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• It’s weird having to resist doing nice things, which you have to do when you’re divorced. For instance, yesterday I picked the kids up from school. I saw the windshield of the SUV I used to own with the woman I was married to was covered in ice. If we were still married, I would have instantly pulled over and scraped the ice off  the SUV so could safely make her way home. But I can’t do that for the woman who divorced me because certain folks would accuse me of stalking.
• Here’s an old but interesting story (with video) of a woman who had her cancerous tongue replaced it with a part of her thigh. She doesn’t sound too bad.
• Now that our daughter has revealed, like her father, that she struggles with negative thoughts which questions her value to the world, I hope my ex and her mother don’t use it against her like they used it against me in court. Hopefully, they will show her love and compassion, as they chose not to do with me.
• Dedicated Love – Woman quits job to breastfeed boyfriend full time –  A woman in Atlanta says she has quit her job in order to pump enough breast milk to feed her bodybuilding boyfriend every two hours.
• Ottawa is redoing Valentine’s Day on March 14 because of the convoy protest
• South Carolina elementary student brings loaded gun to school to ‘shoot zombies’
• Here’s Joseph Gordon-Levitt talking about how big of a Mark Cuban fan he is, how Cuban made a smart move regarding Uber, proclaiming his love for Dirk and the Mavs while wearing a Mavs hat, and how he got Cuban to be in his film.

You're kidding me…… https://t.co/bLBLcuA5ZO

— BagOfNothing (@bagofnothing) February 23, 2022

• I think it pays off to watch this driving mishap, which happens around the 54-second mark (language warning).

• Yesterday morning around 8:00 AM, I heard someone knocking at my door. To my surprise, it was my ex and our daughter. School has already started where my ex works and daughter attends. In short, my ex was having trouble convincing my daughter to go to school. A similar problem happened the previous week. I invited them inside and we all had a talk. At first, all together, then separately. I asked my ex what does she want or expect of me right now. She stated she wanted me to back her up when it comes to discipline and wondered if I ran into any behavioral problems when I have possession of the kids. For the most part, I don’t. There’s the occasional brother and sister squabble, and they get up and going immediately after I wake them. I followed up by stating I want to back her up and be on the same page parentally, but right now she’s taking me to court to change the divorce decree to limit the time I can speak with the children on my non-possession days, and I don’t know if her true intentions are in the best interest of our children. It’s awkward backing up the other parent when they are taking you to court and then walk into your house asking you to help to convince your daughter to go to school. When I mentioned she was the same woman who divorced me because she thought I was a danger to my own children, she explained that was over a year ago and she’s moved on.
• I wish she would agree to go to see a counselor together, not to reconcile, but to be better divorced parents. But, she won’t have anything of it.
• Update: Last night we found out, and I’m trying to put this as delicately as possible, but our daughter is being challenged with some negative thoughts which makes her question how valuable she is to the world. I know I’m not the only parent that has gone through this challenge, so those of you who have, you know what to pray for. Few things are worse than being legally and physically separated from a child that you just want to wrap up in your arms, kiss them on the forehead, and to remind them they are loved.
• My life is so different from it was a little over a year ago. I did not know it could change so quickly and drastically.
• University of Texas student wins final round of ‘Jeopardy!’ college championship, takes home $250K
• 8 Austin police officers charged after investigation into 2020 George Floyd protests are released on $1 bond, lawyers say
• How one Dallas store owner illegally blocked her employees’ calls
  • Cellular signal jammers are illegal, but one Dallas store owner decided to use one anyway. Her apparent goal? To stop her employees from wasting time on their phones.
• Somebody really takes the time to scan a series of photos.

