Opinion

Riding a motorcycle safely involves a lot more than just fastening your seat belt and obeying all the laws. The risk factor is a lot higher and riding requires a constant state of vigilance, awareness and preparation.

When Jeff Bezos first launched, (no pun intended), Blue Origin in the desert near Van Horn, Texas; the company got off to a rocky, (no pun intended there either), start. A slight "tension" sort of simmered between Bezos' people and the locals.

Texas has a spot where Cadillacs are buried, nose first, in the ground for people to spray paint on, we've got mysterious ghost lights that even NASA can't explain, a big ass pair of cowboy boots and more. We've even got a museum dedicated to toilet seats ... seriously.

Niche's 2025 "Best Cities To Live In America" list placed two Texas cities in the top 10 and gave some love to a few other Texas towns. Niche looked at 230 cities and at least 18,000 smaller communities across the United States of America.

The first amendment gives all citizens, in Texas or any other state, the right to "peacefully assemble". You have the most freedom if you hold your gathering in a public place ... a park, public sidewalk, public thoroughfares, outside government buildings, etc. Just don't block access to buildings or inhibit normal business/activity.

Texas has some mighty big critters roaming, flying and swimming around in it. Crawling too, as well as slithering. One of the most deadly giants, a monster rattler, fortunately, isn't real.

Guns in schools? Drinking and driving? Leaving cars and homes unlocked? Smoking areas for high school students? Yep, all once totally normal in El Paso and Texas in general once upon a time.

Between December, 1884 and December, 1885 ... about 3 years before Jack The Ripper did his thing in London ... 8 girls were attacked, raped and murdered in Austin, Texas.

Who is keeping this place in business?!

He became the patron saint of lost things after praying for the recovery of a stolen book of psalms. That's not his only gig though, other events in his life led to him being named the patron saint of amputees, Brazil, the elderly, shipwrecks, poor people, oppressed people and more