(Community Matters) $488 million is a lot of money. And, given the recent Supreme Court ordered $2 billion cut in punitive damages, I wonder if Exxon isn’t just being PR silly and publicly greedy – unless it has a Grishamesq appeal up it’s sleeves. story here
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- is there a @BlackBerry email outage . . . . again? 5 hours ago
- 12th & Chicon a hotbed of police activity and looks as if one police cruiser just set off on a chase 4 days ago
- US Appeals Court Rules Against Defense of Marriage Act bit.ly/JC6LlJ 4 days ago
- sorry to miss #1stbday #clara H/B from uncles @speelunk & @eugeneaustin @LIVESTRONGCEO post.ly/7UGVr 1 week ago
- (very bad sign?) "@BBCWorld: Spain's fourth-largest bank, Bankia, asks the government for a bailout worth 19bns euros bbc.in/KpDJDM" 1 week ago
Steven’s recent tweets
- RT: Unkindness comes out of certainty; throw out certainty, and you have the bare reality of consciousness. Another name for that is love. 1 month ago
- OH in SF: "Tea is the new 'coffee.'" "No, chocolate is the new 'coffee.' Tea is the new *'wine.'*" 5 months ago
- Dad's advice to "Twilight" heroine: "Anytime two boys are pursuing you simultaneously, it's not really about you." 6 months ago
- You get a reliable thin slice of any civilization by watching how its representatives negotiate the allocation of overhead space on a plane. 7 months ago
- Sometimes it actually *does* hurt to ask. 7 months ago
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Eugene’s Tweets
- is there a @BlackBerry email outage . . . . again? 5 hours ago
- 12th & Chicon a hotbed of police activity and looks as if one police cruiser just set off on a chase 4 days ago
- US Appeals Court Rules Against Defense of Marriage Act bit.ly/JC6LlJ 4 days ago
- sorry to miss #1stbday #clara H/B from uncles @speelunk & @eugeneaustin @LIVESTRONGCEO post.ly/7UGVr 1 week ago
- (very bad sign?) "@BBCWorld: Spain's fourth-largest bank, Bankia, asks the government for a bailout worth 19bns euros bbc.in/KpDJDM" 1 week ago
- Wheatsville Co-Op South! "@statesman: Wheatsville co-op to open 2nd location, this one on South Lamar: bit.ly/K2wenF" 1 week ago
- Tell ATx City Council NO on Planning Comm's ridiculously invasive & overreaching short term rental policies bit.ly/KhJT8B. 1 week ago
- LGBT-friendly again: @Target. They're supporting marriage equality bit.ly/KFzjaB Say thx: press@target.com or 612-304-6073 # 6 1 week ago
- Nice finally catching up w/ my good friend @dbryanjones over lunch. Thx for everything you are doing 2 weeks ago
- less happy but averaged before closing 2 weeks ago
- $40.32 and happy to pay it 2 weeks ago
- Daniel & Andrew from @GoodPop have treats for everyone today http://t.co/X35QnMLu 2 weeks ago
- EF board members roll up their sleeves too. Dave Hood, CEO, Troux Technologies http://t.co/Cx05vXYE 2 weeks ago
- 1,200 hands makes anything doable #MLKGardens http://t.co/PgvsoWk9 2 weeks ago
- EF - 600 vols building ATx 1st comm teaching gardens, @Convio @Blackbaud sponsors. on.mktw.net/JcbgTH #MLKGardens @SFClocal @WBMATX 2 weeks ago
- Sorry missed Agapi Stassinopoulos' book signing (Unbinding the Heart) last nite but happy cohosted w/ Suzanne Deal Booth & Eddie Safady 2 weeks ago
- Coincidence that 10 cos on best places to work are EF member companies? bizjournals.com/austin/event/5… 2 weeks ago
- Gr8 boss! rt "@jamaustex: Two great opportunities open at @LIVESTRONGHQ. Exec Assist and VP of Programs: bit.ly/workatls #Austin #Jobs" 3 weeks ago
- Thx u mt @chrishughes: Marriage equality in Maine @seaneldridge & I r matching donations to @mainersunited up to $100k bit.ly/J4jbCV 3 weeks ago
Steven’s Tweets
- RT: Unkindness comes out of certainty; throw out certainty, and you have the bare reality of consciousness. Another name for that is love. 1 month ago
- OH in SF: "Tea is the new 'coffee.'" "No, chocolate is the new 'coffee.' Tea is the new *'wine.'*" 5 months ago
- Dad's advice to "Twilight" heroine: "Anytime two boys are pursuing you simultaneously, it's not really about you." 6 months ago
- You get a reliable thin slice of any civilization by watching how its representatives negotiate the allocation of overhead space on a plane. 7 months ago
- Sometimes it actually *does* hurt to ask. 7 months ago
- Successful self-reinvention is almost always the product of thoughtful increments, not bold leaps. 7 months ago
- US & UN have designated 2012 "International Year of the Co-op." @wheatsville 7 months ago
- @G_WeberGale Thanks for the RT, G. Looking forward to continuing the conversation. Have a great weekend! 7 months ago
- Shopping @wheatsville Co-op is my way of occupying Wall Street everyday. 7 months ago
- Wearing wristband from acomplaintfreeworld.org, trying to go 21 days without complaining. Friend asks: So what's left to talk about? 9 months ago
- Mentor: "We teach people how to treat us." If you're not getting the results you want, consider what you may be unconsciously inviting. 9 months ago
- Bateau Mouche http://instagr.am/p/BGUtt/ 1 year ago
- @OhHilaryClaire Boredom: incipient adventure resisting itself for fear of manifesting power for which one must ever after be responsible. 1 year ago
- Rather than making heroic resolutions, alter your environment in simple ways that encourage new habits. #applesonmydesk 1 year ago
- "This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it." -- Emerson 1 year ago
- Awareness is curative. 1 year ago
- Mentor: As long as you can resist giving young people advice, no one will notice that you've gotten old. 1 year ago
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