Putin convened an unscheduled meeting with his Security Council in Moscow on Monday. The meeting was broadcast at 5 pm. But what time was it really held? Let's look at some participants' watches. Sergei Shoigu & Sergei Lavrov prep at 11:45. #OSINT #UkraineRussia #Russia #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/YlnLodkjdq

— Forrest Rogers (@Forrest_Rogers) February 22, 2022

• Man, there are sure a lot of 2’s in today’s date – 02/22/2022
• Someone I never met told me yesterday that I was a good dude. I’m not sure of that person’s qualifications to make such a statement, but it was something I needed to hear.
• LBJ feared dying alone. I’ve read that in several places and saw it on a CNN special last night. I also fear the same. I’m glad I was by the bedside of both my parents. Otherwise, they may have died alone.
• Parenting was a lot more fun when it was only with the person I married. Now, I feel like I parent equally alongside her, her mother, and her lawyer.
• There’s no telling what companies like Twitter and Facebook do with your information. There’s no telling what Donald Trump’s new social media company will do with your information.
• I never thought something like Wordle would be a highlight of my day.
• Texas tops the nation in teens who give birth multiple times
  • While teenage birth rates have declined significantly across the country in recent decades, Texas remains above the national average, consistently ranking in the top 10 states. Out of all births in Texas, around 6% were teen births in 2019 and 2020. And a startling proportion of teenagers who gave birth in Texas in 2020 — more than 1 in 6 — already had at least one other child.
• Iranian prisoner dies of ‘joy’ after death penalty abolished
• Florida worker dies after being run over by street sweeper
• And to think I get upset at folks who don’t return their shopping cart – Boston man stabbed for not flushing toilet at MBTA station, police say
• Cute headline, but the visual is actually pretty under-whelming – Deaf dog saved from euthanasia drives around Daytona Speedway

https://twitter.com/just_awesome25/status/1495720272124596228

• I can’t recall the last time I used or even seen an iced tea spoon. Over the years, I’ve stopped putting any sugar or sweetener in my tea and haven’t had the need for one, but then again, I’d usually use my straw to stir it.
• The new season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is out. I like the show, but I think I really enjoyed watching it with my ex because it brought joy to me to see how she reacted to certain scenes. I’m debating on watching the new season. Anything I do, I want to do for myself as I work on Keith 2.0.
• Family movie nights with the kids are fun. But the new normal means there will only be three of us instead of what was the usual four. There’s still that element of “something’s missing” when we watch movies together. It’s all part of acceptance and yielding.
• A part of rebuilding and rediscovering myself is to figure out what are things that make me happy. So, I asked my kids, and they both quickly and at the same time said, “Hugs.” Then one of them added, “Hugs from us, specifically.”
• How on Earth did Texas not be the first state to institute this law? Tennessee bill would designate some gun owners as law enforcement.
• I’m sure everyone saw this story yesterday – Olympics – Cross-country skiing – Finn Remi suffers frozen penis in mass start race
  • Lindholm explained that he used a heat pack to try to thaw out his appendage once the race was over. “When the body parts started to warm up after the finish, the pain was unbearable,” he added.
• I never knew Michael Jordan shattered a backboard during a game until I saw a GIF of it yesterday. But it threw me off because he was wearing an orange jersey. Interestingly, it happened when he played for an Italian club, which I did not know he did.
  • The game was Jordan’s only appearance for Italian club Stefanel Trieste. Playing against Juve Caserta, Jordan scored 30 points for his one-night club. And he left the gym a bit of a mess: Late in the game, driving to the basket, Jordan broke the backboard with an impressive one-handed dunk. The glass shattered, showering players with glass. It was quite a scene.
• Speaking of Jordan, it surprised me how he specifically sought our very own Luka Doncic at yesterday’s All Star Game and gave him some love. If that’s not making it or achieving a high level expect, I don’t know what is.
• New NCAA baseball rule – The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel on Thursday approved allowing the use of one-way electronic communication devices for the purpose of calling pitches and plays. 
  • Examples of what could be implemented next season include teams being allowed to use an electronic display board from the dugout that shows a numerical code to call pitches and/or defensive plays. Teams also can use a one-way in-ear communication device that would be limited for use from the dugout to the catcher.
• There’s an Arkansas or East Texas joke in here somewhere – We’re sisters and our sons are brothers, cousins and twins
  
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• This guy is having a bad day.
  

Incredible pic.twitter.com/L1nxBTiSOD

— Science Club (@scienceClub01) February 20, 2022

The immaculate reception might honestly be a Top 5 play in sports history. This view of it is wild

(h/t @highlghtheaven) pic.twitter.com/hUCqp5rsTk

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) February 19, 2022