Perot's House of Dreams

Ross Perot donated 50M. That donation was directed toward moving the Museum of Nature and Science from Fair Park into the heart of Downtown and an ever-growing Uptown. The new 174-foot tall building (that's the equivalent of a 15-story building)  which  has an impressive glass box on the outside  houses a 54-foot escalator. The behemoth staircase at Busch Gardens in Florida isn't enclosed in glass. But, where technology and history meet there is sometimes a chain reaction and the Perot Museum of Nature and Science certainly will create that chain reaction. Columbus,Ohio's COSI is an amazing place for science and industry, but the Perot Museum of Nature and Science will surpass COSI in short order.

This image was taken from on board the M Line as it crossed Woodall Rodgers.

Dallas' Medical District Transforms Hi-Tech,Bio and Teaching!

The East Campus of UT Southwestern Medical Center. There are also North,South And West Campuses and soon, the new University Hospital as shown in the website listing below.

Two new hospitals are well under construction in the Medical District. The William P. Clemants Jr. University Hospital is 460 beds for UT Southwestern Medical Center and The New Parkland will be 862 beds  about a mile and a half South of the new University Hospital. As anyone familiar with the Medical District on Harry Hines Blvd. knows, the sprawling and much-cramped complex is made up of Children's Hospital, Old (and Historic) Parkland Memorial, Zale Lipshy Hospital, St. Paul's Hospital and the North,South,East and West campus of University of Texas Southwestern Medical School,Medical Center and the Graduate School in Bio Medicine. The 21st Century of Medical Care lives on Harry Hines Blvd.

The two web sites are: http://www.newhospital.utsouthwestern.edu
http://www.buildingparkland.com

Looking East from the TRE Rail Station at the historic Parkland

Looking West from the Dart Rail Station at the new Parkland

Amphibian Car from 1967

The kids can't have all the fun!

It's a full car!

The ride.

 Summer fun can be almost anything, but today.......it was a ride of a lifetime for this group.

A Pun Fully Intended

Everyone handles unwanted decisions in their own way. Some, have a more difficult time at it than others. I learned early on that you need to watch those that handle difficult decisions much more because they become your teacher on how to handle those decisions more effectively. Over the years, the common thread seems to be: Find the humor in a bad decision and laugh then move forward

This brings me to the most current and recent decision to rename the White Rock Marathon and begin immediately calling it the Dallas Marathon. I can see that.....but it doesn't make the decision any less painful for a lot of hard-working volunteers that love,The Rock! Not that they don't love the city any less, it's just a thing that grows on you over time. And, as in most cases, in time-----the Dallas Marathon will be the norm and good memories of the old days of running the rock will be memories for the grand kids and old friends.

I'm in training to run the Roc-------No,wait-----

December 9th, I'm running the Dallas Marathon!

So, for those of you who are having a bit of a hard time adjusting...... I found a little humor this week at White Rock that can lessen the burden of a decision already made.