As per the identifier, Big Spring, Texas - 50 miles southwest of the great metropolis of Snyder and 40 miles east of Midland - known to this part of the world, proudly for most here and sadly for most the rest of humanity, as the place little Bush grew up and old Bush increased his fortune.
It is a bit over 300 miles east of Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio, or as some would say, the last remnants of civilization when heading west until Socorro, NM.
Specifically, I live across the street from Howard College, who's Quality Enhancement Program is to increase critical thinking. It truly is ground zero in the war against political and religious fanaticism.
But such is life in the great American semi-arid desert, where we have deer, coyotes, foxes (both red and gray), eagles, porcupines, geese, cranes, javalinas, armadillos, opossums, and a massive amount of skunks, all personally seen within city limits, and the latter two, helping themselves to cat food in my own kitchen when the door is left open.
{ABE} I forgot to mention, supposedly we have the most churches per capita of any city in the US{/ABE}
Edited by anglagard, : No reason given.
Edited by anglagard, : {/ABE} not {/qs} too much history
Edited by anglagard, : My daughter saw her first armadillo 2 seconds before she squashed it during a driving lesson, how could I forget?
The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.
Salman Rushdie
This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not God who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It’s us. Only us. - the character Rorschach in Watchmen
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