There’s so much I love about my Nissan Leaf, but there are times I just need an extended range. My daughter has a softball game this week in Gainesville. If it could go another 30 miles on a full charge, I’d be set. Instead, I have to rent a car just to make it to my daughter’s game. It was such a perfect car when we were a two-car family. Man, I miss the days when I was debt free and could put away extra funds at the end of the month. Attorney fees and medical debt are getting the better of me.
A military friend told me he was recently summoned to Germany to serve as a character witness at a court martial. His life sounds a lot more exciting than mine.
Had President Ford not granted Nixon an almost immediate “full, free and absolute” pardon in 1974, later Presidents might not have felt so licensed to break the law.
Researchers have developed a “space salad” perfected suited for astronauts on long-duration spaceflights. The salad has seven ingredients (soybeans, poppy seeds, barley, kale, peanuts, sunflower seeds, and sweet potatoes) that can be grown on spacecraft and fulfill all the nutritional needs of astronauts. Eat your heart out, Matt Damon.
It’s kinda crazy that U2 released their latest album on a green cassette tape on St. Patrick’s Day. If you zoom in enough on the tiny print, you’ll see it says 2023.
First there was a U2 and David Letterman collaboration which I thought was tailor made for me and couldn’t get any better, but their collaboration with NPR is a close second. The Edge is so vastly under-rated.
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Choir: Petra Munter, Ayan Yacob, Kirsten Holmes, Jayla Norwood, Dyor Taylor, Jaylyn Pickney, Jevon Skipper, Joshua Jennings, Jordan Freeman
Patrick Lundy: choir director
Special thanks to: Sandi Logan (principal/HOS), Isaac Daniel (assistant principal)
Right before “Stuck in a Moment” Bono talks about how we should have arguments with our difficult friends. I found it insightful.
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It’s St. Patrick’s day, which means the Bono and The Edge and David Letterman special has dropped on Disney+.
Maybe it’s been this way for years, but I noticed that the basketball courts for the NCAA tournament don’t have a center circle anymore. Well, at least one that’s visible on an HDTV.
I like the way the U.S. totally played Russia with the drone accident. Our government put it out there gently, then let Russia lie, wait a few days, then reveal a video that proves the opposite of what they said.
I just made up a conspiracy theory which I hope turns into an urban legend. The Coca-Cola we drink today is New Coke, the company just slightly altered the taste each year so the public wouldn’t take notice. Classic is the new New Coke.
Coke should bring back New Coke for a limited time just for a publicity stunt.
Not that I’m a Pepsi fan, but they should have never updated their logo.
I have a spinal fusion surgery (technically, a re-exploratory laminectomy & fusion) scheduled for Friday, April 14, 2023. This won’t be as major as my spinal fusion surgery in 2019 or as serious as my neck surgery in December 2021, but it’s still spinal surgery, and I’d appreciate your thoughts and/or prayers. I may need some help to get to and from the hospital. Depending on how the surgery goes, I may stay overnight.
The moment I think I’m done with legal fees, I get another bill from my attorney. It never ends. It’s hard to move on when the past continues to pull you in.
I doubt anyone gets the inside joke of the photo at the top of today’s post. It’s not like the celebrity was in her prime in that photo. You know, early to mid-nineties.
It’s bluebonnet season. If you see a pink bluebonnet (an oxymoron?) you may be interested in the legend of the pink bluebonnet.
The announcement, made by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s education commissioner, Mike Morath, amounts to one of the largest school takeovers ever in the U.S. It also deepens a high-stakes rift between Texas’ largest city, where Democrats wield control, and state Republican leaders, who have sought increased authority following election fumbles and COVID-19 restrictions.
