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• There’s going to be a Toy Story 4. After watching the last, I don’t think I could be emotionally strong enough to handle another.
• There’s a huge chemical fire which is expected to burn for days near Houston. Authorities state the air quality around the area is safe. I don’t trust the authorities. I remember hearing the same thing from authorities about the air quality around Ground Zero which turned out to toxic and cancerous.
• I guess I never noticed it was spelled without an “h” – Who Still Buys Wite-Out, and Why? – Correction fluids have improbably outlasted the typewriter and survived the rise of the digital office.
• I came across a show on A&E called ‘The Toe Bro’. It’s a reality series about a podiatrist and it’s not for the faint of heart. It’s similar to TLC’s ‘Dr. Pimple Popper’, who I think is a must-follow on Twitter if you like to see pimples explode.
• What Every Kid in the College Admissions Scandal Knew About the Scam – Here’s a succinct — well, uh, a more succinct — list of everyone involved and what they did and did not know.
• Eight years and 1 million photos: What Eric Draper learned photographing George W. Bush
• Cindy McCain shared a vulgar tweet directed at and her daughter.
• The Surprisingly Long History of Throwing Eggs at Politicians
• Perhaps, the greatest Batman scene ever.
  

• Some months seem to go by faster than others. This March feels like it has flown by.
• It’s hard to imagine that the Mavericks will ever have a player greater than Dirk.
• Cow runs away from Indiana police, blocks traffic and goes to Chick-Fil-A
• Beto O’Rourke raises $6.1m in first 24 hours, smashing Bernie Sanders’ record
  • It’s early to prognosticate. But if he doesn’t win the nomination, I don’t see how he can’t be second on the ticket with his fundraising ability.
• I bet everyone has thought about committing the perfect crime or murder.
• Despite landing on a channel or watching a movie on my television and having no need to use the remote, I often find myself holding the remote for no real purpose.
• Since I like to gripe about health insurance and medical billing practice – Insurance gap leaves patients on the hook for unexpected hospital bills
  • “I called admissions. I said, ‘Are y’all still in network with First Health?’ And he said, ‘Yes, we are.’ I thought OK, I’m on my way,” she said. The Jackson area hospital was in network. But the emergency room care was not. Four months later, that cost Mills an additional $1,800. Nearly 65 percent of hospitals across the country use emergency rooms staffed by outside companies. It’s a loophole that allows providers to charge patients more because the emergency rooms are considered out of network.
• GOP senator disinvited to Republican event over vote against Trump’s emergency declaration
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• Charles Schulz’s Letter About Democracy, Discovered 50 Years Later
  

• I saw a commercial for something called Sprite Lymonade which was described as a Sprite with a hint of lemonade. I raised an eyebrow. Sprite is a lemon/lime drink. There’s already lemon in it. Lemonade has sugar and water in it, Sprite already has sugar and water in it. Oh well.
• Anderson Cooper was on ’60 Minutes’ last night doing a segment on Monaco. Some tour guide was telling him how the wealthy live and where they hang out and I started laughing, Cooper’s mother is Gloria Vanderbilt, a direct heir of Cornelius Vanderbilt, one of the richest men in history.
• I was dreading doing my taxes on Saturday, but when I logged into TurboTax it stated I already filed. Well, everything but the very last step. It turns out I filed them the night before after taking an Ambien. On Friday night, I remember thinking about starting on them since everyone was in bed, but don’t recall actually starting them.
• Conquer Monday like this dog conquered his fear.
  
• I thought Monica Lewinsky’s answer to the following question on Twitter was interesting.
  • @Bcbudinto – This may sound like a strange question but of the two, which would you say was more harmful to you personally? I’m a guy, and have never been shamed in either way, so I’m just trying to understand the impact. Obvs they’re both bad and should never be done.
  • @MonicaLewinsky – having been both slut + body shamed, former harmful cuz it stigmatizes behavior + the person who engaged in it … latter so destructive cuz it attacks your whole being. (probs could be more articulate but awake since 4.15 am) ANYWAY props to @jameelajamil + @samsmith #iweigh

• Today’s dose of ‘MURICA!