A Personal Pantagraph

Prognostications, Epiphanies, and Banalities

Archive for February, 2006

High-Speed Internet, At Last

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

When me lived in Texas, we chose not to live in Austin–the city where we worked and played–but in Georgetown, one of its suburbs. With 60,000 residents, Georgetown is a small city by Texas standards, with the requisite Walmart, grocery store, and a handful of specialty stores. It also happens to be a [...]

A Beautiful Mind

Thursday, February 9th, 2006

A few weeks ago Koren Burling, a science teacher at Spring Creek Elementary, sent out an email soliciting judges for this year’s Science Fair for 5th and 6th graders. My daughter recently became a third grader at Spring Creek, so I was only too happy to help. I was intrigued by a comment [...]