http://roundrocktexas.gov/cc/blogs/exchange/archive/tags/T+chromosome/Readers+Exchange/default.aspxTags: T chromosome, Readers ExchangeenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 21119.1142)http://roundrocktexas.gov/cc/blogs/exchange/archive/2009/11/04/was-it-good-taste-or-the-t-chromosome.aspxWed, 04 Nov 2009 19:22:00 GMT9be1e196-b4dd-4219-b883-7e290dbe3f82:673Linda Sappenfield0http://roundrocktexas.gov/cc/blogs/exchange/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=673http://roundrocktexas.gov/cc/blogs/exchange/archive/2009/11/04/was-it-good-taste-or-the-t-chromosome.aspx#comments<p><img src="http://images.nextstop.com/7d532805-edc3-4bf6-ba35-8bce8dfcce76_300sq" alt="museum" align="right" border="1" height="223" hspace="10" width="223" />The KUT news story about <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS155452+03-Nov-2009+BW20091103" class="" title="oral history project" target="_blank">Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum&#39;s upcoming oral/visual history project</a> caught my attention this morning.&nbsp;&nbsp; By way of accounting for Texans&#39; deep and abiding interest in their state and in its stories, the spokesperson mentioned a book&nbsp;that&#39;s familiar here in Round Rock:&nbsp; Tweed Scott&#39;s <i>Texas in Her Own Words.&nbsp;</i></p> <p>We know a good thing when we read it.&nbsp; This&nbsp;unusual collection of why-I-love-Texas essays was voted the official Round Rock Reads! selection a couple of years ago;&nbsp;the <a href="http://roundrocktexas.gov/cc/blogs/rrr/archive/2008/03/20/why-great-grandpa-went-to-texas.aspx" class="" title="RRR blog" target="_blank">blog</a> provides further details.<i>&nbsp; </i>Author Scott theorizes that a special element--he calls it the T chromosome--must explain why even transplanted Texans develop such intense affection for the Lone State State.</p> <p>I enjoyed presenting signed copies to a couple of favorite Texans currently residing in States That Aren&#39;t Texas.&nbsp; If you&#39;re considering this book as a potential Christmas gift or just want it for yourself, check the library catalog.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.roundrocktexas.gov/library" class="" title="rrpl" target="_blank">Round Rock Public Library</a> owns multiple copies.&nbsp; </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><img src="http://roundrocktexas.gov/cc/aggbug.aspx?PostID=673" width="1" height="1">Readers ExchangeRound Rock Public LibraryTexas in Her Own WordsTweed ScottRound Rock Reads!T chromosome