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At a nameless 1970s Holiday Inn arcade in the Midwest, let me introduce you to the Shocker Chair, “the guests sit in the chair a wait for electricity to be passed through them, all perfectly safe of course.”

(No pregnant women or jewelry allowed.) pic.twitter.com/wJyDRNnIAi

— Victoria Haneman (@TaxLawProf) May 18, 2022

• After school on Friday, I drove the kids to a nearby Apple store to get DaughterGeeding’s new iPhone worked on. For some reason, she wasn’t able to send or receive replies from non-iPhone users. I made an appointment the prior evening, but the Apple store employee told me the appointment got cancelled and the wait would be over an hour. Confused as to how the appointment got cancelled, I voiced my displeasure, yet the Apple employee kindly asked what the issue was and asked for the iPhone. He fixed the problem in less than 90-seconds. I thanked him, explained how much I appreciated him quickly looking into the situation, and asked if I could speak to his manager to tell him how pleased I was with his service and professionalism. He told me a manager was unable to speak with me, so I thanked him again, told him I was going to the Apple website and was going to inform them of how great my experience was at that specific Apple store and with that specific person, which I did the second we ended our conversation.
• After the Apple store, I was determined to get BoyGeeding a new pair of shoes. I took him to the store where we last bought his shoes. When we hit the shoe ailse, he said, “Dad, I found the perfect pair.” Funny enough, it was the same exact make and model (or whatever the proper terminology is). He found a pair which fit him, and that made it the third straight pair of these specific shoes he’s now owned. We were in and out of the store in less than ten-minutes. I have no idea why his mother couldn’t have done this.
  
• Driving back to the rent house, DaughterGeeding started to talk about her upcoming birthday (May 31). Unexpectedly, BoyGeeding, sitting alone in the backseat, began crying. You could tell he was trying to keep it in and from being noticed. When I asked him what was wrong, he no longer tried to be reserved, openly broke down, and cried, “Sometimes I can’t help but think about how horrible my ninth birthday was!” I’m not sure if he has been suppressing or repressing his feelings about that traumatic experience. He rarely is open about his feelings when something is wrong. Mostly when something is wrong, and I ask him about it, he’s vague and won’t tell me, as if he’s trying to keep from being emotional. But this time, he openly expressed himself and didn’t hold back any tears. Despite my personal feelings, I made sure to validate his feelings while making sure not to place blame on anyone. I told him that no one indented for him to be hurt, that he’s loved, it wasn’t fair that it happened to him, he did nothing to cause it, and it will help him appreciate future birthdays.
• I accidentally left comments on one of my posts the other day, and a few of you sounded off. Let me set the record straight on several things.
  • First, I don’t want any harm to happen to the mother of my children, especially a baseball hitting her head. What I wrote the other day was an attempt at humor. As Chris Rock said, “It was a GI Jane joke.” Chill, there’s no need to get out of your seat and slap me.
  • Second, I know why my ex left me. Yes, I see things differently. What I question is how she went about it. I question why was divorce the first and only option after 17-years of marriage. Why she couldn’t make it amicable when I told her at the start of this I wanted to keep it respectful and least costly as possible, and why she weaponized the children? It’s her actions which caused our children’s depression. Her admitted actions of infidelity caused my depression, which caused me to be upset in ways I wished I would have handled things better.
  • I question why these conservative Christian women think the government (in this case, a judge who doesn’t know our family), knows what’s best for our children. Her order was very similar to a divorce decree in that it said we could mutually on things outside of the decree. So, if the children wanted to spend more time at their home with their father, and the judge felt comfortable enough to grant him time with the with children unsupervised, why wouldn’t she allow it?
  • I don’t understand why the first time I ever heard her claim she felt controlled or manipulated, or even wanted out of the marriage, was in front of a judge, as opposed to over the phone or even a text.
  • What’s the reason to break a covenant with God and a promise to love someone for the rest of their life and stick with him through thick and thin, only to abandon that person when he had an emotional breakdown after her admission of infidelity and him lose 25 unexpected pounds within a month? She left this guy when he was vulnerable and needed her most. Did she really want something to happen to the father of her children, and explain to them she could have saved him if she wanted but chose to turn her back and walk away?
  • I’m not questioning why she left, I’m questioning why did she abandon her integrity and go nuclear when it was only a knife fight. If she knew she was going to have to deal with this man for the next eight years, and more than likely the rest of their lives (both will still be involved with the kids when they are adults and they’re gonna have to work with each other as grandparents), why set such a precedent being so combative and aggressive?
  • Why won’t she agree to meet with a third-party and have a single discussion?
  • If you don’t like what you are reading, don’t visit this website. I don’t care what your definition of manliness is. I’m not just going to write about the good stuff in my life, it’s not how any of us grow.
• One-Armed Mother Leaves Universal In Tears After Being Rejected From Water Slides
  • “Everybody’s staring as they pull you out of line and tell you that you can’t ride. I was born like this; I’ve spent my whole life like this. I play video games with my hand and my feet. I can write with my feet. I can do pretty much anything that you ask of me. So to then have somebody single me out and put a limit on me, I knew that isn’t just humiliating. It’s wrong.”
• Coke unveils new cap design in the UK
  • Earlier this week, the British arm of the beverage company announced that it has started rolling out new versions of its plastic bottles. The new bottles feature an attached cap, a design that is supposed to make it easier to recycle the whole package at once — and keep caps out of the trash.
• Michigan high school biology teacher is on leave after distributing a worksheet with ‘disturbing racial offense’
  • A biology teacher at a Michigan private school for gifted students is on administrative leave after distributing an assignment worksheet last week in which a picture of former US President Barack Obama was included among pictures of several animals, including primates.
• US Woman Shocked After Being Charged $40 “For Crying” During Doctor’s Visit
  • Taking to Twitter, Camille Johnson, who is a popular YouTube and internet personality, shared a picture of her sister’s medical bill in which she highlighted a segment of the bill that docked her sibling for a “brief emotional/behavioural assessment”.
• Abilene man arrested, accused of walking on the wrong side of the road
• More than 65 people are on a waitlist for the motel room where Casey White and Vicky White stayed in Evansville, Indiana.
  • According to a motel clerk, who wished to remain anonymous, as of last week, 65 to 70 people were waiting to stay in Room 150 at Motel 41, where Casey and Vicky White stayed while authorities nationwide conducted a manhunt for the pair.

