Today's diversion involves a simple quiz on your knowledge of grade school civics. Well, actually, it's a quiz on your critical thinking skills* disguised as a civics quiz. There are no right and wrong answers, only good and bad reasoning.
After the jump, a few simple questions.
Friday, June 29, 2012
Thursday, June 28, 2012
The Little Engine That Could
Slowly but surely, planning for the Cotton Belt rail line from Wylie to D/FW Airport to Ft Worth continues to move forward. There's still no funding for the $2 billion project but that hasn't stopped the planning process. ("A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money." -- attributed to Everett Dirksen)
After the jump, a tale of two cities' attitudes to the Cotton Belt line.
After the jump, a tale of two cities' attitudes to the Cotton Belt line.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
A Museum, A Cottage, and A Wedding
From 2012 06 Wisconsin |
Our summer vacation in Wisconsin included a day at Milwaukee's Museum of Art, several days at the family cottage on Big Lake in Shawano County, and attendance at Lisa and Dan's wedding in Appleton.
More photos after the jump.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Review: Life of Pi
Amazon |
After the jump, my review.
Friday, June 22, 2012
The Egg & I (but Mostly Someone Else)
The Egg and I is a new Richardson restaurant on Campbell Rd east of Central Expressway. From their website:
After the jump, a review from an anonymous friend.Favorites include our benedicts, omelettes, waffles and whole wheat pancakes. We also offer an assortment of non-egg dishes.
At lunch, you'll find creative sandwiches, entree salads and hearty, homemade soups. And if you want breakfast for lunch - no problem!
Source: The Egg & I.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
DART Asks, "What's the Matter with Plano?"
The Dallas Morning News has a story (that I haven't read because of the online pay wall, but I read about the story on FrontBurner) about the future of DART as its completes its build-out of lines. Low ridership in Plano is the hook of the story. Supposedly DART says its future focus will be on increasing ridership at the stations it already has, rather than opening new stations, which was its focus for the last two decades.
After the jump, the solutions of the kibitzers.
After the jump, the solutions of the kibitzers.
Monday, June 18, 2012
Godwin's Law is your Friend
Glance at the comment thread of this blog post. Granted, it's nowhere near as inflammatory as some online forums, but still, it's not pretty. There is too much ad hominem reasoning that obscures the germane arguments that sometimes are made. Looking on the bright side, no one has called anyone else a Nazi ... yet.
After the jump, is there anything that can be done?
After the jump, is there anything that can be done?
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