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 Texas : Features : Coffee Ring Journal

Looking for Texas: Essays from the Coffee Ring Journal

Never abbreviate Texas
by Rick Vanderpool

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After I beheld the hundredth gorgeously weathered and worn Tex.; the umpteenth hand painted Tx. and TX, I decided to share the following sentiments with everyone who ever dared…

Never abbreviate Texas! Ever! It's like Xmas for Christmas; a punch line without the joke, or a kiss without the foil and that little ribbon thing. Not the same at all.

Some shortcuts should never be taken. The same people who would never dream of putting their unwrapped jelly beans in pockets or purses to become sticky lint bunnies, behave as if they have no time to write all five letters in Texas. There are only five. And if it is a time thing, then perhaps all those folks who are in such a hurry, should consider moving to Iowa, Ohio or Utah. Tks…

November, 2000
Coffee Ring Journal courtesy of Rick Vanderpool

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