Each of the women received $399,523.27 after the incident. One of the cheerleaders alleged that she clearly saw Richard Dalrymple, the Cowboys’ longtime senior vice president for public relations and communications, standing behind a partial wall in their locker room with his iPhone extended toward them while they were changing their clothes, according to several people with knowledge of the events and letters later sent by attorneys for the cheerleaders to the team. Dalrymple gained entry to the back door of the cheerleaders’ locked dressing room by using a security key card.
Dalrymple also was accused by a lifelong Cowboys fan of taking “upskirt” photos of Charlotte Jones Anderson, a team senior vice president and the daughter of team owner Jerry Jones, in the Cowboys’ war room during the 2015 NFL draft, according to documents obtained by ESPN and interviews.
I thought something was up when Dalrymple left so unexpectedly and with little fanfare after so many years of dedicated service. If you are wondering just how important that man was to the organization, take into consideration when the NFL made the America’s Game edition for the last Cowboys Super Bowl victory. They chose only three people from the organization to provide commentary. It’s usually always players and coaches, but for some reason, Dalrymple, the PR guy, got one of those coveted spots.
For anyone wondering why Jerry wouldn’t fire him immediately for taking up skirt pictures of his daughter, you have to consider this man was responsible for burying and hiding every potential damaging thing about the organization since Jerry bought the team. He has so much on Jerry he could blackmail him for anything. And when businessmen make it big, they don’t care about the sin, they only care about loyalty.
My ex refuses to be nice or do anything accommodating. Yesterday was our son’s 10th birthday. Our daughter was not well enough to go to school and stayed with me, and I picked the birthday boy up from school. My daughter and her mother no longer have a healthy relationship and see a counselor almost weekly. My house is on the way to the counselor’s office from either her apartment or place of employment. Normally, I drive the kids to the counselor and we exchange the kids there. But yesterday, our son requested we eat cookie cake at my house after their counseling session. So that the birthday boy could enjoy his day and wouldn’t have to ride along for his sister to be dropped off at the counseling session she and her mother were going to, I asked my ex if should could pick up our daughter at my house since it’s along the way. As expected, she said no and didn’t provide a reason.
It was weird having my ex inside my house. The last time she came over, I caught her snooping around. I have no doubt she was making mental notes to tell her mother and sister how tacky of a place I live in.
The headlights, commonly used in Europe, have LED lamps that can focus beams on darkness such as the driver’s lane and areas along the roadside. They also lower the intensity of the light beams if there’s oncoming traffic. Camera sensors and computers help determine where the light should go.
A Louisiana teacher has been given 41 years of jail time after she pleaded guilty to several child sex crimes, including feeding cupcakes to students laced with her husband’s sperm. Cynthia Perkins was arrested along with her husband Dennis in October 2019 and slapped with 150 felony charges, including rape, child pornography, sexual battery of a child, and video voyeurism.
I had no idea the man responsible for this was from my hometown of Mineral Wells – D Magazine – The Great Frisco Caper – How America’s fastest-growing city fueled its success with professional sports and a financing scheme so clever that the state of Texas had to make it illegal.
No other city of Frisco’s size is based in a top-five media market and is involved with all of the country’s five largest professional sports leagues, to say nothing of hosting the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) national championship game, an additional college football bowl game (the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl), one of the country’s premier esports teams (Complexity), or the constant stream of youth sports. Up next is the PGA of America, which has built two 18-hole golf courses and is relocating its headquarters from Florida to create an enormous mixed-use development that includes a hotel and convention center.“Sports City USA” has become more than a marketing moniker. Frisco seized on a novel financing strategy to fuel a professional sports boom that helped drive and sustain a population explosion. It truly is a unique American experiment. And it all started with a God-fearing city manager who wasn’t afraid to make a big bet.
Lolong was the largest crocodile in captivity. He was a saltwater crocodile measured at 6.17 m (20 ft 3 in), and weighed 1,075 kg (2,370 lb), making him one of the largest crocodiles ever measured from snout-to-tail. Hunted over a period of three weeks, it took around 100 people to bring him onto land.
