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• It’s interesting how Fox News will frame a story.
• I still remember the combination to open the Master Lock lock I used from fifth-grade to my senior year. Yesterday, I helped DaughterGeeding with her new Master Lock. To my surprise, two of the six numbers are exactly the same and in the same order. The one number that is off, is only off by two digits.
• Fellow lovers of American or presidential history mourn the loss of David McCullough, Best-Selling Explorer of America’s Past, at 89. I knew the man was old, but not that old.
• The movie Grease is highly, highly over-rated.
• I like Nicolas Cage, but haven’t seen two of his most well-known movies, Conair and Raising Arizona. My favorite fact about him is that his uncle is Francis Ford Coppola.
• When dinosaurs still roamed the planet 70 million years ago, a single day on Earth lasted about 23 1/2 hours, according to a 2020 study published in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology.
• I’m tying my darndest to work respectfully and civilly with my ex, but it is by far the hardest thing I’ve had to go through in my life. So much can be accomplished with a verbal face-to-face interaction, but that’s not an option. But I realize, and I’m grateful, it literally could be worse.
• Texas church illegally performs ‘Hamilton’ with anti-LGBTQ message
• la Barbeque – Thief steals $3,000 worth of brisket from famous Austin barbecue restaurant

This is how handmade globes were made in the 1950s pic.twitter.com/6VNBvs8HMY

— How Things Are Manufactured (@fastworkers6) August 8, 2022

• We spent the last weekend before the start of school at the lake. I’m typically not a lake person, but I’m all about trying stuff I’m not used to.
• My date last night was a bit of a Gillian Anderson doppelgänger. She made me laugh a lot and we match well with both faith and politics, but I don’t think we have the right chemistry.
• Utah-based Lions Not Sheep apparel fined for swapping ‘Made in China’ tags for ‘Made in USA’
• Man allegedly uses stolen excavator to rip up Salt Lake City store parking lot
• https://twitter.com/Hana71172/status/1556208536912379904

• I wonder how many people are aware of the tiny little Easter egg I’ve hidden at the very bottom of this page.
• DaughterGeeding no longer needs me to get things from the kitchen cabinet over the oven. She is now tall enough to reach it alone, without tippy-toes. My little girl done grown up.
• It’s not about proving them wrong, it’s about proving you right.
• Oncor reports a $60 million boost in profits from Texas’ summer heat wave
• The man is all hat and no cattle – Ted Cruz Slams Boot on Table During Senate Hearing on FBI Oversight
• A Virginia school district apologizes for a shirt logo that resembled a swastika
• Upset over LGBTQ books, a Michigan town defunds its library in tax vote

• “In our nation’s 246 year history there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our Republic than Donald Trump.” Dick Cheney pic.twitter.com/erBPBNy8ah

  — Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) August 4, 2022

• I will never think of rock paper scissors the same way again. pic.twitter.com/z4dUTvkgA6

  — Interesting As Fuck (@InterestingsAsF) August 4, 2022

• This happened in Dallas the other night.
  

  Don’t you just love 75 from Dallas

• I can easily remember the year my father died, but have the hardest time with the year my mother died. Wow, time flies. She died in 2006, so it’s been about 16 years I’ve been an orphan. Perhaps I need to put that in my dating profile. There will never be in-law drama.
• One of DaughterGeeding’s teachers emailed all the parents of her grade, but didn’t put the email addresses in the BCC line. Some parents feel the need to Respond All. Those parents are like some coworkers I used to work with, and they annoyed me. There’s no reason why everyone needs to see that you replied “Thank you for the information” or “Sounds great, thanks!” That’s going to cause some parents to think that if they don’t Reply All, they are being disrespectful and now my inbox is going to be full of a bunch of brown-nosing unsubstantive replies.
• I don’t get what people see in Gordon Ramsay. Granted, I’ve watched none of his shows, but every commercial makes him out to be a rude and loud jerk. Who would want that negativity in their lives?
• Two of the last three women who have reached out to me on dating apps are working on their PhD. It’s an interesting world out there.
• No Cellphones Allowed in New Fort Worth Restaurant – Owner Tim Love wants to create an atmosphere where diners pay attention to each other
• Yesterday, Liberally lean wrote the following bullet point, “Did you know there’s a public database of you, your address, and whether you’ve voted in the general election over the years?” I did a search for my first and last name and was amused at the other people who are closely named like me.
  
• This Aggie hurdler (Reddit) has a little sass. To see it, watch it in its entirety.
• ‘Like I won $1 million’: Baytown family stunned their stolen dog ‘Sheba’ was found 5 years later
• I don’t mean to come across as insensitive or disrespectful regarding how Babe is honoring his late son, but what happens to other cup of coffee? Really, does he drink it, pour it out, give it away? It’s an awesome thing he does, I just really want to know what does he end up doing with the extra cup of coffee?
  

  This is The Coffee Box in El Paso. Always buy an extra coffee for Luke at our special coffee places. I am always thinking he may show up. Hopeful, maybe. #LiveLikeLuke pic.twitter.com/Tmgaq5PMV0

  — Babe Laufenberg (@BabeLaufenberg) August 2, 2022

• Wrong minnow.
  https://twitter.com/peoplerepentlng/status/1553432222887120896