Austin is in Travis County, one county to the west. The city of Bastrop is the county seat of Bastrop County. I think the worst fires have been to the east of Bastrop, between Bastrop and Smithville.

118,400: Acres burned in 181 fires in the past seven days.

Some amazing photos at The Atlantic's superb photo site.

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!

And wasn't the guy's father driving the Audi?

With moar duct tape.

Wetten dass?

So that's why I never found the Honeycomb Hideout!

Maybe you should post your reply in Swedish.

Actually, Sam Cross, my undergraduate music history professor.

What?

Actually, Sam Cross, my undergraduate music history professor.

No. Not just no, but HELL no.

Tchaikowsky. Was he the tortured soul who poured out his immortal longings into dignified passages of stately music, or was he just an old poof who wrote tunes?

Well, we do have our very own power grid.

Texas demands a recount. Or we'll secede.

God point, but I get the sense he's written all these sequels/prequels whatever on the fly. Back in 1977 there were rumors of three earlier stories, but I bet they were nothing more than a twinkle in Lucas' eye. He's written himself into so many corners that he has to do things like this to try to tie it all…

I'm sure rich kids like that have rich parents who have rich attorneys. I doubt they'll lose their cars.

Really, I don't see what the big deal is. I mean, after all, you really only see one side of a car at a time. I knew a guy who could only afford two new rims for his car. So he put them both on the driver's side, figuring that anybody who saw him in the car would see the wheels. Brilliant

Nice.