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• Wholesome presidential ribbing, I love it. On Twitter, nonetheless.
• I really don’t use the word “nonetheless” in verbal communication.
• I always thought those paintings of presidents of the same political party playing poker were hokey, but they have been updated with both Obama and Trump. Each, though, has a distinctive woman in the background. Per the artist (an independent-minded Midwesterner who’s a fan of both Reagan and Bill Clinton):
  • “That will be the first Republican female president and the first Democratic female president,” he explained. “As I was doing the painting, I was thinking that these guys are kind of intimidating in a way. That’s the kind of woman that will be our first woman president; she’ll walk right up to that table.”
    
• College kids can’t stand U2. U2 is played a lot going from and to commercial breaks during coverage of the NCAA men’s tournament. I love it that this annoys the college-aged crowd.
• I got lured into the Stephen F. Austin and Texas Tech game, it was dang good. Tech is a fun team to watch.
• I’ve had a bum knee for the last five years or so and have simply tolerated it. You can hear a grinding sound as it bends and there’s an especially sharp pain when I walk down stairs. Sometimes it will simply buckle, but not all that often. Since I’m over my deductible, I decided to get it checked out and see a knee doctor. The x-rays show my bones are good, but I might have a torn ligament and will have an MRI tomorrow. But before the MRI, I’m going to have a sonogram of my kidneys performed. I’m not trying to sound whiney or seek any sympathy because I don’t feel down about any of this. If anything, I’m glad I’m getting things addressed, a lot of which I’ve simply put off.
• An hour before my kidney sonogram, I have to drink 32 ounces of water.
• This day planner has perforated corners so you always turn to the current date.
• Alabama lawmaker: We shouldn’t arm teachers because most are women
• U.S. Senate candidate wants to buy guns for homeless people

Annie Onishi, general surgery resident at Columbia University, takes a look at emergency room and operating room scenes from a variety of television shows and movies and breaks down how accurate they really are. Would the adrenaline scene from Pulp Fiction actually play out that way? Is all that medical jargon we hear in shows like Grey’s Anatomy and House true-to-life? Is removing a bullet really a cure-all for a gunshot wound?

Language warning.

• As I stated earlier this week, the kids are visiting their grandparents in East Texas. It’s nice to see them off their tablets and away from the television and doing stuff outside. This is a picture of them fishing for the first time in their life, being taught by their grandfather and some property they own at what they call “the river bottom”. I believe that’s the Sabine River.
• The NFL Draft will be held from April 26 to 28 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. It would be beyond hilarious if we get a final winter storm of historic proportions that weekend.
• I’m not a fan of the idea that every child should get a trophy type of thing. Well, maybe not that, but more like all award ribbons should be the same color type of stuff. That came to mind listening to a podcast that mentioned instead of giving a child an “F” for a failing grade, you give them a “Not Yet”. There’s something appealing to that. An “F” kinda feels final, but a “Not Yet” gives the kids something to shoot for, to continue on.
• Hutchins BBQ will be on the Food Network this Saturday at 2:oo PM.
• I’m getting to the point in which I think just about any tradition is stupid. So many of them are nothing but false idols. Some folks think the world is going to end if something isn’t done correctly or continually. So when I see something that I know will annoy traditionalist, I start to giggle. Baseball traditionalist are some of the most sensitive folks – Minor league baseball to begin extra innings with a runner on second
• The Stephen F. Austin men’s basketball will be playing in the tournament and during a news conference yesterday was asked, “What does the ‘F’ in Stephen F. Austin stand for?” None of them knew. Understandable, but funny. I guarantee you if I walk around the Hardin-Simmons campus not one student could tell my what the “-” stood for.
• I can’t find it, but I thought another university’s female equestrian team reported a sexual assault recently. Yesterday, an incident with Baylor’s equestrian team was reported – Three Baylor football players have been suspended from the team because of allegations of sexual assault involving football players and female members of the university’s equestrian team, a university official confirmed to ESPN.
• The reason this guy received a message from the future was that he lived in a different time zone.
  
• There are some Christians who are very defensive about their faith, especially when science is involved, especially about the origin or creation of the universe. Some of those Christians I should unfollow on Twitter as all they did was make snide remarks about Stephen Hawkin going to Hell and finding out how the universe was really made. Grace and compassion, I miss it.
• A friend emailed me and used the word “dysgraphia”. It’s a learning disability that involves difficulty in writing.
• GIF – A dog walking a horse should make you smile.
• The Trump bothers have changed a lot.