Someone get this dog a minor league deal!!! I hope this vid put a smile on your face. ⚾️ #MLB pic.twitter.com/LBm8KZzpbP

— Jarrett Payton (@paytonsun) May 19, 2022

• I attended my second physical therapy session yesterday. My therapist is from India and speaks with an accent. I have a feeling she’s experienced some racism and bigotry in her life. I find her extremely knowledgeable and friendly. An elderly Chinese woman walked in with her husband. Neither spoke English. My therapist volunteered to help her, as the other therapists seemed hesitant because of the language challenge. Then, I thought I was in the middle of a commercial. My therapist brought over her laptop and, using Google Translate was able to communicate with her. She identified her needs and even built up a bit of report with some compliments I could overhear. Smiles, laughter, and the look of compassion in someone’s eyes don’t need translation. In a bit of irony, I was thinking of all the times I’ve called customer service only to get someone who has an Indian accent, and here are two Asians who don’t understand each other who are taking the time to understand each other.
• Last night we attended DaughterGeeding’s softball awards banquet. I always envisioned going to these things, she getting recognized, and me glancing at her mother, making eye contact and smiling, celebrating our daughter together, and then all driving home as a family. Instead, she sat across the table from me and I barely spoke or made eye contact with her, fearing she would take something the wrong way and file another lawsuit to keep the children away from me.
  • The banquet was held at a family owned Italian restaurant. Great food, extremely slow service. Towards the end of the long evening, the kids and I were ready to jet, but we still haven’t been given the bill. I hunted down a staff member to get our ticket, and to make things easier on everyone, I paid for my ex’s meal. She seemed upset once she found out and said she was sorry for not having money to give me for her meal. That’s odd, as we’ve been using Zelle to exchange funds for all sorts of reimbursements, so she didn’t need to give me cash. But she offered to pay the tip, and I took her up on it.
  • Only eight more years of this.
  • Yesterday I finished reading Boundaries Face to Face: How to Have That Difficult Conversation You’ve Been Avoiding. It took me about a full year to complete as it. Not because the text was too complex, but it made me think of my ex and all the bad stuff that happened. Supposedly, upon the urging of our daughter’s pediatrician, we’re going to have a mediated discussion with our pastor on how to be better divorced parents. My ex hates any time of confrontation and any form of criticism, fleeing at any possible appearance. Thanks to her parents and soft upbringing, she’s a coward. It’s one reason why she’s a kindergarten teacher. I thought the book would be helpful for her and our upcoming conversation, so I left it for her at her school with a short note. At dinner, as I expected, she didn’t even acknowledge or thanked me she received the book, which I know for certain she did.
  • While waiting for the server to return with my credit card, my ex was standing next to me for some reason. The restaurant was playing some very romantic music, and It’s Been a Long, Long Time started to play. The romantic in me wanted to grab my ex’s hand and slow dance in front of everyone. However, I refrained because I didn’t want to be arrested for assault. But man, I miss being romantic and trying to do things to make the love of my life tilt her head and smile. Thankfully, I now understand I deserve someone who would appreciate being treated that way.
• It’s been about two weeks since I last made a post about how embarrassingly beat up BoyGeeding’s shoes are and wondering why his mother won’t buy him a new pair. There’s no excuse for why he’s still being forced to wear them, and it doesn’t matter that school is almost out for the summer. He deserves to be loved and taken care of better than what she’s currently doing. She doesn’t know how to prioritize, never did. I tell ya what, he’s getting a new pair this weekend.
  
