So the Road to Texanacity is progressing...ever so slowly. It has been slowed down by Hurricane Ike and the birth of my first child (who is currently gurgling next to me an will be crying in about 15 minutes for a bottle). I am proud to be the father of a Texan child. This child will be able to brag that he has true Texancious blood. His family has been in Texas since the 1700s during the initial Spanish missions. Also, if you go up the family tree and take a right, you will find relatives who fought (and one died) in the Alamo...for both sides. Needless to say, this Texanacious blood did not come from my end of the family tree, but I am working on it.
As you can probably tell, I have not personally done everything on 'The Road to Texanacity', but I continue to check-off boxes. I appreciate any feedback on the previous postings and on future postings. I enjoy feedback like 'you should include x, y, or z' in the Road to Texanacity, but I would temper any requests with the idea that it is difficult to find a good balance for each of these ideas. My goal is to find certain Texanacious 'experiences' that can be broad enough to be reasonable for most people, but still specific enough to provide a meaningful experience.
On another note, the days of 'Texanacity' as a Googlewhack (only one hit on google.com) have come to an end. There are currently 4 hits if you seach 'Texanacity'. I am also sad that if you do that search, it does not ask "Do you mean 'toxicity'?" anymore. I just thought that was funny. Well, I am glad that there are three other sites that have somehow confused google enough to add them to the search (because God knows there are not many people reading this darned thing...which I am totally cool with).
Okay, now I am ending a lot of the posts with questions or comments. Here are some of the answers if you cared:
#4- Flying Tigers were lead by Claire Lee Chennault, who was born in Commerce, TX.
#7- 9 Flags over Nacogdoches- The Flags were the French, Spanish, Magee-Gutierrez, Dr. James Long, Mexican, Fredonia Rebellion, Lone Star, Confederate Stars & Bars and United States of America. As you can see, Nacogdoches has an independent spirit.
#8- Naming the 46 National Historic Landmarks would be very difficult. How about you check them out at this website and do a search for the state of Texas: http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl
#14- El Paso has 84% sunny days. Not only sunny days but the Boot Capital of the World...who wouldn't want to live there?
#15- High School football game with highest attendance- 49,953 Plano vs Port Neches-Groves in 1977 at Texas Stadium. (State Championship Game)
#16- The Peach State (Georgia) has the second most courthouses by default because they have the second most counties.
Until the next Texanacious posting...Enjoy Texas.
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