This week Austinites are excited about the weather. The temperature has finally started to drop. Several days were only in the 90s, instead of the 100s. Today's Statesman reports that this year was the hottest recorded August ever recorded in Austin. It's not that we set a lot of record highs, but we were consistently high and our lows were just not that low this year.
Yesterday was the History of PR lecture in my Intro to PR course. At one point I talk about how PR really shaped the idea of Manifest Destiny and the push west. I then mention Texas and comment about how great Stephen F. Austin must have been with PR to get all these folks to move to Texas, enduring our summers without air conditioning, much less electricity. At this point I ask the students would they move to Texas without air conditioning. For the first time, someone said yes. It's a guy on the front row who is usually into the lecture. "You would?" I ask in front of the class. "Yes," he answers, "that way I would have the whole state to myself." I think this guy is the epitome of a true Texan.
What's going on in the lives of Dara, Doug, Dexter, Dante and Allegra, all living happily in Austin (well, really, it's Pflugerville), Texas.
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- Dara lives with her husband, Doug, in Pflugerville, TX (a suburb of Austin). This blog is how they are trying to add a little sustainability into their lives. For the background, visit http://austinsustainableliving.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-it-all-started.html.
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Was your history of PR lecture in power point? If so, can I get a copy of it? Call me curious.
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