Government largesse for writers and readers
During the Great Depression, the government established the Works Progress Administration. The program hired nearly 8 million unemployed people to build buildings, parks, bridges and roadways.
During the Great Depression, the government established the Works Progress Administration. The program hired nearly 8 million unemployed people to build buildings, parks, bridges and roadways.
Recently, I was getting a haircut and teasing my long-term stylist about the lack of inspirational-quote décor in her salon station compared to the one next to hers. Of course, she knows that teasing her is how I show my love and appreciation to her for not re-sculpting my earlobes with her straight razor or making my hair look like it was styled with a package of firecrackers.
Cities should loosen zoning without targeting single- family neighborhoods as the problem.
Drought conditions across the state dropped a percentage point in May compared to the previous month, with 26% of the state in some stage of drought, primarily in West and South Texas and parts of the Panhandle.
I spend time at my computer writing articles, letters, emails and checking out different media outlets for interesting information. The problem is this leads to too much sitting. People who have office jobs, work from home and are addicted to internet games probably spend more time sitting than they do standing. While habits such as smoking, drinking too much, obesity, and lack of exercise are known causes of many illnesses and ailments in people, sitting too much is also one of those bad habits that can lead to health problems.
The UIL made an important decision creating a new divisional split in the playoff structure for volleyball, basketball, soccer, baseball and softball.
A new law may help, but shelters are overflowing.
In 1974, when I was 11, I flushed an apple core down the toilet.
Some fathers are entirely too serious.
Now that two of my daughters are away at college and the one still at home basically views me as an ATM in an unfashionable neighborhood, I’ve tried to find myself a hobby. Since I’m not interested in activities that involve getting out of bed before noon on a Saturday, that pretty much rules out most manly-type-outdoorsy stuff that would require me to sweat profusely in a tent, clean an animal carcass or have one of my friends pluck a tick from a region of my anatomy that I can’t reach.
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