linda Reyna Yanez.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,001   42.30
           Susan Criss.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,729   57.70

          Criminal Appeals Judge Place 3
          VOTE FOR  1
           Susan Strawn  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     4,103  100.00

          Criminal Appeals Judge Place 4
          VOTE FOR  1
           J.R. Molina.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     4,205  100.00

          State Representative Dist 17
          VOTE FOR  1
           Donnie Dippel .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,612   53.74
           Latreese A. Cooke.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,248   46.26

          Chief Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals Dist
          VOTE FOR  1
           Woodie Jones  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     4,151  100.00

          District Judge, 21st Judicial District
          VOTE FOR  1
           Terry L. Flenniken  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     4,264  100.00

          District Judge, 423rd Judicial District
          VOTE FOR  1
           Ernie Bogart  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,185   40.34
           Chris Duggan  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     3,231   59.66

          Sheriff
          VOTE FOR  1
           Wayne Smith.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,892   34.84
           Tommy Oates.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,128   39.18
           Glenn "Skip" Wobus  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,411   25.98

          County Tax Assessor-Collector
          VOTE FOR  1
           Linda Harmon  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     4,879  100.00

          County Commissioner, Precinct No. 1
          VOTE FOR  1
           Dock Jackson  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       737   54.03
           Willie "Bill" Peterson .  .  .  .  .  .       627   45.97

          County Commissioner, Precinct No. 3
          VOTE FOR  1
           Martin Brown  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       571   40.96
           John Klaus .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       823   59.04

          Constable, Precinct No. 2
          VOTE FOR  1
           August "Gus" Meduna .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,210  100.00

          Constable, Precinct No. 3
          VOTE FOR  1
           Matthew Henderson.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       950   71.16
           John Wesley McRee.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       385   28.84

          Constable, Precinct No. 4
          VOTE FOR  1
           Roy Pruneda.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     1,129  100.00

          County Chairman
          VOTE FOR  1
           Martha E. VanSant.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     4,273  100.00

          Precinct Chair PRECINCT  NO. 1001
          VOTE FOR  1
           Lillie Dale Barnett .  .  .  .  .  .  .       271  100.00

          Precinct Chair PRECINCT  NO. 1013
          VOTE FOR  1
           Gwendolyn L. Smith  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       220  100.00

          Precinct Chair PRECINCT  NO. 1014
          VOTE FOR  1
           Sam Owen West .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       241  100.00

          Precinct Chair PRECINCT  NO. 1021
          VOTE FOR  1
           Joni F. Ashbrook .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       183  100.00

          Precinct Chair PRECINCT  NO. 2003
          VOTE FOR  1
           Ruth Sawyer Burns.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       216  100.00

          Precinct Chair PRECINCT  NO. 2011
          VOTE FOR  1
           Connie L. McMillin  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       122  100.00

          Precinct Chair PRECINCT  NO. 2016
          VOTE FOR  1
           Anne P. Beck  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        81  100.00

          Precinct Chair PRECINCT  NO. 3005
          VOTE FOR  1
           Forrest Douglas Arnold .  .  .  .  .  .       329  100.00

          Precinct Chair PRECINCT  NO. 3010
          VOTE FOR  1
           Linda K. Laughinghouse .  .  .  .  .  .       225  100.00

          Precinct Chair PRECINCT  NO. 3019
          VOTE FOR  1
           Sherri Baker Bryant .  .  .  .  .  .  .       295  100.00

          Precinct Chair PRECINCT  NO. 4006
          VOTE FOR  1
           Annie Lee Haywood.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       351  100.00

          Precinct Chair PRECINCT  NO. 4008
          VOTE FOR  1
           Ivy Ann Cronin.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       154  100.00

          Precinct Chair PRECINCT  NO. 4015
          VOTE FOR  1
           Marsha Henson Correira .  .  .  .  .  .       158  100.00

                          ********** (REPUBLICAN PARTY) **********

          IMMIGRATION
          VOTE FOR  1
           YES  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,379   95.39
           NO.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       115    4.61

          PHOTO ID
          VOTE FOR  1
           YES  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,293   91.87
           NO.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       203    8.13

          CONTROLLING GOVERNMENT GROWTH
          VOTE FOR  1
           YES  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,288   92.89
           NO.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       175    7.11
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
   

Lloyd Doggett at Baxters on Main

Lloyd Doggett talks to Texas Democrats at Bastrop’s Baxter on Main.

Listen to the Audio!

 
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Bastrop Democrat candidates speak in Elgin

Bastrop’s Democatic candidates spoke at an outside event at Elgin’s main downtown park on Sunday, Feb. 24.

Click here for Video Podcast of the event.