This place is in Bellville. Here’s a straightforward review. Saw the sign, had to stop, curiosity killed the cat. Politics aside, I’d encourage anyone who loves a good burger and might happen to love where we live to enjoy one. Surprisingly diverse mix of clientele and all there for one reason I’d guess, is this place legit? The burger speaks for itself. It was not a Pro-Trump crowd is my guess but burger loving. Strongly recommend…
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Today is my sons’s birthday. He now enters double digit territory. This is how I had to experience it a year ago when my wife left me. This is a text I received from her mother after not hearing from anyone in my family for four nights. Despite the call going well, I never got to speak to them again until I got a lawyer involved. WWJD?
Living organ donors are never supposed to receive a bill for care related to a transplant surgery. The recipient’s insurance covers all of those costs. This rule is key to a system built on encouraging such a selfless act. And for most uninsured patients in end-stage kidney failure, Medicare would pick up the tab. But in Malin’s case, he would end up facing a $13,000 billing mistake and the threat of having his bill sent to collections.
I never knew he tried to make right – A sober Osbourne returned to San Antonio a decade later and was apologetic for desecrating the historic landmark that honors the Alamo defenders. He also cut a $10,000 check to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, then the caretakers of the Alamo.
In an internet swimming with Wordle clones, Lewdle has found a way to differentiate itself. The dirtier your mind, the better your chances of success. The word game holds tight to the Wordle rules of six guesses for one five-letter word a day, but the right answer will always be naughty. Before you read any further, let me share Lewdle’s content advisory: “Lewdle is a game about rude words. If you’re likely to be offended by the use of profanity, vulgarity or obscenity, go play Wordle instead!” Otherwise, please proceed. Lewdle’s vocabulary list ranges from the relatively mild (“poopy” and “damns”) to more extreme examples that would make sensitive folks blush. That’s the point. Lewdle is all about reveling in the saucy, sassy and unsanitized, but it’s also about good, clean dirty fun. Lewdle won’t go into slurs, however.
When Rebecca Hogue’s 2-year-old son was beaten to death by her boyfriend in 2019, she wasn’t there; she was working a shift as a cocktail waitress. But Oklahoma authorities charged Hogue with murder under “failure to protect” laws—arguing she knew the child was being abused by Christopher Trent—and a jury that convicted her recommended life in prison. On Friday, a judge gave her life, but suspended all but 16 months of the sentence, saying she did not deserve to die behind bars.
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Sometimes when I see the Olympics on I watch them out of guilt. Like, I don’t really want to watch, but I feel like I’m obligated to because of how the games are spread out over four years.
Well, at least the girl I’m chatting with through a dating app texted me a valentine yesterday.
Peter King had a great piece about Tony Boselli making the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It announced his inclusion on Thursday. After the announcement, a large gathering of family, friends, and former teammates gathered and watched a 24-minute video of those closest to him. The last person on that video, to the surprise of everyone, was his father, who died in May of last year from cancer. Boselli’s wife knew her husband was going to make the Hall of Fame, but wasn’t sure when. He was a finalist last year. Knowing his father only had months to live, she secretly arranged things so his father could be recorded on video congratulating his son and held on to the recording. She’s one hell of a woman. I wish I could know what it feels to be loved like that.
1921: The referee tossed the coin in front of the captains. Before that, the captains conducted their own coin toss and reported the results to the referee.
1946: The referee conducted the coin toss before teams left the field after pre-game warmups.
1976: Coin toss ceremony changes from 30-minutes before kickoff to three-minutes before kickoff.
1977: Coin toss ceremony can happen any time under three-minutes before kickoff.
1992: In an effort to prevent gamesmanship, rules specified that the number of team captains at the coin toss is limited to six per team, and failure to present captains for the coin toss will be the loss of coin toss option for both halves and loss of 15 yards from the spot of the kickoff.
2008: The winner of the pregame coin toss can defer its choice until the second half.
Tesla is recalling over 500,000 vehicles in the United States due to its Boombox feature, a 2020 update that allows drivers to play sounds such a bleating goat or a fart noise outside the vehicle.
