This is Austin, Texas...where loud claps of thunder and sheets of rain have brought the temperature down to a steamy 87 degrees ( Read more... )

This is Austin, Texas, the new home for over 4,000 people seeking shelter from the storm and its aftermath ( Read more... )

This is Austin, Texas...roughly an eight-hour drive from what has become America's Bangladesh, an area left decimated and destitute through absolutely no fault of its own...and from which it will never recover. (If you're wondering why Bangladesh, read your history around 1971. It's too lengthy to recount here ( Read more... )

This is Austin, Texas: The so-called blue spot in the middle of the red state, or "blue stain," depending on who uses the line and where they're standing ( Read more... )

This is Austin, Texas...and I doubt this post will be as long as the last one. (I doubt, but I can't promise ( Read more... )

This is Austin, Texas, which (quite frankly!) should say it all.

I was going to write about this on Monday, but Peter Jennings' passing was far more important to write about. Now, it's not. So hang on, because it's rant time!

Maybe it's the fact I'm more frequently (and more easily) annoyed these days, but work is really starting to get on my ( Read more... )

This is Austin, Texas...and the world is a little poorer tonight for the passing of Peter Jennings ( Read more... )

This is Austin, Texas...about 300 miles from where "Emily" came ashore this morning ( Read more... )

This is Austin, Texas...and it's been kind of busy, so I apologize for another humungous gap in the story line ( Read more... )

This is Austin, Texas...and would someone please hand us a towel ( Read more... )