Press Release Spanish Billboard in Manor TX PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SPANISH BILLBOARD IN MANOR TX MANOR TX August 11 2014 The Kevin Ludlow for TX House 46 campaign has installed a third campaign billboard in Manor TX just east of Old Kimbro Road on US290 The new billboard speaks directly to Spanish speaking voters It reads Viva Viaje Trabaje Yo apoyo fronteras abiertas The phrases translate to Live Travel Work I support open borders The massive 14 x 48 lit advertisement leaves no confusion about Ludlow s position on immigration The response on social networking outlets has been overwhelmingly positive Since its installation last week people have been reaching out from all around the country Ludlow states I want Spanish speaking Texans to know that I will stand with them and address this issue without any political rhetoric It s high time we stop blaming immigrants for the broken economic policies the two parties have left us with The advertisement is one of very few political billboards in the Austin metro area and has the distinction of being the only one presented entirely in Spanish According to 2010 census data House district 46 is 47 2 Hispanic The campaign s first billboard is visible on IH35 northbound at US290 It reads Drug Reform LGBT equality Civil Liberties three of Ludlow s campaign platform issues A second billboard in June read Support Net Neutrality Ludlow is running an enthusiastically active race against a Democrat incumbent who has held office for over 19 years Ludlow says We re working as hard as we can to show Texas that the two party system is coming to an end twenty years in office is far too long for any politician Kevin Ludlow is the 2014 Libertarian candidate for the Texas House of Representatives in District 46 He holds a mathematics degree from the University of Texas is a small business owner a community leader and a published author For information upcoming events and campaign tour dates please contact our campaign coordinator Tara Vancil at 512 284 5501 or email Ms Vancil at tara b vancil gmail com

A Rabid Spice Girl photo 35574 700 0 right Ginger Spice signing autographs for her fans in Manhattan photo So today I stumbled across a rabid Spice Girl while wandering the streets of Manhattan Ginger Spice to be more precise Well actually I don t know if she was rabid or not but she was certainly getting enough attention from the local news crews More surprising to me was actually the mile long line of people wrapped around a few city blocks just waiting for a chance to greet her I think the whole ordeal had something to do with either a solo CD or a book that she had written or at least one she endorsed Naturally I had my video camera strapped to one arm my Minolta 35mm strapped to the other and a backpack of film and tapes strapped to my back It sounds like I m kidding but I most certainly am not I wound up shooting a few 35mm pics of her but decided that I would also film some of the event Here are some of the stills from the Sony Digital 8mm tape that I shot and yes I am most certainly ashamed of myself for the celebrity hunt especially in the case of a damn Spice Girl

Gene and Vanessa Stock the Bar strong Introduction strong Instead of having the traditional wedding shower Gene and Vanessa decided that they would have a Stock the Bar party to be hosted by the Crocketts However instead of having the traditional Stock the Bar party here is what they did Everyone that was invited to the party showed up with a bottle of something Gene and Vanessa brought all of their old bottles of liquor to the party So rather than everyone consume the new bottles we consumed the old ones and the newer ones are to be saved for their wedding party I thought it was a pretty good idea strong Setting up for the Party strong photo 18718 487 300 right photo Krista asked me if I could help her setup for the party and so naturally I decided that I could Krista had a number of errands she needed to run for the party First stop on the list was a quick trip over to Party Pig Superstore Naturally bring a kid into a candy store and it s not a quick trip In this case bringing me into a Party Pig store we stayed there for awhile After taking pictures of all things fascinating and waiting around for 30 minutes to have a dozen balloons filled up our trip was complete Next stop was over to H E B to pickup some flowers for the event Finally back to the Crocketts house where I spent 10 minutes making sure that the toilet that Crockett and I had broken fixed and broken again just the day before was in good working order photo 18683 487 200 center photo photo 18864 487 200 center photo br style clear both strong Reuben s Emporium Liquor Store strong photo 19114 487 200 right Inside of Reuben s Emporium photo I m not sure what the relevance of including this is but Krista really seems to love this liquor store just down the road from where they live I am pretty sure that from the outside it appears to be called The Emporium but a quick search on Google suggests it is called Reuben s Wines and Spirits Either way here is the address since this was a Stock the Bar party Take a look at those cubby holes they have for the liquors They actually have a different cubby hole for each type of alcohol tequilas rums etc Crockett sees these enclaves as the store s exclusive selling point Reuben s Wines and Spirits br 11637 Research Blvd br Austin TX 78759 br 512 345 2866 br strong Some Party Highlights strong I would have to say that overall the party was pretty tame but certainly not without it s moments of drunken humor Since it was in some way a wedding shower party we played a game whereby Gene and Vanessa were blindfolded not at the same time and had to sit on the couch A line of girls formed for Gene and a line of guys for Vanessa and each one quietly kissed them on the cheek or in some cases jumped on top and licked their cheek After everyone had their turn they were supposed to guess which one was their spouse to be Gene failed not once not twice but thrice before picking Vanessa He cited he lost count Vanessa technically lost as well however I think it is clear she was cheated because Gene decided not to go Technically I suppose it should have been possible for her to say that none of the kisses came from Gene but it was assumed that he had participated Perhaps another element of the night worth mentioning is Christine taking a body shot from Crockett s bra Well naturally this is entirely captured on film It s actually in two different parts because I could only film 20 second clips at a time on my cell phone photo 18443 487 200 center photo photo 18301 487 200 center photo photo 18757 487 200 center photo br style clear both strong Notable Word Coining Experience strong I would just like to add this quick section as a reminder to the greatest word ever coined I believe the real name of this game is Indian Poker wherby players pickup a card from a deck and place it on their foreheads Since nobody could recall this name prior to wanting to play it it was dubbed CardHead strong Crockett Dancing strong It s almost getting too easy if you ask me ruining any chance that Mike Crockett might have at Congress or the like Once again Mike drank some alcohol Once again without provoking of any kind he was on the dance floor And once again the spectacle was caught on film I d personally like to thank Mr Michael Crockett for providing me and all of his party guests with several minutes of entertainment

