In Texas, we like to break stuff

This is pretty cool. Recently on South Padre Island, they performed the second largest building implosion in U.S. history, tearing a big one down to make room for another big one. My friend Louie Sanchez was there with his camera to capture the action.

Incidentally, this is also what the Austin City Council intends to do with drivers who, after January 1st, are caught driving (or, more likely parked on IH-35 or MOPAC) while using their cell phones as a text messaging device, to read or write email, to surf the interwebz, as a GPS navigation tool, or as a personal lubricant.

Despite the clear dangers associated with city council members not listening carefully to testimony regarding public safety issues during council hearings, there's no indication that text messaging from the council chambers was made illegal.