bshirley Russia USA China Population (M) 142 337 1,410 Land Area (M sq km) 16.4 9.15 9.33 Density (per sq km) 8.66 36.8 151 GDP (T) 4.08 21.2 824.8 GDP Growth 4.75% 5.95% 8.11% GDP per capita $28,000 $63,700 $17,600 GDP per capita – world rank 74 15 99 Inflation 6.7% 4.7% 1.0% Superpowers by the … Read more
“At about 3:30, the National Rifle Association played videotaped remarks from the governor in the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. Abbott had originally planned to attend the conference in person, but he canceled Thursday after facing enormous pressure to do so following the mass shooting that occurred at a Uvalde elementary school on Tuesday afternoon.” … Read more
NFTs, like all other crypto- and blockchain endeavors are rife with charlatans. You have to do much due diligence on your own to vet who you’re working with. That’s if you think there’s any inherent value for NFTs in the first place. I personally don’t, and think too many are being lured in by their … Read more
BoardGameGeek has been releasing collections of games in different categories leading into the holiday gift-giving season. They have come upon their list of “Heavy Games” – ones that hard-core gamers enjoy. There were five on their list, and I touched each of them. Three of the five are reimplementations of prior games. I think that’s … Read more
I have vaguely heard of Fastball in the background of my brain, but they never came into my consciousness. They are ultimately an Austin band, and you don’t see many of those in Houston. Or maybe I wasn’t looking. Or it wasn’t what I needed at the time. Anyway,… i acquired the late 90s album … Read more
After spending the past year (post-Harvey) unemployed, I finally landed a new job (and I’m loving it). However, the new job took me to Austin. I started the new job on the first day of early voting: Oct 22.
I went to the Harris County Clerk’s Office on Wed Oct 12 to request my ballot-by-mail. After a full week of early voting and not having yet received a ballot, I called and then officially wrote a signed letter delivered via email to the clerks office requesting a second ballot.