Anybody who knows me knows that I am not particularly fond of Valentine's Day: I believe it is an annoying, ridiculous and contrived Hallmark Holiday. Its origins are dubious: alleged connections to the Roman festival of Lupercalia or to any number of early Christian martyrs named Valentine are tenuous at best. Its realization is insidious: it compulses those in amorous relationships to "prove"
Thursday, February 14, 2008
New human announcement
Posted on 7:00 PM by jackline
Lori and I would like to congratulate our friends Carl and Marie Flores on the birth of their son, Aedan Mahon Flores. Aedan was born this morning at the Womans Hospital of Texas. He and his relieved parents are resting comfortably.It remains to be seen whose lives will be more affected by this new arrival: Carl and Marie themselves, or their three dogs, whom up to this point were the children of
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
The Tomcat 500
Posted on 9:34 PM by jackline
On Wednesday, the Houston Humane Society neutered 488 cats, just a dozen tomcats short of their goal for the day.Orion was one of the lucky (or, depending on your point of view, unlucky) participants.Congratulations to the HHS. It never hurts to throw a few dollars their way, if and when you have a chance to do so.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Curtains for the Red Light District?
Posted on 9:45 PM by jackline
It looks like Amsterdam is about to pull the plug on its famous (or, perhaps more accurately, infamous) Red Light District:Arguing that too many brothels and sex bars are linked to criminality, the authorities plan to all but erase the Red Light District. If the plan goes through, the peep shows, sex shops and prostitute windows that line the small alleys and canals will have to go, giving way to
Friday, February 8, 2008
Four years for 0.003 of a gram
Posted on 4:58 PM by jackline
It's hyper-fanatical nonsense like this that is going to keep Dubai from becoming the global trade and tourism capital it wants to be, regardless of how many skycrapers or golf courses or palm-shaped islands it builds.Keeping drugs out of the UAE is one thing; throwing people in prison for four years because they had a few poppy seeds on their person or a minuscule speck of cannabis on their shoe
Monday, February 4, 2008
Too far to drive, too close to fly
Posted on 4:27 PM by jackline
That's the conundrum I face when I have to attend meetings with our client in San Antonio.A general rule of thumb regarding short business trips (in this part of the country, at least; along the East Coast, the rules are probably different) is this: there's a 200-mile cut-off between driving and flying. Any trip shorter than 200 miles - from Houston to Austin, for example, or Lake Charles - you
The Patriots failure
Posted on 10:30 AM by jackline
I'll admit it. I was rooting for the New England Patriots to win, if only because I wanted to witness a perfect season (and, in the process, tell the '72 Dolphins that they can finally STFU now).Alas, it wasn't to be. And the New England Patriots, instead of being remembered as the greatest team in the history of the NFL with an unblemished 19-0 record, are now more likely to be remembered as the
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