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• About a week ago I was telling DaughterGeeding when to use tooth and teeth.  Over the weekend as we were getting ready for bedtime she was putting toothpaste on her toothbrush, paused, and asked me if those things should be called a teethbrush and teethpaste.
• I wish there was a way to turn off notifications on the Sportsday DFW Ticket app.
• That Adrian Peterson touchdown run on fourth down was fantastic, but Troy Aikman couldn’t have been more wrong when he said it was an example of great individual effort.  Dallas Cowboys safety Jeff Heath actually had Peterson wrapped up, lifted from the ground, and was about to plant him on his back when a teammate of Peterson’s caught him from falling which allowed him to get back on his feet to finish that tremendous run.
• I always suspected that the Cowboys stayed in a hotel as a team the night before a home game, but it wasn’t until I spoke to my neighbor that I was able to confirm that that they drive individually to the Gaylord Texas, and then individually to the game and then back home.
• ’60 Minutes’ had a Lamborghini segment last night that had me salivating.  They had a helicopter taking camera shots but had to slow down because the helicopter’s top speed was ‘only’ 180 mph.
• Sometimes WifeGeeding and I talk about having a third child.  I feel extraordinarily lucky that we have two healthy children and wonder how those with sick children have the strength.  I thought about that when I read this article about a baby born deaf and with no eyes.
• Bart’s message on the chalkboard during ‘The Simpson’s’ intro was a bit of a tear jerker for fans.
• Kerry Washington was very funny on SNL.
• I wonder if David Ash becomes healthy enough to play would the Longhorns prefer starting him over a modestly improving Case McCoy.
• Old news but new to me – When the Longhorns played TCU and had that three hour game delay, they ate Chicken Express.
• I really enjoyed the book Game Change about the 2008 election, so much so I plan on buying the authors’ version of the 2012 election on its release date on Tuesday.
• A 37-year-old Iraq veteran plans on running against Cornyn because he’s not conservative enough.
• I wonder when Katy Perry writes her cute little pop songs if she has any idea the emotional support it can provide.
• I thought Jimmy Fallon was going to be a colossal failure in late night but he continues to win me over.  Harrison Ford has been one of the toughest to interview.  You can he’s always uncomfortable and refuses to open up, but on Friday Fallon did the best of anyone I’ve seen by getting Ford to piece his ear.
• Someone at the New York City Marathon someone ran as Jesus, barefoot, with a large cross on his back.
• A lot of churches this time of year will launch a stewardship campaign which the cynic in me tends to think it’s their way to make sure tithes/donations are in before it’s spent on Christmas.
• Fort Worth news – Church in a Pup –  To Stave Off Decline, Churches Attract New Members With Beer
• A Musical About Jesus Set To Britney Spears Music
• I just discovered smile.amazon.com.
• A story on the new West Texas oil boom.
• Mother Responds to Controversy After Son Dresses as Klansman for Halloween
• Google Employees Confess The Worst Things About Working At Google
• Nobody Dies after Two Planes Full of Skydivers Crash in the Air
• Usain Bolt Ate 1,000 McNuggets At The Beijing Olympics Because He Didn’t Like Chinese Food

WifeGeeding was wondering if I could do a Picasa face movie time-lapse of her and below is the result. She probably would prefer me to edit out the bikini and sports bra pics but they aren’t even on screen for a quarter of a second so I’m just gonna roll the dice. This video is a bit longer (1:58) because there’s more pictures of her, I forgot to edit out similar pics, and I changed the time-lapse setting so each pic lasts just a tad bit longer than the pics on my video.

If you are interested in doing this yourself, Picasa is free and the feature is really easy to use. This video was created in about three minutes after the app was able to identify all pictures that contained her face.

• Parenting is tough work, but nights like last night sure to make it rewarding.  DaughterGeeding was on cloud nine going door-to-door and I was so impressed with her manners despite the excitement of the night.  To be honest, I don’t know what she enjoyed most, getting candy or giving it out.  I never thought I could top Halloween as a child, but after experiencing it with my kids I know I’m wrong.
• My neighbor who happens to be a starting lineman for our local NFL team that mows his lawn shirtless got a real kick out of BoyGeeding’s costume, even though BoyGeeding was a little nervous around the big guy.  In case you are wondering, that’s his lady friend in the middle.
• I’m not sure what was more surprising, the number of houses that simply put a large bowl of candy out in front of their door, or all the kids I saw who politely took one piece.
• One kid came to the door last night wearing ear buds jamming to music.
• I made a post earlier this week about police cars that can shoot a GPS dart from their car to track the bad guys.  Here’s a Texas Monthly article about the Austin Police using it to aid in high speed chases.
• I don’t understand medical insurance billing at all.  Yesterday I mentioned how I owe about $800 for a blood test with an out of network lab and was going to try to negotiate a lower price after looking up the CPT codes for Medicare.  After calling the lab they told me that I made a payment about twenty days ago of $50 and that’s all I would be responsible for.  Not wanting to be surprised by a later high dollar bill, I told them that my insurance sent me an Explanation of Benefits just a few days ago with a date that is past the date I made the payment and i probably more up to date.  Their explanation . . . sometimes that happens and even though your insurance says they won’t cover that $800 amount, you are just responsible for that $50 and nothing more, we’ll waive the rest.  I’m just gonna cross my fingers now.  Well, not now because I’m typing, but after I’m done typing.
• If I was suave, I would tell WifeGeeding that I had to pay that $800 and surprise her with one heck of a Christmas present.
• The best decorated bank lobby for Halloween
• The best way to improve any Thomas Kincade painting is to add some Stars Wars flair to it.
• Dallas’ Paul Quinn College got rid of it’s football program and turned their football field into an organic farm whose produce is sold at Cowboys games.  Students get paid ten bucks an hour to work on it, and the goal posts are still up.
• The most interesting man in the world? – Man, 80, fights bear, falls off cliff – and survives
• Shawn Bradley doesn’t appear anywhere on this list getting dunked on? – The 14 Best Posterizations in Modern NBA History
• A spinoff of ‘How I Met Your Mother’ called ‘How I Met Your Father’?
• I Wonder If Sunday School Is Destroying Our Kids
• Can corporations pray? The next expansion of corporate ‘personhood’ – LA Times
• Evangelical minister: Church leaders who supported Obama should resign — especially the black ones
• The deficit fell 37% in 2013?
• In Photos: Dallas’ Most Beautiful Homes
• The Kerry Hotel in Shanghai created a million ball ball-pit, the largest ball-pit in the world.
• Here are some Halloween pics from last night if you are interested.

It turns out when the app sorts your pictures by face, you have the option to make a time-lapse like movie with your face displaying in the center.

This video is comprised of 750 pictures of me in 39 seconds.