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• I can speak most for Tiger Woods as we both are half-Asian, military veterans as fathers, divorced, parents to a boy and a girl, are three months apart in age, and both had a spinal fusion. I’m curious to know what type of pain medication he’ll be taking while playing golf, and I wonder what’s allowable within the rules.
• Working with the ex it exhausting, especially since she won’t verybally communicate. Oh well, only eight more years of this.
• I’m sure Barry over at LiberallyLean really hates me, and I’m about to give him another supporting reason. For the life of me, I can never remember the difference between “tornado watch” and “tornado warning.” I’m sure I’m overthinking it:
  • Be on the watch for a tornado. Now that one has been spotted, we are now warning you to take shelter.
  • We are warning you a tornado is highly probable. One has been spotted, now watch out for it and take shelter.
• Dog with 6 legs, 2 penises wasn’t expected to live. Now he’s healthy and has a new home
  • Raga was born with six legs, an extra colon and four testicles. Oh, and an extra penis that had to come off. One of Raga’s penises appeared to function correctly, but his body was sending fecal matter to the other one, causing him to be hospitalized on heavy duty antibiotics to knock down an infection.
• Ohio police officer resigns after not issuing a citation for four years
• I’m one of those who don’t think the rules should be the same for both college and professional sports. I just appreciate the differences, strategies, and implications both cause. The pass interference penalty may be the most obvious example. But, I got curious about why does college basketball has halves and high school and pros have quarters. Using this as a source, here are my findings and some interesting tidbits.
  • The NBA and NCAA use time in roughly the same way. The NBA has four 12 minute quarters (48 minutes in total) and the NCAA goes with two 20-minute halves (40 minutes in total). FIBA also uses four 10 minutes quarters to perfectly match the NCAA’s total time.
  • When Dr. James Naismith invented basketball, Rule 12 states, ““the time shall be two fifteen-minute halves, with five-minute rest in between.”
  • As such, in 1905 the official rules changed to extend the time to two twenty minutes halves with a 10-minute break in between them. Sound familiar? That is the same format the NCAA still uses to this day. However, the two half system did not stick for that long. In 1951 the game went through a huge change when the league decided to split it up into four 10-minute quarters. This rule was for both college basketball and the NBA. While that change stuck in professional basketball, it did not hold in college. In fact, the four-quarter system was only around for three short years in the NCAA. In 1954 college basketball went back to playing in halves while the NBA stayed with the quarter system. That created a break that still lasts to this day.
  • Some people believe colleges favor the two halves because it is how the first rules were put in place, while others think it was to separate themselves from other leagues. One of the leading theories is that it makes the game much more competitive. Two long halves tend to create closer games than four separate quarters. Close games not only lead to more excitement, but they can also lead to upsets. Two halves also create less stopping time, which gives the game a steady pace and keeps everything moving along. The more flow that exists, the better the games are to watch. While none of these theories have been absolutely proven one way or another, they do help suggest why one league goes with two halves and one goes with four quarters. Both work. It just comes down to preference.
• Dallas-Fort Worth computes No. 3 ranking among America’s top metros for tech jobs
  • Austin landed at No. 1 again this year, followed in descending order by San Jose, California; Dallas-Fort Worth; Atlanta, Georgia; and Huntsville, Alabama.
• Texas State buys new president a $2.9 million home from university donors — more than 3 times its value
• Conservatives have enacted about 1,600 book bans in school districts over the last 9 months, with Texas leading the way, report says
• Here’s the new food items the Texas Rangers are selling at their new ballpark. I’m not very impressed.
  
• Good question.

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— Marshall Julius (@MarshallJulius) April 7, 2022

• Apologies to anyone who thinks this is too sexy for this blog, but I thought it was funny.

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— MAYBE MAYBE MAYBE (@maybemaybemybe) April 6, 2022

