Jen Austin

How many times have you heard somebody drone on with the thought, "I just need another hour in the day...."  We all try to cram so much into a 24-hour period there's just not enough time for all of it.  And the lack of an extra hour comes in as a handy excuse for missing something!

So if you had ONE extra hour in the day, how would you use it?  Head for Lake Sam Rayburn?  Go look at animals at Ellen Trout Zoo?  Sleep?

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With the Nacogdoches High School graduation coming up next week, there's still a little time left to donate to the big after-party.

Every year, parents and community members come together to put on an alcohol and drug free party for graduating seniors, with the help of volunteers and generous  donations from businesses and individuals.

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I took an informal Facebook poll yesterday and asked for things that drive you crazy on the road.  It was inspired by the new research that says women most often fail driving tests over problems with parking, and men fail over reckless driving issues.

Here's what Facebook revealed about the things that really drive you crazy on the roads.  Your pet peeves are:

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Whew!  We made it through the holiday weekend traffic jams.  It definitely seemed like there were plenty more people on Highway 59 over the three-day weekend, and Loop 287 too.  Everybody was out camping, fishing, or doing something else that put them in our way on the roads.

Did you notice any bad drivers?  And if you did, were they male or female?  Guys will swear women are the worst drivers, and ladies will say men are the worst.  Can a little research settle this argument once and for all?

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Memorial Day is usually a day to relax at the lake, fire up the grill, or take in a baseball game.

But it's more than a day off.  While we're enjoying the festivities, it's important to remember why we're not at work.  To take time to honor military veterans!

A group gathered in Lufkin Saturday at the Garden of Memories cemetery to honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, and if you were there you probably saw the multitude of flags.  

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This will be a big weekend on the roads, and police in East Texas and across the US are doing what they can to keep us all safe.  Don't forget to buckle up!  Friday will be the busiest travel day, but some folks are starting their vacations now and we can expect the roads to be packed all week.

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Are you into celebrity clothing lines at all?  It's not all about frilly things for girls.  Bono and Matthew McConaughey have their own clothing lines, and many guys say it's good stuff.

Matthew McConaghey spends a lot of time in Texas and went to school in Austin, and he's been known to get real laid back and play the bongos.  How can the clothing line not be cool.

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Good for you, you've graduated!  Now what?  You enter the real world with a great education and lots of enthusiasm...and mounds of debt!

We should have taken a poll of SFA grads last Saturday as they walked across the stage to get their diplomas.  It varies of course, but the average college graduate leaves school with $35,200 in debt.

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Today in Lufkin and Nacogdoches we have the chance of heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms, but the situation doesn't appear to be anything like what North Texas saw last night.

As many as ten possible tornadoes ripped through areas west of Dallas-Fort Worth Wednesday night, and left 250 people homeless, 100 injured, and 6 dead.  Changes to those numbers could come today as emergency responders fully assess the damage.

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Men's Health Magazine ranks cities in the US and has come up with a list of the least and the most active.  One Texas city made the list of the laziest cities, because the activity level of guys is fairly low.
 
Can we blame the heat?  That encourages all of us to stay indoors and sit on the couch with a beer and some french fries.
 
Men's Health says the laziest cities, the capitols of sloth, those whose men would rather stay inside and eat chips and watch golf all day include: 

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Police think a car was trying to pull out of a Diboll parking lot and collided with another car on North Temple Drive, then one of the cars spun out into the path of an oncoming 18-Wheeler.  

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If you see an online profile that says something like, "Rich Algerian Prince with a PhD seeks quality relationship with a good Catholic," be leary!

And know that words like "hot" and "bombshell" are sometimes used by people of varying degrees of actual hotness.  People who post ads have been known to exaggerate the truth a tad.

One in ten online dating profiles is fake, and many of them contain key trigger words.  What are they?

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