Snow Skiing in Fort Worth

1052_0.jpegAs I was skimming through the Wall Street Journal while warming up my Weight Watchers Chicken Fettucini, I noticed the front page had a feature on the Fort Worth ski resort.

It’s a pretty interesting read if you can find a copy of the WSJ.  Turns out former Congressman Dick Armey is one of the investors and I hear it will be by the Texas Motor Speedway.

Oh, turns out I actually found the article online for free.  You can check it out here, and it includes animation of the ski resort.  Just in case they take it off line, I cut and pasted it below the jump.

And here are some other articles related to it:

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I was not aware

That xylitol (a sugar substitute) is harmful to dogs.

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New York’s deadliest terror attack before 9/11

wall_street_aftermath.jpegA bomb consisting of one hundred pounds of dynamite packed with five hundred pounds of cast-iron slugs violently vomited red-hot shrapnel and destruction in every direction. A number of passers-by were instantly vaporized by the extreme heat and pressure. The blast sent a nearby automobile careening through the air as countless jagged iron fragments ripped through the crowd.

Thirty people had died in the first few moments, and ten were mortally wounded. Some 300 other men, women, and children were injured.

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