You have to read Daniel Clowes’ new graphic novel Wilson at least twice.

You read Wilson the first time, you might come away with an overwhelming feeling of what an unsympathetic schmuck the main character is. Not bitter and arch in an entertaining Lloyd Llewellyn way or with the slapstick angst of Ivan Brunetti, ho ho ho, but …

As a look at the city calendar shows, the city's packed it in for the weekend - so the Hustle has too. We'll see you on Tuesday; if you haven't yet, we highly recommend Jordan Smith's feature on funny business in Fleet Services, which she also discusses in the Totescast. Happy Fourth!

If you've ever wondered why you can't see many starts in the city at night, it's called light pollution. UT Austin and the McDonald Observatory are spending this week educating people on what they're missing when they blank out the night sky with unnecessary or badly-aligned bulbs.

I know. Not another running and jumping game, but, hey, since you can't do it outside right now without getting wet. Some weather we're having, huh? Time spent inside should not be wasted with books or housecleaning or god forbid TV watching. It should be spent in front of the computer screen perfecting your hand-eye coordination. Here's how:

It was announced today that Toros Head Coach Quin Snyder "has accepted an assistant coach position with the Philadelphia 76ers under new Head Coach Doug Collins." Snyder has been ultra successful as Austin's HC boasting a 94-56 record and leading the Toros to the postseason three consecutive seasons, making the finals in 2008.

Gunfire from Juárez hits El Paso city hall – and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is ready to fire back.

Set times for the Warped Tour are decided daily through a lottery system. For today’s excursion at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, the Riverboat Gamblers drew the shortest straw, with an 11am start time. Here's a consolation prize: details on the band’s remix competition and the unabridged version of Mike Wiebe’s tour journal thus far.

Did you know it's Light Pollution Week? The Totescast does. More on that in a minute, but up first is Fleet Service's ongoing disposal scandal, which travels further up the tire tread than first known.

Just because council's off for the next month or so doesn't mean city business crawls to a complete halt. Yesterday, we learned the city's adding the new position of Chief Service Officer – and moreover, it shouldn't cost us a thing.