September 2011
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August 2011
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Seven hour charrette. Very tired.
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And the general discussion about sustainability was drowning in the general misconception that sustainability is a question of how much of our existing quality of life are we prepared to sacrifice in order to afford being sustainable. In a way, this sort of Protestant idea that it has to hurt to do good, or essentially that sustainable life is less fun than normal life. So when we were asked to...
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SAWS fined $22,500 for wastewater discharge into...
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has fined San Antonio Water System $22,500 for discharging wastewater into the San Antonio River last year.
The TCEQ report detailing the fine says “During an investigation on October 20, 2010, TCEQ staff documented a discharge of an estimated 4.442,000 gallons of wastewater from a broken 3o-inch force main located near the intersection of East...
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WatchBulldog on a skateboard! And subtle pet food advertisements. Verrrry subtle.
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Sharp, and true.
Qualifications are necessary sometimes. Anticipating and defusing opposing arguments has been a vital rhetorical strategy since at least the days of Aristotle. Satire and ridicule, when done well, are high art. But the idea is to provoke and persuade, not to soothe. And the best way to make an argument is to make it, straightforwardly, honestly, passionately, without regard to whether people...
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I’m hanging my annual performance evaluation up on the fridge, it’s that good.
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