Texas Wants You Anyway

Any native Texans out there? Or anyone who has one of those "I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as soon as I could" bumper stickers? Or are you a Texan now stuck somewhere else?

Tracy Smith, a grad student at UC Davis, is doing her dissertation on Texanness (or rather, the essence of being Texan) and needs your help. Some questions she needs answered:

• What do you think it means to be a Texan?
  
• When you travel, do you say you're from Texas? What kind of reaction do you get and how do you respond?
  
• What types of things (t-shirts, posters, jewelry, stickers, etc.) do you buy that you would say identifies you as a Texan? Why?
  
• Do you use the Internet to talk to other Texans about Texas ?
  
• What kinds of websites do you think shows the world what Texas/Texans is/are really about? Why?

*Photo (c) little black spot on the sun today