 
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Democratic Links

Democratic Links

Request a Voter Registration Application

Solicite una Aplicacion de Registro del Votante en Espanol

Candidates
Woodie Jones for Chief Justice of the Third Court of Appeals
Larry Joe Doherty for Congress
Dan Grant for Congress
Judge Susan Criss for Texas Supreme Court
Ernie Bogart for District Judge
Chris Duggan for District Judge

Dock Jackson for County Commissioner Pct. 1

Elected Officials
US Representative Lloyd Doggett
State Representative Robby Cook
Justice Diane Henson
Justice Jan Patterson

Political Organizations
Bastrop County Democratic Party
HouseDemocrats.gov
Texas Democratic Party
Woman’s National Democratic Club
Texas Democratic Women

Texas Coalition of Black Democrats
Young Democrats of America
Texas Young Democrats

Progressive Democrats of America
Progressive Populist Caucus of the Texas Democratic Party
MoveOn.org

The Misleader
People for the American Way

Government Organizations
Texas Legislature
Federal Election Commission
Lost Pines Groundwater District
U.S. House

U.S. Senate

Media
Air America
Democratic Talk Radio

Resources
United States Constitution
Texas Constitution
Envision Central Texas
Crawford Peace House
TransTexas Corridor Watch

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Texas Book Festival podcast and videos

In the coming weeks I’m going to be recapping my experiences at the Texas Book Festival. If you want a sneak preview, here are all my podcasts from that event. A note of warning, I haven’t compressed the videos yet and haven’t added intros to the podcasts. So they’re pretty raw. But I’m guessing you’ll still have fun listening and watching these. The numbers are the sizes in kilobytes (kb.)

podcasts:
Barak Obama podcast 4,629,699
Chinese economy podcast 742,784
Evan Smith award podcast 3,092,257
John Burnett NPR podcast 2,551,240
Matthew Dowd – the lesser known Architect podcast 7,473,022
Maureen Dowd podcast 9,067,400
Maureen Dowd and Gore Vidal podcast 1,643,213
Texas Beat generation podcast 1,894,607
Texas Book Fair podcast 2,029,474
Texas Monthly 1 podcast 10,772,897
Texas Monthly 2 podcast 10,763,075
Texas Monthly 4 podcast 2,036,137
The Architect Karl Rove podcast 5,686,857
waiting in line for Barak tickets podcast 8,259,485

video podcasts:
Barak crowd 1 video 209,698,816
Barak crowd 2 video 111,747,072
Barak crowd 3 video 8,026,112
Barak crowd 4 video 25,217,024
Barak crowd 5 video 9,746,432
Barak crowd 6 video 80,220,160
Barak crowd 7 video 27,512,832
Barak crowd 8 video 26,361,856
Barak crowd 9 video 12,605,440
Barak Obama intro video 245,194,752
Barak Obama speaks video 12,611,584
CNN video 64,761,856
Matthew Dowd video 94,126,080
Texas Book Awards video 50,999,296
Texas Book Awards crowd video 10,323,968
Texas Book Awards crowd video 19,486,720
Texas Book Awards crowd video 25,800,704
Texas Book Awards crowd video 5,736,448
Texas Book Awards crowd video 29,224,960
Texas Monthly Awards video 144,375,808

Texas Book Festival podcast and videos

In the coming weeks I’m going to be recapping my experiences at the Texas Book Festival. If you want a sneak preview, here are all my podcasts from that event. A note of warning, I haven’t compressed the videos yet and haven’t added intros to the podcasts. So they’re pretty raw. But I’m guessing you’ll still have fun listening and watching these. The numbers are the sizes in kilobytes (kb.)

podcasts:
Barak Obama podcast 4,629,699
Chinese economy podcast 742,784
Evan Smith award podcast 3,092,257
John Burnett NPR podcast 2,551,240
Matthew Dowd – the lesser known Architect podcast 7,473,022
Maureen Dowd podcast 9,067,400
Maureen Dowd and Gore Vidal podcast 1,643,213
Texas Beat generation podcast 1,894,607
Texas Book Fair podcast 2,029,474
Texas Monthly 1 podcast 10,772,897
Texas Monthly 2 podcast 10,763,075
Texas Monthly 4 podcast 2,036,137
The Architect Karl Rove podcast 5,686,857
waiting in line for Barak tickets podcast 8,259,485

video podcasts:
Barak crowd 1 video 209,698,816
Barak crowd 2 video 111,747,072
Barak crowd 3 video 8,026,112
Barak crowd 4 video 25,217,024
Barak crowd 5 video 9,746,432
Barak crowd 6 video 80,220,160
Barak crowd 7 video 27,512,832
Barak crowd 8 video 26,361,856
Barak crowd 9 video 12,605,440
Barak Obama intro video 245,194,752
Barak Obama speaks video 12,611,584
CNN video 64,761,856
Matthew Dowd video 94,126,080
Texas Book Awards video 50,999,296
Texas Book Awards crowd video 10,323,968
Texas Book Awards crowd video 19,486,720
Texas Book Awards crowd video 25,800,704
Texas Book Awards crowd video 5,736,448
Texas Book Awards crowd video 29,224,960
Texas Monthly Awards video 144,375,808

