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81Naked Ladies In My Pasture
Sometimes it is hard to tell the changing of the seasons in warm climates. There certainly isn't the dramatic foliage change here in Texas that I am used to from living in Canada, but there is one sure sign...
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77Weird Texas Place Names And Their Origins
One of the many benefits of traveling a lot for your job is that the back roads and byways, not just the interstates, become your beaten paths. The other day as I was driving through Cut and Shoot, which is...
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85Weird And Wacky Canadian Place Names, Eh
As a Canadian living in Texas I am often asked about how to pronounce different place names from within my native country. Just as the United States has many place names derived from different languages, so...
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78Just What Color Is This Horse?
For those that are new to the world of horses, you may be surprised to know that horses don't just come in the standard colors or black, brown and white that most people have come to associate with the...
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84Avast Ye Matey: The Origins Of Seafaring Sayings
There are a lot of sayings about different professions and areas of interest that have somehow worked their way into our typical, daily conversation. Many people are surprised to find out how many sayings we...
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79Hugging Etiquette Basics
There are those that are huggers and those that are not. I have to admit I am in the last category, however I am not as "anti-hugging" as I used to be. In my travels I have definitely found that in some...
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75Texas Sayings And Words Visitors Should Know
Since the winter is fast approaching there are more and more northerners down here in the south. Often they are short term visitors; not exactly snowbirds but you get the drift. Sometimes just trying to talk...
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59How Mediation Can Cut Your Legal Bills
In virtually any type of civil matter there are always options for settling the issue out of the courts. Alternative dispute resolution, more simply known as ADR, can include anything from negotiating...
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79Things They Don't Tell You Before You Move To Texas
I am not a native Texan, which of course will forever count against me here in the Lone Star State. The good thing is that I am proud to be a Canadian and an Albertan, so it really doesn't bother me at all. I...
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77The Origins of Common Sayings Or Did You REALLY Mean That?
The English language is full of sayings we use all the time. They are as common to us as the alphabet or the specific labels we use to identify objects in our world. I am sure that most of us, at least I...
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