Maybe I just missed the start of this trend, but it seems like a lot of charitable funding decisions are being turned over to online voting. That leads to get-out-the-vote campaigns by champions of those charities.
What better way to drum up online support than through Twitter? After the jump, three tweets with a Richardson connection that caught my attention recently.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Review: One Amazing Thing
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I screwed up my life big-time, a lot of ways. Did a lot of stupid stuff. But at least I saw one amazing thing."
One Amazing Thing is the "Richardson Reads One Book" pick for 2012. It's a disaster novel (an earthquake traps a diverse cast of characters in the visa office of the Indian consulate in an unnamed American city). It's an uplifting morality play (victims, in turn, tell stories of events that changed their lives). It's short. It's an easy read. It would make a good book to take to the beach this summer.
After the jump, my review.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Richardson is in a Back-Alley Fight
If you are not in the habit of reading Jim Schutze in the Dallas Observer, you are missing the one must-read columnist in Dallas journalism. Not that he's always right (although he's right more than he's wrong), but he avoids the false equivalence that is standard in most journalism today (in the name of "balance"). Schutze always has a point of view and he's not afraid to let you know what it is, no matter whose feathers he ruffles while making it. No, that's not quite it. Making a point seems to be only a means to an end for Schutze. It's more like ruffling feathers itself is his main purpose. No, that's not it, either. Schutze aims at more than ruffling feathers. He wants to de-feather, de-skin, and de-bone his target altogether. You get the point. It's no accident that Schutze's column in Unfair Park is accompanied by a photo of Schutze pointing the barrel of a gun at the reader. Anyway, let me allow Schutze to speak for himself, to show you what I mean.
After the jump, what Schutze thinks of Richardson (and every other suburb of Dallas).It's a simple challenge. Jefferey Muhammad, I call you a chicken-shit liar. Prove me wrong.Source: Unfair Park.
Friday, April 6, 2012
Repeat Tweets: Texas's History, Richardson's Future
Repeat tweets from March, 2012:
- 2012 03 01 - March is Texas History Month in honor of those Texans who gave us the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the New Testament.
- 2012 03 01 - Headline: "Patients often unhappy with new Texas sonogram law." News that isn't news.
- 2012 03 02 - It was 176 years ago today that immigrants declared independence from Mexico and created the Republic of Texas.
- 2012 03 02 - "Attention Young People: Move to Richardson Now!" It's an ad, but still true. http://t.co/CjJD52uP
- 2012 03 02 - Richardson's TOD can't get here soon enough. Matthew Yglesias on the nationwide shortage of apartments: https://t.co/PBeKyWyH
After the jump, more repeat tweets.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
OTBR: Rabbit Tracks in Finland
Longitude: 25.7216° E
A child on a road trip with his family asks, "Where are we?" and the father answers, "Let's check the map. We're off the blue roads [the Interstate Highways marked in blue on the road atlas]. We're off the red roads [the US and state highways]. We're off the black roads [the county highways]. I think we're off the map altogether." It was always my dream to be off the map altogether.
After the jump, a few of the random places (and I mean random literally) that I visited vicariously last month that are "off the blue roads".
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Dog Parks and Skate Parks
Dog Parks and Skate Parks? Meh.
This is the result when you have a 12 part vision statement and 57 near-term action items. You lack a sense of priority.
This is the result when you have a 12 part vision statement and 57 near-term action items. You lack a sense of priority.
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