Astros Finally Beat Rangers

12-9, but not before blowing a 4-run and a 2-run lead. Hunter Pence had a big game; Biggio got to within 5 4 hits of 3,000 and had a big RBI (the game-winning RBI I think). Berkman had a 3-run HR in the first and an important add-on RBI in the 10th. It’s pretty much [...]

LinkedIn to open up to developers | ZDNet.com

» LinkedIn to open up to developers | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com
The social networking wars are heating up. MySpace was the 800-lb gorilla for the longest time, but Facebook made a move, first by opening their network to everyone, instead of requiring an educational email address and second by their recent moves in creating [...]

BLOG and MABLOG: Reformed Catholicity

Doug Wilson responding to yet another criticism (he does that a lot; the man does seem to stir up a lot of trouble), talks about how his denomination happened to be formed.
BLOG and MABLOG
I became a paedobaptist in 1993, and this happened in a church with some staunch baptists in it. Without going into the [...]

MoneyLaw: Best Practices

From the Moneylaw blog, a post that discusses the results of a survey conducted of lawyers and judges asking which substantive areas of legal knowledge and skills were the most important in their practice.
MoneyLaw: Best Practices
One question for judges and attorneys was to rate the important of areas of legal knowledge. Four courses came in [...]

Houston Strategies: Congestion pricing on Westpark/Market Based Urban Planning

Houston Strategies: Getting congestion pricing right on Westpark and elsewhere
Over the last week, Houston saw a proposal by the Harris County Commissioners Court to double the tolls on the Westpark Tollway (along with a $0.25 increase on the other toll roads). The change wasn’t received well and eventually was rescinded. I understand that it did [...]