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2BD

Let me give you my thought for the day.

Just don't take a swig of your favorite beverage yet.

It is this: Be sure to leave Santa some chocolate chip cookies. A better presence might make for better presents.

And in this lousy economy, anything is a pick-me-up.

In the Llano Estacado, we've recently had the good news and the bad news. So which do you want first?

Well, let me get the good news first for Lubbock, and it really is good news. Citizens there actually passed a road bond proposal in this, the 2022 election. Oh, yes, they did. This is the first time since 2009 since this city experienced such an event. Last year, we can forget (when a similar street bond was rejected by citizens), but Lubbock managed to...

While at work last Saturday (as of this writing), I had taken a look at the Big 12 college football schedule for the day, as well as my Texas Longhorns game against the Kansas Jayhawks. Now, no bets were placed, and all was in clean fun. I told a co-worker (who happened to graduate from UT) my predictions for Saturday's contests.

Basically, I said to him that Texas was going to win over Kansas, 45-14.

This is the portion of the blog post where you just...