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Wasn’t sure what all the hubbub was about beforehand, but super glad I took the time to go outside and observe what turned out to be a pretty incredible sight. The actual 3 minutes (minus the 2 minutes blocked by the clouds) during total occlusion were pretty remarkable.
Extra special getting to see it next door to my kids’ elementary school to hear all the chatter and screaming and squealing they were doing.
The latest of the daily and no longer shocking mass shootings in this country happened extremely close to home.
I’m so tired.
I don’t understand why a huge portion of this country is okay with this happening over and over again. Will it ever be enough? I don’t have any other words, at least not for the world.
I’m so tired.
“Everything might be bigger in Texas, but it seems that also applies to hate and bigotry.” In less than half a year, the Texas State Legislature has advanced 52 pieces of discriminatory (mostly transphobic) legislation including stripping needed healthcare from children.
Change starts at the local level. Early voting may be over but you still have one last chance to vote on this Saturday May 6th.
It’s sad that the best way for me to know who to vote for in city council and school board races is to drive by and look at the signs in the yard of the one neighbor’s house who I know is both in the loop on local stuff and not a book burning nutjob.
I spent a good 30 minutes Googling and reading various articles without much luck. A couple made their extremism loud and clear and then and several others mentioned cutting taxes two dozen times (including on completely unrelated questions.) Sadly, many of the candidates don’t even respond to the various survey/interview requests so there’s zero information on where they stand on any issue.
You can however search the Federal Election Commission database to see the past political donations the candidates have made it is often more revealing than a bunch of vague answers in an interview about what they actually believe in.
Get out and vote folks, local elections are just as important as national ones and are often decided by a shockingly small number of voters.
New Braunfels grew and changed a ton while I grew up there until I left for college at 18. Both of those things have only increased in the 20 years since.
The New York Times did a profile on why New Braunfels is one of America’s fastest-growing cities and talks of course about it’s German roots, Schlitterbahn, and Gruene Hall but also how being situated directly between Austin and San Antonio has resulted in explosive growth and change.
(In a sign that the small town roots are still there, there are also several quotes from my middle school principal and friend’s dad who is now the current mayor.)
ESPN has a fantastic, difficult profile of Texas running back legend Earl Campbell and his life during and after college and pro football. Longhorn fans have seen Earl unable to get out of the golf cart on sidelines for years, but the reasons were a lot more complicated than just a career of hard nosed running.
Turns out, the player known for being one of the toughest runners in the history of football was unknowingly playing with spinal stenosis his entire life, a diagnosis that today immediately ends careers. A wrong hit any time in his career could have sent him to a wheelchair 30 years ago.
So happy to know that Earl has gotten the medical help and counseling help he needed and like the article title says, has gotten back up again.
There hasn’t been a lot of good news for college football fans the last few weeks as the 2020 season teeters on the brink of postponement, but for Texas fans Friday was a fantastic day. The #1 QB and #1 overall recruit for the 2022 class QB Quinn Ewers committed to play for the Longhorns.
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