I don’t think the medium speed on my ceiling fan is medium enough, it’s just a tad too slow. If I put it on high, it’s too high. I like flowing air, but too much gives me a headache if that makes any sense.
I saw some guy, a supporter, lean over into the coffin and give him a kiss on the forehead.
Several items were placed inside his casket and laid upon his chest, like an iron cross, an eagle feather, and rings. He was also wearing white gloves. The ring survived the cremation and the grandson kept it and wore it.
An American flag was laid on top of the casket with the Stars and Bars placed on top of Old Glory.
Around ten people were in attendance, and their interviews were as wheeled off as you’d expect.
The pastor who officiated the service stated that when Manson was born, he was imprinted with the image of God which was destroyed by his actions and since that image was still there, that’s why he did the funeral.
I think the grandson was someone who just longed for a grandfather figure and trying to reconcile being a direct descendant of a notorious figure and the funeral was a coping mechanism, but then again, all funerals are coping mechanisms.’ He stated that his grandfather had a life sentence, not a soul sentence, and wanted to provide him with a little family dignity. I’m sure a lot of folks will argue the point that Manson’s soul was also sentenced. I think Manson’s son, the grandson’s father, killed himself at sixteen.
The casket was wheeled by the attendees to the crematorium. All of them helped push it in and then you saw the grandson push the button to start the cremation, which took about three hours.
Funeral’ is slipping from our vernacular, you’ll often hear them referred to as “a celebration of life’. I’m not sure if you could refer to this service as a ‘celebration of life’.
The family new burying him in an unmarked grave would have been chaos and knew it would eventually become disgraced and spectacle, so they spread the ashes at a secret place along the banks of a river. However, friends and family spread his ashes on their faces.
Apparently, the Vice-President, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel flew together to Indiana for the funeral of a retired senator. I’m not saying there is something wrong with them all flying together, just that it’s interesting.
I bet one day Jeff Probst of ‘Survivor’ fame will be the host of ‘Jeopardy!’. Probst used to host the rock and roll version of the show and at some point he’s got to transition.
I’m proud of my Navy and think it’s great they had a little fun at taxpayer’s expense (You don’t own that plane, the taxpayers do!). It’s not like they buzzed the tower or take Penny Benjamin out on a date. I would have just preferred they do this over Pyongyang.
“You should totally try to draw a penis,” the EWO advised. “I could definitely draw one, that would be easy,” the pilot boasted. “I could basically draw a figure eight and turn around and come back. I’m gonna go down, grab some speed and hopefully get out of the contrail layer so they’re not connected to each other.”
“Dude, that would be so funny,” the pilot said. “Airliner’s coming back on their way into Seattle, just this big (expletive)ing, giant penis. We could almost draw a vein in the middle of it too.”
“Balls are going to be a little lopsided,” the pilot advised. “Balls are complete,” he reported moments later. “I just gotta navigate a little bit over here for the shaft.” “Which way is the shaft going?” the EWO asked. “The shaft will go to the left,” the pilot answered. “It’s gonna be a wide shaft,” the EWO noted.
I can’t help but think of these Austin Powers scenes which still crack me up.
I would think the most surreal moment for any new U.S. president would be landing on the White House front lawn in Marine One.
There are times I’m jealous WifeGeeding got to attend a private university and didn’t have to pay one college expense and not work during those years. And there are times I think I’m the fortunate one having to take out student loans and work during my college years because it built integrity and allowed me to learn some really valuable life lessons of stretching a dollar, time management, and sacrifice. Either way, I do like to tease her about her lush college experience. That intensified yesterday when I learned she moved into a fully furnished apartment when she lived off campus. I’ve only heard of these “fully furnished apartments” on the TV and the big screen, I had no idea they were a real option, especially for college kids. One of my favorite memories was moving out of my freshman dorm and packing everything in my car. One of my best buddies was doing the same and was parked next to me. He shut his truck, took a deep breath, and just started to laugh saying, “Keith, all of my life possessions, my life’s work, fit in the truck and back seat of my car. If I wreck this thing I’m done for.”
