I didn’t intend on blogging this week because WifeGeeding and I planned on taking the kids to the beach for the first time in their lives and my focus was going to be on family and a little R and R. But sometimes life throws you a curveball, like two family members suddenly getting ill. Too bad the condo we booked doesn’t give refunds.
The kids were feeling well enough to play in their first basketball game for the summer league they asked us to sign them up for. BoyGeeding scored the first points and got the first rebound of the entire season. DaughterGeeding didn’t score but she did play point guard and got all the assists. In this league, both boys and girls play together. DaughterGeeding was the only girl on her team and I like that she doesn’t even notice it. The kids on their teams get to choose their team names. BoyGeeding plays on the Golden Tornados. I’m not sure why they are golden, I guess it’s some kind of compromise, but I couldn’t help but think of the term “golden showers”, which would make for an interesting team name for five and six-year-olds. DaughterGeeding plays for the Ghostbusters.
A little while back I told y’all I watched Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade with the kids. On Friday, I was flipping channels and put Jaws on, more than half the movie was already over. It caught the kids’ attention quickly, and less than a minute into the movie DaughterGeeding asked if I was watching an Indiana Jones movie. Even though she was wrong, I thought that was quite perceptive of her to see the artistic style in two different Steven Spielberg movies and make the connection.
Even though I dislike my name, I’m glad I don’t have a name like Steven because I’m sure people spell it with “ph” all the time. I’m also glad my name isn’t Stephanie.
My favorite Jawsit was in Dallas fact is that the first time the movie was screen in front of an audience. That theater is now a Kohl’s.
At last week’s 2018 Republican Party of Texas Convention, a Muslim couple decided to set up a “Ask A Muslim Anything” booth. They said 90% of their interactions were nice and of course got some interesting questions.
Taylor Swift was in Dublin to perform and U2 sent her flowers to welcome her to their hometown. The florist’s handwriting makes “Bono” look like “Buno” which gave my daughter a good laugh, that’s her bunny’s name.
Mr. Roger’s 90-year-old widow was on Fallon last week. She looks to be in fantastic health. She shared a cute story on how her husband maintained the weight of 143 pounds because he loved the number – each digit stood for a word of the same length, spelling out ‘I love you.’
Beyoncé and Jay-Z renting out the Louvre in Paris for a music video is quite impressive, as well as the album cover pic of them in front of the Mona Lisa.
“I appreciate the need to enforce and protect our international boundaries, but this zero-tolerance policy is cruel. It is immoral. And it breaks my heart.” – Laura Bush
When I first started to attend a Baptist church I was surprised everyone referred to the preacher as Brother John, instead of something more formal, like Pastor John. I’ll be honest, I thought it was similar to how Hulk Hogan referred to everyone as “brother” and thought, oh, so Hulk Hogan must have been Baptist at one point and that’s where he got it.
When you see me at the pool or a waterpark, you’d probably think I wore a shirt because I’m trying to hide my belly, but you’d be wrong. I wear a shirt to hide the disgusting looking scar on my back.
Every spring the city sends an employee to every house and turn the main water supply to half the pressure in an effort to conserve water, and every spring I tear up my knuckles accessing the main water line in the ground to increase the pressure so my sprinklers will do more than blow a raspberry. This year I thought I’d search Amazon for a water key to save my knuckles. Luckily I found a small twelve-inch version for about ten bucks and thought it was worth the investment. It arrived yesterday but Amazon sent me the thirty-six-inch version instead and now I feel mighty and more powerful than Thor and his hammer. It’s no weenie-man tool, it’s a professional industrial strength apparatus. It’s so massive you’d think someone would have to pass some kind of certification safety course to wield its power. I think I’ll have Luke 12:48 engraved on it, “For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.”
A friend of mine is moving his family from Alabama to Lubbock. The U-Haul he was traveling in with his wife and young daughter broke down on the highway. Thankfully the company sent a replacement truck and crew and moved everything in the replacement trunk. I have no idea if that’s included in the price or if he bought some sort of insurance for that.
On Monday morning, all of the In-N-Outs closed because the quality of the buns wasn’t up to their satisfaction. It wasn’t a health or safety issue, they just have high bun standards. Yesterday, Whataburger announced via Twitter that some restaurants will not be offering white buns or Texas Toast, due to a quality issue with a supplier. Now Raising Cain’s has Texas toast issues. What is this, breadgate, carbgate?
