Daily Archives: January 23, 2006

Thank you, Detroit! We love you!

Posted on January 23, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Super Bowl XL – not such a hot ticket. With the NFL’s first cold-weather Super Bowl in 14 years, and only the third one in the event’s 40-year run, just three weeks away, many of the firms that arrange Super … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The new season of “24”

Posted on January 23, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Unlike Jim, I’m happily engrossed in the current season of 24. It could all fall apart at any time, of course, and as Heather Havrilesky observes, “even when it’s firing on all pistons, it’s also uneven and dorky and campy … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in TV and movies | 5 Comments

Keir Murray responds to DeLay poll criticism

Posted on January 23, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Keir Murray responds to criticism of the recent survey of CD22, expanding on what the Chronicle’s James Campbell wrote on Sunday. Check it out. DeLayVsWorld still has some issues with the survey. One point he raises that I don’t think … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2006 | 5 Comments

Enron employee ambivalence

Posted on January 23, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

From the Sunday Chron: Mixed feelings from former Enron employees regarding the upcoming trials of Jeff Skilling and Kenny Boy Lay. Some former employees harbor more sympathy for Lay, who was widely regarded as a fatherly figure in Enron’s halcyon … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Enronarama | 2 Comments

Grand Central Station Houston

Posted on January 23, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Via Houstonist, Metro has requested a preliminary design on an intermodal transit center north of downtown. The board agreed to a $1.6 million contract with New York-based Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects to provide a preliminary design for a massive … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles | 3 Comments