One of the greatest feelings in the world is paying off a long-term debt, it’s literally freeing. It must also be a great feeling never having to get into any long-term debt.
WifeGeeding’s ovarian cyst decreased from four centimeters to two.
Annie Oakley won 54 of 55 libel lawsuits against newspapers but collected less in judgments than the total of her legal expenses. William Randolph Hearst published a false story that she had been arrested for stealing to support a cocaine habit. The woman actually arrested was a burlesque performer who told police her name was Annie Oakley.
This video was uploaded to YouTube back in December but it’s the first I’ve seen of it. Two 17-year-old boys are challenged to dial a phone number on a rotary phone in less than four minutes.
I love the encouragement from his peers.
NEVER. GIVE. UP. Watch the reaction from fellow students and teachers when this little karate kid finally breaks the board! pic.twitter.com/DySmCibsbL
This is a cute Whataburger themed birthday party invitation.
I took the family out for lunch after church on Sunday (not at Whataburger) and felt bad I was annoyed at another patron. This man wasn’t doing anything wrong and wasn’t purposely being loud, but he had one of those booming voices that carry and fills the room that it simply consumes your attention. In a way, I was jealous, I have one of those voices which can’t get the attention of others. Sometimes I try to add to a conversation and no one hears me, when I was younger I thought people were ignoring me because they didn’t like me. Well, maybe there’s a bit of truth to both of those things.
Maybe a Harvard diploma will give a graduate an easier shot at landing a first job out of school. Maybe. But that’s really the only advantage, and it doesn’t last long. Once you’ve landed the job, you have to perform. If you don’t, your Harvard degree isn’t going to be worth the parchment it’s printed on. And if you do perform, nobody is going to much care that you went to the University of Central Oklahoma.
I bet most people’s favorite Doris Day song is Que Sera Sera but mine will forever be A Sentimental Journey. That song takes me back to car trips with my father listening to 1310 KAAM. It’s funny my father was a P1 of 1310 AM back then and I am now a P1 of the same station, although the format has changed.
For some reason, the Eames Lounge Chair has caught my attention, I guess I’ve been seeing it in a lot of television and movies. I’d really like to sit in one to see just how comfortable it is considering it’s been around since 1956 and will set you back $5,000.
“. . . and at least one student allegedly heard Graham tell the student to get off her player “or I’ll cut your dick off and shove it down your throat,” according to court documents.”
I’m going to give the teacher the benefit of the doubt since I’m not familiar with Kentucky culture. There’s the possibility “dick” is Kentucky slang for “shirt tag” and “shove it down your throat” is just a Kentucky way of saying “gently place in your backpack.” Not everything in Kentucky is as it seems, for instance – Sen. Mitch McConnell Selling ‘Cocaine Mitch’ Shirts For Campaign
The earliest known footage of Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and Johnny Cash (1955) was shot in Lubbock (supposedly).
Drugmakers have been resistant to advertising list prices, saying it’s simply the price that’s advertised, and not what consumers actually pay. Pharma executives have instead thrown their support behind a Trump administration proposal that would give consumers an estimated $29 billion in rebates now paid to pharmacy benefit managers.
The Woman Who Invented The Modern Kitchen – There are “dream kitchens,” and then there’s the Frankfurt Kitchen, designed by architect Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky in 1926.
It is interesting to see how much technology has changed in the last 25 years when Microsoft was such a behemoth. It’s still a behemoth, but it will be interesting to see how they adapt as Windows and Office products become less and less used by the public. They have moved Office from software which needs to be installed to a version which is exclusively used on a browser. I’m not sure why anyone would personally buy the browser version when GoogleDocs exists and is free. Well, other than power-users.
USA Today – The average adult in the USA spends $1,497 a month on nonessential items. All told, that’s roughly $18,000 a year on things we can all do without.
Mathematicians talk chalk – Once upon a time, not long ago, the math world fell in love … with a chalk. But not just any chalk! This was Hagoromo: a Japanese brand so smooth, so perfect that some wondered if it was made from the tears of angels. Pencils down, please, as we tell the tale of a writing implement so irreplaceable, professors stockpiled i
