{"id":2972,"date":"2010-09-15T16:03:26","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T22:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/douglaslucas.com\/blog\/?p=2972"},"modified":"2010-09-15T16:03:26","modified_gmt":"2010-09-15T22:03:26","slug":"through-the-republic-of-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/douglaslucas.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/15\/through-the-republic-of-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveling through the Republic of Texas toward the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I drove down the center of The Republic of Texas (from my headquarters in Fort Worth) to Austin to see William Gibson’s<\/a> forthcoming appearance tonight at one big Barnes & Noble<\/a>, the Arboretum one.<\/p>\n

\"Newsweek<\/a><\/p>\n

Welcome to the Republic of Texas, Gibson! :S<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I stopped by the Czechoslovakian embassy<\/a> to the Republic, got two kolaches (strawberry & blueberry) and a Reuben, then checked out the communiques:<\/p>\n

\"L<\/a><\/p>\n

Dispatches from Czech Diplomats<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Now that I’m here, I’m gonna get some work done while I wait, or maybe just socialize (speaking of the billboard above). If any of y’all out there in Twitter cyberspace are also in here in meatspace, or otherwise want to participate, hashtag this event #AustinGD<\/a>!<\/p>\n

\"Top<\/a><\/p>\n

Some guy supposed to show up for a wedding?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Today I drove down the center of The Republic of Texas (from my headquarters in Fort Worth) to Austin to see William Gibson’s forthcoming appearance tonight at one big Barnes...<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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