is coming back for a show, we’re going to do it at Riley’s on the 19th of October at 4:00. Plan on it. Donna and Parke Hedges and Deirdre and Glenn and all the Sunday House Concert semi-regulars and some of the Woodzie faithful will be up here helping with it. Please spread the word. Tim will also be teaching a songwriting workshop to a small group of people starting at 2:00 so if you want to take advantage of that let either me or Glenn know. Tim played for us in 2006 and everybody loved him and he specifically asked to come back so, like Jason Wilber, he’s now inducted into Whippleworld.

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I was having lunch with a good friend yesterday, he was taking a lunch break from the painful task of laying off employees, and we were talking about the chaos on Wall Street. How those followers follow another follower. He told the story of a guy training for Veitnam who was being shown what berries and roots he could eat if he was starving in the jungle. The young guy was from the city and knew nothing about plants or survival and it wasn’t sinking in so he thought hard and asked about this shortcut, “If I see a monkey eating it would it be safe?” The slow talking old instructor said “If you see a monkey… eat the monkey“.

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Maker Faire 2008 and RoboGames Bring Battling Bots to Austin for the First Ever Texas Cup!

Maker Faire announces the RoboGames Texas Cup event to be held on October 18th and 19th at the second annual Austin Maker Faire at the Travis County Expo Center in Austin, TX. The monstrous homemade robots, which range in weight from 30 to 340lbs, will be coming from all over the nation and beyond to compete for the title of champion in the first ever Texas competition. Over 27 bots will battle for a Texas Cup in the Featherweight, Lightweight, Middleweight, Heavyweight and Super Heavyweight divisions. With over 25 fights per day, audiences will witness a bevy of pneumatic flippers, flame throwers, spinning blades of death and high-powered body slammers.

Fight Schedule (Subject to change)
Saturday: 12-1pm 3-4pm 6-7pm
Sunday: 11:30-12:30pm 1:30-2:30pm 4:30-5:30pm

We look forward to seeing you at Maker Faire, a two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset. It’s for creative, resourceful folks who like to tinker and love to make things. We call them Makers. Main website

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