Bag of Randomness for Friday, April 28, 2023

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Bag of Randomness for Thursday, April 27, 2023

  • Circa 1985. I was about ten years old and my brother was a varsity football player. For a fundraiser, the football team dressed up as a female drill/cheer team. A lot of them looked like Madea. As a kid, I thought it was hilarious, but was worried that one day I might have to dress like a girl. It happened, though in theater arts class. For a grade, I had to dress and lip-synch to Liza Minnelli’s New York, New York. There’s a videotape of it out there somewhere.  The way things are going in conservative Texas makes me wonder if stuff like that will no longer happen in Texas schools.
  • In the sixth grade, there was a moment I was asked to dress like a girl for an Odyssey of the Mind event. I didn’t know how to say no because all the cute girls in my group thought it was a great idea. One of the many things I feared at the time was being called the three-lettered f-word that rhymes with “bag.” It took confiding in my dad and him talking to the team sponsor for me to get out of that peer-pressured moment.
  • My kids attend a charter school. I have mixed feelings about it, not enough that I want them to continue their education elsewhere. Like most schools, I get text alerts sent to me. What I didn’t like was them giving one to a charter school PAC to keep me up to date on political stuff.
  • A friend could sense I was feeling down the other day and sent this kind text:
    Love many Trust few And Paddle your own canoe
  • Self-help tip of the day – Get grounded with a quick breathing exercise. Turn your right-hand palm up, then trace those fingers with your left pointer, starting at your right pinky. Breathe in as you trace upward and exhale as you trace down.
  • I received the following email from Etsy. Why just discriminate against fathers? Why can’t I opt out of Mother’s Day emails? My mother is deceased and my ex doesn’t want me to get her anything because of the boundaries she’s drawn.
  • Daylight come and we want go home

  • https://twitter.com/ilove_aviation/status/1650780960986652673
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Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, April 26, 2023

  • The following Monday without the kids is always brutal to get through. I’d share more, but don’t want to give “the enemy” any ammo to take the kids away from me, again.
  • The article doesn’t mention if the Austin area buyer is getting any compensation – An ancient Roman bust purchased for $34.99 at Texas Goodwill is headed back to Germany
  • The first time I heard of people putting pronouns in their signature I was happy because I worked with so many people overseas I couldn’t tell if they were male or female from only their names.
  • I really don’t like my rental house or the neighborhood it’s in, but I decided to renew my lease for another two years for a couple of reasons. First, I simply don’t want to pack up all my stuff and move it again. I miss owning a home and having that feeling that I’m staying put and don’t have to pack or move furniture. Second, the house is almost exactly between my children’s school (it’s K-12, so they won’t be changing campuses) and where XWifeGeeding lives, it’s like a four or five-minute drive to either place. Like a good renter, I’ve reported all maintenance issues, and a lot of them have been foundation related, like when a pipe burst in the garage on the night of Christmas Eve, and none of the bedroom doors shut anymore. Now, they want to fix the foundation, which I find perfectly reasonable. What I don’t like is that want me to do, move everything out of three rooms for two or three days. First, I just had back surgery. Second, one main reason I renewed my lease was so I wouldn’t have to move a darn thing. A hundred bucks for the inconvenience doesn’t feel respectful. I’m in a bit of a back-and-forth with the property manager, letting them know why I renewed my lease and my recent back surgery. So far, he’s agreed to send one man to help me move stuff. I’d appreciate any substantive advice.

  • So far, this is the only snippet of what it will look like inside the sphere in Las Vegas U2 will be playing.

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Bag of Randomness for Tuesday, April 25, 2023

 

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