Saturday, February 21, 2026

POTD: The Great Pyramid of Cholula

From 2025 06 01 Puebla

Today's photo-of-the-day was taken at The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Remedies, a Catholic church located atop the Great Pyramid of Cholula, in San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, Mexico. That's the church at the top of the hill. At the base is a partial reconstruction of the Pyramid that used to go all the way to the top of the hill.

Another photo is after the jump.

Friday, February 20, 2026

Town Hall Tag Team: Omar and Corcoran

On February 18, 2026, UT-Dallas Student Government hosted a town hall meeting with Richardson Mayor Amir Omar. At this third town hall, Mayor Omar shared the stage with Council member Joe Corcoran. Anyone who wants to know what's going on in Richardson government really ought to attend these town hall meetings. They are more informative than a year of attending City Council meetings. OK, that might be an exaggeration, but not by much. I thought the questions from UT-Dallas students were as good or better than those asked at many campaign forums.

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Ripple (TV 2025)

Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes

Ripple (TV 2025): Lives of four people in NY come together by random events. Their stories are heartwarming and heartbreaking, with lots of tugs at the heart strings. Made for Hallmark+ (it shows), bought by Netflix, good enough to be greenlit for season 2. C+

Netflix

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Council Recap: FIFA-Fo-Fum

The February 16, 2025, Richardson City Council meeting started out like a bureaucratic snooze-fest. There were no public speakers lined up to address the city council. The agenda topics were all "review and discuss," with no decisions to be made, things like FIFA World Cup, senior property tax exemption, Safer Streets Richardson, and Eisemann Center operations. In other words, nothing to ignite fireworks.

I found my mind drifting to imagining watching a TV series pilot. You know, where a standalone episode of a television show is produced to test the show's world, key characters, and storylines, in order to determine if a full run of the series should be ordered. Call the TV series, I don't know, maybe "The Non-Consent Agenda." Should this show be green lit for production?

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Bugonia (2025)

Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes

Bugonia (2025): Wacky conspiracy theorist (Jesse Plemons) kidnaps a drug company CEO (Emma Stone), convinced she's an extraterrestrial planning to destory the Earth. Most of the movie is them failing to communicate, as the blood and stakes rise in this black comedy. Oscar nominations are deserved. A-

Peacock