Happy Texas Independence Day!

Thanks to those Texians who met on March 2, 1836, to sign the Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico at the then-distinctly-undelightful town of Washington, TX (which is now a pretty state historic site). This both makes today a holiday from work for me (yay!) and gives nostaglic Texan die-hards an alternative romantic heyday superior to that of their southern brethren who like to go on in annoying ways about the Confederacy (double yay!).