Thursday, March 31, 2011

How Can Anyone Be Against Open Meetings?

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"In October of 2004, a member of the city council in Alpine, Texas, sent an e-mail to other councilmembers asking if they wanted to pla...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Richardson Idol: Week Two

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The second week of Richardson Idol aired last night from the sanctuary of the Richardson East Church of Christ. This week's sponsor was ...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Excerpts: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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Amazon From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot: I was stunned. The woman I’d been lying next to for...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Excerpts: The Emperor of All Maladies

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Amazon From "The Emperor of All Maladies," by Siddhartha Mukherjee: She imagined and concocted various causes to explain h...
Sunday, March 27, 2011

Spring in the Steger Garden (2011)

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From Flowers More photos after the jump.
Friday, March 25, 2011

The Future of Richardson Is In Beijing

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Wikipedia "You may be right, I may be crazy. But it just may be the lunacy Richardson is looking for." -- With apologies...
Thursday, March 24, 2011

Richardson Idol: Week One

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A new season of Richardson Idol premiered last night from Mohawk Elementary School, hosted by the JJ Pearce HOA. This season there are thirt...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Mazel Tov: An Eruv Comes to Plano

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How many people in Plano even know what an eruv is? How many people in Dallas know what one is, even though Dallasites have been living wit...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011

First Impressions of the Candidates

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The May 14 Richardson City Council election has 14 candidates for 7 seats. That's a lot of candidates to learn about. So, let's get ...
Monday, March 21, 2011

Checking Off The Great Wall From Our Bucket List

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This spring break, Ellen and I visited John in China and in the process made some significant progress on reducing the length of our person...