For some reason, I just haven’t felt like I’ve been connecting or bonding with my kids as of late, so we made an impromptu family engagement at TopGolf. I figured being able to lightly coach them might help things and that they’d enjoy doing something different. This was DaughterGeeding’s first visit and she’s a lefty. The ball may not have gone far, but she was making decent contact and most of them actually went straight.
One shortfall of my Samsung Gear Fit smartwatch is that it doesn’t adequately track my steps when I push my lawnmower, and I’m guessing that’s because both of my hands are on the push bar of the mower.
The local news had a story of an older elementary school girl who begged her father to let her walk to school alone, but unbeknown to her, he trailed her from high above using a live feed from an aerial drone. A lot of people criticized him, but offhand I thought it was a good idea.
The ‘CBS Evening News’ reported that Oklahoma has now overtaken California for the state with the most earthquakes.
Former CIA Director David Petraeus was sentenced yesterday to two years’ probation and a $100,000 fine for giving classified material to his mistress. Yet, people in less prominent or lower rank positions that have carried out similar crimes actually got jail time. Stuff like this ticks me off. The rich and powerful simply get treated differently, more leniently, with white gloves.
I got another one of those emails from AOL asking me to confirm my email as a secondary email address.
Get ready to a lot more Tony Romo on TV – @darrenrovell – Tony Romo & Andrew Luck sign multi-year agreements to endorse DirecTV’s Sunday Ticket, join Manning Brothers
@OurPresidents: Clark Gable and Ronald Reagan in @USArmy during #WWII. Capt. Reagan signed Gable’s 1944 separation
From The Houston Chronicle – A Walmart in Midland, Texas will close for six months for renovations, however some skeptics say the closure is linked to a secret military training exercise called “Operation Jade Helm.”
This is going to break a lot of local sports hearts – Ralph Strangis ends 25-year career as voice of Dallas Stars – This part makes it sound like he’s depressed and having a midlife crisis – “My daughter is going to college, I’m single, I don’t have a house … I have a lot of different interests, and this will give me a chance to look at my life and try something different.” When he was married and living in Coppell, WifeGeeding’s fellow kindergarten teacher use to baby and house sit for him all the time, and we were told he’s the nicest guy on Earth.
Just so you are aware, today is National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day. That’s what we called them in Mineral Wells and Abilene, but when I moved to the Metroplex I discovered everyone called them kolaches.
Many donut shops around here call pigs in a blanket "kolaches", but they are wrong, and it drives me crazy. Kolaches are a Czech pastry made of bread with a dollop of fruit or other goodies in the middle. The best around are in West, Texas. See Wikipedia for more. I try not to patronize donut shops that misuse the term. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolach
Geedmanster, you’re awesome. #1) offering a feeling of not being as close to the kids. Whether you do TopGolf or marbles, doesn’t matter. Disclosure and desire are everything, bro., even if you’re dead wrong on “not as close”. I promise the kids would never affirm. #2) You’ve alluded to general melancholy of late, and I’m with you. I think it’s a Spring thing when Nature and everything shouts it should be “different” and “new” but there’s same-ol, same-ol before us. April is the cruellest month writes Eliot. #3) I’ve listened to Mayer’s cover of American Pie about 20 times since you posted the link. Wasn’t a Mayer fan, but I loved American Pie, and I think my dislike of Mayer needed to be overcome (didn’t Jesus say something at a fairly critical point in the journey about forgiving them, for they know not what they do?). Beautiful! Keep on truckin’, bro. April is damn near done.
Many donut shops around here call pigs in a blanket "kolaches", but they are wrong, and it drives me crazy. Kolaches are a Czech pastry made of bread with a dollop of fruit or other goodies in the middle. The best around are in West, Texas. See Wikipedia for more. I try not to patronize donut shops that misuse the term. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolach
It annoys the hell out of me too.
Since DirecTv can no longer use the Rob Lowe with DirecTv vs Rob Lowe with cable comparisons, they will now compare Rob Lowe to Tony Romo.
Geedmanster, you’re awesome. #1) offering a feeling of not being as close to the kids. Whether you do TopGolf or marbles, doesn’t matter. Disclosure and desire are everything, bro., even if you’re dead wrong on “not as close”. I promise the kids would never affirm. #2) You’ve alluded to general melancholy of late, and I’m with you. I think it’s a Spring thing when Nature and everything shouts it should be “different” and “new” but there’s same-ol, same-ol before us. April is the cruellest month writes Eliot. #3) I’ve listened to Mayer’s cover of American Pie about 20 times since you posted the link. Wasn’t a Mayer fan, but I loved American Pie, and I think my dislike of Mayer needed to be overcome (didn’t Jesus say something at a fairly critical point in the journey about forgiving them, for they know not what they do?). Beautiful! Keep on truckin’, bro. April is damn near done.