• I think I see either a Star Wars storm trooper or Darth Vader on those bricks.
• Just when I thought things were getting better co-parenting with the ex, it all just falls apart again. She claims I’m not being flexible, but I don’t believe she’s taking the time to hear me out and understand things from my perspective and the precedent she set with how she alienated the children from me. A month ago, she asked if I would take our daughter out of school for a dentist appointment, which is scheduled for today. But last night she emailed to say she didn’t want my help and will do it herself. And she won’t allow me to pick her up from practice anymore. At least she emailed me about it the night before. You may recall she once cancelled an orthodontist appointment the morning of the appointment and didn’t tell our daughter. Our daughter told her teacher earlier in the day she would be leaving early, and when I didn’t show to pick her up, she thought her father forgot about her. The ex never took the time to explain the situation to our daughter until at least a week after the event. It’s hard to believe the person I trusted the most used to be so kind and warm-hearted. I suspect she’s doing what her mother and sister are telling her to do, as she’s always been impressionable and sought their approval. While she thinks she is punishing me, what she really is doing is hurting her children, and her relationship with them.
• “Being President Doesn’t Change Who You Are. It Reveals Who You Are.” – Michelle Obama
  • “Divorce doesn’t change who you are, it reveals who you are.” – BagOfNothing.com
    • There are times I’m sad at what it has revealed about me, but or the most part, I feel I can hold my chin up high.
  • I fear this divorce is going to define me.
  • The ex was worried the children would hear us fighting at night. Recently, BoyGeeding told me he has trouble sleeping at night because his sister and mother are always fighting at bedtime. The ex seems to be the common denominator.
  • It’s been a tough sixteen months. I’ve learned and grown so much, and it has been painful. I’m just wondering how much more I’m about to know and suffer through.
• Augusta Family Next To Masters Golf Course Keeps Turning Down Millions For Their 1,900-Square-Foot House
• Watch the Unaired Pilot for ‘Jeopardy!’ – America’s most beloved game show has changed very little during its 50 year run.
• Colorado woman struck, killed while at memorial for man killed at that spot one-year earlier
• Spreadsheets Are Hot—and Cranking Out Complex Code – The venerable (and yes, super dull) piece of officeware is getting reinvented as a tool for non-coders to automate and simplify their lives.
• Granbury, TX Texas teacher resigns after science experiment leaves 12-year-old student with possible 3rd degree burns –  Authorities said a 37-year-old female teacher put hand sanitizer in a 12-year-old male student’s hands and lit the flammable solution on fire as part of a class science experiment. The student suffered possible third-degree burns as a result.
• The world’s skinniest skyscraper is ready for its first residents – Steinway Tower, or 111 West 57th Street, has a height-to-width ratio of 24:1, making it “the most slender skyscraper in the world,” according to the developers. At 1,428 feet, it is also one of the tallest buildings in the Western hemisphere, falling short of two others in New York City: One World Trade Center at 1,776 feet and Central Park Tower at 1,550 feet.

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— Animals Being Derps (@AnimalBeingDerp) April 6, 2022

• High level comedy – 300 Drones Formed a QR Code That Rick Rolled Dallas on April Fools’ Day
• I’m sure this reminds everyone of Beverly Hills Cop – Lamb chops stuffed in car exhaust in Herefordshire meat attack
• I believed them when they told me it’s going to get better. But they never told me when.
• Late to the party – I first I ever heard of Taco Tuesday was watching an episode of Lost.
• Over 100 children have died in Texas’ child welfare system since 2020, report says
  • Most of the deaths were attributed to “preexisting medical conditions” or abuse suffered before the children entered the system, according to the DFPS report. The numbers are on par with those reported in previous years.
• GOP bill eliminates age requirements for marriages in Tennessee
• Kentucky bill will allow attorneys to bring guns into courthouses
• Mike Tyson can’t sell his bitten-ear shaped marijuana gummies (Mike Bites) in Colorado b/c of a law against selling human-shaped edibles
• Video shows parents, kids attacking referee during weekend basketball game at church facility
• DC Nightclub Apologizes for Displaying the Dead Body of a Maryland Rapper on Stage
  • The footage shows the embalmed body of the up-and-coming rapper propped up onstage inside the night spot while mourners sang and danced around him. Morrow, who rapped under the stage name Goonew, was killed during a suspected robbery in Prince George’s County last month, according to NBC Washington. The home-going celebration, titled “The Final Show,” had a $40 cover charge to enter the club.
• ‘Sherlock Holmes’ TV Universe in the Works at HBO Max

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• I love how the Reddit college basketball subreddit made the best out of a rivalry:
  • If your team won, you donate to the local food bank of the team that your team beat. If your team lost, you donate to your team’s local food bank. Donate in the amount of the final scoring margin of the game (though you can, of course, donate more or less if you feel the margin was too high or too low for what you wish to give.)
• Sports Confession: I’ll be honest, until last night, I didn’t realize the Jayhawk was a fictional bird. I simply never thought about it.
• As I mentioned, the ex will be taking our kids to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter later this month. Sure, no problem, have a fun time. But, I was surprised to learn she booked the trip to coincide partially into my legally agreed upon possession schedule. She booked the trip before even consulting me if I’d be willing to swap days.
• Why does coffee make you poop? Experts explain
• When I first saw this graphic video (you’ve been warned) of this old monk, I was shocked it was a living human being. Here’s a little of a back story on him.
• Eerie News I overlooked back in November – Sunken WWII ‘ghost’ ships re-surface after tremors in Japan
  
• How Explosions Actually Kill – Primary injuries result from solely the pressures produced by an explosion, usually because of a shock wave.
• 2022’s Healthiest & Unhealthiest Cities in America
  • San Francisco, CA, was determined to be the healthiest city in the US, as it ranked first among healthy food options and green spaces, followed by Seattle (WA), San Diego (CA), Portland (OR), Salt Lake City (UT), Honolulu (HI), Austin (TX), Denver (CO) South Burlington (VT) and Washington DC.
  • On average medical visits in Laredo (TX) cost the least, whereas visits in Juneau (AK) cost the most.
  • A monthly fitness-club membership costs the lowest in Glendale (AZ) and Lewiston (ME), and costs the most in New York (NY) and Juneau (AK).
  • Grand Prairie (TX) has the fewest health restaurants per capita in the country, whereas Portland (OR) has the most, followed by New York (NY) and Los Angeles (CA).