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• I’m finding more and more parents are taking their kids out of school to take a vacation to places like Disney World.  I think that sets a horrible precedent on priorities and gives the kids a false sense of entitlement and exceptionalism.
• My father forbid me from leaning on a car saying the buttons or the metal stuff on jeans could scratch the paint.
• It’s frustrating to hear pundits claim the government shut down has no effect on everyday lives.  Try telling that to the government employees who are the sole breadwinner for their family trying to figure out when they will get their next paycheck or be able to pay the upcoming mortgage or car payment, or to the owners and workers of businesses that operate outside of our national parks or federal buildings.
• There’s been a law since 1995 that requires Texas drivers to set their parking brakes every time they leave their vehicle?
• I’m calling it now, TIME’s Person of Year will be Pope Francis.
• Pope Francis: ‘I believe in God, not in a Catholic God’
• I don’t much about purgatory, so this read was a bit interesting. – 9 truths about purgatory – What Catholics need to know about the ‘anteroom of heaven’
• I think most Texas Democrats stopped voting in guberatorial races because they knew there was no way their candidate had a chance.  If Wendy Davis stands a chance, they can no longer stay home on election day.  With her, they might just be motivated, and even with that, it’s gonna be on heck of an uphill battle.  I think the last time we had some fireworks in a Texas gubernatorial race was when George W. Bush beat Ann Richards.
• Maps Of The Most Popular News Outlets In Each State
• We run into this story every year with a different university – ‘Affirmative Action bake sale’ hits sour note with University of Texas officials
• I’m surprised the Capitol and DC police weren’t more aggressive with that driver yesterday.  At one point the car was pinned in front of barriers and I would have thought being at such close range they would have shot the tires out.  There’s no telling if that car was loaded with explosives and where it was going.  But then again, there was a child in the car and I know nothing of real police work other than what I see on the tele.  Gosh, I feel for that girl and what she had to go through.
• ‘Breaking Bad’ spinoff ‘Better Call Saul’ is likely to be more dark than funny
• When watching the series finale of BrBa I noticed that Walts car remote was orange but it didn’t hit me at the time that orange in that show represents death.
• Man injured by half-tonne of falling bacon
• ‘Parks and Recreation’ had another overly obvious Microsoft Surface product placement.
• There’s a Comic Com in Irving this weekend, I love how people dress up for those things.
• I caught a bit of that red carpet special on CBS11 for the National Football Foundation Honors Jerry Jones and Peter King was interviewed.  I forget what he was asked, but he talked about how Jerry was giving him a tour of the new stadium and how if the team was 5-9 in December he still had to do things to attract people to the stadium and heavily cited the artwork.
• I saw an Iowa State linebacker last night who rigged his jersey so he could show off his stomach.  I think that use to be a thing in the 90’s.
• I didn’t watch any NFL football last night but I hear the first down line on the screen was pink.  I wish the NFL would just dedicate a week towards breast cancer awareness instead of a month.
• Man, those Cleveland Browns are something else as of late.  I know they just played Buffalo, but they’re on a nice streak.
• And I have yet listened to a Rangers game on the radio – Eric Nadel, Voice of Texas Rangers, finalist for Baseball Hall of Fame honor

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• When MomGeeding died I inherited a very modest mutual fund that I haven’t touched because of various emotional reasons.  Recently I made the decision to pay for DaughterGeeding’s pre-school tuition using the funds from that mutual fund as a symbolic way of including my mother in her grandchild’s life.
• Eating seeded grapes isn’t as bad as I thought it would be, especially when the weather is nice outside and you can just spit the seeds out in grass.
• I got some numbers back regarding my blood work from my physical:
  • Cholesterol 202 *(normalish – should be under 200)
  • Triglycerides 198 *(borderline high – should be under 150)
  • LDL 120 *(near or above optimal – optimal is under 100)
  • *per Heart.org
• The doc also encourage blood donation every two months, something about helping iron levels but I kind of got lost in the explanation.
• A guy eating at our local Jason’s Deli yesterday looked like Uncle Jack in BrBa.  I wonder how he would react if someone came up to him and said, “You remind me of a Nazi I know.”
• Corby Davidson on The TICKET stated the USC firing was done to get ahead of Texas in terms of landing a high caliber coach . . . good theory.  I bet John Gruden will land one of those jobs, and I’m not really sure how he’ll do on the college level.
• There’s a new emergency care center that opened in the neighborhood and WifeGeeding is trying to figure out which one of us will have to go there first.
• The Life Of A Wienermobile Driver
• Vanilla Ice has a new show in which we builds stuff with the Amish.
• A mystery thriller about the resurrection of Jesus is being planned by Waterworld director Kevin Reynolds.
• Dog saves dog gif
• If All Goes To Plan, Every Parking Meter In Dallas Will Be Payable By Mobile By Year’s End.
• Top Republican Calls For Replacing Obamacare With Obamacare
• Here Comes Walter Blanco: There Will Be a Colombian Remake of ‘Breaking Bad’
• Adorable Old Couple Are Actually Both Murderers Who Killed Their Ex-Spouses
• In case you are wondering why I posted the picture above, it’s because I read this article.  Ahhh, memories.