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Registration opened for Maudie’s Moonlight Margarita Run
Registration is open for the 17th annual Maudie’s Moonlight Margarita Run, and if you're one of the first 100 to register, you'll get $10 off your entry fee. The best part about this 5K race? A margarita and tiny tacos at the finish line party. Plus, you don't have to...

Ever stick your tongue on a frozen metal pole? I have …
It’s cold outside (sort of), and time to tell that story I never tell because, well, it’s kind of embarrassing. I’ll tell it anyway, just this once. Remember that playground scene in “Christmas Story,” the 1983 film about Ralphie and his need for a Red Ryder BB gun,...

What do you do when a deer darts into your truck’s path?
Everyone in Texas knows you’re supposed to look for deer when you’re driving on country roads, especially at dawn or dusk. What no one ever explains, though, is what you’re supposed do if you see one, it spooks, and then heads directly into the path of your oncoming...

I don’t want my hotel towels washed every night, but they do it anyway
I travel a lot for work, and spend a lot of nights in hotels. I also spend a lot of time outdoors, getting dirty. Just two weeks ago I spent a few hours wading through ankle-deep guano in a West Texas cave. Before that, I spent a day hiking into rock shelters near the...