President Trump usually looks like he’s full of energy but he looked pretty tired walking off Air Force One yesterday, which is totally understandable.
Elsewhere in the conversation, Lucas admitted, “Everybody hated it in ‘Phantom Menace’ [when] we started talking about midi-chlorians.” In terms of his storytelling, Lucas regarded individuals as “vehicles for the Whills to travel around in…And the conduit is the midi-chlorians. The midi-chlorians are the ones that communicate with the Whills. The Whills, in a general sense, they are the Force.”
Texas Monthly – How Franklin Barbecue Came Back After the Fire – After a tragedy in the pit room in 2017, it didn’t take long for Franklin Barbecue to rebound—or for the lines to start forming again.
I saw the intro to the new NBC show ‘Reverie’ and thought it was a modern-day version of ‘Quantum Leak’.
U2 held a special concert at Harlem’s Apollo Theater which I hope one day will be made available to watch. The 13-piece Sun Ra Arkestra horn section helped the band play along to ‘Angel of Harlem’, their tribute song to Billie Holiday. They also dedicated the song “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” to Anthony Bourdain.
I’m having one of those weeks where I feel like I’m a day ahead. Not that I have a lot of accomplished, just that I think today is Thursday and not Wednesday.
I think yesterday was the first time I really threw the football with my son. Yes, we’ve tossed the ball around, but this time he was actually catching them and I could catch the majority of balls thrown towards me. I know for sure yesterday was the first time I saw him throw a spiral, which was fun to teach him, btw.
“I may be wrong, I may stand before you in six months and say, ‘Hey, I was wrong.’ I don’t know that I’ll ever admit that, but I’ll find some kind of an excuse.”
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sure has a lot of work ahead of him after this summit, as if he didn’t have enough work already. For instance, South Korea was caught off guard when President Trump told Kim Jong-un ‘war games’ with South Korea would cease. Somewhere in Texas, Rex Tillerson is enjoying retirement.
Mercedes Schlapp is the White House Director of Strategic Communications. She tweeted this two years ago.
This shouldn’t happen when conservatives control the White House, Senate, and the House of Representatives, at least on what they campaign on.
The U.S. government had a $147 billion budget deficit in May, an increase of 66 percent from the same month last year as the ledger took a hit from declining revenue and higher spending, according to Treasury Department data released on Tuesday.
I’m months behind on this news but Rudy Giuliani is getting a divorced. I remember when he was the presumptive front-runner of the Republican party and discussing having his wife sit in on cabinet meetings, which caused a stir.
The kids will be playing basketball this summer and yesterday I received an introductory email from one of their coaches. In his email, he proclaims his love for basketball and provides his basketball resume, of sorts. His two sons are named Michael and Jordan. I’m guessing he’s a fan.
I know someone who vacuums her mattress. She has a mattress pad or cover or whatever they are called, but still prefers to vacuum it once a month to remove dead skin cells, allergens, and the like.
I bet a lot of people neglect to clean or dust the top of their refrigerators. I bet a lot of people neglect to clean or dust the floor beneath their refrigerators. I bet a lot of people neglect to clean their refrigerators.
Until yesterday I didn’t know there was a version of Monopoly for cheaters. Isn’t that just real life? It’s only cheating if you get caught.
Dan Paul on The TICKET spoke of his upcoming spinal fusion surgery. His surgeon is going through the stomach, but my surgeon went through my back and stretched or pulled my back muscles to the side. My surgeon explained going through the front would allow for faster back recovery since the back muscles wouldn’t be touched, but didn’t like the risk of going through the digestive organs. Paul also spoke about how he could totally relate and can see the spiral of painkiller addiction and suicide becoming reality. He spoke the truth. I could totally relate.
I’m one of those who enjoys reading about the news business. When it comes to the evening news, I prefer the ‘CBS Evening News” and have committed to them since Charlie Gibson left ABC’s ‘World News Tonight’. I really liked how Scott Pelley would deliver the news, a very no thrills approach, and thought I would have turned to another channel once he was removed from the chair. I don’t think the broadcast is as good as it was, so I’m a bit surprised their ratings have increased by double digits since his departure.
And while Glor has eked out some ground – viewership during his tenure on “CBS Evening News” is up 1% compared to the year prior to his launch, and up 10% from Pelley’s final month in mid-2017 – the CBS program remains well behind its direct competitors, ABC’s “World News Tonight” and NBC’s “NBC Nightly News.”
