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		<p>I&#8217;m not sure there&#8217;s much I can say that hasn&#8217;t already been said to convey what a tragedy has occurred in Texas over the past few days. Events like these put all the small things into perspective, and in these dark times we often see the very best of our fellow men and women. Silly rivalries aside, we in Oklahoma know the character of the people in Texas and we know they&#8217;ll rebuild and recover, but never forget what has happened.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s not a lot I can do, hundreds of miles away and dealing with my own financial issues, but I want to help in some way. So I&#8217;ve gone through my backstock of photo prints I have on hand and put them up on eBay, with all profits going to the American Red Cross. I&#8217;m also going to donate all the profits from my Redbubble store until the end of September to charity as well. I don&#8217;t know how much of a difference it will make, but I still feel I need to do something.</p>
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