Daily Archives: December 22, 2004

What’s missing from this story?

Here’s a story about an outgoing District Attorney. Can you tell what’s missing? When Terry McEachern goes to court after Jan. 1, he´ll be gazing up from the defense table instead of the prosecution table he´s occupied for nearly 20 … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Crime and Punishment | Comments Off on What’s missing from this story?

Beer tank naming rights bought

If you wanted to secure the naming rights of the new Saint Arnold Brewey tanker, I’m afraid you’re too late. The winning bid was $970. St. Arnold’s chief executive, Brock Wagner, won’t reveal the name of the winning bidder until … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Food, glorious food | Comments Off on Beer tank naming rights bought

Red light cameras approved

The Houston City Council has approved traffic cameras for certain intersections as a way to combat red light running. The ordinance cannot go into effect for at least 120 days, which would presumably give the city enough time to choose … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles | 14 Comments

The Perranoski Prize

Kevin Hayden has announced a new set of blog awards called The Perranoski Prize, which is intended as a complement to Wampum’s Koufax Awards (nominations for which close at 5 PM Eastern time today, so don’t dawdle if you haven’t … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Blog stuff | 2 Comments

RPI tinkering

Ken Pomeroy says that the NCAA is fixing to tinker with the RPI formula for ranking basketball teams. ESPN has the story. Road wins will carry more weight in the Ratings Percentage Index after unanimous approval by the NCAA championships … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Other sports | 4 Comments

Soechting on Heflin

Texas Democratic Party Chair Charles Soechting has a message for Talmadge Heflin and especially his attorney Andy Taylor. While I think he’s touched on all the important issues in this unprecedented power grab, I disagree with his choice of rhetoric. … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Election 2004 | 3 Comments