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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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Austin Has No Limits
To be clear, meanwhile, we are talking about cities specifically here, not metro areas that encompass the suburbs. The Census Bureau is specifically analyzing growth patterns in “incorporated places,” the legal entities you and I know as cities, towns, and so forth. Source: U.S. urbanization: Big cities are booming. I’ve heard plenty about the Austin…
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2015 Austin Half-Marathon
Running a third half-marathon the day after Valentine’s Day isn’t a recipe for disaster.
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Father Hesburgh
Father Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., was president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987. He increased the stature and size of the university, and greatly influenced the areas of civil rights and higher education in the United States. Source: University of Notre Dame Fr. Hesburgh passed away last night at 97. While plenty…
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The Glory Days of American Football
The most popular sport in the US is savage, creative, brutal & balletic. Love it or loathe it, it’s a touchstone of the American identity. Source: American Football Radiolab, a radio show distributed by NPR, had a very interesting episode on football. The first half discussed the history of the game, particularly the roots in…
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WordPress 💖 Emoji
The latest stable version of WordPress, and all those precede it, do not support emoji. The default database character set used simply isn’t compatible with it. Emoji are the next generation of emoticons. They’re the little pictographs like ????????. Quite frankly, I love them. Can’t get enough of them. I’m happy to say that work…
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Thank You Automattic
My twin daughters are 10 weeks old and I’ve been back to work for a week now. If it takes a village to raise a kid, it takes a metropolis to raise five. I’ve had kids born now in all sorts of different job environments, in order: Sole breadwinner at a church with no paternity policy,…