ut now the term has been stolen, patented and made into a commercial product. On t-shirts, mugs, hats and bumper stickers..What a joke..anyhow you have to check it out..it's pretty funny and one of the reasons why I love Austin, but the Austin I loved the most isn't there any more..The XS-Ranch is gone and in it's place is a bunch of mcmansions...which are butt ugly..All the baby Brahma's with the velvet ears and doe eyes are gone...no more Rodeo Clown School, no more rodeo school with me cooking for about 50 teenage cowboys in chaps and spurs...Well, they also had shirts, hats and jeans but I was very impressed with the chaps and spurs..If I remember correctly they all looked like Matt Dillion and called me ma'am. The Nudist/Fat Farm is gone and it its place is the fanciest smanciest 'Spa' in Texas. There are a zillion three people there and getting around in traffic gives me a panic attack to even think about it. Shady Lane zips around the hills and dales in her little black Corvette calling everyone yuppie motherfuckers and giving them the finger. The Armadillo World Headquarters is gone. Broken Spoke is still there, but it's not the same. All the redneck hippies have become the rich yuppies Shady calls motherfuckers...and they all drive like they own the road and most of them are from Chicago, Detroit, or L.A....it sucks...but I still love the idea of it...But when I do go back I just head out to Shady's little oases on Lake Austin and watch the duck weed grow and the eagles soar. Oh by the way...it's going to be over 80 degrees again today....http://www.keepaustinweird.com/
