So, I got a digital camera for my birthday. I’m sure i’ll be having lots of fun with it. Particularly to document my yard. I have several pots of chives in the back yard. You can always use chives when you cook. They grow like weeds here in Houston. But like all weeds, they must bloom, and with all the warmth of summer, they’ve bolted recently.
So, without further adieu, here’s my backyard and chives…
So, I still don’t have a teaching job. I went to the “gosh it’s late and we need to fill our positions” HISD Job Fair yesterday. On the good side, there weren’t nearly as many people as at the last one (they all got jobs), and there were several schools looking for math. On the down side, the Tech Market collapse seems to have created a glut of “What do I do now?” math teacher applicants. There were at least 15 people there and only a few high schools with openings. They were all lining up for the middle schools as well (I passed on the middle schools).
So, we were down in Clear Lake salvaging some sinks, toilets, mirrors, handycap rails, et al to use in the new bar (next to the Continental). Pete knows the guy that owns this place. It was the old giant Fiesta that went up at I-45 & NASA 1 a little over a decade ago.  … Read more
I just saw the VW/ipod commerrcial with Polyphonic Spree (turn the music off on the main site, then try the polyphonic player). Once again showing that VW Bug’s and Apple’s advertising are on the cutting edge. They were one of the most amazing shows I saw at 2002 SXSW and had to see again this … Read more
On Bush’s press conference yesterday, his 9th (his father had 61 up to this point), a New York Times Editorial said “The president and his advisers obviously still believe that the constant repetition of several simplistic points will hypnotize the American people into forgetting the original question.†Rich. -b
Today I had lunch with two cousins (my dad’s cousin’s, their mom’s are twins – so they’re kinda like aunts). We ate at Saltgrass Steakhouse. I got there a bit early, 11:15, and waited for them, by 11:30 there was a parade of people, most driving oversized cars like wildmen, all (except for one 95 year old looking man) had exceptional guts. I’m a bit over weight, but these guys had guts (and they weren’t having a special lunch with their aunts). But, I guess that’s the definition of someone who eats at a steakhouse for lunch (apparently, regularly): overweight.