$1 million investment will help education nonprofit target inequities in Houston ISD
LISD has equipped more than 2,000 racially diverse and conscious leaders to create equity changes and trained more than 200 school board trustees.
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Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!
Month: March 2021
TxDOT: I-69 Southwest Freeway at I-610 West Loop closed through weekend
The work from crews is part of the $259 million I-69/I-610 interchange project.
Read MoreWas anyone around to see the "Richmond Strip"?
I hear a lot from older (than me) folks that talk about an area on Richmond outside of the loop that used to be called the "Richmond Strip" for a strip of bars and nightclubs that used to exist. These days, this place is more known for strip …
Read MoreDog found in Houston area
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Post I saw on FB from Lola’s Lucky Day. Sharing just in case. PLEASE SHARE FOR OWNERS!!! !Is anyone missing this dog in the Houston area? Please email us ASAP with vet records, photos and proof of ownership. Not microchipped but appears scared and well cared for. The dog is safe but we would love to return it’s family if they are out there looking! Please share #shihtzu #houston #houstonlostpets @ Houston, Texas submitted by /u/22freebananas |
Texans Sitcom
[Seinfeld Theme Plays]
[Screen fades into diner. Camera pans down to Nick and Jack sitting at a diner booth.]
Nick: So how’s the report coming along?
[Jack, reading the back of a sugar packet, looks up to Nick]
Jack: I should’ve been an architect.
Nick: What?
Jack: My life could’ve been different if I was an architect. People like architects.
Nick: People like architects?
Jack: Of course people like architects.
Nick: Do you know any architects?
Jack: Of course I know architects.
Nick: You don’t know any architects.
Jack: You think I’m incapable of knowing an architect?
Nick: Why would you even know an architect?
Jack: To discuss architecture with.
Nick: You discuss architecture, with architects, on a regular basis?
Jack: I lead a rich social life, which includes many an architect.
[Nick, leans back in his seat and makes a hand gesture to Jack]
Nick: Ok, name one.
[Laugh Track]
Jack: What?
Nick: Name an architect.
[Jack begins fiddling with the sugar packet in his hand]
Jack: Davinci.
[Laugh Track]
Nick: Davinci?
Jack: Yeah, Davinci architect-ed buildings.
Nick: What buildings did Davinci architect?
Jack: He did that leaning tower.
[Nick leans closer to Jack]
Nick: Let me get this straight, when you said you know architects, and I asked you to name one, you said, Davinci, who you claim is the architect of the leaning tower of Pisa?
[Jack puts the sugar packet down and puts his shoulders back.]
Jack: Yes.
[Nick grabs his coffee and goes back to his normal sitting position]
Nick: Well who could argue with that?
[Laugh Track]
[Nick takes a sip from his coffee]
Nick: How’s the report coming?
[Jack makes erratic hand motions]
Jack: You know, I don’t feel enough respect is being paid to all the responsibilities I carry.
Nick: Oh, really?
Jack: Yes, I have a lot on my plate, and nobody respects it.
Nick: Maybe you should delegate it then. Take the load off.
[Jack chuckles and gestures to himself]
Jack: As much as I would love to, Nick, and believe me, it is quite the burden. Everything would fall apart. I mean, could you imagine how the organization would run without me?
[Jack chuckles again, grabs his coffee and leans back in his seat]
Nick: It is hard to conceive…So you’re not going to do the report?
Jack: I’m doing the report. *scoffs* I do ALSO have a congregation that calls my attention from time to time.
Nick: Do they like you?
[Jack’s smile turns to a grimace]
Jack: They’re supposed to.
[The diner door swings open quickly and Cal bursts through. He sees where Jack and Nick are sitting and stumbles quickly towards the booth and sits next to Jack]
Cal: You’ll never believe what just happened!
Nick: What?
Cal: I got this new game Nick. It’s called Galgun. *His voice gets high pitched* You shoot Japanese high school girls with your Love Gun.
[Cal starts shaking with excitement. Laugh track.]
Jack: Cal, what did I tell you about hentai? It’s a sin.
[Cal looks bewildered at Jack]
Cal: No, no, no. The girls keep their clothes on, it’s very tasteful. Although, some of the guys online have been saying there’s ways to…get a little more action out of them.
[Cal winks at the group. Laugh Track]
Jack: What guys?
