As I’ve said before, I strongly support Amir Omar for the upcoming Mayoral election in Richardson.
Here’s an interesting article from D Magazine on the election:
An Outsider Takes on Richardson’s Old Guard
Amir Omar is a two-term city councilman, running for mayor, against the wishes of the city’s established powers.
The Dallas Morning Snooze made the statement: “It’s telling that every former mayor and every council member who now serves with the two candidates endorse Maczka, 48, over Omar, 41.” They say it as if that was a good thing.
The End of the University as We Know It
In fifty years, if not much sooner, half of the roughly 4,500 colleges and universities now operating in the United States will have ceased to exist. The technology driving this change is already at work, and nothing can stop it. The future looks like this: Access to college-level education will be free for everyone; the residential college campus will become largely obsolete; tens of thousands of professors will lose their jobs; the bachelor’s degree will become increasingly irrelevant; and ten years from now Harvard will enroll ten million students.
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How do I know this will happen? Because recent history shows us that the internet is a great destroyer of any traditional business that relies on the sale of information.
Only if you’re crazy or crazy about your subject.
The average commute in the United States is 25 Miles each way.
Your Commute Is Making You Fat (and Killing You)
The average American spends 50.8 minutes travelling to and from work every day. That time could be better spent exercising, working, making and enjoying a healthy meal or—for the indulgent—sleeping in.
Five Unique Parks Around Dallas
Deep Ellum Brewing Company – Dallas Blonde
American Microbrews Catch on World-Wide
Elaborate Drive-By Photo Studio Takes Pedestrians by Surprise
I am fascinated by street photography but am frustrated by the poor quality of the images produced under the less-than-idea conditions that are always encountered. Johnny Tergo solved that problem – mount a portable high-quality photography studio, complete with lights, in a truck, pointing out the passenger side, and drive around shooting.
War On The Young: Social Security Edition
Most of our readers are aware that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme not a savings program, that the vaunted trust fund is an accounting mirage, and that nothing much is being done about it by anyone. But sometimes it takes some concrete numbers to properly get your head around what’s really going on.
20 Best Episodes of The Office
