The continuing adventure of Texas' newest interstate goes full force in their quest to get the national route closer to reality. We had Corpus Christi last December with the Lone Star State's first stretch. Now, we have a new player in the expansion of the transcontinental Interstate 69.

Houston, you are next, my Bayou City friends. As a matter of fact, you've technically already arrived. You are the recipient of a brand-new, 35-mile-long segment of I-69,...

I’m about to write something into my blog and as I begin, I do not know if I will be willing to push the [B]Post Now[/B] button at the bottom of the page. We’ll see. I guess if you are reading these words, then I must have clicked on the button.

Okay, I had not had sex in a while. How’s that for an opening statement? In fact, I had not even kissed a guy in several months, and that kiss wasn’t exactly overflowing with passion. The last time I “did the deed” was getting...

Luke 10:20 - However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." - Jesus was speaking to the 72 people he appointed to travel ahead of him to different towns to proclaim the gospel (good news.) He told them that he was sending them out like lambs among wolves but he had also given them special abilities for the work he assigned them. The 72 were amazed and rejoiced that even demons they encountered submitted to them in Christ's name....

"The pen is mightier than the sword." - Edward Bulwer Lytton c1839

I've long debated using the blog feature here and after some encouragement from a few other posters, have finally decided to give it a go. The next question became that of what I should give the honor of being my first blog post. After a lot of mental deliberation, I've decided that this topic is the most appropriate given recent turn of events that shocked and horrified all of us, but really struck close...

What I don't understand is how a bi-racial person can be lily white, but because they have that "one drop" of black blood, somehow that trumps their white blood (this, almost always stated, with great pleasure, by black people) Yet these "one drop" black people are usually never accepted as truly black, among blacks with brown skin????? Then, a thread starts about bi-racial people being "confused"....ah yeah, if black people are not going to allow them to claim their...