Houston is About to Get That Much Better

...mostly for Brooke and other northeast transplants.

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/08/04/daily38.html

That's right, Dunkin Donuts is opening 107 new stores in Houston. Insanity. Brooke will hopefully be able to find her fix a little more conveniently. 10 will open in 2009 and another 6 in 2010. So I guess we'll see how that goes and where they end up opening at. But I've got a feeling there should be a few within the downtown area and the med center.

AND I'll get my hashbrown fix. Those things are so tasty.

AND it's incentive for the Nerd Queen to come visit! It could be like old times!!!

Stockton, We Win Again

Stockton (or better yet, San Joaquin County) rules again. My hometown is amazing for making lists of things that it does best in the nation. This time? Pollution! Yeah! We're not meeting the EPA standards. Previous lists we've made? Most illiterate, 2005 & 2006 (no three-peat unfortunately), I think we've also had most dangerous, and most depressing (we at least made the top 20 for both lists). Also, number 1 in foreclosures in the U.S.

you can see the latest achievement here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080313/ap_on_go_ot/dirty_air_counties
and the full story here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080312/ap_on_go_ot/dirty_air

Also on the list? The place I currently live (Harris County, Texas) and the place I previously lived (Hampshire County, Massachusetts).