When I was a kid, the rumor was that the school district superintendent would decide to have a snow day based on how fast his dog came back to the door when he was let out for his morning constitutional. I could see that being true in the early 90s. If it were true now, we’d have a livestream cam on that dog to see if he’d take a shit or run back inside.
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At the end of the day…
It has been 18 years now and at the end of the day, I still just miss my dad.
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Developing with Jetpack
At this very moment, I’m presenting at WordCamp DFW about using Jetpack in your development. It is meant to wet your appetite to think about Jetpack in, perhaps, a different way. Far from comprehensive, I’ll mention things not in the slides and still miss plenty. Check out the Developing with Jetpack deck!
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Stephen Colbert and Facing Death
Not too long ago, GQ published a fantastic article on Stephen Colbert as he prepares to take the reigns of The Late Show from the 23-year veteran David Letterman. I like Colbert. From everything I’ve heard of him, he’s a man who is simply solid. A man of faith, of family, of generally trying to…
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Life Certificate
Hook ‘Em!
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Seeing Race
The moment that many white students walk into my course they are experiencing a series of firsts: The first time many of them have had a black teacher or professor. The first time many of them have ever taken a class dealing with African-American history. The first time many of them have been in…
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Aggressive Birds
Walking down the Paseo next to the children’s museum in my neighborhood the other day and I was attacked by number of grackles. Every few seconds, one would buzz the top of my head. A couple of times, they knocked my hat off. I kept walking slowly, not wanting to gain more attention. In the…