For Mother’s Day I thought I’d go old school for gifting and actually made something for WifeGeeding. Above is a silhouette of our kids painted on canvas. I basically took a picture of our kids, printed it out, cut along the edges, and used some spray paint. To make it sound more intimate, I told her there’s some symbolism. The white represents the children’s innocence, and her favorite color of the moment is the background, which surrounds them and represents her influence.
I’m one of those that think the cupholder in the car should only be used to hold cups, WifeGeeding evidently doesn’t share that sentiment.
U2 was on ‘The Tonight Show’ Friday and the Bono on a Bike sketch was better than I thought, especially the ending. You can view the sketch, their performances, and a video preview of concert experience here. I was a bit surprised that a special stage was set up for their ‘Tonight Show’ performances. It was set up with a runway to bring the audience closer. Their performance of “Angel of Harlem” with The Roots wasn’t aired but included in that link.
I installed a bidet on Saturday, and after using it for the first time it’s something I wished I would have bought earlier in my life. If you want the feeling of “feeling fresh” this will do the trick. It’s a product I’ve been eyeing for a while, and Groupon just happen to have one discounted enough to make it a $30 purchase, so I figured, what the heck.
Since I had a bidet to install, I thought it was time to replace the toilet seat. I’ve grown sick and tired at how worn and nasty looking our wooden toilet seat has become (too many scratches and marks from cleaning) so I decided to purchase a plastic toilet seat, and couldn’t feel happier.
‘The Amazing Race’ will finish its 26th season this Friday in Dallas near Large Marge, there’s already previews of them doing stuff at Jerry’s World. That show also finished its 5th season in Dallas at Trammell Crow Park. Considering the show is a race around the world and can wrap up a season anywhere in the U.S. (they always start and finish in the U.S.), it’s quite interesting they have chosen our metropolitan area twice. Here’s a list of all the places they’ve finished.
Sometimes I think the local weathermen turn up the sensitivity on their radars to get a few more reds and purples on the map to entice viewers.
What does Texas taste like? Ben & Jerry’s wants you to decide – It’s a choice between Bar-B-Que Peach (ancho peach ice cream with peaches and a barbecue caramel swirl) and Bourbon Pecan Pie (bourbon ice cream with pecans, shortbread cookie pieces and a whiskey caramel swirl). I’ll just stick with my main three, chocolate chip, cookies and cream, and vanilla.
I had to teach BoyGeeding some manners in Kohl’s after he pointed at a woman and loudly laughed at how short she was. Man, too bad he never got a chance to meet his paternal grandmother who was only 4’11’. Speaking of kids and manners, while eating at Mooyah’s I was walking back towards our table with drinks in hand when a boy, about 12-years-old, almost ran into me, stopped, did some sort of basketball fake-out spin move, and then almost run into me again as he sprinted towards the beverage section. Surprised the kid didn’t apologize, I didn’t say anything but frustratedly threw my arms up in the air and then the father yelled at me saying, “Hey, give him a break, he’s a kid.” I would have given the kid a break if that boy was the age of my kids, who at the time were being well mannered, and I almost mentioned that to him. But I just looked at him sternly in the eyes and said, “Hey, you ever had one of those days?”, and he quickly apologized and then talked to his son about his behavior.
’60 Minutes’ had a segment on former KGB agent Jack Barsky who lived in the U.S. Now I know how the FX series ‘The American’s’ will end. His American/Jersey accent is amazing. I also learned that it takes most ballerinas three years to stand on the tip of their toes and from Bob Ballard, half of the U.S. lies under the ocean and is unexplored. That part of the U.S. is called the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone and basically claims all water within 200 miles from the shore and was created by President Ronald Reagan.
‘Mad Men’ thoughts – For that episode to air on Mother’s Day sure was a real downer. I for sure thought someone was going to pick up Don wasn’t actually Don at that vet gathering. Legal Custody Question: Don was married to Betty and had kids. Betty is married to Henry and the kids live with them. When/If Betty dies and the children are still minors, and both Don and Henry want custody, who would get normally them?
Today’s does of TEXAS! – Waste of Time: Texas House Votes to Keep Daylight Savings – A Texas House push to exclude the state from observing daylight saving time has collapsed amid concerns that doing so would make residents choose between going to church and watching the Dallas Cowboys.
Sad Odessa area news – A 4-year-old boy was killed Friday afternoon after a nearly 100-year-old large headstone fell on top of him.
Other macabre news
Chinese theme park sets up ‘death simulator’ where volunteers can experience being cremated – Once inside, players are then blasted by hot air (up to 40C) and light to create an “authentic experience of burning,” according to its creators, Huange Weiping and Ding Rui. When the “burning” is over, volunteers see a womb projected on the ceiling and must crawl until they reach a large, white padded area – supposedly representing a womb – where they are “reborn”.
