Bandwidth and booze
The local group of Austin Journal Writers is vying to host the annual journal writers’ convention, sometime next fall. In pulling together resources, particularly web resources, I webbed through the DFW Blogs site.
The Austin group? The local discussion, as of late, has centered on where to get good liquor cheap. That and bandwidth. Austin-area folks are techies who can drink like fishes. The DFW folks have “cocktail hours” planned. The Austin folks? “Just make sure there’s a lot of tequila in the margaritas.”
Sitting in the Hideout, one Austin-area writer pulls out his laptop, “I can get a weak signal from Schlotzky’s wireless set up, (802.11, two doors down)….” High speed bandwidth. Hard liquor.
Nope, none of those sissy drink called “cocktails” for our Austin group. We don’t plan ski trips. We’re hardcore to the bone. Coffee that will peel paint. Liquor that will singe eyelashes. The Austin survivors are fueled by cheap booze and broadband. Well, except for that Scorpio Jette, she claims she’s still on dialup, but other than her Scorpio self, it’s all bandwidth and booze.
Even the Sweet Pisces was going shooting (as in “firing a legally owned and duly registered handgun at a firing range”) the other day. Beer, bait & ammo. Or just bandwidth and booze. That’s what sets Austin apart.
In case I forgot, happy birthday Elvis, and I’m off to teach a class tonight.
