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Miya Shay obtained exclusive video of President George W. Bush at a Houston fundraiser for Pete Olson who is looking to be the 22nd District Congressman over Nick Lampson.

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Here we get a rare glimpse of President Bush 43 looking really comfortable because the big TV cameras are off and he is in a room of supporters he is trying to raise money from. This is what political insiders say the president is really good at.  You can tell he has them eating out of his hands.

In the two minute video, Bush talks about Wall Street getting drunk and now having a hangover, First Lady Laura Bush buying a new house in Dallas, plus how he has asked her to make sacrifces concerning Crawford, TX.


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Yeah, yeah, yet another month has flown by… let’s gets straight into the update! Photography – The summer wedding season started in June and I have shot 3 additional weddings with Christine. I also had a freelance job this past weekend and set up the Fresh Photography booth up at the Caroline Collective for the Lebowski [...]

Anthony Stevens posts about the 12 types of peple you meet on Twitter:

If you’ve been around Twitter long enough, certain patterns start to emerge. People start to develop tweeting habits, and for better or worse, those patterns tend to stay fairly stable, at least in my experience.  Some people are composite creatures; others are definitely single-tracking. READ THE REST

I think I know which one I am, but honestly this does not really mirror what I've found since being one of the last men on earth to sign up.

Fort Worth Star Telegram columnist Bud Kennedy writes about Tracy Rowlett's departure from KTVT CBS 11 to an oil company web site called shale.tv.  I first told you about that here.

Kennedy talks to longtime North Texas TV producer John Sparks who is is working with Rowlett at the site created by Chesapeake Energy Corp.  Sparks says that he and Rowlett have taken criticism for leaving television news for an advertising venture, but his argument is that it can't be less noble than TV news:

Now, local TV news has less content, and also less money, because viewers are gone to cable or the Web.

"So you get police blotter news," he said. "People tell us crime is a concern, and it is. But there’s a shooting somewhere every 20 minutes. There’s a reporter standing there because it’s cheap to cover, and because it triggers that fear factor that keeps people watching."

That "fear factor" bothers Sparks.

"You hear people complain about the line, 'Coming up next!’ " But it’s because people are flipping through 200 cable channels.  . . . So you scare them — sensationalize something so they’re afraid to tune away."

Over and over, Sparks described TV news with the words sensationalism and tabloid. READ THE REST

The Houston Business Journal shares a study with us that says Houston ranks 26th in the nation for walkability:

Houston ranks 26th in the nation for walkability, according to a study conducted by Front Seat, a software company that ranks cities for their walker-friendliness.

Forty cities were ranked based on their neighborhoods’ density, abundance of mixed-use building, pedestrian-friendly design and nearby schools and workplaces.

According to the report, Houston’s top walking neighborhoods are downtown, the Montrose area and River Oaks. READ THE REST

I know I have been touting postive Houston press coverage recently but this one goes too far. I don't get it.

I was working this weekend so no Dark Knight for me, but who says I can't still try to soak it all in?

Top 10 Lamest Batman Villains

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The Technology Bytes 13th anniversary party was a huge success! Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate with us!

Many more pics in the 13th Anniversary Party Gallery

Call it what you may, but 1400 Smith St. will always be “The Enron Building” to me.

This was shot handheld from Bell @ Louisiana using my 17-50mm 2.8

Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post wrote an article called The Humor Deficit that says the comedy shows can't find anything funny about Senator Barack Obama.  Therefore there aren't many Obama jokes.  Some critics say that could be bad news for him believe it or not.

It’s too late, we have already captured your Speed Racer! Muahahaha!

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