Until watching last night’s ‘Silicon Valley’ I never heard of the story of Bill Gates booking all helicopter services on Maui to prevent photographers from renting them to snap pictures of his wedding. A quick search on the web seems to prove that story true.
Mad Men: Wow, what a shocker of a show. Somehow, Matt Wiener continued to write remarkable TV and did something I never thought would be possible: he made me care about Betty. Well done, sir.
Re: custody – Don gets custody. Biological dad would always get custody over live-in stepdad UNLESS bio dad is "unfit." Now, Henry can probably make a really good argument against Don, but he'll have to prove things in court, which isn't always easy when you get into issues of personal character. And once you factor in the issue that this is the early 1970s, and a judge would probably be even less likely to give custody to Henry. But hey, I'm looking at all of this through the lens of today's courts, in Texas. Plus, it's TV – they don't have to follow the law. Just watch any "lawyer" show – 95% of the time they're making stuff up.
When I was visiting my in-laws down in the Austin area this past winter, I heard one of the weatherman on an Austin station admit to "cranking up the radar sensitivity" just to see if he could "maybe possibly find any trace of precipitation that might freeze." I suspect your hunch is correct.
As it stands today, Universal owns the rights to Marvel characters in all theme parks east of the Mississippi – which means Disney can't have any attractions/shows/meet & greets at Walt Disney World that feature Marvel characters. (They can still sell merchandise, though, which of course they do.) Rumor has it that the Nintendo partnership is the first step in Universal and Disney coming to a buyout agreement that will result in Universal dropping its Marvel characters/rights and retheming those areas to Nintendo, which would let Disney finally use those characters at Walt Disney World.
Last night's Mad Men was brilliant. Didn't think I'd ever like Betty, but that letter to Sally and the way Betty is dealing with the news made me think of losing my Step-Mother to cancer when I was young.
Don gets the kids unless Henry pulls some legal mumbo jumbo, which he easily could with his political connections. But, I don't get that vibe from him.
BBQ Peach? I'll pass. Bourbon Pecan? I'm in! I used to make a praline ice cream that was killer!
Senor Geeding, I need more info on the bidet. Is it a separate install, or a modification to an existing commode? Can you link to the groupon? There are so many questions…maybe a separate post!
Mad Men: Wow, what a shocker of a show. Somehow, Matt Wiener continued to write remarkable TV and did something I never thought would be possible: he made me care about Betty. Well done, sir.
Re: custody – Don gets custody. Biological dad would always get custody over live-in stepdad UNLESS bio dad is "unfit." Now, Henry can probably make a really good argument against Don, but he'll have to prove things in court, which isn't always easy when you get into issues of personal character. And once you factor in the issue that this is the early 1970s, and a judge would probably be even less likely to give custody to Henry. But hey, I'm looking at all of this through the lens of today's courts, in Texas. Plus, it's TV – they don't have to follow the law. Just watch any "lawyer" show – 95% of the time they're making stuff up.
When I was visiting my in-laws down in the Austin area this past winter, I heard one of the weatherman on an Austin station admit to "cranking up the radar sensitivity" just to see if he could "maybe possibly find any trace of precipitation that might freeze." I suspect your hunch is correct.
As it stands today, Universal owns the rights to Marvel characters in all theme parks east of the Mississippi – which means Disney can't have any attractions/shows/meet & greets at Walt Disney World that feature Marvel characters. (They can still sell merchandise, though, which of course they do.) Rumor has it that the Nintendo partnership is the first step in Universal and Disney coming to a buyout agreement that will result in Universal dropping its Marvel characters/rights and retheming those areas to Nintendo, which would let Disney finally use those characters at Walt Disney World.
Last night's Mad Men was brilliant. Didn't think I'd ever like Betty, but that letter to Sally and the way Betty is dealing with the news made me think of losing my Step-Mother to cancer when I was young.
Don gets the kids unless Henry pulls some legal mumbo jumbo, which he easily could with his political connections. But, I don't get that vibe from him.
BBQ Peach? I'll pass. Bourbon Pecan? I'm in! I used to make a praline ice cream that was killer!
Senor Geeding, I need more info on the bidet. Is it a separate install, or a modification to an existing commode? Can you link to the groupon? There are so many questions…maybe a separate post!
Here’s the one I got off Groupon, I think I was $32: https://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-freshspa-easy-bidet-toilet-attachment
Home Depot sells the same model for about $55 and Amazon for $50.
At first I thought the room temperature water would be too cold, but I rather like it.
Mr. Nothing:
Old, scratched toilet seat/New toilet seat = TMI
Bidet and the fresh feeling it provides = WAY TMI
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