World Trade Center Mosque Commentary I m fucking exhausted of listening to all of the bullshit that s being spewed left and right about this whole mosque debate On the right we have a bunch of bigoted assholes with absolutely no respect for legal process or property rights and all of whom appear gravely confused as to what this war is allegedly for that we re fighting But on the left we ve got a bunch of hipsters trying to advocate for the rights of a group that they couldn t disagree more with And I d be all for that if their view was at least consistent But I guarantee next time some other close minded conservative group needs help they re not going to be there This is fashionable protesting in my opinion and is just ludicrous I tried to make my writings on the matter a bit less opinionated iframe width 519 height 264 src http www youtube com embed tkNJqwZ_VcI frameborder 0 allowfullscreen iframe Full text of the video clip below Over the past several weeks I have been quietly enjoying this debate over the World Trade Center Mosque To me personally this is nothing more than a property rights issue and provided the organization legally owns the land and conforms to the local building codes they re completely within their right and there are no certainly complaints from me While I m in no way surprised at the reactions coming from the right I wish I could say that I was surprised at the reactions coming from the left and wanted to explore this confusion I know that the poetic diction of Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow is mentally invigorating but they re both paid to appease an audience and you re not a news commentator In short this mosque is a complete contradiction of the left s own guiding principles Let me very quickly illustrate what I mean Islam is a western religion just like Christianity It uses arbitrary rules to control its congregation and promises a bountiful afterlife if these rules are adhered to Meanwhile it basks in its own wealth and just like other churches has virtually no regulatory oversight and pays absolutely no taxes in our country So let s consider some basic social issues Much like its common Christian counterpart Islam is openly against any freedom of abortion condemns any form of promiscuity and strongly opposes homosexuality in some cases even to the penalty of death in other countries You may have recently read how a Saudi Arabian court under non secular Sunni Islam law sought to medically sever a man s spine in retribution for him paralyzing another man two years earlier with a knife This is the same non secular system of government that justifies the stoning of raped women in the name of honor And mind you this is not mob rule This is religion affecting government attempting to carry out unspeakable acts against other human beings all in the good name of God Let s consider some financial issues Think about all the poor starving children diseased nations and uneducated African villages that could benefit from a 100 million dollars worth of charity I know you believe they should be helped but I guess it s better that a few thousand people practice religion in comfort than a few hundred thousand get the chance at basic survival Of course this is very consistent with the thinking of western religion for example the Vatican Also do you have any idea what the tax revenue on a 100 million dollar building in the financial district of Manhattan is worth Since this is a Mosque presumably it s nothing Which is unfortunate considering social services such as food banks homeless shelters and public HEAHTLCARE centers are in dire need of funding Let me be clear I have absolutely no prejudice for Muslims at all Rather I have contempt for anyone Christian Jew Muslim or otherwise that would use their faith to interfere with the lives of others while wasting money on divine opulence So my argument is not suggesting you should or should not give your support to this building Rather it is suggesting that the only reason you ARE giving your support is because of the age old proverb that the enemy of your enemy is your friend Basically that just because the political right is opposed to this Mosque you naturally support it Where is your compassion for the Christian right lobbying against gay marriage or condemning abortion or wanting to ban contraceptives or the list goes on The simple reality is that like it or not you do not agree with one SINGLE philosophy that this organization has to offer Imagine the wonderful irony that would exist if Christians and Muslims ever figured out that they opposed the same social ideologies that liberals fight so hard for My guess is that you d be far less willing to support them then That s not to suggest you should be out there denouncing their plight but it sure seems strikingly hypocritical to openly support it To conclude you simply can t have it both ways You can t openly condemn one religion spreading their ideas against social norms but then turn right around and speak in favor of an otherwise identically conservative religious ideology attempting to do the same thing just because it happens to be in the minority Thank you

