On Wind and T. Boone Pickens

A few weeks ago I relayed what I thought was--from an ecological standpoint--an exciting story about how the AT&T Center will now be fully wind powered.

Well it turns out, once again, that the Spurs were just a little ahead of the curve. A couple days ago, My Way News ran an article about how Texas is becoming a pioneer in the use of wind energy. Utility officials just okayed a $4.9 billion plan to construct new transmission lines from the breezy plains of West Texas to other parts of the state.

West Texas is most famous as the heart of the Texas Oil Industry; but now'days the oil derricks that speckle the landscape have taller, cleaner neighbors. It's a welcome change in the landscape, if you ask me. And it's an especially promising sign of the times when a billionare oil tycoon named T. Boone Pickens is dumping resources into creating a 200,000 acre windfarm that will eventually produce enough electricity to power 1.3 million homes. Propa'.

And to follow up on the Manu Olympic Games mini-saga, it was announced yesterday that, yes, he will be on the Argentina squad after all.

I mention that, mostly because I've kind of committed to including a picture in every post here, and Manu dunking is a lot more fun than the pictures I found of T. Boone Pickens.