Question of the day: Should UH or A&M run UHV?

By dwray in The nature of things

“University of Houston should is where I went to school, so I think they should run it.” - Charlotte Bellon, health and safety employee, Magnolia. “It should stay with University of Houston. Texas A&M is already all over the place.” ...

Godzilla, and the terrible, no-good, very bad day

By dwray in The nature of things

Once upon a time - so, okay, it was yesterday - I was having a terrible, no-good, very bad day. The kind they write books about. The kind that lead children to throw themselves down on the floor, red-faced with ...

Question of the day: Elizabeth Gilbert is coming to town. What other authors would you like to come to Victoria?

By dwray in The nature of things

"John Sandford, he's my favorite." - Mary Currey, oil field services employee, Houston. "Nicholas Sparks, he's the one that wrote "The Notebook" and all of those other books." - Brenda Moreno, student, Victoria. "Jodi Piccoult, because all of her books ...

Question of the day: With spring in full swing what are you most looking forwared to about the season?

By dwray in The nature of things

With spring in full swing what are you most looking forward to about the season? “I like all of the flowers coming into bloom. It’s so pretty in the spring, seeing all of the indian paintbrushes and things come up.” ...

Question of the day: Do you think the U.S. is doing enough to help Japan?

By dwray in The nature of things

"Personally, I don't think so. There's probably more we could be doing." Oscar Chavara, chemist, Alvin, Texas. "I guess we'd better do as much as we can. After all, they have all of our money." - Chris Gonzales, oil field ...

Question of the day: How do you keep fit?

By dwray in The nature of things

A 72-year-old Crossroads woman is getting ready to run a half marathon, and an Associated Press story reports that fewer people died of things like heart disease and the flu last year because people are taking better care of themselves. ...

Duck, duck, nukular meltdown ... errr goose

By dwray in The nature of things

Way back in the Dark Ages when my dad was a kid, death by nuclear (or as he says it "nukular") weapons was a very real possibility, what with those trigger-happy Soviets and all. And, well, trigger-happy us. Of course, ...

Question of the day: Does the nuclear reactor problems Japan is facing change how you feel about nuclear energy?

By dwray in The nature of things

Considering that the worl;d is bracing for a nuclear meltdown from Japan's damaged nuclear reactors, fellow ranging reporter J.R. Ortega and I got to wondering how their situation might have impacted people's opinions on nuclear energy. So, we went on ...

Question of the day: What do you think of the state possibly cutting education funding to deal with the budget shortfall?

By dwray in The nature of things

While we ain't as bad off as California is, everybody knows that Texas still has a budget shortfall that would make Marie Antoinette's mouth fall agape. It looks like education will be paying a steep price and school districts across ...

The Lion in Winter and some fish that got dead, dead, dead

By dwray in The nature of things

If you've seen me lately, you know I haven't been in the best mood for reasons I won't even begin to explain via blog. But just when I was thinking things were far too grim and my luck was the ...