The Linkage for July 9th

Here’s a quick look at what I was reading online from June 30th to July 9th:

Lakewood teens win duct-tape prom competition
What do you get if you can make a prom dress and matching tux jacket entirely out of duct tape? I guess $3,000.
Tags: colorado lakewood fashion

Don’t bother packing bowling shoes for that trip to Galveston
The last remaining bowling alley in Galveston has gone out of business after the owner decided it would be too costly to repair the damage done by Hurricane Ike last year. Damn you, Ike! Damn you!
Tags: texas business bowling hurricane_ike galveston

Drayton McLane finds something new to charge an arm and a leg for
Oh, Drayton, there’s nothing you won’t do for a little cash, is there? Now the Astros are selling passes to watch batting practice from an “exclusive VIP viewing area” behind home plate for $75. That doesn’t include a ticket to the actual game itself.
Tags: business astros mlb baseball houston

College stars sue over likenesses in video games
The NCAA has long enforced strict rules barring its athletes from cashing in on their celebrity status at the same time that it earned millions of dollars through licensing deals, like those for jerseys and video games, that some say did just that. Now, the athletes are suing.
Tags: business ncaa law football basketball video_games

Texas “casino” boat has to be the worst-run business ever
That casino boat company in Freeport has officially shut down operations – even though they’ve never managed to actually get them started. After being seized by federal marshals, allowing their workers’ visas to expire and having their website suspended because they never bothered to pay the guy who made it, it’s no surprise that they’ve never been able to get a boat out into the water with paying customers on it.
Tags: business freeport texas stupid

Google announces plans for open source operating system
While they’re looking to finally get back on the ball with Windows 7, this is exactly the kind of news that Microsoft doesn’t need right now – Google launching a free OS alternative. On the other hand, the fact that Google is going down the open source route with this will preclude many businesses and agencies from switching over.
Tags: google os technology microsoft

Texas drops health education requirement
Now, children in Texas won’t even get the laughably meager health education we got when we were kids.
Tags: texas education health

Portugese economic minister resigns after making offensive gesture
Portugal’s Economy Minister Manuel Pinho has resigned after making a rude cuckold gesture at an political opponent. Pinho placed his index fingers on his head, imitating horns – traditionally signifying a man whose wife is unfaithful.
Tags: portugal politics

Karl Malden dies at 97
So long to one of the leading non-leading men in Hollywood.
Tags: deaths movies

Cross-dressing clown robs liquor store
What kind of liquor store-robbing clown puts on women’s clothing? That’s just weird.
Tags: colorado crime funny

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