THE ORIGIN OF TECH’S “GUNS UP” GESTURE

You start out with a closed fist. Then stick out your forefinger and raise your thumb. All of a sudden your hand looks like a cocked pistol. That’s Texas Tech’s “Guns Up” gesture that students use at sporting events and in greeting each other. Next year, 2021, will mark the 50th year of “Guns Up.

Although Born in the USA, The Boss May Be Packing His Bags.

I guess his hit song, “Born to Run” may turn out to be prophetic. Bruce Springsteen announced last week that if President Trump wins re-election, he’ll be on the next plane to Australia. It seems to happen every election cycle. A celebrity ... usually an actor or singer ...

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

As I have written about in previous columns, the five Sullivan siblings are pretty tight. We have shared tastes in music, movies, reading, history, art, and sports (excluding Shane, although I did convert him to PGA golf after the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay).

State resumes requiring job searches to get benefits

Texans receiving unemployment benefits will need to show an active effort to find a job starting Nov. 1. The Texas Workforce Commission suspended the re quirement in March as the pandemic started. More than 3.

Old Glory News

HAPPY HALLOWEEN; BE CAREFUL AND STAY SAFE !! Oh Gee, we get the wind from the South one day and then it blows from the North the next. We need to pray for rain. It seems we have been forgotten when the rain clouds went by. It may get a little cooler tonight.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender." KETIH ELLISON

2 CENTS WORTH

Grab you cup and coffee and set with me awhile and visit. Joe and I made a fast trip to Kentucky last week. Our woman that keeps our yard at the house called Joe Saturday and said,"Joe there has been some trouble at the house!!!" So Joe told her we would be down there Monday.

Faces & Places

“Birth control appeals to the advanced radical because it is calculated to undermine the authority of the Christian Churches. I look forward to seeing humanity free someday of the tyranny of Christianity no less than Capitalism.

Peace and Tranquility

October 10 each year is designated as World Mental Health Day. Last year in this space, I wrote about the importance of this day and opening the conversation about mental health and mental illness.

THE MAYOR BUILT FIRE TRUCKS

David Abernathy is the mayor of Pittsburg, Texas. His father held the same position for 52 years. “I made a campaign promise I wouldn’t stay here 52 years,” says David. He started serving his city at an early age. “ I was working at the fire station by myself when I was 16.