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Murdock found something I didn’t even know existed…Budweiser Barbecue Sauce.

MATT SORUM Talks GUNS N’ ROSES Reunion: ‘I’m Sure It’ll Happen Eventually’
The drummer talks a possible Axl Rose and original Guns N’ Roses reunion, plus reveals stuff about a possible new lead singer for Velvet Revolver.
- Velvet Revolver Use YouTube To Recruit New Singer?

Axl Rose’s “Chinese Democracy” Tirade: Sebastian Bach Tells All
In light of the Guns n’ Roses leak last week — nine tracks that may or may not be the near-final version of Chinese Democracy — Rolling Stone dialed up Axl Rose pal and collaborator Sebastian Bach to gain some insight into where Rose now stands with the extremely delayed LP.

Motley Crue Frustrated By Biopic
Nikki Sixx: “MTV has become bogged down in its own way. It’s a channel that used to be hip and has now actually become unhip. We signed with them because we believed they were right, but they haven’t come to the table,” he said. “We need to find the right partner. They are not the right partner.”
- MÖTLEY CRÜE Plays First Show In A Year; Photos, Video Footage, Setlist Available

- Beck Showcases “Modern Guilt” Tracks in New Teaser Trailer
- Metallica’s Robert Trujillo plays on a classic guitar
- Bands who address Blabbermouth trash talkers

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Rep. John Culberson of Texas is Twittering
A pioneer on the House floor who may just be showing the way, Rep. John Culberson of Texas who has, shockingly, been Twittering openly from floor proceedings and is even considering doing some live video-blogging to open up public awareness of what he calls “the darkest and deepest hole in Congress,” the House floor.

Going Green in Houston with REV Houston
Perhaps you were driving around the downtown Houston area recently and came across a white and green electric vehicle transporting some environmentally conscious passengers to their next business meeting. If you see it again, waive hello to the guys from REV Houston, Houston’s newest FREE and GREEN transportation service.

Confessions of a Wi-Fi Thief
Free Internet and why a man couldn’t stop.

Silicon Valley language pet peeves
Writing in all caps and using excessive business speak have widely been driven home as no-nos… but here are some more recent language phenomenons that continually get under one blogger’s skin.

Murdoch: Facebook Is ‘Flavor of the Month’
News Corp. chief says the attention lavished on Facebook is not in line with the challenges it has faced.

When Dogs and Robots Collide, Somebody Needs a Talking To
Online Advice: Wag Your Finger At the Vacuum and Say, ‘Bad Roomba.’

Ways to Follow Your Friends on the Web
Yoono, a site that installs a free sidebar that sits atop his Internet browser and can show pictures of his friends, their online status and any updates they have made to their profiles on various Internet sites.

Segway Glides as Gasoline Jumps
With gasoline prices and global warming on their minds, more Americans are getting out of their cars and riding to work — and riding on the job — on the once-maligned Segway.

What a positive national article about Houston? Well pick me up off the floor and slap me around with a giant tumbleweed. Newsweek reports that Houston is doing quite well right now and it isn’t all about the Texas tea.

And last week, Mayor Bill White said some interesting things about the city’s future:

Over the next 20 years, Houston will become a denser city where people won’t have to drive as much because they’re riding mass transit and living close to where they work and shop. That might sound like a pie-in-the-sky prediction from a New Urbanist visionary, but it actually came from someone not known for flights of fancy: Mayor Bill White. READ THE REST

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I saw the Harajuku district when I went to Japan, but I didn’t see the fashion that went along with it unfortunately.

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Michael Penix wants to make sure you start your Monday off right with the classic Karate Kid montage.

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Can it get any better than this? Young Daniel shows off his Kung Fu stuff to beat the low level thugs of Cobra Kai and ultimately Johnny Lawrence.

Comedian-actor George Carlin is dead at age 71. SEE MORE

I saw him in Las Vegas back in 1999. The show was funny and then he did what Carlin did best and that was raise questions and go off on various subjects. I remember when the show was over, no really applauded and we just silently left the theater.

It was like we has been hit by a freight train.

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Another poignant reminder of my own mortality as an icon of my youth shuffles off this mortal coil.
Comedian George Carlin dies at 71

The Houston Chronicle’s Washington DC correspondent Julie Mason made an appearance on CNN’s Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz Sunday morning. (READ THE TRANSCRIPT)

She talked media coverage on Michelle Obama, energy issues and more.

Read the interview I conducted with Mason about covering the White House.

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