A couple of weeks ago we had an icebreaker during my graduate seminar and the question was "What is your irrational fear?" My answer was "hammerhead sharks". And today in class I walked in and saw this: pic.twitter.com/xUWcZrgqSr
An under-rated sports moment in DFW was the Sidekicks winning the indoor soccer championship. That was the first time I experienced a local team winning it all, and Tatu and his shirt bit always cracked me up. His nickname means “armadillo” in Portuguese.
Every commercial break on The Ticket I hear that Greg Abbott broke his back 38-years ago. Enough already.
For some reason, I keep getting alumni emails from the University of Michigan to my email address I don’t give out but to the most trusted of friends.
Did Dr. Oz have a stroke? Surely he doesn’t think Pennsylvania has a coastline? Wait a minute, I bet he really does.
“In less than a week, Democratic candidates will lose their elections and concede. In less than a week, Republican candidates will lose their elections, ignore the will of the people and scream that their enemies are cheaters and liars. And we’ll take 1 more step toward the end.”
Cobra dies of child bite – In a bizarre incident, an eight-year-old boy bit a cobra snake to death after it got wrapped around his hand in remote Pandarpadh village in Jashpur district, about 350 km northeast of Raipur.
I’m so surprised that the new Bono book came out yesterday and I’m not in possession of it. I think I may get more out of it if I listened to the audio version. He’s such a good story teller. I like how each chapter is named after a U2 song.
I’m still trying to figure out what the new normal is.
One of the most interesting things about the pandemic, at least from an employment perspective, is that productivity didn’t suffer as a result of remote work. In many cases, employees became even more productive while working from home, either because they were happier or because they were making an extra effort to impress far-away bosses. Now comes word from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that productivity plunged during the first half of 2022, down by the sharpest rate since the 1940s.
In a field experiment, pedestrians gave more than twice as much money to a panhandler when he wore clothes that signaled a higher social class versus a lower social class. Findings from a follow-up study suggest that this was due to inferences about the man’s competence, trustworthiness, humanity, and similarity to the self. The study was published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology.
It’s November. I guess this is where we overlook Thanksgiving and skip straight to Christmas.
The NFL was a slightly better league when there were barefoot kickers and punters.
DaughterGeeding was kind enough to call me after trick-or-treating with her brother. She didn’t intend on dressing up, she feels a little old for that, but at the last minute dressed up as Taylor Swift. I had the kids last year for Halloween, but not this year, and I expect it to be the last one in which they dress up. Last year, I invited their mother to be a part of trick-or-treating, but she never replied. I have this belief that no parent should be left out of a life event or tradition. I did send her a few photos of them dressed up in their gear last Halloween, and she seemed thankful, but she didn’t return the favor.
I miss playing the random pickup basketball game in my driveway with the kids.
BoyGeeding was rubbing the dog’s belly the other day and said, “Dad, I just want OtherDogGeedingII to know he’ll be remembered.”
I think Governor Abbott has an unlimited campaign budget, at least from all the commercials I’ve seen or heard on the television and radio.