• The Aggie head football coach is acting like my ex-wife. – Texas A&M’s Jimbo Fisher responds to ‘narcissist’ Nick Saban: ‘We’re done’
  • Fisher said Saban has tried calling him since Saban’s comments went public but he’s not going to take the call. “We’re done,” Fisher said. “He shows you who he is.
  • Like my ex-wife, Fisher is a coward, refusing to even talk – on the phone, not even in person.  There’s no way I’d ever want my son playing for an immature whining imbecile like that.
• Justin Thomas ‘blown away’ by high prices of beer and food at 2022 PGA Championship – When Thomas got wind of a report from Golfweek’s Steve DiMeglio, which said it will cost fans $18 for a beer and $16 for a salad at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he felt he had to say something.
• Too bad it wasn’t another Kelsey who took a 95-mph baseball hit to the head. Here’s video of the at-bat, but you won’t see the actual impact.
  

  Checking in – Monday, I took a 95 MPH line drive to my head.

  The @Rockies & @ATTSportsNetRM have treated me like family. Getting me treatment & to the best hospital ASAP. I was at hospital for 5 hours w/ David Woodman (GM of AT&T SN), his wife, Paula & my producer Alison Vigil. pic.twitter.com/UzhlCzclNE

  — Kelsey Wingert (@KelsWingert) May 18, 2022

• My daughter was excited to tell me Taylor Swift graduated with a doctorate from NYU yesterday. I’m glad I looked it up. She received an honorary degree and spoke at commencement.
• I saw this commercial for the first time yesterday and enjoyed the trip down memory lane. I had to look up the actress Indigo Hubbard-Salk. When my daughter got her Air Force Ones three weeks ago, I talked to her about Jordan’s and we watched all the old Mars Blackmon commercials. – Nike Resurrects Spike Lee’s Mars Blackmon In 50th Anniversary Campaign
• McDonald’s has a sweet new treat for the summer – Beginning May 25 for a limited time, McDonald’s will start selling a Chocolatey Pretzel McFlurry that mixes vanilla soft serve ice cream with chocolate-covered pretzel bits, topped with a caramel swirl.
• Atlanta news – Police: Shooting at McDonald’s not related to Taco Bell shooting yards away
• Benjamin Franklin gave instructions on at-home abortions in a book in the 1700s
• A loyal reader was nice enough to send this article in response to something I wrote – “No problem” vs “you’re welcome”
  • You almost never hear a Millennial say “you’re welcome.” At least not when someone thanks them. It just isn’t done. Not because Millennials are ingrates lacking all manners, but because the polite response is “No problem.” Millennials only use “you’re welcome” sarcastically when they haven’t been thanked or when something has been taken from/done to them without their consent. It’s a phrase that’s used to point out someone else’s rudeness. A Millennial would typically be fairly uncomfortable saying “you’re welcome” as an acknowledgement of genuine thanks because the phrase is only ever used disingenuously.
• Mission Accomplished – World’s biggest Freudian slip
  

  Former President George W. Bush: “The decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean of Ukraine.” pic.twitter.com/UMwNMwMnmX

  — Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) May 19, 2022

• It’s been a crappy week thus far.
• Someone else thanked me for my service yesterday. I’ve never served, and I have facial hair, so I’m certainly not active.
• From two different people, I was told how good the tacos, of all places, Dairy Queen, are. Both encouraged me to go on Tuesdays because they are only a dollar. I took them up on their offer and I don’t regret it. Now, I’d like to recommend for you to give the DQ Taco a try next Taco Tuesday. I think there’s better than Taco Bell or Taco Bueno’s. Of course, when it comes to fast food tacos, I’m partial to Jack In The Box, and I never want to know the ingredients or nutritional value of them.
• I took the dogs to the vet yesterday to get some
• vaccinations. I have no idea if Bill Gates is using nanobots to track the movements of my dog like he does with me and the Covid vaccination (Dear God, I hope you know I’m kidding). The employee at the window asked if the dogs would like a pup-cup. They’ve done this before, but I was surprised at the size she gave both of them.
• I never really thought about it before until Craig Miller of The TICKET brought it up, but he wondered what the pitch throw count of a catcher might be. Everyone is focused on how many throws a pitcher makes, but no one really stops to consider the amount of time a catcher must throw a ball, especially for an entire game, unlike most pitchers who leave a little more than a third of a way through.
• Texas teen who drove through a tornado is now the public face of TxDOT’s ‘Click It or Ticket’ campaign
• The new KTVT CBS11 anchor, Nicole Baker, is one fit looking individual.
• Painting traded for a cheese sandwich in 1973 sold at auction for C$350,000
• Austin man builds home on top of his car, turns tragedy to positivity

• Influencers, summarized in one video pic.twitter.com/QvmkmGrlde

  — Someone's An Idiot (@SomeonesAnIdiot) May 12, 2022