Chronicle editorial page editor and Platonic idealist James Howard Gibbons has another of his Editorial LiveJournals in today’s newspaper.
Here’s a sample:
The summer day had set in with its usual severity when I set out from home on my bicycle. After several blocks I dismounted and walked through the sculpture garden of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, then rode the remaining blocks to the Museum District light-rail station.
I wheeled my bike onto the next train, and enjoyed air-conditioned comfort until we reached the northern end of the line. I got off at the University of Houston — Downtown, then rode through the loft district to the McKee Street Bridge.
At the bridge I took the new hike-and-bike trail along Buffalo Bayou to Jensen Drive, where Mayor Bill White and other dignitaries officially opened the path and joined bikers and hikers for the inaugural ride and stroll.
WHO CARES?!
And why would the opinion page editor of a quality newspaper subject poor readers to it? Especially after his friends at blogHOUSTON constructed a much more suitable home for such nonsense!
Sedosi Alhambra has more thoughts.
UPDATE (06-13-2005): As Matt Bramanti notes in the comments, Mr. Gibbons spelled the name of a major Houston street incorrectly (Shepard instead of Shepherd) in his Editorial LiveJournal. THAT would seem to be less than ideal!
