Wine. It is the maker of memories for some, the reason memories are forgotten for others but always great nonetheless.  In its most undeveloped form, a wine’s life begins on beautiful vineyards as grapes. One standard acre of grape vines produces about five tons of grapes.  After the grapes are de-stemmed, crushed and pressed it is turned into roughly 14 barrels of wine.  Each of those barrels yields around 35 average-sized bottles, which equates to about 4,000 bottles of wine.

I’ve been thinking a lot about why I watch certain television shows. Mondays from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. you can catch me in my dorm watching “Being Human,” the new Science-Fiction reimagining of the British hit about a werewolf (“Josh,” Sam Huntington), vampire (“Aidan,” Sam Witwer) and ghost (“Sally,” Meaghan Rath) who live together in a Boston apartment. Think of it as “Friends” meets Twilight.

Dog of the Week: Missy

Breed: Saint Bernard mix
Sex: Female
Size: Extra-Large
Weight: 95 pounds
Color: Tan and white

Though most of us don’t need a reason to get drunk, it sure is nice having one.  Ah, yes, St.

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Cindy Royal, mass communications assistant professor and Jonathan Carroll of Gowalla music, talked about how musicians and fans mutually benefit from location-based social networking.

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Maira Garcia, a recent Texas State alumna and Austin American-Statesman Web producer and Anna Tauzin, Texas State alumna, led a core conversation with attendees on how to get a job by having a uniform personal brand.

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"I am ‘mairalg’ everywhere on the Web and I think it's really important that you're consistent."

“We recommend something like Dropbox. So when you're building your site, you can put everything you need to put in your portfolio so it all right there."

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Jared Spool, founder of User Interface Engineering, spoke about the different basic models of Web design. Using humor, Spool had audiences roaring with laughter while learning how to talk about how designers make decisions every day.

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