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The image above was taken during the brief period of totality of the solar eclipse on April 8. This is a view of Austin’s skyline from the point of view…
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Weather Vanes
Paul Kittelson's Wind Field
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March 2024

The Economy of the World Is Not Run by Robots
When I went to business school, we learned the Efficient Market Hypothesis, which had been developed in part by Eugene Fama. Fama won the Nobel prize in…
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Russia Cracks Down on Artists
Coming soon to the USA!
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Music to Slaughter By
Opera, Metal, Folk and Doo-Wop
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Blood and Guts on Stage
Tamburlaine
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My Weird Obsession With a 14th Century Super-Villain
Meet Timur the lame
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A Forest of Books
Beech//Book by MANUAL
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Poetry Corner
It don’t matter to me I have never really cared Kinetic energy = 1/2 m v2 (composed in 1980 in high school physics class)
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Exploring the Stacks of a Punk Rock Library
Whenever a rock musician talks about books, my mind goes blank. I don’t have respect for the literary tastes or ambitions of pop music stars. And that…
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Long Live the Art Car Museum
Among the least surprising Houston art news to reach me lately is the news that the Art Car Museum is closing down. This was a private museum founded by…
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The 14th Century Origins of Dune
When I was 14 years old, I encountered Dune in my school library. It blew my mind; it was one of the best books I had ever read. And when I read it, I…
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