- I regret not making plans to attend the Fan Expo Dallas this year. I’ve always wanted to check out a Comic-Con-like atmosphere, and here was a great one in my backyard. From what I saw on social media, it was a blast.
- DaughterGeeding turned 15 over the weekend and will be getting her driving permit this afternoon.
- One of the crown jewels of Dallas is the Morton Meyerson Symphony Center. As a kid, I remember how big of a deal it was when it was opened, and that it was designed by a renowned architect, I.M. Pei (Louvre Pyramid, JFK Presidential Library). I never gave much thought to who Morton Meyerson was, I thought some noble Dallas dude that died long ago. So, imagine my surprise when I read an article about the man, who is now in hospice. It turns out he played a significant role in making Texas into Silicon Prairie and was one of Ross Perot’s good friends. Such good friends, Perot paid $10 million for the naming rights of the new symphony center so he could name it after his friend. I love this story about the opening night of the Morton Meyerson Symphony Center in which Meyerson’s parents were in attendance.
The article also discusses how Meyerson played a crucial role in making Michael Dell and Mark Cuban billionaires. It’s behind a paywall, but as I mentioned many other times, if you plug the URL of an article into txtify.it, you’ll get nothing but the full text of the article, as if it were cut and pasted into Notepad. - Perhaps the most interesting way to get dirt in the eye playing softball. Oregon pitcher Lyndsey Grein’s 67-mph pitch hit a dirt clod kicked up from her cleat, sending fragments into catcher Emma Cox’s eye.
this is the most series of unfortunate events i’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/C0pgTyTyxs
— kira (@kirawontmiss) June 1, 2025
- I really enjoyed the latest Veritasium video with Tom Brady and the science behind the spiral of a football. Science is fun.
- I’m not sure why, but I actually enjoyed this YouTube video of a guy trying to live a week as if he were living in the Nineties.
- Wish me luck in my job hunt.