An Embarrassment Of Riches...Blowing In The Wind

Wind power generation in Texas is growing so quickly that it is testing the limits of the state’s electrical grid. The state set a record on March 5 when wind turbines generated 6,272 megawatts of energy, or about 19 percent of the electricity on the state’s main power grid. That peak far exceeded the 6.2 [...]

Will Snowmagedon Come Calling To The SE Texas Coast?

My House, Christmas Day 2004

Now comes a fitting bookend to a winter seemingly without end.

While we have missed any snow accumulations here this winter, we did have a full afternoon of flurries back in earl December…And now, this is what greets me in my feedreader this morning over coffee…

Houston already had its earliest snowfall [...]

Death And Taxes And Rebirth And Taxes

I tossed and turned in bed last night in a perfect storm of  tax related muses…nightmares…planning.

I had a meeting with a CPA yesterday. I had arranged the meeting to try to get a handle on my tax plan for next year. This is the year I finally bury my old career at Freeman. ESOP payout [...]