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• Instead of audible alarm clocks, there’s a trend where people are using wake-up lights, and I just can’t see that working on me.
• I’ll almost refuse to open any envelope unless I have a letter opener or a knife.
• I think it would be fun to limit all my Christmas shopping to one store each year. For example, one year all my gifts would come from Buc-ee’s, then Cracker Barrell, then Costco, then Neiman Marcus, and so on and so on.
• ‘Good Times’ comes on immediately after ‘Diff’rent Strokes’, but the kids are usually getting ready for bed. However, yesterday they caught a little bit and Gary Coleman was a guest star. Mindblown, DaughterGeeding was. After ‘Good Times’, in case you were wondering, is ‘Sanford and Son’ and then ‘The Jeffersons’.
• Maybe I’ll run into Adam or Larry at a local BBQ joint next week – ‘Just incredible’: U2 fan of 30 years bumps into Bono at Vancouver cafe – Cool part for her, The Edge even walked in.
• I’m thrilled the kids are going to the U2 concert with me in eight days but at the same time, I’m worried about the sound level, no matter how bad the acoustics are at the AT&T Stadium. So yesterday we were concert prepping by testing out some earplugs.
  
• That dress you see DaughterGeeding is wearing was one my mother made, who made all her clothing. Over the weekend, DaughterGeeding asked me something about the grandmother she never had the opportunity met and it led me to dig out some of her clothes. Her clothes are doing any good taking space in a box in my closet, and it warms my heart that she asked if she could have it and wear it around the house.
• Whenever WifeGeeding receives an Oriental Trading Company catalog in the mail I can’t help but think she’s ready to trade me in for an upgrade.
• 4 Years And 10 000+ Starburst Candy Wrappers Went Into This Dress
• Armchair Political Advisor – Once again, if I were a paid political consultant to President Trump and my focus was not what’s best for party or country but to set him up for re-election victory, I’d advise him to “liberate” North Korea. No time would be better than now to divert attention from the Comey firing, and his justification for doing so would have to focus on how they became a threat to our safety and security and that happened on Obama’s watch.
• Meant to post this yesterday – Trump’s Bodyguard Leaks the Defense Secretary’s Phone Number ‘the Old-Fashioned Way’
  • What you see in the picture above is Keith Schiller, Trump’s longtime bodyguard, walking with the president and carrying a folder with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’s private cell phone number written on a sticky note.
• I get a kick out of all made up stuff about how VP Mike Pence has been pulling a Frank Underwood this entire time.
• How to Make a Flamethrower Skateboard That Leaves a Trail of Fire With the Push of a Button
• Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra conductor ejected from concert hall for carrying his daughter’s violin case
• Twitter’s new tool lets you change how advertisers target you — here’s how to use it
• The first trailer for Star Trek: Discovery is packed with action and shiny CGI
• Google for Jobs aims to make job searching less of a hassle
• Checking in on the 43rd POTUS

George W Bush is just out here to watch a ballgame and shout "hey." pic.twitter.com/prfC4DGybt

— Justin Russo (@FlyByKnite) May 18, 2017

• TIME magazine should just go ahead and name James Comey their Person of the Year. It doesn’t matter how things turn out.
• The batteries for my power tools were dying so I ordered a replacement pair of lithium-ion batteries from Amazon. That is, two batteries come in one single package, I didn’t just order two individual batteries. One of the batteries was defective but the other was fine. I wasn’t sure how to go about returning a single battery and couldn’t find anything on Amazon’s website about it, so I gave them a call. The phone rang twice and a real human answered the phone (no phone tree, no pressing one for English) and the associate told me to keep both batteries and she would just refund me half of the total cost. Actually, she added an extra five bucks for my inconvenience.
• Yesterday was BoyGeeding’s last tee-ball practice for the season. Practices are already fun, but the coach decided to use water balloons as balls and placed them on the tee for the kids to hit and then allowed them to have a water balloon fight at the end.
  
• Former neighbor who recently retired from the NFL
  • Time flies. I did the math, he was our neighbor for over nine years.
  • The first day the house was on the market, I saw a plethora of potential future neighbors. One man was huge and on crutches. He looked like he plays in the NFL, but it wouldn’t make any sense since the Cowboys are no longer in Valley Ranch.
  • WifeGeeding was talking to one of her friends in the neighborhood and he was brought up. Her friend didn’t believe WifeGeeding when she said he was moving back to Wisconsin, stating he was from Illinois. He actually played college ball at an Illinois college but grew up in Wisconsin. She then said he couldn’t retire because he signed a contract and it’s similar to the military, that you just couldn’t quit when you want to. Then she went on to say that if he is indeed gone, it was because he got cut.
• One of the Von Erich brothers wrestling in Dallas Cowboys pants.
• Woman Carries Twins for Her Sister, Who Had 9 Miscarriages
• Silicon Valley has idolized Steve Jobs for decades—and it’s finally paying the price
• U2 stuff:
  • Ten days until the concert.
  • Here’s a video of how U2 opened their concert in Seattle. This fan got chills down his spine. What’s old is new again.
  • Ticketmaster’s FAQ’s on their credit card as venue tickets system.