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• Giants rookie to wear first ever retired jersey number in NFL history – almost 90 years later after it was initially honored
  • The article did teach me that there was an NFL team called the New York Yankees, which lasted only three seasons.

• I’m sorry such a thing happened to those officers. But in terms of the article, I thought it was very odd that WFAA referred to LBJ as I-635. No one calls it I-635, it’s either LBJ, HellBJ, or 635. Not to mention, it never touches Lewisville. I have a feeling someone not familiar with the area wrote this or WFAA is using some form of AI to generate the story.
  • In the wake of that shooting, sources tell WFAA that a chase ensued, with law enforcement eventually catching up to the suspect involved in the shooting along I-635 in Lewisville.

• Traditionally, new churches are referred to as “church plants.” In this study, the Centre for Church Planting Theology discovered that even though more than 900 new churches were established by 11 dioceses in the past 10 years, none of them used the word “church plant” or “church.”
• “Not one diocese used the term ‘church’ in their main descriptor. ‘Church plant’ is not used by any of the 11 dioceses. Only one diocese used ‘fresh expressions’ of ‘pioneering’ in its descriptor,” reads the study’s conclusion.
• Six of the 11 dioceses preferred the language of “worship” as their main descriptor for new church projects. Seven used “community,” and only two used “congregation,” according to the Reverend Dr. Will Foulger.

 

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• A West Virginia boy died after a collision during football practice. It’s the third student football player death this month

• Not only is it the biggest steam locomotive in operation, it’s one of just eight still in existence from the 25 that were built during World War II, and the only one of those eight still operating.

• Austrian surgeon ‘let teenage daughter drill hole in patient’s skull’

I interviewed my daughter every first day of school since kindergarten. The last one is now done, since she is a senior. .
Here’s how it turned out. pic.twitter.com/EeoRt9Pr3l

— Ray Petelin (@RayPetelinWx) August 26, 2024

In honor of all the Oasis talk, here is Noel Gallagher talking to Lars Ulrich about his love for U2:

“They are by far and away my favorite live band ever. Ever.” pic.twitter.com/lzq5LJc6zY

— Andrea (@vandrlyle) August 26, 2024

Back to school.. pic.twitter.com/h9u8pKNbxL

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) August 26, 2024

• We wrapped up our series on Psalms, focusing on the 23rd specifically. Obviously, it’s the most recognized of them all, but I’ll be honest, I never really understood or connected with it like most folks. What helped was discovering its historical context and how its origin was recited before a battle. That helped me better understand verse five’s reference to eating before your enemies.
• We analyzed orientation, disorientation, and new orientation. Psalms of orientation affirm God’s control and well-ordered life. Psalms of disorientation lament and question God and God’s existence. Psalms of reorientation look back on past events and offer thanks to God for deliverance.
  • Our text cited Bono several times, discussing the Psalms and how the Blues are the modern-day equivalent. I mention that because throughout this series, we were encouraged to write our own Psalms and share it with the class. With disorientation and Bono in mind, I decided to be raw. Our writing prompt was, “The Lord is my…” This is what I started with, and I’m still not finished with it:
    • The Lord is my torment
      I feel so alone
      Abandoned and forgotten
      I don’t feel His comfort
      And I’m lost in my despair
      No longer able to trust

• Following the death of the Danish butter magnate Lars Emil Bruun in 1923, his will had a curious order: His vast accumulation of coins, notes and medals, amassed over more than six decades, should be held as an emergency reserve for Denmark’s national collection in case it were ever destroyed. After a century, if all was well, his own cache could finally be sold to benefit his descendants. Next month, just under a year since the 100-year-old order expired, the first set of coins from Bruun’s personal 20,000-piece collection will go up for

• Dallas has nine Fortune 500 companies, 24 when counting the broader D-FW area. A Downtown-based stock exchange is on the horizon, corporate giants are moving headquarters and offices in the area and more wealthy individuals are beginning to call the city home. The city is sprouting from the roots of being the Sun Belt’s economic powerhouse into one of the biggest ones in the country. Though New York City and, to some extent Chicago, are still the kings, slow growth after COVID-19 means Dallas is in the right place at the right time to emerge with the financial crown.

• Kennedy cut off a whale’s head with a chainsaw in or around 1994 after finding out that it washed up on Squaw Island in Hyannis Port, Mass., his daughter Kick Kennedy told Town & Country Magazine in 2012.
• He bungee-corded it to the roof of the family’s minivan and drove it to Mount Kisco, N.Y., she said. “Every time we accelerated on the highway, whale juice would pour into the windows of the car, and it was the rankest thing on the planet,” Kick said in the interview.

• “Basically he was saying when my bubbles pop the residue of the bubbles fall to the ground and kill the grass,” he said. “I explained to them I am full compliance. I am registered with San Diego Parks and Rec. I have insurance.”

• Reflect Orbitals is building space mirrors to reflect sunlight onto solar panels at night. The goal is to maximize solar farms’ energy production. According to their official website, you can also book a spot of light for yourself.