Daily Archives: September 23, 2006

A year since we bugged out for Rita

One year ago today, at about four o’clock in the morning, Tiffany, Olivia, Harry and I pulled into the driveway of Tiffany’s cousin Emilie’s house in Murphy, Texas, after an eighteen hour odyssey on I-45. I’d forgotten about the anniversary … Continue reading Continue reading

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KPRC on the Treasurer’s race

Now this is a nicely done story on the County Treasurer’s race. Kudos to KPRC for not skimping on the details or cramming it all in to a 15-second sound byte. One point that needs to be made about the … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Election 2006 | 7 Comments

Blog diversity

Simon Owens did an interesting survey (to which I contributed responses) on the state of blog diversity. It’s a good read, including his discussion of the flaws in his approach and the questions raised by commenters. Check it out. Continue reading

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Question of the day

So am I a big ol’ sap for admitting that reading this choked me up, or do I get a pass for being the father of a little girl? Help me out here. Continue reading

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