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May.16.2013
The San Antonio Spurs are the gem of Texas. Pounding the Rock Managing Editor J.R. Wilco joins host Phil Naessens to talk about his beloved Spurs, why this franchise is so good and much more but first up The Sports Goons Jameyen Smith joins Phil to talk about Jameyan's new...
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Apr.28.2013
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Apr.26.2013
Hold On (Click to Watch Video)
Hold on, hold on to yourself...this is gonna hurt like hell.
I posted this just under a year ago. In light of Boston and Texas, it seems appropriate. Songs convey emotion that words alone can not.
Loss is universal and the pain reminds us all that we...
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Mar.26.2013
“It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit. " William Makepeace Thackeray
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“Bootsie died today...”
That was all I heard. It was over. I no longer had my most admiring fan, and the world no...
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Mar.18.2013
I have always loved libraries, as a child I walked to the local library, a 30 minute walk, twice a week to check out books. In those days in Israel we didn’t own books but got them from the library. In my private collection I only had my most precious books, about 30...
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Jan.17.2013
What an interesting idea. And just when you thought it was safe to read a book.
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BiblioTech Is Bexar County's Bookless Library
BiblioTech, opening this fall in San Antonio, will be the USA's first book-less library, according to reports.
ABC News says...
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Nov.24.2012
In October, the Deer Park Independent School District (Texas) adopted a tax rate of $1.5267 - including the rate of $1.2367 for M & O (which I assume means Management and Operations). It is this portion of the adopted rate that has spurred a special Tax Rate Election or TRE to be held on...
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Oct.29.2012
During ourBook Festival weekin Sioux Falls, South Dakota, we had some free time to explore downtown. Of course,Peepymade friends everywhere she went . . .
We visited the falls of Sioux Falls, too . . .
There were lots of great stores likeZandbroz Variety. . .
We especially liked this book shop...
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Sep.26.2012
The very first five-pointed star may have been found by archeologists. Known as a pentagram, it is also historically Solomon's Seal, used by the King of Judah in the 10th century B.C.E. Solomon was the son of King David. Today the Star of David that adorns the flag of the nation of Israel is six-...
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Aug.19.2012
As Texas Goes - How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda, by Gail Collins
image via salon.com
All right, this is a political book that leans to port if you’re a sailor - to the left if you’re not. Still, Collins is an excellent journalist, and this book, while a bit...
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