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Here yesterday, gone today

December 11, 2008

Houston got a surprise yesterday. It snowed.  I thought I was imagining it at first. Then I expected it to disappear as quickly as it came down, but it didn’t.  By 9PM everything in our area had a fine layer of snow on it.
Our daughter had a blast running around making snowballs:

With instructions:

And help of [...]

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Ike was here…

September 16, 2008

And he tore up our neighbour’s fence.

Besides some trees that were uprooted/snapped, that appears to be the worst of the damage in our neighbourhood.  We all have electricity, water and cable as of tonight so we’re sitting pretty compared to the rest of the region.
And that’s about it. I’m just too damned tired to post [...]

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Houston wins! Pollutes more air than LA!

April 17, 2008

Since moving to Houston from El Paso about six or seven years ago I swear a month hasn’t went by without me spending a few days with some moderate to severe congestion.  It’s so bad that I like to say I’m allergic to Houston.
So it’s with great displeasure that I announce that Houston, Texas has [...]

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First patriotism, now God soaked patriotism?

February 12, 2008

Our daughter just started school this year and it’s been wonderful to see her slowly get past her bashfulness. Getting her to talk, even to say if something hurt was like pulling teeth with pliers made out of play dough.
Getting her talk to even family members was about impossible and strangers speaking to her [...]

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What’s new in racism

January 30, 2008

The scandal involving District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal here in Houston has brought to light a new way to be a racist without actually saying anything “racist”.  The word is “Canadian” as in “a couple of Canadians on the jury felt sorry for the defendent and convicted him of a lesser charge”.  The Canadians in question?  [...]

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