April 2, 2009 RSS feed / Columns

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On the Edge of Common Sense

THE HOPPING HORSE
Baxter Black, D.V.M.
"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." E.B. Browning, 1857 "How can you get bucked off? Let me count the ways." B. Black, 2009 Over the years I have chronicled hundreds of horse wreck stories that have been told to me. More...

THIS WAS THEN

From the Files of The Fairfield Recorder

April 5, 1934 CLYDE BARROW SHOOTS DOWN TWO YOUNG HIGHWAY OFFICERS The paroled convict, Clyde Barrow, who according to Ft. More...

Senior Moments

Action-Filled Video Games Boost Adult Vision
with Kathy Earley

Action video games aren't just child's play. A new study finds video games can help adults improve a part of eyesight called contrast sensitivity, one of the first parts of vision to be affected by aging. More...

Before I Get 'Seniler'

The College Station Privacy Invasion
By Bill Whitson

The old maid called the police to protest the young men in the dorm across the street were parading around undressed. When the officer arrived he said, "Lady from this angle, I can't see enough to make an arrest." But the old maid protested. More...