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Body Corndogs and shoestring advertisingHANABAMUNN WELCHGet in on the Corn Dog Craze!Sonic marketers emailed me a picture of two glorious corndogs — one with mustard, yum, and one with ketchup. Really? Ketchup on a corndog? But the picture needed the eye-catching red touch.

‘Aggressive’ hurricane forecast for Gulf Coast

Body AUSTIN—Colorado State University researchers are calling this year’s hurricane season forecast “the most aggressive” ever, the Texas Standard reported. They say there is a 54% chance a hurricane will strike the Texas coast, and a 25% chance it will be major.

History’s storytellers

Body “The only protection as a historian is to institute a process of research and writing that minimizes the possibility of error.”— Doris Kearns Goodwin My wayfaring existence, with a great deal of time spent behind the wheel, lends itself to listening to audiobooks.

Attention to detail

Body Ah, the mentality of the five-year-old who whines to parents that he “really did take a bath” when the smell and dirt under the nails say otherwise.How about the students who wait until 7:56 a.m. to get that math homework done before an 8 a.m. first period class?

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Body COMMENTARYWho remembers mercury? Itwasthatstuffyounever really got to know till the thermometer broke. Then, if you were lucky enough to catch it, you could play with it. Just one thermometer’s worth wasn’t enough for much fun.

Take me out to the ball game

Body “Well, it took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball, and I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.” -Hank Aaron You may fall into the camp of “baseball is the most boring sport known to man.” Fair enough.

Solar eclipse means big money to Texas

Body AUSTIN—Oneeconomist is calling it “the most profitable 22 minutes in Texas history,” according to the Texas Standard. The total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8 is expected to draw up to a million visitors to the Lone Star State,especiallyinitsnarrow path of totality.

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Body Euphemismsbyanyother name are terms with extra syllables. Sometimes extra words.“Poor” comes to mind. A euphemism is “underprivileged.” Five syllables. Count ’em.“Underprivileged” was one of the first euphemisms I ever learned.

This country needs another resurrection

Body Palm Sunday Bible class at East Side Church of Christ meant we were going to get use rubber cement. That liquid adhesive smelled so good, slathering it onto the brush was in itself a religious experience.

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Body The breadboard-less kitchenI married for love. What was I thinking? I married a man with no kitchen breadboard.I must’ve had stars in my eyes to overlook that flaw. You guessed it. There’s still no breadboard. Sigh.