A single Euro is currently worth 1.4728 U.S. Dollars — is it any wonder that some Manhattan stores in New York are accepting Euros as payment for goods and services?
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I was raised in Nebraska where American college football rules Saturday afternoons for three months a year.
Continue reading → Texas High School Football: The Wrongful Elevation of Childhood Ego
by Evan Stair
In more ways than one it was homecoming in Stillwater. Last weekend my wife and I were visited by some cousins from Texas. My cousin’s husband attended Texas A & M. My wife’s cousin, who attends Texas A & M, and Uncle drove up from Texas. I was born in Bryan. My sister-in-law, my wife, my wife’s uncle and I attended Oklahoma State University. Not to mention that last Saturday was homecoming at Oklahoma State. However this is not the real point of the story.
by Evan Stair
Several years ago I asked my boss for a day off so that I could get some rest and relaxation. He asked where I was headed and I said with a wide grin on my face, “Western Kansas.” I could see the confusion in his face as I began to laugh.
He asked “Why in the heck would anyone spend good vacation days in Western Kansas?”
I answered, “Because of the trains!”
Continue reading → Western Kansas, The Way Life Was Meant to Be
by Joyce Kohl
Though the area where I live is, for the most part, lush and green, it is still the desert. You either love the Phoenix metropolitan area, or you hate it. There’s nothing in-between. I love it, which the following snickers prove:
You Know You’ve Been Living In The Desert Too Long When . . .
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