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Removing the A C Compressor This was no easy feat The units were underneath the bus bolted to a frame that was welded to the chassis The frame was pretty rusted and the entire unit was terribly heavy It s not the sort of thing you want to be under when it falls My dad gave me the idea just to use a reciprocating saw with steel cutting blades to cut the frame out namely since the bolts were rusted tight and then to use a stand to catch the unit when it fell photo 258535 258221 0 center The platform I built to catch the unit once it s cut photo photo 258536 258221 0 center Two of the steel bars cut all the way through with the help of a reciprocating saw photo br style clear both Once I had cut through all four of the bolts the unit somehow managed to stay hovering in the air One of the steel beams had caught over the muffler pipe and one of the old freon hoses had caught over the axle I was very surprised that the two were able to suspend it in place given the weight but it seemed okay I used a hammer to slowly rock the unit until it fell on the board I had set down for it photo 258534 258221 0 center The unit dangling by a few threads photo photo 258542 258221 0 center Finally with the A C completely out and ready for Craigslist FREE Stuff photo photo 258538 258221 0 center With the unit out I could finally disconnect all of the hoses and drag them out the front of the engine compartment They ll be removed next photo

Driver s Side Bench Seating Installed It s taken a ton of planning to get the interior to this part but it s finally taking full shape I completed the bench seating frame of the driver s side today and was able to affix the 1 2 ply before the day ended I wanted to make sure the job was done right so I used proper 2x4 joists for the crossbar support beams They re probably a little overkill but at 0 74 each I figured I could spare it I don t have any pictures of it but Caroline and I purchased some sample foam and black vinyl just to see what it will look like Needless to say it wraps the seats very well I m looking forward to getting there in the next week or two You can also see the polyethylene foam the pink noodle in one of the photos below We ll be putting safety foam over all of the edges before wrapping them in vinyl photo 261382 258221 0 center A closeup of one of the support joists photo photo 261384 258221 0 center The 2x4 support beams installed in the joists photo photo 261386 258221 0 center The completed driver s side bench frame from the front of the bus photo photo 261383 258221 0 center The completed driver s side bench frame from the back of the bus You can see the polyethylene foam temporarily wrapped around the door frame photo

As Usher for the Kujdas So my buddy Jason Kujda had wanted me to take part in his wedding as an usher and thought he d be clever about asking me He is always asking me to help him debug his web projects and this one particular morning he asked me if I could check on something I loaded up a few different tools namely Firebug and started prodding away at his markup Everything looked okay and I couldn t find any problems He kept insisting there was a problem Unfortunately I was late to get going and didn t really have time to be messing with his code After getting frustrated he asked if perhaps I could just take a look at the source and see if I noticed anything in particular I did Ahh that Kujda always full of tricks photo 261560 740 0 center My invitation to be an usher in the Kujda wedding photo br style clear both The HTML comment read em Ludlow I would have much preferred if I could do this in person But you didn t come in town last week Amanda and I would be honored if you could be a part of our wedding in December I would like for you to be one of our ushers Which for a single person is ideal As you will have opportunity to greet all guests and already be in fancy attire This will require some conformation to wedding standards on your part but I think you can handle it for a day em

Snow Covered One of the sagas of living with my good buddy Klaus over on Speedway was about a girl named Rebecca Marie Hays I put together this little CD together for her one evening after recording Dark Orange Fur on my 12 string Unfortunately the drum track got a little off beat towards the end of the song but such is self recording strong Track Listing strong ul li a href files music Upset mp3 Upset a 4 33 li li a href files music Dark_Orange_Fur mp3 Dark Orange Fur a 5 22 li li a href files music Little_Kid mp3 Little Kid a 3 57 li ul Both of the photos from the CD were taken in New York City over spring break of 1999 mid March photo 270043 270276 0 left The front cover and inside jacked for Snow Covered photo photo 270042 270276 0 left The back jacket of Snow Covered photo br style clear both strong Upset strong Original Written March 1998 Rewritten and Recorded October 1999 Music by Kevin Ludlow Guitars Kevin Ludlow strong Dark Orange Fur strong Written and Recorded November 1999 Music by Kevin Ludlow 12 String Guitar Kevin Ludlow Electric Guitar Kevin Ludlow Keyboards Echoes Kevin Ludlow Drums Kevin Ludlow strong Little Kid strong Written and Recorded October 1999 Music by Kevin Ludlow and Christoph Wagner Acoustic Guitar Rhythym Kevin Ludlow Acoustic Guitar Lead Christoph Wagner Bass Kevin Ludlow