Urban Issues and Metro:

Kevin at Fort Worthology notes that bike lanes are coming to the Near Southside. and asks whether the cultural district needs a neighborhood association.

Log Cabin Village Blog says that one of their cats is missing and asks for help.

David at The Ranch Blog discusses the trials and travails of creatives looking for work in a “down” economy  Steve Smith at West and Clear delves into a similar topic: advice for being out of work. He also points to new legislation being considered to make it possible for micro-breweries to sell brews for off-site consumption

Personal Blogs:

Kevin at 5ksandcabernets writes an open letter to White hair cut establishments, and figures out that  at times the runner in him needs more salt — quickly and from a Chik-fil-A packet.

Pete at Cowtown Chronicles admits that he had until recently 10 email addresses which forwarded automatically to each other in a “Kafkaesque” way.  Then he admits that after consolidating his email to one account, he has started using a gaggle of new apps to simplify — the list and descriptions made my eyes cross. Go Pete — but I don’t know if this is really simplification.

Inkognegro posts Man vs. Backyard in which he describes a his gladiator battle with a backyard having “growth so high it would hide even the largest toddler.”

D’Jane talks about Random Acts of Kindness and some women she met on twitter.

And Matthew J. Stevens scores some Stars tickets

Arts and Letters

At the Extra Credit Blog, discussion focuses on the admissions process at Trimble Tech, which is the only FWISD high school which is currently meeding some federal standards.

Eleiva talks about Molas from the San Blas Islands, a traditional femine art reaching all over the world.

Richie Escovedo introduces the Dallas Edition  of 100 cities Twestival, a charity event to raise money for clean drinking water in the Third World, which and occurs on the 12th of this month.

Blogging about their professions:

Dave Kozlowski serves up some lovely rural Texas photos on his blog, including a dust storm and a grain silo.