Reverse 911

Did you receive a robocall from the city of Richardson today on your cell phone? If you did, chances are you registered your cell phone with the city's Reverse 911 service.

After the jump, what Reverse 911 is all about.

OTBR: New England Covered Bridge

Latitude: 44.169201° N
Longitude: 71.960999° W

A child on a road trip with his family asks, "Where are we?" and the father answers, "Let's check the map. We're off the blue roads [the Interstate Highways marked in blue on the road atlas]. We're off the red roads [the US and state highways]. We're off the black roads [the county highways]. I think we're off the map altogether." It was always my dream to be off the map altogether.

After the jump, a few of the random places (and I mean random literally) that I visited vicariously last month that are "off the blue roads".

A Tale Of Two Cities

It was the best of meetings. It was the worst of meetings. The meeting referred to was the first of three community meetings to gather input on redevelopment plans for the west Spring Valley Road area in Richardson. After the jump, two different perspectives of that meeting.

Easter In The Steger Garden (2010)

Lady Banks Rose

From Flowers

Hill Country Weekend

Photos from a weekend trip to the Texas Hill Country, including the LBJ National Historical Parks (Boyhood Home and LBJ Ranch) and the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg. All photos can be seen here.

From 2010 04 Hill Country