Tuesday, March 7, 2023

How Much is a Big Orange Box Worth?

Source: City of Richardson

The City of Richardson has called for a bond election to raise $46 million to go toward replacing the Richardson City Hall, which has been vacant since it was damaged by fire in August, 2022. Using the numbers provided by the City, I put pencil to paper to see if I could get the City's figures to add up. Follow along with me.

Monday, March 6, 2023

Your Place or Mine (2023)

Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes

Your Place or Mine (2023)): Best friends for 20 years get mad at each other. Is it the trigger for long-denied love? It's a rom-com, so you guess. Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher star in this formulaic fluff. The separate NY/LA story lines keep any chemical reaction from happening. C+

Sunday, March 5, 2023

POTD: Nuremberg's Hangman's Bridge

From 2022 07 12 Nuremberg

Today's photo-of-the-day is from Nuremberg, Germany. It shows the Hangman's Bridge (Henkersteg) over the river Regnitz. Built in 1595, the wooden bridge connects the city to an island where the executioner for the city lived. It's strange how picturesque scenes can have gruesome history.

Bonus photo after the jump.

Saturday, March 4, 2023

POTD: Nuremberg, My Ancestral Homeland

From 2022 07 12 Nuremberg

Today's photo-of-the-day is from Nuremberg, Germany, a thousand-year-old city in Bavaria. With that history, it has many notable events to fill its Wikipedia page, but the one most personal to me is that my great grandfather lived in a town near Nuremberg before his emigration to America in 1892. I've told that story before ("Roots"). Now, I finally managed to get back to my ancestral roots.

Thursday, March 2, 2023

M3GAN (2023)

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Rotten Tomatoes

M3GAN (2023): Toy company rushes a robotic young girl to market before its programming is ready, and it's only a matter of time before the killing starts. More sci-fi than horror, it's safe for young teens, but there's nothing original for adults. Frankenstein did it better. C+