Imagivation

Without further ado we give you… Chuck Norris Did What?!?!

What do you think?

For the last few weeks I and Brian Morgan have been working on a social networking project called JibeNow. The site was entirely created using open-source tools most of which are listed below:

Wordpress MU
Buddypress
GIMP
Cam Studio
Notepad ++
Mozilla Firefox

JibeNow.com

The site is primarily intended for current homeschoolers, their parents, and homeschool graduates. We like to think of it as a mixture of multiple social-networking and blogging services: the power of Wordpress and Blogger, the interaction of Facebook and Twitter, and the community of Homeschoolblogger.

So take a look. Most Imagivation readers have already been invited to the site, but if I missed you or you’d like an invitation then leave a comment below and we’ll get one to you.

One Baby

Tonight the 9 members of the board of managers of the Travis County Healthcare District (TCHD) met in a special meeting to deliberate over a proposed contract with three local abortion providers.

The agreement would use $450,000 in Travis County property taxes to pay for approximately 1,000 abortions in 2010.

Several friends and I were in attendance of the meeting as the board voted 9-0 in favor of the abortion contracts.

After the vote the attendance numbers of the meeting were read aloud to be entered into the public register. However, there was an error which is recorded below.

The meeting reported in attendance:

- 178 total citizens

- 49 signed up to speak in opposition
- 35 signed up to speak in support
- 59 signed in opposition but declined to speak
- 43 signed in support but declined to speak

One Question

While sitting in the room I quickly added the numbers and found the following mistake: 49 + 35 + 59 + 43 = 186

Did anyone catch that?

186 ≠ 178

So who was counted twice? Or should I ask, who wasn’t? Or who was really there? Are any of these numbers accurate?

Seriously, this is supposed to be “official”. The secretaries are paid money (the board is volunteer), this is their job, shouldn’t they be able to at least get fundamental addition correct?

What about the public record? Isn’t that supposed to be… you know… correct?

One Problem