| Giants kicker enjoys spotlight
Three of his four missed field goals and two missed extra points dotted the first half of the schedule. But he came on to miss only one field goal the second half. For a guy who bounced around NFL Europe and the Canadian Football League for two years before landing with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2004, he'd had a pretty good stretch before things went awry last week. But, at least inwardly, his confidence never wavered. The exterior was another story. The second miss, yanked wide left after holder Jeff Feagles got a high snap from Jay Alford into good position, was especially deflating. "He just got down on himself," Feagles said. "I was trying to be like a big brother, bring his spirits up. I said, 'If you get another chance, you're gonna make this one.' " Once Eli Manning threw a final incompletion at Steve Smith in overtime, Tynes ran out before coach Tom Coughlin had time to look for him.
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It is, however, also the genesis of the verbose title of this blog. Unfortunately, food is not the subject, nor is this (supposed to be) an outlet for angry, cynical diatribes directed toward any number of things that I might find depressing, embarrassing, excruciating, or all of the above in this Austin music scene that we all know and love.
Several incarnations followed, and the axiom was eventually whittled down to Shut up; Im listening. But the simpler the better, right? And sometimes Ill admit it I get tired of listening and just want everyone and every machine to be quiet for one minute, just to reflect on whatever might have aurally (or mentally) transpired, be it sound, scream, whisper, or riff. Dont take it the wrong way. Shut Up is not meant in malice. Its intention is not to instigate or shred.
In Southwest Florida, an eerie sense of emptiness
However universal the decline, this isn't bad news for everyone. It means a half-empty glass for sellers. But it may also mean a half-full glass for buyers. For about $800,000, for instance, it is possible to buy a large and essentially new house with a pool in a gated community with deeded boat dockage and direct access to the Caloosahatchee River and the Gulf of Mexico. That's about $275 a square foot. In another gated development, a three-bedroom home with a courtyard pool, boat dockage, and lovely canal views is available for less than $400,000 - about $185 a square foot. According to realtor.com there are more than 12,000 listings in Fort Myers alone, with nearly 2,000 available at $125,000 to $175,000. Many cost less than $100 a square foot. Will prices go yet lower? No one knows.
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