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Creepy cleanup DUBLIN, Texas - Jackie Bibby, the 'Texas Snake Man,' spent about 45 minutes in a see-through bathtub with 87 rattlesnakes this week, fully clothed and unbitten, shattering his own record by 12 ... via Newsday.com

“I have set several world records in that bathtub.”

Sometimes when I read the news I am amazed and think, I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried. via Mercury-Register

Shake your booty in your boxers -- and possibly win five grand. Jockey is launching UnderWars. via WAVY-TV Portsmouth

“The principal and assistant principal who handled this were following the policy set out in the handbook”

Man sets record for bathing with snakes DUBLIN, Texas, Nov. 6 A man has set a world record in Dublin, Texas, by spending 45 minutes in a bathtub filled with 87 rattlesnakes. via Earth Times

“They can go wherever they want as long as they don't start biting”

DUBLIN, Texas - Another day, another bizarre world record for Jackie Bibby, "The Texas Snake Man." Bibby spent about 45 minutes in a see-through bathtub with 87 rattlesnakes Monday, shattering his own record by ... via Denton Record-Chronicle

“It is still my favorite car to drive”

The Terrill Antique Car Museum in De Leon more than makes up for its small size with some of the most unique specimens of automotive history. via The Austin Chronicle

“It's a good way of helping citizens in rural Texas to be able to [take advantage] in the cheaper electric rates that we were all promised when dereg came into law. It's an obvious thing.”

For many of the small-town residents of Eastland, electric deregulation has fallen far short of the promise.

Electric retailers don't pay much attention to the rural area 95 miles west of Fort Worth, and many residents have not switched providers -- even though such a change could lower their electric bills, some say.

'When dereg was passed, all the rural members [of the Legislature] were patted on the head and they were told, 'Don't worry -- you'll have rates out there that will be competitive' -- but that hasn't materialized,' said state Rep. Jim Keffer, the Republican lawmaker who represents the area. 'But now something has got to be done. The time has passed.' Read more

Enrico David at Institute of Contemporary Arts Enrico David. LONDON.- This autumn, the Institute of Contemporary Arts is staging the first major public exhibition by artist Enrico David. via Art Daily