Voicemails for Isabelle (2026)

Rotten Tomatoes

Voicemails for Isabelle (2026): Meet-cute rom-com. Mixup in phones leads to a man getting a stranger's voicemails. He falls for her, stalks her, and wins her heart. Implausible but watchable. B-

Netflix

Council Recap: 2036 Is Fast Approaching

Source: NTMWD.

The Richardson City Council met June 22, 2026, and heard a presentation by the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD), which supplies all of Richardson's water. One particular exchange highlighted a question NTMWD did not answer.

POTD: Heart of Bukhara

From 2025 09 19 Bukhara

Today's photo-of-the-day was taken in the heart of Bukhara, Uzbekistan, where historic spaces formed by centuries of trade and daily life come together by the Lyab-i Hauz, a broad stone-edged pond shaded by trees.

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"Desert city rests,
Gathered around precious water
As it has for years."
— h/t ChatGPT

POTD: Food Truck in Bukhara

From 2025 09 19 Bukhara

Today's photo-of-the-day was taken in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. I don't know the story of this food truck. No one was minding it. I'm not going to make up a story. Instead, it's just an intriguing photo.

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"Someone left in haste,
More likely just stepped away.
The photo won't tell."
— h/t ChatGPT

Spider-Noir (TV 2026)

Rotten Tomatoes

Spider-Noir (TV 2026): Mashup of superhero and gum-shoe detective genres. A Spider-Man origin story, the result of an evil WWII medical experiment. Nicholas Cage is more victim than hero. The look and feel is as dark as the story. B-

Prime

Council Recap: Classic Transportation Conflict

"You can please some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time."
— attributed to Abraham Lincoln

The Richardson City Council met June 15, 2026, and reviewed the FY 2026-2027 Transportation and Mobility Work Plan. In my blog post ("Council Recap: Less is More"), I quoted Mayor Pro Tem Ken Hutchenrider, who expressed concern about bike club riding in northeast Richardson, where he lives. I didn't find his statement to be particularly productive. I found it repetitive and lacking in constructive suggestions. But I didn't have anything brilliant to contribute, either, so I decided to ask ChatGPT. Here is our condensed conversation.

Council Recap: Less is More

The Richardson City Council met June 15, 2026, and reviewed the FY 2026-2027 Transportation and Mobility Work Plan. I'm not going to review that here. If you are interested (and you should be), you can watch the whole discussion online. Here's what two of the council members had to say.