Scott Hayes's (scotthayes) Blog

Texas seems to have trouble with that team from Southern California. Ironically, it isn't the USC Trojans, one of the best college football teams of all time. But the school known for a record eleven national championships- in basketball. After getting blow out by the Bruins twice in the 90's, th...

In three days, the Austin City Limits Music Festival descends on Zilker Park southwest of downtown Austin. Because of recent wildfires and drought conditions in Central Texas, the city of Austin is attempting to enforce a ban on smoking in Zilker Park this weekend. The Austin Police Department an...

As many of you know, we in Central Texas, have been dealing with wildfires, that have destroyed over fifteen hundred homes. The stories of loss, despair, heroism and emotion fill our local evening news. The daily broadcasts are filled with images that are stunning to say the least. But today that...

Due to the Central Texas Drought of 2011 The City of Austin has enacted State 2 water restrictions, as Stage 1 concluded on September 5, 2011. The Stage 2 water restrictions include:   Residents may only water outdoors once a week. Homes with odd-numbered addresses can water on Saturday, even-num...

Austin City Limits Festival tickets are still available for Sunday, September 18, 2011. Three day passes have been sold out for quite some time. But tickets are still available for the finale, starring such artists as Album Of The Year Band Arcade Fire, Jack Ingram, Social Disortion, and Empire o...

A free event for both spectators and participants. The Fun Fun Fun Fest Water Olympics takes place Sunday, September 11, 2011 in East Austins Fiesta Garden.    So What Is The Fun Fun Fun Fest? A collection of various events: Tug Of War Across The Lake Paddleboard Jousting Paddleboard Hi Kick Padd...

Tomorrow Sunday, September 11, 2011 marks the beginning of the NFL season, for the 2011 version of the Dallas Cowboys. Central Texans will see their favorite NFL football team, began the season on the 10th anniversary of September 11, with their Cowboys traveling to New York, for what is sure to ...

USDA is changing their fee structure.  A monthly fee is being added to the payment.  It is similar to the way FHA is set up.  Fortunately, the monthly factor is quite low (much lower that FHA’s Monthly MIP).  The new USDA monthly factor will be .3%, compared to FHA’s 1.15%.  In addition, USDA is ...

Austin is know as the Live Music Capital Of The World. And you never know who you might hear on a given night. For those of us who live in east Austin, we are fortunate enough to have numerous venues, including several on east 6th Street.  On Friday September 9, 2011, Grammy nominated artist Alej...

Todays online Raincamp was very informative. Work obligations kept me from participating in much of it, but what I saw, I liked. Fortunately, I believe it will be recorded, and available soon. I was able to hear part of Katerina Gasset's presentation, which covered several subjects. One item that...