I get back on Twitter for ten minutes and I’m pissed at the world again. And didn’t have anything to do with politics!
While limiting characters is interesting to help someone *get to a point*, in conversation and discussion, the limit causes more harm. Someone uses a term as a proxy for a broader concept to save characters and they get jumped on, ignoring the real discussion.
I don’t want to be one of those “here’s my post about being done with //service//” people but, boy is it tempting now.
After nearly two months on the road, we’re back in town. I have a long list of reflections, ideas, musings, pictures, and whatnot to share. It’ll come!
The Wall Street Journal reported on information out of the Owners Meeting that attendance at MLB games dropped 6.6% over last year.
I’ve been spoiled through the Round Rock Express and Texas Baseball. The cheapest seats for a Texas Rangers game is $17 for a random game I looked up high up in the outfield. For the Astros, $20 for the edge of the outfield.
At the Dell Diamond for an Express game I’m taking the family to next week, we bought seats 18 rows back for $12 a pop. I think the outfield lawn is $7.
We looked at tickets for an Astros game when heading to Houston later this summer, but our family is too big to justify that total cost for those seats. 🤷♂️
This video from Google I/O today is mind-blowing. In it, Google shows off an in-development feature where Google Assistant will call some places to interact with someone on your behalf.
“Google, please make me an appointment for a haircut on Tuesday.” Ideally, I would expect Google to interact with an API that ties into the salon’s scheduling platform but so many places do not have that. In that case, Google could call and naturally interact with someone to place the appointment.
Watching this in action—I’m just amazed.
I expect him to remain the baby-face in a world of old people forever. I’m scared to look up how old the rest of the cast is now.
I asked Teresa if she was excited about starting Kindergarten next year.
I’m really excited, but I’m nervous about waking up so early like my sisters.
I wake up her sisters at 6 a.m. I wake her up at 6:10 a.m.
This is why I chose UT-Austin for my undergraduate education. An institution of the first class, they solve problems that most aren't yet aware exists.
Girl Scouts have patches for everything. When you meet the CEO of the region, she gives girls a patch like commanders do with military challenge coins.
