When I was in Washington D.C., I sent a postcard to a friend in Orlando. She received it last week. Talk about snail mail. Why do I send postcards? I like to make people smile, and let them know that I think of them and their value to my life even when I’m on vacation.
My pastor recently referenced Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night in a sermon. I thought his perception or interpretation was interesting. He said his attention first goes to the church, and that the lights are off inside the building. Since the lights are off in the church, he thought the night in question occurred on a Tuesday, because Tuesdays typically are the least busy day for a church and that’s why the lights are off. Nifty.
For the next six, possibly twelve weeks, I’ll be taking some weekend classes for some career related stuff. I’ve been wanting to get my hands on some processes and tools for years, but rarely come across those opportunities because the government is slow to implement new processes and technologies. I’m not a diehard fan of the Cowboys, but I really enjoy watching their games. When you think about it, viewers basically just get 16 chances a year to watch their favorite team play. All that to say, only one game will conflict with class time, and it’s the noon game against Washington.
I prefer having background noise when I do something. Lately, it’s been nothing but St. Vincent. And yet, I still can’t name one of her songs. I read in a local paper that her sister and brother-in-law own a Mexican restaurant in Dallas, and she often helps out waiting tables. There’s no telling how many times someone was served by a multi-Grammy winning artist and not even know it. Here’s her NPR Tiny Desk concert (language warning).
If you live in Texas, you know how important and popular homecoming mums are. Personally, I hated those things because of all the cow bells ringing and dinging. I was one of those “uncool” dudes in high school and never had a date for homecoming, so I never bought a homecoming mum. I’ve been seeing a girl who’s working on her PhD at a local school. She also never experienced wearing or getting a mum because she was homeschool. As a cute little joke, I was thinking of getting her an inexpensive mum when the school has their homecoming.
Angels Show Up to Protect LGBTQ Brigham Young University Students from Conservative Protestors – A dozen fellow Brigham Young University students donned the costumes and wings, constructed with PVC piping and white sheets, to ward off a rally of 100 people opposing the LGBTQ attendees gathering at Kiwanis Park in Provo due to the school’s restrictive codes against non-heteronormative expression.
It will be interesting to see how college football evolves now that players get paid and can easily transfer. Below are the first twelve scores from ESPN’s college football webpage. Only two games were decided by less than ten points. Most of the games were blowouts. I don’t get the appeal of watching games so lopsided like a 55-0, 49-3, 69-10. It’s so common, and you only get a handful of games. There’s so much pressure for teams to go undefeated and to run up the score to impress people who rank teams. It’s a shame teams don’t get a chance to fine tune themselves like the NFL. A team in the NFL can lose three straight, do some fine tuning, and then still make the playoffs. There’s still hope for the average fan. But in college. you lose a game or don’t run up the score, you appear weak. If your team makes a bowl game, but are not in the title hunt, now you have players choosing not to play to save themselves for the NFL. On the other hand, I’m just happy it’s football season and I also appreciate how both the NFL and NCAA differ in rules. It’s fun having to strategize with different rules. Man, talk about a first-world-problem. If my biggest gripe of the day is the kind of football I choose to watch, I live a pretty blessed life.
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I’m all for spending money on space exploration, but I’m not a fan of spending money to repair or refurbish the Battleship Texas. I’m all about honoring the past, but not holding on to it. It’s more important to look to the future. Can we learn from the past? Absolutely, but we never do, so let’s not spend any more money on old stuff.
I don’t know if former President Trump’s sons ever had top secret clearance, but I’m certain they have held and read top secret documents. And, I’m willing to bet that copies of top secret documents exist outside of Mar-a-Lago. I’m also willing to bet he was willing to sell information on those documents for money and favors with foreign adversaries.
Poland demands $1.3 trillion war reparations from Germany – Poland’s top politician says that the government will seek equivalent of $1.3 trillion in reparations from Germany for the Nazis’ World War II invasion and occupation of his country
This woman fascinates me, she’s like a siren. And because of her, it’s the first time I’ve thought about Whirlyball in forever. – 45 Kickass Facts About St. Vincent – Everything You Need To Know About The Endlessly Entertaining, Dallas-Raised And Grammy-Winning Musician Born Annie Clark.
Jimmy Page resemblance to the father of our country is still very cool, just a slight shock to my teen mind canvas. pic.twitter.com/yOvem6SDoF
And just like that, it’s September. The days are slow, but the years are fast. I find a lot of truth in that statement.
Don’t worry, I’ll be dead soon. Last year, my cholesterol was a relatively healthy 178. As of Saturday, my cholesterol is a whopping 308. I’ve also put on 40lbs rather fast.
The Musers were talking about a new documentary about the Lakers and Dr. Jerry Buss. It turns out he raised enough money to buy the Cowboys, but word got out that the board of governors wouldn’t approve the sale of a football team to a playboy millionaire. What an amazing thought, one man could have owned two of the three most iconic teams in sport.
I’ve mentioned it before, but I hate how unfair the standard divorce decree in Texas is. It states if I get a new job, I have to notify the court and my ex by certified mail. The ex can get a new job but doesn’t have to inform me or the court. That makes me feel like I did something wrong, like I broke the law or something. I think it’s cruel and unusual punishment.
There was a coming of age moment I wish I could have shared with the mother of my children. It’s not a big deal, especially for most of you, but DaughterGeeding now wants to walk to school. I only live a mile from the school and there are plenty of sidewalks. I said yes after briefing her on some safety concerns and instructing her to text me as soon as she steps foot on campus. Her brother still prefers me to drive him to school. So, it’s nice being able to still take one of them to school, and then check up on the other as I drive to ensure her safety.
This CNN article says to apply very hot water to a mosquito bite, but doesn’t say why. So, I did the research and the best reason why hot water is that it will overload the nerves in the same way ice does and also opens the pores to allow the itch-causing toxins easier escape.
Is it bothering anyone else that Matt Chandler was confronted in Feb, just got put on leave at the end of August, and was allowed to lead during an entire investigation that concluded disciplinary action should take place?
Stacey Abrams is a very poised speaker. She was well coached for this debate. The format of the debate is weird. The candidates are standing next to one another. So, when they speak to the other, they do so by not looking at their opponent, but by looking straight into the camera. It would be hard for me to talk to someone and not look directly at them. I did a little research on her and discovered she’s a Longhorn. And here’s my hot political opinion, she’ll be the first female POTUS.
I got a kick out of listening to Why Today Doesn’t Suck on The TICKET yesterday. They hold the segment every day. Listeners (P1s) write in asking the radio personalities to recognize birthdays and such. One woman asked the guys to recognize her ex-husband. They were married for 20 years, were both P1s, and in her words, “raised P1 children.” To my ex-wife’s credit, she did write in one year, and even had Bob plug this website. That may have been the best birthday present she ever gave me.
For you developers out there. I’m trying to create some Selenium test cases using Python 3.30. But before I can run any test cases, I just need to get my PC to work with Python using PyCharm. Python works likes it’s supposed to using PyCharm, and I’ve verified Selenium is installed. It was installed using the command prompt. But I’m having trouble using PyCharm to install the Selenium webdriver. Here’s my code and the error I keep getting. I’m guessing I have something stored in the wrong area and I’m making it look for something that is somewhere else.
I thought our society advanced enough not to have to worry about book bans and book burnings. Well, I’m wrong.
Have a translation of the Bible other the King James Version? A church in Watauga, Texas is happy to burn ‘em. Read scripture in the original Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic and they’d just as soon see you burn you, too. https://t.co/iKMlArOzqz