The Bastrop Community Calendar

10/14/2006
Pine Street Market Days
Details: Antiques – Handcraft – Pottery – Woodcraft – Plants – Carnival & Depression Glass. Takes place on Pine Street Between Main and Water Street. Market Days have booths set up on both sides of Pine Street between Main and Water Street. The street is blocked off for vehicle traffic.
For more information:
Phone: 512-303-6233

10/16/2006
Volunteer Meeting for Holiday Musical
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Details: Even if you don’t want to be on stage, but would like to participate in this years HOLIDAY MUSICAL, there are many volunteer positions available. The production will be very large and is growing every day. We need team players. All levels of talent and dedication are needed, from people who have as little as one evening to commit, to those who would like to be in charge of an aspect of the productions. If you’d like to volunteer, please arrive at the Bastrop Opera House at 711 Springs street 5:30 p.m. or contact Engela at 303-5516.
For more information:
Contact Person: Engela Edwards Phone: 303-5516 E-Mail: info@easytheatre.com
Web Site: easytheatre.com/boh-info.html

10/16/2006
Adult Auditions for Holiday Musical
Time: 8 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Details: AUDITIONS for the Holiday Musical, Bastrop Opera House, 711 Spring Street. Monday, October 16, ADULTS – 8:00 until 10:00 p.m. Arrive 15 minutes early. Rehearsals start Tuesday, October 17 at 7 p.m. Some roles are already cast. We need actors, singers, dancers, comedians, puppet masters, magicians, musicians, choirs, and more. You don’t need to be able to do it all. We’re looking for primary characters, supporting characters, and specialty acts. This is a large cast show. If you’d like to be a soloist or novelty act, please bring 1 minute of a prepared piece. The musical is about the townspeople of Bastrop staging a Christmas Pageant in the 1890s, complete with carols, nativity, and Santa. The show is a rollicking frolicking Holiday-Musical-Comedy from the creators of Marvelous Matriculation Musical and Dancin’ Café, john daniels, jr. & Engela Edwards. This is a production of the Bastrop Opera House Spring Street Players, and is not a dinner theatre production. Show dates are Fridays and Saturdays – December 1-16, 2006.
For more information:
Contact Person: Engela Edwards Phone: 303-5516 E-Mail: info@easytheatre.com
Web Site: easytheatre.com/boh-info.html

The Bastrop Community Calendar of upcoming events at the Bastrop Texas Network.

fried coke at the State Fair

Fried coke. Roll it up dip it in grease and pour coke over it. Be sure to use diet coke. Being served at today’s Red River shootout.

Now, vendor Abel Gonzales Jr. has come up with a new artery-clogging concoction for the State Fair of Texas. It’s fried Coke.

Gonzales deep-fries Coca-Cola-flavored batter. He then drizzles Coke fountain syrup on it. The fried Coke is topped with whipped cream, cinnamon sugar and a cherry. Gonzales said the fried Coke came about just from thinking aloud.

BARBARA DAVIDSON/DMN

oh yeah, and the score with 4:46 to go after a Charles romp. Texas w the ball, obviously.

7 TEX 28
14 OK 10

End family discrimination in Bastrop County, Texas

Help end discrimination against families in Bastrop County. The U. S. Fair Housing Act provides protection for families. You cannot refuse a tenant or home buyer on the basis of family size.

You can help end discrimination in against large families (over 3 persons) in Bastrop County Texas and the rest of the United States. This isn’t just about Bastrop County. But Bastrop County can lead the nation in the fight against family discrimination! Sign our online petition now.

Texas goes up on Oklahoma 21-10

Nice pass from Colt McCoy #12 to Jordan Shipley #8 in the corner to cap a 5 minute drive. I thought it was Sweed at first. I think Sweed distracted the defense. This kid is not acting like a freshman.

I’m working on a custom Bastrop Builder toolbar that you can add to your firefox or Internet Explorer browser and get instant updates from Bastrop Builder. Coming soon!

Bastrop Builder Blog heats up

With the Longhorns down 10–7 in the Red River Shootout at half time, I’m busy creating a blog. What the heck, it’s better than watching commercials.

If you need a builder, architect or engineer give us a call (512.581.9617) and we’ll help you choose from the counties best builders, designers, and engineers.

The Bastrop Builder Blog is written by Paul Terry Walhus, award winning Urban Planner, Architect, and Web Developer. Paul is a resident of Bastrop County and is developing a 15 acre tract on Shiloh road with two large homes (3,200 sf and 4,400 sf), currently it has no address pending the completion of an all weather driveway.

Coming soon! Your complete guide to developing a subdivision in Bastrop County. This is a guide based on experience and will tell the tale of a real subdivision development project.