My coffee pot should make noises I CHOOSE to let me know it’s done brewing. Like the first few notes ofDay-O, orGood Morning Starshine, rather than an annoying beep-beep-beep-beep-beep. And should politely say “mañana” when turning itself off. ...
During a special session held Tuesday night that lasted nearly four hours, the Williamson County Board of Education approved the temporary mask requirement, which begins today and presently runs through Tuesday, Sept. 21. The policy covers “students, staff and visitors at elementary grade levels ...
In mid-December, the first thing my kids did in the morning was rush around the house looking for our international friends. By the end of December, I wasn’t even sure I needed to move Mensch. Had they looked for him? When I mentioned to a friend that Mensch goes back to Jerusalem ...
Every morning and every afternoon as we drove the ten minutes to and from school, she observed the neighbors and recited the catalog of possible Halloween swag. Then she whined, “When are we going to decorate?!!” “We already did.” ...
Clearly, a man after my own heart and with four other people in there at about 12.05 he has a base of local punters happy to roll in on a Monday. “I’ll get you that pint young man,” he said and when I said I’d not been called that very often, quick as a flash he ...
I would be completely happy to see cigarettes completely vanish from the earth, and I’ve supported taxes that make it so expensive that people have to be really committed to continue. Not everyone agrees with the position, but that’s the way of politics. Oregon Recovers wants to cripple ...
The next morning, seemingly without reference to a script or a single card, Lee delivered a talk, Taking Learning Seriously, that ended in a standing ovation. In that talk, Lee addressed the first question “What does it mean to take anything seriously?” by declaring that “when we take ...
We pulled into the Casa de Rurale driveway at about 7:00 pm, and it was much chillier at home than Houston was that morning. I didn’t mind that part after a few days of summer heat in November. The dogs were happy to see us, and the cats were, as always, indifferent. The pe...
Adults of this species are diurnal, meaning that they are active and flying during the late morning and early afternoon. They alsoexhibit geographic color polymorphism, in which they have different colors depending on what regions they occupy. ...
Soon-to-be GOP Leader John Thune told reporters Thursday morning his understanding is that Vice President-elect JD Vance and Speaker Mike Johnson are “trying to work it out” and that the "action is in the House.” Thune added that he has not yet talked to Johnson on Thursday mornin...