1. Central Dallas Ministries has an interesting way of combating homelessness: giving people homes, via its Destination Home project. I’m fairly sure I’ve just ordered a cold, tall glass of haterade from some commenters.
2. Are you wondering what became of all those downtown parks the city was talking about a few years ago? They’re still coming. When? I’m going to play it safe and go with “eventually.”
3. Nastia Liukin missed out on another gold medal, settling for silver in the individual uneven bars final after a tiebreaker I still don’t fully understand. She also failed to medal in having a name I can type correctly the first time.
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