South By

A few years ago I thought it was pretentious to say "South By" instead of taking the trouble to say the whole damn thing even though it's a mouthful. Now I use "SX" in emails and texts, too lazy to tap out the two additional letters. But it's upon us and Austin is under assault from any army of hipsters in skinny black jeans with a cigarette dangling from their slender fingers. This year I drove the mifft.com short bus one evening.

Vivian - I will give you a ride on the mifftbus one of these days. And Jen, yes - we'll pick you up and you can do tequila shots on the bus. That's legal.