Some feel-good things

Body C O M M E N T A R Y | SUEJANESULLIVAN@GMAIL.COMJoy may seem elusive at times, but I like to think thattherearepeopleamong us who know just when to write the song, produce the movie, make the podcast, or publish the book that could evoke some smiles.

The 501

Body HANABA MUNN WELCHS’more fun than a cellphoneHow many seconds in a microwave does it take for a marshmallow to ignite?I’m asking. It’s a wonder I haven’t found out. I’ve been trying to microwave s’mores. There’s a reason microwave ovens don’t have a s’mores setting.

Gabe

Body C O M M E N T A R Y | SUEJANESULLIVAN@GMAIL.COMIt is a sad inevitability that a school teaching career will come with heartache, none greater than losing a student or former student to death through illness or accident.

Designing living spaces, baling wire

Body COMMENTARYInterior design.Most of us are practicing amateurs. It’s fun. Just rearranging furniture can give you a new lease on life. (Or cause you to stub your toe in the dark.)We also repurpose rooms or add little buildings to our backyards.

Data center owners grilled by legislators

Body AUSTIN— Texas lawmakers grilled data center developers, energy companies and grid officials recently on the impact of the state’s data center boom, the Houston Chronicle reported.

Don’t lose the keys

Body Shed a Little Light“Waiter, I’ll have my meal automated, with a side of artificial intelligence.”It may sound like a scenario that will never happen, but when it comes to technology and progress, I’m not holding my breath.

“Practice what you preach”

Body THOUGHT FORTHEW EEK with Pastor Kim NorwoodPresident Dwight D. Eisenhower once said,“Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.

So many pictures, so few names

Body The 501Photographs are a thing of the past.True, all mankind is drowning in pictures of mankind. You yourself have a jillion on your phone. Right?But they don’t count unless you print them. My opinion.

In a word, community

Body C O M M E N T A R Y | SUEJANESULLIVAN@GMAIL.COMChange is hard for me. Obviously: my employer has remained the same since 1978 upon college graduation.

Cornyn reverses filibuster stance

Body TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATIONAUSTIN— U.S. Sen. John Cornyn last week reversed his opposition to changing the Senate’s filibuster rules, writing in an op-ed that legislation in that chamber should pass with a simple majority, the San Antonio Express-News reported.