I realize I could never be the perfect husband, but in many ways, I thought I was anideal husband. I did all sort of things to try to make my wife feel loved and appreciated. Every day for the first week of the school year, when she returned home, I greeted her as she exited the car with a freshly made margarita. Even though I thought making the bed was a waste of time, I realized it meant a lot to her, so I made the bed every day. Noticing how tired she was at the end of the school day, I tried to make things easier and more special for her by having a home cooked meal ready when she and the kids came home. So that we could have more quality time with each other, I also started doing more chores around the house like the laundry, cleaning the bathroom, grocery shopping, and tidying up the kitchen. I tried to be attentive to little traditions that she had with her family to make sure they continue, and do things I’m sure other
husbands would easily overlook. Trying to keep the romance alive, I’d often surprise her with flowers and gifts throughout the year. I’d tell her I didn’t need a special occasion to give her a gift, that I do it at any time my heart felt like it. That is one adjustment that’s been hard to get used to. During my breaks and to pass the time, I’d often look at websites which highlighted sales and I’d spend hours looking for stuff to buy her. One thing in particular was clothing (always with a receipt. Teachers have a hard time finding good dresses with pockets. At the start and end of the school year I would send her and her team cookies or something else wishing them a great start or congratulate them on the year. When it came to stuff in the bed room, I always made sure she was satisfied first. I never cheated or smoked or use any tobacco products. I don’t gamble or have any vices. I’ve never set foot in a strip club much less any club. I didn’t have hobbies like hunting or fishing that took me away from my family. She was never been abused. To make sure she always had a voice and a say in a matter, I’d often end our conversations asking if there was something she wanted to add or a question he wanted to ask but never had a chance to. I realized I lacked when it came income and good looks, and no matter how much I felt she neglected me, I never stopped showing her love and admiration.
Maybe there’s a single woman who has been reading my blog for years who would like to get to know me better and be loved better than any man could love a woman. If we click, I just ask for her loyalty and respect.
One thing that really hurts about divorce is knowing that someone totally gave up and quit on you. It also hurts more when they leave at your most vulnerable and weakest.
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Saturday was the one-year anniversary of my wife abandoning and alienating the kids from me. She’ll never know what it feels like to have your family snatched from you and unsure the next time you’ll hear, much less hug your own children again. BoyGeeding’s birthday is actually Wednesday, but it was celebrated with a handful of his friends at Medieval Times on Saturday. My ex actually allowed me to be part of the experience, provided that I help split the costs. Even though her apartment is on the way to the event, she preferred I drive myself. Upon seeing me she greeted me with a smile and cheerfully asked how was I doing. Well, it was cold, so I simply told her, “Cold.” But my inner monologue added, “But not as cold as your heart and I don’t know why you are taking me to court again when we can simply talk things out and find some middle ground.”
When you arrive at Medieval Times, you have a choice of two entrances, but both take you to an area to take a group picture. What went through my mind was that the photo they snapped of us all together was the first one I was in with my ex in over a year.
As we entered the arena, we both navigated to sit at polar opposite sides of the row we sat in. The birthday boy sat next to his mother and I sat next to my daughter, with BoyGeeding’s friends in the middle. I noticed he was crying and later learned he wanted to sit next to me. I told him I would have been happy to, but I thought he’d rather sit next to his friends. And, I told him, his voice, thoughts, and opinions are valid and matter, so speak up and let us know when you want something we can accommodate. If we don’t know, we can’t help.
This is my fourth or fifth trip to Medieval Times, and I’m alway most impressed with the falcon and falconer.
While I was thankful to not be alienated from my sons’s birthday event like last year, it feels weird trying to parent when your children are not legally under your possession. For instance, if my son or daughter wanted to show me something, I first had to ask their mother’s permission to see if it was okay that I take the kids to a certain area inside the venue.
I had a handful of friends send me encouraging texts regarding the sad anniversary of the date. They have no idea how much that meant to me. I was tempted to text my ex-MIL (and ex-wife) and tell her I will always remember this as the day she helped break apart a family (instead of keeping one together) and alienated a loving father from his children. Man, they love to talk the talk when it comes to the Christian faith, but do little to walk the walk. Don’t get me wrong, I have a plank in my eye. I know that. My heart is heavy and calloused, but I’m still trying to make thigns right.
Both kids whispered in my ear that even though they were having fun, they were thinking about what happened a year ago and were still confused as to why we aren’t a family and why was their mother’s first choice was divorce and not counseling or anything else. Hey, me too. But I tell them no matter what, you continue to love and respect your mother.
