Sunday, October 21, 2012

A slightly fanciful, although sincere, ode to Big Tex and the Miracle of the ...

Big Tex, the towering, iconic symbol of the State Fair of Texas, caught fire on Friday morning. The blaze consumed nearly all of Big Tex's clothes, leaving behind little more than a metal frame asFor 60 years, Big Tex has towered over the annual State Fair of Texas, wearing his signature cowboy shirt and always a 75-gallon hat. The 52-foot-tall cowboy statue is such an icon in Dallas that when it was destroyed by a fast-moving electrical firePeople turn to social media to remember Big Tex, a 52-foot statue that was destroyed by fire in Dallas.Former Jersey Shore star Angelina Pivarnick now says that same-sex couples should be able to get married, even though she said precisely the opposite just last week. A new Obama campaign ad running in the crucial swingAnd, no, I don't mean the cloth, plastic and steel representation of Big Tex that was destroyed by fire Friday at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas, although I've certainly seen that one, too, across 30 years of covering football games and eating
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