Texas Blog Notes: History, Literature, and Other Civil Logs: July 2009

7/22/09

Texas Cockroach

Hmm, how do you solve a interpretative problem like the Texas Cockroach.,. seems to have started just this month.

It's not under your sink, it's at MySanAntonio http://voices.mysanantonio.com/texascockroach/

It's a blog companion site to their website at http://www.texascockroach.com/ .

Their self-description: "The Texas Cockroach is a satirical newspaper from the mythical small town of LaCucaracha, Texas. In LaCucaracha, football is king, and citizens have a choice of 137 churches. The Texas Cockroach parodies the unique culture, lifestyle and politics found nowhere else but Texas. Pour yourself a tall glass of iced tea, sit back, and take a virtual stroll through the streets of LaCucaracha. God Bless Texas."

The blog takes pieces from the website and posts partials here with a "Read more" link which takes you to their main website. It's so new, we'll watch to see if it takes on its own life as well. Yes it's about a small Texas town, La Cucaracha, with the distilled, reduced essences, flavors, and quirks of Texas life. Popular life styles, sports, religion, politics enjoy deflation. Surrender your imaginary grip on sanity and be prepared to laugh at yourself and others

Visit the online store http://www.cafepress.com/texascockroach

And a Facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Texas-Cockroach/110205667360

7/13/09

Texas Daily Photo

Terrell Texas Daily Photo: photos taken in the burbs east of Dallas.

The emergence of these "daily" images websites with a geographical focus may seem light in their use, but if they continue as Brian has done here, a substantial contribution is made.

http://www.texasdailyphoto.com/

Other daily sites include

McKinney, Texas Daily Photo

Rowlett Daily Photo

Seguin (TX) Photo Blog

7/11/09

Writers' League of Texas

Since August of 2008, the Writers' League of Texas has had a blog entitled "A Brief Word" at

http://writersleagueoftexas.wordpress.com/

The posts categories include

Agents

UTSA Library Blog

T H E T O P S H E L F -

Blog of the UT San Antonio Library Archives and Special Collections

Seems that around about last December 2008, UTSA's A&SC started a blog. Rather pleasantly done too. It's a mixture of new collections, spotlights on single items of interest, personnel matters, departmental themes, preservation techniques, exhibits, newsclippings, hot links to collections along topical lines, hot links to new collections descriptions, etc. A good all-purpose media to serve the public with content information, technical news, and provision of mini-exhibits.

At http://lib.utsa.edu/Archives/ you'll find a departmental self-description

"The Archives and Special Collections Department serves as the Library's repository for primary source materials. The department acquires, catalogs and preserves special collections of rare books and manuscripts chiefly documenting the history of San Antonio and South Central Texas, and additionally holds UTSA's University Archives.

The mission of the Archives and Special Collections Department is to support and enhance the University's instructional, research, and public service activities by providing access to information resources for learning and scholarship to University students, faculty, and staff.

Materials and services are available to UTSA faculty, staff, students, and alumni, as well as to the local, national and international community."