Commuter Zombies

My morning commute takes me through the intersection of Lamar and MLK. MLK has been under construction for years now, at least it feels that way. There are many orange cones and wooden barricades that block access to MLK from Lamar. From either direction on Lamar a flashing sign tells drivers where to detour.   [...]

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Other duties as assigned

Our lobby chairs at the office were recently recovered. Everyone had an opinion and finally I got the final word on which fabric for which chairs. I’m not sure how this happened. My bosses know my background in design, but I really didn’t expect to say, “I think the orange tweed should go on the [...]

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Progress

Moving a little further along with the demolition. The dome in the background is the observatory on top of Painter Hall.  Really glad this isn’t a photo of chain link with fuzzy background.

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On Campus

In Austin a while back there was a sudden and, in some parts of town, vicious hail storm. My house was untouched by this, but on my way to work the next day I noticed many large limbs in the streets around UT. These prickly pear are on the south side of Dean Keeton Dr. [...]

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First 5k

   First 5k, last mile! Originally uploaded by Martha Jane the Great We jogged our first 5k on Staurday. Our time: ~35 minutes (11 minute miles) and Sadie beat all the other dogs to the finish line! We had so much fun we plan to participate in more 5 and 10ks. Sadie was plum tuckered [...]

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