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.
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.
I’ve been really busy as of late, so if you’ve contacted me and I haven’t gotten back to you, I’m sorry. I’m usually pretty prompt at replying to either emails or texts.
The actor who plays Lenny Bruce in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel makes him appear cooler than James Dean.
I caught a little bit of the Natalie Wood documentary on HBO last night. There’s an old interview of her speaking about her fear of “dark water, seawater, river water” which just seems eerie.
I recently learned the following about Prescott Bush, the father, and grandfather of two presidents from this article:
He required his sons to wear a jacket and tie for dinner at home.
I know nothing about boxing, but I’m impressed with that quickness. I do consider myself lucky to be born in what I call a sports sweet spot. Growing up in the 80s and 90s I got to experience the rise and fall of Mike Tyson. There was still a purity of sorts when it came to sports, now it’s gone commercial, oversensationalized, and hollow. College athletes actually played for the love of the game and the quality of the game was better as most stayed all four years. Both the NFL and NBA let defense actually play defense. We got to see Magic vs Bird and then watch Jordan take over the basketball thrown. Wayne Gretsky brought hockey to us folks who would have never given the sport any attention. We got to witness Olympic greatness with Mary Lou, Carl Lewis, and Michael Phelps. MLB players weren’t abusing steroids and used dugout carts. Even though it was tainted, the Sosa and McGwire ride was fun. And, we also saw the rise, fall, and comeback and Tiger Woods. There’s no telling what I’m leaving out, maybe Tatu throwing his jerseys into the crowd after a goal.
Donald Trump once tried to recruit Don Shula but the coach wasn’t interested.
This tells you so much. A. Shula had never committed to the USFL; B. But Shula was seriously considering it; C. As soon as Shula saw @realdonaldtrump's TV interview—he decided to stay with Miami. He was horribly turned off by the bullshit, the exaggerating, the fake swag. #magapic.twitter.com/yrwwlKV1Y2
If you are offended by PG-13 humor with inuendos, then don’t watch this video, but I’m told from a reliable source that it’s pretty popular around the elementary teacher social media circuit and they adore the lady’s laugh.
I bought the wrong innertube for my bicycle, it has a Presta valve instead of the traditional and more common Schrader valve. I bought an adapter but I still can’t figure out how to air up my tire.
I’m hearing great things about the final season of the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. I’ve never watched any of them, so I thought I’d try to binge-watch them, but the kids caught me watching one, and now it’s something I’m having to watch with them. Honestly, I just wanted to watch them by myself so I can get through as many as I can unabated, soon the kids will think watching stuff with dad with be uncool, so I’ll take advantage of it when I can.
A lot of couples are frustrated their weddings had to be postponed due to COVID-19, but I’m certain there’s a lot of cold feet fiancés out there that were secretly relieved.
Our church, like I’m sure most other churches, were planning an Olympic-themed vacation Bible school. Now with the Olympics canceled, they will be changing the theme to something else. Personally, I’m surprised it’s just not canceled outright.
Hot Sports Opinion – Secretariat was the greatest athlete who ever lived.
Secretariat won a virtual Kentucky Derby against 12 fellow Triple Crown winners — 47 years after the chestnut colt won the real race at Churchill Downs.
The 1¼-mile race featuring computer-generated imagery was held Saturday, the same day the 146th Derby had been scheduled, until it was postponed by the coronavirus pandemic.
I thought Texas Agricultural Commissioner Sid Miller came off well on 60 Minutes last night. He was advocating for rural counties and how hard they are being hit by COVID-19. They even showed him loading medical supplies in the back of his truck, driving to rural communities, and helping to unload them.
I’d like to see an SNL skit of the nine Supreme Court justices discussing a case over Zoom. I tweeted the idea to several of their writers yesterday; hopefully, someone will see and act upon it.
Last week we received our Baby Yoda toy we preordered from Disney way before Christmas. The kids fight about whose room he will sleep in.
The Parks and Recreation special was better than I expected. You know, I feel like I’m the only person on Earth who doesn’t like Chris Pratt. And I thought Adam Scott looked strangely thin and resembled Christian Bale.
My place of employment gave me a merit increase yesterday. I can’t adequately tell you how incredibly grateful I am for this. Heck, I’m grateful for just having a job and being employed by a company that doesn’t treat me like a number. What I do isn’t glamourous or exciting, but it challenges me, allows me to provide for my family, and provides me with a great work/life balance.
Armchair Campaign Advisor Thought – I’m halfway serious, but if were advising the Biden campaign, I say do as little campaigning as possible. The president will sink himself, even become frustrated at your lack of trying, and damage himself further by uncontrollable ranting. Anything you try to do only opens up an opportunity to goof up and provide the Trump campaign with ammo. Less is more in this case. The race isn’t between you and Trump anyways, the race is between Trump vs No Trump.
I’m sure they are going to make a lot of money selling these, but I’m not sure why someone just wouldn’t buy a ten-pound sledgehammer at Lowe’s or Home Depot for $35. Unless you have high ceilings, you’re gonna have to do these outdoors. As for the model in the photo, she’s modeling her How I Married an Axe Murderer look, somewhat similar to Derek Zoolander’s “Blue Steel”. I bet she’s also on the Garth Brook’s Grapefruit Juice Diet.
ChopFit is the first fitness program to use chopping motions as the foundation for a full-body cardio and strength workout, anywhere you go. It’s functional fitness reimagined—and reignited.
Phase 1 of a reopening would allow the parks to operate at 50% capacity, and Phase 2 would jump that up to 75%. In both phases, any staff members 65 or older would be encouraged to stay at home. The suggested guidelines include having the parks tape off markings of 6 feet apart in queues and having staff regularly wipe down surfaces at random.
California
It could take even longer for Disneyland and other major parks in California to reopen, as the state is taking a slower time line to restarting the economy than many Southern states such as Florida.
Those openings would be months away, as one of the requirements is that “therapeutics have been developed,” meaning this stage would wait until treatments become available.
Disney has a YouTube channel offering drawing classes, taught by actual Disney character animators. The videos are around 10 minutes and it there’s 43 classes. I’m baffled that the first in this series isn’t Mickey.
Other religious data – religious words in databases and biblical baby names over time. The latter was more interesting to me.
Explore The Poor Credit Mall, a 4-story map by The Washington Post to see which retail brands are in trouble in the coronavirus economy
Companies in this faux mall are rated as speculative investments at Moody’s and S&P as of April 13. These stores are already in financial trouble, and may not be able to access government stimulus money. The stores with the worst ratings are closer to the top of the mall. Brands that are part of the same company, like the Gap and Old Navy, are included in the same storefront.
Only two stores were in the bottom fourth section, Steak and Shake and GNC. Here’s what’s on level three.
Here is a pannable VR nuclear explosion simulation. As the video plays and as you place the cursor over it, you and click and drag to look around as if you are really there.
