We’re 9 months into our life in Texas and here are a few observations.

• When it’s cold, it’s still pretty warm and when it’s hot, it’s awfully hot.
• We bought a smaller house than our last one, but we think we could easily go even smaller in the future.
• Living on a smaller lot, in tighter quarters, around more people can actually result in more, and more practical, personal freedom than living in the burbs or in the country.
• The faster your internet connection, the more of your life it swallows up. My job, my tv, my movies, my books, my magazines, my software…they all either live on the net or come to me from it.
• Central Austin is very different from outer Austin. Outer Austin is very different from the suburbs. Lord knows what it’s like after that. I saw too many anti-abortion billboards on the drive here to want to go back too often.

Life in Texas is good and getting better.