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It it's Weird,  You'll Find it in Austin  In 2000, Austin Community College librarian Red Wassenich called KOOP Radio's The Lounge Show to donate money. When the radio host asked why he contributed, Wassenich replied, "I don't know. It helps keep Austin weird." A slogan was born, and Austin's international reputation for being weird, zany, and slightly off-kilter was established.  The phrase spread, and local businesses noticed and urged shoppers to "buy local." Since then, over 400,000 bumper stickers reading "Keep Austin Weird" and the tagline "Support Local Businesses"  have been sold. Only in Austin can you find Chicken Shit Bingo at Ginny's Little Longhorn Saloon; the  Cathedral of Junk constructed in a South Austin yard; Museum of the Weird; and 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats emerging from the Ann Richards Congress Avenue Bridge at dusk. I couldn't catch Vince at a convenient time to peruse his Cathedral o