Alright everyone, we all knew this was coming.
And by the way guys, it was a JOKE!!
Sheryl Crow, blogging from the .
Whatever! I still don t think anyone will be shaking her hands anytime soon.
I also feel bad because our blogger Shawn, being the good environmental steward that he is, tried her suggestion. Perhaps, he should consult a lawyer and seek damages?
While we are on the subject of toilet paper humor, LongviewLiberal sent me this pic last night of a new brand of toilet paper for those difficult people in your life.
Ouch!
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The Neches River made it into a national top 10 list this week.
Unfortunately, it s not a list that entitles anybody in the state of Texas to bragging rights.
It s a list of the 10 most endangered rivers, placed there by a plan to dam the river at Fastrill, destroying a 40 mile stretch of one of the state s few remaining sections of undammed river. The reservoir will also flood thousands of acres of irreplaceable hardwood bottomland, destroying critical wildlife habitats and one known endangered plant species.
It also has the very real potential of adversely affecting everything from the migratory patterns of birds, to historic flood patterns and the salinity level of the Gulf of Mexico .
I understand that Karla from the DS and Gary and Andy from the LDN combine their talents in writing editorials on Tuesdays and some other days in the week. However, the people who buy their respective papers have no idea that it s a combined editorial because the newspapers present the work as their own (note the authorship above).
On the other hand, if the two sister papers share stories, they typically refer to themselves as Cox East Texas.
No, it s not exactly plagiarism, but it s lazy and disrespectul to their readers.
Congrats to both papers on all their other awards, and I m glad your superiors got your nominations in !
Updated: I once asked LDN publisher Gary Borders why the Lufkin and Nac papers printed the same editorial at least two times per week. He replied, We have a common editorial board that writes editorials because we are so small.
If that s the rationale, how do you accept two awards?
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" Perhaps a sign that you are getting old is when the movie theater from your youth closes its doors.
That happened tonight as the Angelina Twin had its grand closing. I was told that when it opened (I can t remember the year) there was plenty of fanfare.
Tonight, Manager Jacob Johnson opened the doors for the last time to a reminiscing blogger and another employee. By the time started, there were five patrons in the theater with a few more waiting in the lobby for .
Many will remember their first movie, date or kiss in the Angelina Twin.
Some will remember making out hot and heavy with the one that got away. I will remember watching on a Saturday afternoon with my best friend without a care in the world.
Others might say good riddance to an ancient, outdated theater without stadium seating and with sticky floors.
I say good memories.
Jacob said the employees will all be transferred to the other Carmike theater in town and that starting soon, the theater will be gutted. I thank Jacob for taking me upstairs for a tour of the projection room as he loaded the films for the last time.
Updated: I want to thank those who have commented or emailed me today regarding the last night of the Twin. It s been fun to read your memories of the theater as well as the Pines. OldJake asked Ray Pike, who he believes may have been the first Angelina Twin manager, when it opened.
His reply:
The Twin Cinema opened on April 12, 1971. was present opening night.
Evidently, there was fanfare the night Lufkin got its first modern two-screen cinema.
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