For Wilshire Baptist Church
We’ve been in a North Texas deep freeze again, which always seems to catch people off guard. After all, it was shirt sleeve weather on Saturday, and now we’ve been below freezing for almost 80 hours since Sunday night. But anybody who has lived here awhile shouldn’t be surprised.
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I seldom engage in conversations on Twitter, but occasionally a question or comment gets my response. This week, a young woman named Kelsey who describes herself as a “proud Jewish mama and indie author” asked, “What did people do in elevators before phones? Just stare awkwardly at the ceiling?” My answer to her: “We stared at the door.”
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The words on the citation couldn’t be more embarrassing: “Speeding in a school zone.” It conjures a mental picture of a vehicle racing past a school with children screaming and backpacks flying. But, if you look closer, it says the posted speed was 20 miles per hour, and my speed — yes, MY speed — was 23 mph. Not so dire after all, but still a violation.
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