Nick: He’s been on 4-Chan recently.
Jack: Aren’t they degenerates?
Cal: You know, those guys get a bad rap. They actually tried hunting down a couple of pedophiles. Hey! You guys want to come over and play some?
Nick: You’re supposed to be approving the staff budget.
Cal: Ah! *He waves his hand, dismissively, at Nick* Just use last year’s.
Nick: What was last year’s budget?
[Cal and Jack look at each other.]
Cal: 100?
Jack: No, it was closer to 300?
[Nick looks at both of them with disdain]
Nick: 300?
Jack: Probably 350-ish.
Nick: You guys are idiots.
[Laugh track, fade to black]
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More states are easing Covid-19 restrictions, even as health experts sound warnings
More states are easing Covid-19 restrictions, even as health experts sound warnings
Read MoreHe never cared.
Inspired by a r/Texas post titled “They simply don’t care” by u/thorleifkristjan from February 18, 2021.
When I watched how confident he looked while decreeing Texans were smart enough to care for themselves, I remembered seeing droves of mask-less people blithely enjoyed their lives in nightclubs while driving through the town on an average weekend.
When I listened to his trite rationale for the lifting of mask-wearing safety measures, I remembered how eerily similar it sounded from last year when the state subsequently confronted disastrous consequences.
When I heard how each man possessed their destiny to endure the virus without protection regardless of the dangers it posed, I remembered when a distant family member of mine–a middle-aged husband of my father’s niece and a peaceful soul–passed away after fighting it for weeks.
Was it his destiny to die–like 40 thousand others–so the asinine state, emboldened by its leader, could reopen in no time?
When I heard the crowd cheer for the announcement of the order, I understood the progress local leaders throughout the state have done to curtail the virus was immediately undone.
But worst of all, when I heard the news, I wondered about those who, I am sure, felt most devastated by their governor literally abandoning them: the healthcare worker.
A beleaguered, bereaved, mentally distraught, and defiantly valiant person residing in the front line was thoroughly disrespected. Why was he so inclined in continuing to despise what constitutes society’s current lifeline?
Egotism over altruism.
Bigotry, vanity, and apathy over duty, humility, and humanity.
Wielding impunity over exercising basic decency.
He doesn’t try to feign a peace accord between the two different sides of opinion over how to combat the virus. He wants to breed severe discord.
This isn’t supposed to be about sticking it to the non-conformist, or those who didn’t question the existence of a flaring contagion when it appeared.
This is supposed to be about our survival from said viral executioner, that which its potency was aggravated behind mobs of ardent deniers and is poised to continue disproving false notions propagated by them.
Essentially declaring freedom in the 185th anniversary of the state’s independence. The arrogance against the actual goodwill of the state speaks for itself.
You can easily imagine it coming from the safe confines of the person spewing it.
An Instagram comment by a frustrated nurse on the announcement could fittingly be used to echo the sentiments of her peers throughout the country, made by a leader operating with deaf ears while the cries of the afflicted are surely drowning out from their respective hospitals at this moment.
“I can speak for most nurses that feel overwhelmed, stressed, tired, and traumatized by having to put people in body bags that should be alive today.”
It’s not that the people are incensed of him for exhibiting his utter flatulence by way of the new order. He didn’t just start to not care right then and there. He never did, and that’s the crux of the problem.
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Over 100 Houston companies commit to Greater Houston Partnership’s racial equity pledge
120 companies, representing over 220,000 employees, have signed the pledge to commit to advancing racial equity in their organizations. The pledge is part of the Greater Houston Partnership’s initiative to focus on addressing racial equity in Houston.
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Texas Teachers And School Staff Now Vaccine-Eligible Thanks To Nudge From Feds
Teachers, school staff and childcare workers across the Lone Star State got a dose of good news Wednesday when the Department of State Health Services announced all three groups are now eligible to get coronavirus vaccines. The shift in vaccine policy …
Read MoreOverlooked Beaumont’s Restaurant Week and New Art Festival Bring Some Unexpected Event Power
Beaumont’s diverse food culture and art scene take center stage this weekend at the oft-overlooked Texas city’s third annual #EATBMT Restaurant Week and the first ARTACO festival. Located on the border between Louisiana and Texas, Beaumont is an …
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