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I wonder during WWII blackouts if there were folks who refused to do so because their rights and freedoms were being taken away.

I’ve noticed when I’m filling out paperwork, I always use the forward-slash for my DOB but always use dashes for the actual date. I always preceded any single day or month with a zero and prefer to write out the four-digit year.

Huh, Pawn Stars is still pumping out new episodes. Last night’s new episode had a Disney animator who worked on stuff from Sleeping Beauty to Toy Story 2 selling autographed stills.

One thing the Jordan documentary has skipped over, but it may touch upon in the final two upcoming episodes, is the relationship he had with his wife and kids. So far, we’ve seen his mother and siblings interviewed, but nothing from his first wife and kids. With basketball the number one thing in his life and his dedication to winning at all costs, I’m guessing they didn’t feel that valued.

I’m going to invest in this since I’ve had two chronic cases of the hiccups in the last five years.

Designed by Dr. Ali Seifi, Director of the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit at the University of Texas, HiccAway is a safe alternative to existing drug therapies and much more efficient than silly tricks and wives tales.

HiccAway lowers the diaphragm while opening first, and then closing the epiglottis (the leaf-shaped flap in the throat that keeps food out of the windpipe). Doing so stimulates at the same time the “Phrenic” and “Vagus” nerves, allowing the brain to “reset” and stop the hiccups.

Place the HiccAway tube, with the cap attached, into a glass of water and attempt to drink from it, as you might drink from a straw. Once water reaches the mouth, swallow the water, and you should find relief from the hiccups.

I’ve been laughed at before stating I think zombie movie plots in which people become infected by a virus and world devastation can be plausible. Everything I’m seeing with COVID-19 seems to support me. Now that I’ve seen how the masses are becoming impatient I can’t help but see the situation becoming worst, especially in the fall.

The activists behind the Dallas hair salon stunt played the public like a fiddle. I have to hand it to them, it was well planned and executed. If they didn’t set up her GoFundMe account the day before she opened her salon, they would have gotten away scot-free. Well, I guess they have gotten away with it, their goal was accomplished and there’s been a lack of coverage stating it was all a stunt. The lieutenant governor paid her $7,000, I wonder if he wants it back.

Thank you.

Microsoft now protects Office 365 users against ‘reply all’ email storms – You won’t have to deal with a mammoth thread clogging your inbox.

The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months

Air Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane heads back to orbit May 16th – The US Space Force will oversee its sixth mission.

Experts Knew a Pandemic Was Coming. Here’s What They’re Worried About Next. – Nine disasters we still aren’t ready for.

I love how everyone just knows who “Dirk” is, at least in DFW.

Dirk and his wife, Jessica, among those who volunteered to help give out Mother’s Day meal boxes

Bono Unveils the ’60 Songs That Saved’ His Life for His 60th Birthday

Bono is reflecting on the importance of music on his 60th birthday. The U2 frontman on Sunday (May 10) shared a list of 60 songs that have played a big part in his life.

“These are some of the songs that saved my life… the ones I couldn’t have lived without… the ones that got me from there to here, zero to 60… through all the scrapes, all manner of nuisance, from the serious to the silly… and the joy, mostly joy,” the rocker shared in an open letter posted to the band’s website. “I wanted to thank the artists and everyone who helped make them … They were doing the same for me.”

Bono also noted that he wrote a fan letter to each artist or their families, and revealed the first six on Sunday. The musicians who received the first batch of letters were for Pavarotti, Billie Eilish, David Bowie, Massive Attack, Daft Punk, and Kraftwerk.

David Bowie – Life On Mars? @DavidBowieReal @ManMadeMoon pic.twitter.com/qKWx06Ii19

— U2 (@U2) May 10, 2020

Last Friday I shaved off my beard and turned it into a goatee. My family never noticed. On Monday, I went to the doctor’s office for a three-month follow-up. Upon seeing me, the nurse asked me how long have I been without the beard and rocking the goatee. He’s such a hero.

I finally got past my troubles with the Presta valve and adapter. In short, the valve tip wasn’t sticking far enough up to hit the nipple thingy connected to my air compressor. Air only comes out of the nipple thingy if it’s depressed. I tried screwing the adapter further down so the valve tip could hit the nipple thingy, but that only damaged the rubber o-ring in the adapter, which resulted me in having to buy another adapter. So, with a pair of pliers, I yanked the valve tip to pull it out further and screwed on the adapter as far as I could without damaging it. Luckily, it worked.

I bet all the cities which lost the 2020 Olympics bid feel a tremendous amount of relief they didn’t win.

Mark Cuban’s latest blog entry: I Hired a Team of Secret Shoppers to Find Out How Businesses Were Opening in Dallas. It’s Not Good.

I wanted to get an understanding of what opening meant to businesses around Dallas. Were they opening? What precautions were they taking? Were employees in safe environments? And bigger picture, I wanted to know if these are places that I would feel safe taking my family to.

So I hired a company that specialized in this type of project, https://shiftsmart.com/, and asked them to let me know how Dallas businesses were responding to the Open Order for Texas.

We will do this again a couple more times so we can learn what the trends are and try to learn from it.

This is what we found:

Methodology:

• We called ~1000 restaurant and retail locations based on popularity (we used # of reviews on Yelp by category as a proxy) to assess full re-open rate (open for dine-in, in-person shopping etc.)
• We conducted physical audits at ~300 locations across restaurants and retail locations in Dallas to assess compliance against state re-opening protocols

How the Editor of a Small East Texas Newspaper Won a Pulitzer Prize – Palestine writer Jeff Gerritt’s no-holds-barred editorials shined a spotlight on the record number of people dying in Texas jails.

Alamo Drafthouse launches Alamo on Demand VOD service

Alamo Drafthouse wants to bring the feeling of independent movie rental stores to people in their homes, launching a video-on-demand service completely curated by Alamo Drafthouse employees.

Alamo on Demand will include a library of films available to both rent and purchase, with titles selected and curated by the company’s programming team. The goal is to “champion innovative and exciting films” beyond the 41 locations its theaters exist in around the country

The Denver Broncos released their schedule Full House style.

https://twitter.com/Broncos/status/1258539997868646402?s=09

Frontier Airlines ditches $39 empty seats sale after heavy criticism

Don’t pray for anything you’re willing to work for

This August 15 will be the 15-year anniversary of this blog.

Yesterday was the first time I’ve tried the Popeye’s chicken sandwich. That’s one solid sandwich and I can see why some folks may prefer it over Chick-fil-A. As for me, I just appreciate the two for what they are, two different but great chicken sandwiches. I will say Popeye’s sandwich is much more filling.

Don’t pray for anything you’re willing to work for.

Nearly half of men say they do most of the homeschooling. Three-percent of women agree.

As a Star Wars fan, I like that thought of this alternate reality of Luke falling to the dark side to rule with is father and Leia being trained as a Jedi by Yoda. Here’s the source of the digital artwork.

In Beverly Hills Cops III, Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) cuts in front of George Lucus.

Stealthy.

Arkansas Men Arrested For Taking Turns Shooting Each Other While Wearing Bulletproof Vest After Drinking

https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1258069157389762562?s=09