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Appeals Court Overturns Fraud and Conspiracy Convictions in Varsity Blues Scandal

A three-judge panel found that a lower court made crucial missteps in the trial of Gamal Abdelaziz and John Wilson, the first parents to take their chances in front of a jury.

Gamal Abdelaziz was accused of paying $300,000 in 2018 to have his daughter admitted to the University of Southern California as a top-ranked basketball recruit,

Superb Owl Sunday

A wonderful surprise: the last time I saw Mike Wilson was in 2021 when he built and installed the box that our backyard owls are currently living in.

On Sunday he stopped by to gift me one of his new โ€œshabby chicโ€ designs. His reclaimed wood supply dried up and cedar prices are through the roof, so he makes these (slightly bigger) boxes with pine, paints them, and goes at them with sandpaper when heโ€™s done.

Our first box was #833. Two years ago, he told me his goal was to get well past #1000. Our new one is #1059, so heโ€™s obviously been ripping it. (He showed me an amazing Google Map of all the boxes he has installed around town.)

All I had to give him in return was one of these Coconut woodcuts and a copy of Keep Going. (If Iโ€™d have known him when I wrote that book, heโ€™d probably have been in the book as a case study.)

If youโ€™re in Central Texas and you want him to build you an owl box, text him at 512-940-1161.

The Murder of Moriah Wilson

Ian Dille unravels the story behind a shocking crime with meticulous care. His detailed reporting sheds a light on the close-knit biking world and human relationships at the root of this case, without sensationalism. Itโ€™s a gripping read.

Itโ€™s easy to buy a weapon in Texas. So one day around the beginning of 2022, Strickland and Armstrong rode their bikes to McBrideโ€™s, a family owned gun shop near the University of Texas. Armstrong picked out a 9mm SIG Sauer P365 pistol and held it up to get a feel for its weight.

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