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B.A., Sociology with a minor in Science, Technology, and Society, 2010, The University of Texas at Austin
M.B.A., Business Analytics, 2024, Midwestern State University (TX)
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they may take our lives, but they’ll never take our players
The University of Texas at Austin announced yesterday that they will not attempt to take our beloved Players by eminent domain. While they’re still attempting to buy the property, any deal would have to be reached in “weeks, not months” in order to meet UT’s timeline. Since Carlos and Eddie have no desire to sell,…
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saving players has the attention of the state
The Save Players effort is getting excited. As you may know, The University of Texas is attempting to take the land that a local burger place, Players, owns. Lawmakers are moving forward on SB 7, a bill to restrict the ability of the state to take land for private economic gain. The measure passed the…
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‘old school’ in real life
Tomorrow’s edition of The Daily Texan includes a story about Coolio peforming at a fraternity party this past Friday night. Phi Kappa Psi paid $10,000 plus expenses (which included a VIP room stocked with 20 pieces of fried chicken and honey) for Coolio, most famous for “Gangsta’s Paradise”, to play a 90-minute set in front…
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mt 3.2b3 upgrade
I’m about to upgrade the CMS to MT 3.2-beta-3. I’m currently running 3.16. 3.2b3 is supposed to be a near-final release so I’m secure enough with updating my actual site with it. Just to be safe, I dumped the db to my harddrive just in case everything is corrupted after upgrading! update: Upgrade complete. Now,…
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voluntary poverty
This comes from an e-mail I wrote last week. I skimmed it to take out personal references but may have missed a couple. Voluntary poverty, as it seems so far, is not simply a position of Dorothy Day or the Catholic Worker or anything along those lines- it is a calling that we all have…
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xanga mirroring?
Andrea, a dear friend of mine that I don’t have the chance to catch up with nearly enough, mentioned that she was bummed about me ending my manual mirroring of my site onto Xanga. For those not aware, I used to copy/paste all my posts onto Xanga so the vast number of my friends using…