The next morning, I was planning to go to church, which was having a big family reunion. Well, I forgot to charge my car from the trip to Medieval Times from the day before, so I had to stream it online. But I needed to charge it so I could pick up my kids. At mediation, the one thing I could get my ex to agree to was that I could have the kids every Super Bowl Sunday starting at noon. I’m really glad this worked out, as I have many warm memories of watching the Super Bowl and bonding with my father. But at the same time, I never thought I would be robbed of spending those special moments with my kids, especially with my son, regarding sporting events. This came to mind recently watching a video the Cincinnati Enquirer tweeted of the moment when the game-winning field goal was made and Bengal fans knew they were going to the Super Bowl. Because of our possession schedule, should the Mavs, Stars, Rangers, or Cowboys, we’re not going to be able to watch the entire series together. My ex would refuse to compromise and find some middle ground, like my son watching the game with me and me returning him to his mother’s.
This was the first Super Bowl in 20 years I watched without the person who was my wife. We were just dating when we watched the first one together. Interestingly enough, the first Super Bowl we spent together as a married couple was when Tampa Bay went to their first. And, the last one we watched together as a married couple was Tampa made their second Super Bowl appearance.
Originally, my ex stated she was going to bring the kids to my rent house, but later contacted me through our court mandated messaging app that I would need to pick them up at her place. It’s funny reading her messages. She never gives me an option or suggests or ask if I would be okay with something. She just bluntly tells me what to do. I pretty much have to accept it, it’s easier than rocking the boat or threatening alienation again.
When I arrived at her apartment and parked, she walked out. I noticed she was wearing something new, and out of politeness, told her I like her new dress. She immediately and coldly corrected me it was a skirt and not a dress. To be honest, the leather skirt looked like cheap vinyl, but I was just trying to extend an olive branch.
As we left her apartment, the kids let me know about the church they visited. DaughterGeeding told me it felt weird listening to the pastor preach about love (Valentine’s Day literally around the corner) and five things spouses should continually do for their significant other to maintain a strong marriage. It included stuff like prioritizing and affirming the other by letting them know how proud you are of them. DaughterGeeding told me she noticed her mother never or rarely did those five things for me when we were married, but I consistently did those things for her. She also wondered what her mother must have been thinking during the sermon. I told her she should always feel open speaking to her mother about anything, and that no matter what, continue to love and respect her and do what she can to understand her perception of things. Internally, I was thinking about how I deserved to be loved and respected. But to me, I just accepted those were weaknesses my wife had, and part of love is accepting those weaknesses and work on being a better communicator. Here I was thinking I was doing a good job of being a direct communicator and, from her perspective, I was being a narcissist. I’ll never understand why she couldn’t tell me I needed to add a little sugar of soften up my message.
If I knew my ex would at least talk to her family about not telling our children and others that I physically hurt her, I probably would be less open about my thoughts.
Tom Brady said the following at his retirement press conference, “And lastly to my wife, Gisele, and my children, Jack, Benny and Vivi. You are my inspiration. Our family is my greatest achievement.” My family was my greatest achievement, and I was so proud. Now, the breakup of my family is my greatest failure, and it’s not something I think I’ll ever let go.
I never thought this record would be broken, and it’s interesting that the top two leading scorers in NBA history were on the Laker’s roster. And, even though I don’t follow the NBA closely, I thought this would have been on my sports radar. – LeBron James passes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for most total points in NBA history.
Anytime I see the word “radar” I’m taken back to Mrs. Andrews fourth grade glass and her teaching a small group of us what a palindrome was. I also recall one of my friends sitting at the table had a name that was a palindrome, but can’t remember the name of that friend.
I’m encouraged to see a lot of electric vehicle commercials last night. This means they are becoming more mainstream and we should see more EV charging stations.
That halftime show and Dr. Evil GM commercial sure made me feel like I was taken back in time by about 20 years.
One problem with having the Super Bowl on the West Coast is that their is still sunlight for the halftime show. I’ve seen documentaries talking about how that has been an issue for other halftime performances because they needed the darkness for all the lighting special effects.
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