Well, when you’re down on your luck, and you ain’t got a buck,in London you’re a goner.Even London Bridge has fallen down,and moved to Arizona,now I know why. Midland has four “sister” cities, one each in China, Mexico, Guyana, and the United Kingdom. I’m not sure about the significance of having (or being) a sister city,… Continue reading “Twin Towns” Casting Call: Pack up the family
More Recursive Searches
I got to thinking about yesterday’s post and decided I probably gave Google short shrift regarding its placement of its competitors in the results for a search on “search.” After all, if someone comes to your search engine and searches for “search,” chances are pretty good that your service isn’t really the one they’re looking… Continue reading More Recursive Searches
File this under “C” for “Condescending”
Google must be feeling pretty cocky nowadays. Do a G-search for “search” and see if you get the same thing I do, namely… Perhaps this is a way to show regulators that Google is not evil, after all. But when you’re so big that you can afford to give your competitors top billing, well, I… Continue reading File this under “C” for “Condescending”
Comanche Springs 2012: Drought Update
Last February, I posted a series of photos and a video of the vigorous flow of water from Comanche Springs in Fort Stockton, Texas. You might want to take a moment and refresh your memory because this update won’t be as meaningful without the comparison. Fort Stockton has averaged about 14″ of precipitation each year… Continue reading Comanche Springs 2012: Drought Update
Staggering through the Blogosphere
Hey, I know! Let’s pretend like it’s 2006, back when bloggers still linked to each other and stuff. Kewl, huh? My pal Scott over at The Fat Guy is doing heroic battle with the Big C, and will definitely kick its butt. He’s also finding time between rounds of chemo to identify silly stuff that… Continue reading Staggering through the Blogosphere
Frac Reporting – Loophole?
As we’ve reported before, today marks the beginning of mandatory reporting of the components of fluid used in hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells drilled in Texas. A careful reading of the regulations indicates that you shouldn’t hold your breath to see what’s going into that well that’s planned for your back yard. Even… Continue reading Frac Reporting – Loophole?
Flights of Fancy
I created this from an actual photograph. Any idea what it is? You know what? The un-retouched image is actually quite a bit more impressive: I know that some of you have seen this scene from ground-level. It’s an aerial look at the Forest Creek Capricorn Ridge (thanks, Gregg!) wind farm just north of Sterling… Continue reading Flights of Fancy
Hypin’ Jorge
The band had just finished a very credible version of Merle Haggard’s classic Workin’ Man Blues [which is playing in the background as I type this…the newish version featuring Willie Nelson and Merle’s son Ben] and I mentioned to friends how great it was that young musicians continued to pay tribute to the greats of country… Continue reading Hypin’ Jorge
Tempestuous Tango
I keep getting asked when we’re going to post some video of our dancing. Well, the time has come. Kinda. Remember this post, where I linked to a video that compressed our 22 mile bike ride into 11 minutes? I’ve done the same thing with a recent lesson – a tango lesson, to be exact.… Continue reading Tempestuous Tango
LPG Fracs: Technology for the times?
Update (1/21/12): Ran across this blog post about LPG fracing. I don’t have a great ear for subtlety, but the writer seems to be entering the discussion with a distinct bias, and some of the claims are simply wrong (or misleading – an outcry over putting hydrocarbons into a rock strata where hydrocarbons already exist… Continue reading LPG Fracs: Technology for the times?