I wonder when digital IDs like state driver’s licenses will become commonplace. To be honest, I’m surprised it hasn’t happened. This article refers to them as a “Mobile Driver’s License.” While the name makes sense, if you think about it for a moment, it’s kinda funny. It almost sounds redundant, because you need a driver’s license to operate a “mobile” vehicle, so they already are a mobile driver’s license, but they mean in this text as being on your mobile phone, or digital device. Almost a fifth of our states allow them; they are:
I know you are wondering if she shows up to court like Mary Poppins. Nope, the 27-year-old attorney is smart enough to know boundaries. You know, I often try to save you a click by providing the one or two main things in an article. I’ve wondered if any of you’ve noticed or appreciate it.
I always thought “alumnus” or “alumni” or their variations meant someone who had technically graduated from a particular school or university, not just attended. But, I guess I’m wrong. It means either.
This all came about because I heard someone, a non-alumnus of the University of Texas, mention that Jon Hamm was a UT alumnus. He attended, but never graduated. So, I guess he is, technically.
That reminded me of the time I wrote about Marina Oswald and the University of Michigan’s website referring to her, Lee Harvey Oswald’s widow, JFK’s assassin, something most institutions would shy away from, as an “alumna of Michigan.”
Depending on how you look at things, I might be a University of Texas alum. But I tread lightly because I don’t want to be a poser or steal any valor. I don’t want to be all hat and no cattle, but I earned a business certificate from the university, taking several classes on the Austin campus. So, I still think it’s a stretch.
How did all of this come about? This recent article, and yes, it out ranks the greatness that is Rice: UT Austin crowned best university in Texas, leads in global ranks – When narrowing it down to U.S. higher ed facilities, UT-Austin rounded out the Top 20 — the only Texas school among the nation’s most elite universities.
It must be embarrassing for Baylor folk to see their school ranked lower than UT Dallas, the University of North Texas, UT Arlington, and UT San Antonio.
