I should not have watched the Emmys. My time would have been better spent watching ‘Better Call Saul’ and ‘Elementary’. The former was solid as always, but the latter, a season and perhaps series finale, was much better than expected. Usually, those CBS shows have a pretty soft storyline, very formulaic, but I felt that episode one of the best of the series. I like the series because I like Sherlock Holmes stuff, and have put up with more stories than I’d like to admit which lacked any sizzle, but this one exceeded expectations.
Take some notes, Pastor Jeffress – [Article] – George Mason, a prominent and longtime senior pastor at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, challenged white Christians on Sunday to help seek justice for Botham Shem Jean, the black man who was shot dead in his home by Dallas police officer Amber Guyger.
Here are the key findings: Ticketmaster doesn’t list every seat when a sale begins. Hikes prices mid-sale. Collects fees twice on tickets scalped on its site.
Cruz has this one in the bag. If for any reason it’s one I stated many times – conservatives show up to vote, liberals are vocal but stay at home.
Elizabeth Smart was recently interviewed on ‘CBS This Morning’. I think she speaks in a very Jackie Kennedy sort of way, and that is no way meant as an insult. It’s soft, slow and measured, very articulate, and with a bit of breathlessness. I’m pretty sure I’m the only person who thinks this.
“Every single time off camera, he gave the exact same performance as you’re seeing now,” Reiner told Ogunnaike as they watched the scene. “We did it five, six, seven times, and I kept saying, ‘Jack, why don’t you save a little bit for when we come around?’ He said (impersonating Nicholson), ‘You don’t understand Rob, I love to act. And I don’t get that much of a chance with great parts like this.’ It was exactly the same performance.“
Raising Arizona has been on my “To Watch” list for the longest time.
The rarest fabric on Earth – The once-endangered vicuna is thriving in the Peruvian Andes, thanks to a bold plan to sustainably gather and sell its valuable fleece – and give locals a stake in its survival.
I think when it comes to Eric Clapton, most people favor “Layla” or “Wonderful Tonight”. I think “Change The World” is under-rated, not a big fan of “My Father’s Eyes”, but I’m a sucker for “Tears In Heaven”. The lyrics are inspired by the death of his four-year-old son who fell from an apartment window 49-stories up. With that in mind, this line about entering Heaven and seeing your child and wondering if he will even remember you chokes me up.
Would you know my name, If I saw you in heaven?
Long rally: 84 shot exchange between Nicolas Mahut and Marcel Granollers
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I’ve mentioned I’ve been watching ‘The Crown’ on Netflix. After watching most episodes, I’ll look for stuff online to compare factual history with the dramatic version. The last episode dealt with John and Jackie Kennedy visiting the Queen and Prince Phillip and the president’s death. In 1965, the Kennedy family was invited to Runnymede, where the Magna Carta was signed in 1215, for a John F. Kennedy memorial dedication ceremony. An acre was gifted to the United States so that the memorial would stand on American soil. I found these photos of the event and was touched by Prince Phillip holding John Jr.’s hand. The character in the series has annoyed me and there are things I read about him historically which hasn’t given me a good impression of the man, but these photos humanized him for me. A pompous royal simply doing a kind and fatherly thing, an act of tenderness.
I had no idea Daisy Fuentes is married to Richard Marx.
For my handful of Canadian readers, you may get a kick out of the Canada study guide the third-grader in GeedingManor is using to studying for a test. I think it should include “U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas was born in Canada.”
I needed to run a quick errand and DaughterGeeding tagged along, bringing with her the new pup. As soon as we exited the alley and hit the road she lifted the pup up to the window and said, “Look out the window, little puppy, that’s the world!”
The New YorkerThe Unlikely Endurance of Christian Rock – – The genre has been disdained by the church and mocked by secular culture. That just reassured practitioners that they were rebels on a righteous path.
I wonder how Bob Barker is doing. Which makes me wonder if it’s possible for anyone to become famous for hosting a game show anymore. Ryan Seacrest and Tom Bergeron have become famous for hosting talent competitions. Game show hosts today are former actors or comedians like Drew Carry, Wayne Brady, or an athlete like Micheal Strahan. I doubt we see the likes of a Bob Barker, Pat Sajak, Alex Trebek, or a Chuck Woolery ever again. Woolery, btw, hosted ‘Wheel of Fortune’ right before Sajak.
We walked into our local Whataburger for lunch on Saturday and while waiting in line struck up a conversation with two members of the Black Daggers, one of the Army’s parachute demonstration teams. The guys were beyond friendly and started to banter with the kids, and on the whim, I bought their lunch. The guys decided to sit next to our family and we peppered them with all sorts of questions about jumping out of planes. They were kind enough to show us pictures and videos on their phones from previous jumps and from a jump earlier that morning for a local event. When asked about the coolest place or event they jumped into, they said landing at Arrowhead Stadium for the start of a Chiefs game was pretty dynamic. One of them said the most jumps he made in a day was fourteen.
Even though we drive an electric car, it still has a standard 12-volt car battery. The one in our car recently died.
I skimmed First Baptist Dallas’ Dr. Robert Refress’ Twitter feed and noticed he’s mentioned his appearance on Fox News, disagreeing with Bob Woodward, the hurricane, and plugging his own book, but hasn’t mentioned anything about the tragedy of the off-duty Dallas cop who shot a man in his own apartment thinking it was her apartment – something in his own backyard. Talk about a missed opportunity to minister to those in your own community who are questioning what’s right and just in a complex situation. The scene of the crime/accident is less than 1.5 miles from his church.
I think it would be beyond awesome if President Trump tweeted college football opinions throughout Saturdays. It would be epic to see how fan bases would erupt.
At an Ohio event where Obama made an unannounced stop on Thursday on his way to his Cleveland rally, one of the state’s biggest GOP donors announced he’d quit the party and likes what the former president has been saying lately about civility
All presidential administrations stage photos, but this one released by the White House is a bit ostentatious. I wonder what was going through Vice-President Pence’s mind? “He’s not wearing a tie, so I’ll take mine off, Mother told me to mimic him. I’ll also strike the arms-crossed pose that he likes.”
