I am no longer a Texas resident as of Saturday. Now I am a state-income tax paying, swing voting, Virginian. I have been stripped of my Texas license and given a weird blue piece of plastic with (another) bad picture. It isn't as bad as a Yankee badge of shame from the District or Maryland, but it is still painful to officially leave Texas behind ( Read more... )

I came back from lunch today and had MAIL sitting at my computer!

Mail is a wonderful thing, especially when it is not junk from your bank or some random store that wants you to buy things.

So a big thank you goes out to Colleen who sent me a "Someone in Texas Loves Me" bumper sticker. It is now proudly displayed over my name tag on my computer.

I just got an e-mail from Colleen that is about towns in Texas with weird names. There is a list of towns named for happy things including (unsurprisingly) Happy, Texas. There is a list of towns with names that have to do with the sun (Sunny Side, Texas), a list of towns that are names after food (Oatmeal, Texas and Noodle, Texas), a list of towns ( Read more... )