Over Memorial Day weekend my wife and I made the trip just north of the Oklahoma border to one of the Indian casinos in Oklahoma. In the packed parking lot I decided to conduct a quick experiment. Check the license plates on the first 20 vehicles we walked passed. 17 of them were from Texas.…… MORE
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Mickey Briggs: 6/16/15 Digital Dilemma
I had been getting notices that my cable signal was going digital and I needed to order a box if I wanted to keep getting a signal. I ordered and received the boxes and put one in. I have not gotten around to the other two yet. I did notice that my digital TV is…… MORE
Rick Hadley: 6/15/15 Here comes the heat
The flooding is over and Mother Nature is turning up the thermostat. We usually have months to gradually transition to the scorching temperatures that kick in come June and July. Not this year. While it was nice to have mild temperatures through our monsoon-like May, we lost that acclimation period we’re used to. Now that…… MORE
Sam Putney: 6/12/15 No confidence in the TSA
While many of us have been focused on the swimming pool incident in McKinney last weekend, you know what I just can’t stop thinking about? It’s whether the TSA can really protect me the next time I fly to New York, Los Angeles, Houston or anywhere for that matter. Ever since that Transportation Security Administration…… MORE
Matt Stoker: 6/11/15 The reward of doing the work yourself
I recently read about a study that said you would enjoy a sandwich made for you by someone else more than you would one that you made yourself. The idea was that during the act of making the sandwich, you had time to imagine the different flavors that were going into it, making the final…… MORE