Daily Archives: February 15, 2009

RIP, Terry Hayes

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Terry Hayes, an employee of the Houston Chronicle who wrote an award-winning blog that detailed her fight against terminal cancer, has died at the age of 42. Hayes spent five years as one of the newspaper’s essential support staffers, handling … Continue reading →

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RIP, Terry Hayes

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Greg Wythe

Terry Hayes, an employee of the Houston Chronicle who wrote an award-winning blog that detailed her fight against terminal cancer, has died at the age of 42. Hayes spent five years as one of the newspaper’s essential support staffers, handling … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Weekend link dump for February 15

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Greg Wythe

Just a few links to chew on while you’re polishing off that Valentine’s Day box of chocolates… Road-kill cleanup not all glamour for Comal’s ‘Undertaker’. Quick, get Mike Rowe on the phone. And I guess those aren’t such good links … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Weekend link dump for February 15

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Just a few links to chew on while you’re polishing off that Valentine’s Day box of chocolates… Road-kill cleanup not all glamour for Comal’s ‘Undertaker’. Quick, get Mike Rowe on the phone. And I guess those aren’t such good links … Continue reading →

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Apparently, the sky really is falling

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

See here and here. If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to duck and cover. Let us all hope that this isn’t a prelude to this: Look to the sky!

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Apparently, the sky really is falling

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Greg Wythe

See here and here. If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to duck and cover. Let us all hope that this isn’t a prelude to this: Look to the sky! Continue reading →

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Multiways

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Andrew continues the ongoing discussion of transit options in Houston with a look at multiway boulevards. Basically, a multiway is an urban thoroughfare combining express through lanes in the middle with local access lanes on the sides. These local lanes … Continue reading →

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Multiways

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Greg Wythe

Andrew continues the ongoing discussion of transit options in Houston with a look at multiway boulevards. Basically, a multiway is an urban thoroughfare combining express through lanes in the middle with local access lanes on the sides. These local lanes … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A peek inside Astrodome Studios

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

So we know that one of the ideas for what to do with the Astrodome is to convert it to a movie studio. But what might that look like? Swamplot has a sneak peek. We may be hearing more about … Continue reading →

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A peek inside Astrodome Studios

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Greg Wythe

So we know that one of the ideas for what to do with the Astrodome is to convert it to a movie studio. But what might that look like? Swamplot has a sneak peek. We may be hearing more about … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Movie night of the future

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

So I was reading this FireDogLake post that used the movie “The Wizard of Oz” as a metaphor for the changing of the guard in Washington, DC, and it got me to thinking about how I can’t wait till my … Continue reading →

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Movie night of the future

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Greg Wythe

So I was reading this FireDogLake post that used the movie “The Wizard of Oz” as a metaphor for the changing of the guard in Washington, DC, and it got me to thinking about how I can’t wait till my … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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