The stress test wasn’t too bad and I think I could have pushed myself long if not for my bad back. I go back for an evaluation at the end of the month, but there wasn’t anything alarming.
If I recall correctly, it costs close to $40 to get your yearly automobile inspected in Texas. But it only cost me $7 this year for my Nissan Leaf because the emissions portion of the test wasn’t needed since it’s emissions-free.
It’s well-known airlines oversell their flights. If I were a greedy airline executive, I’d charge an optional non-refundable no-bump fee of $35 for the first 100 passengers to guarantee you wouldn’t lose your seat. Also, during booking, I’d ask the customer should the airline need a seat, if they are willing to be one of the first selected for an airline credit of at least $200, which could increase depending on circumstances.
WifeGeeding and disagree on many things, one of which, where to store ketchup. I say the refrigerator and she says in the pantry because that’s how she grew up. I took some delight in forwarding her this Buzzfeed post.
I think a lof of people feel stress from all the things they need to do, but sometimes I feel a lot of stress from the things I’ve started and haven’t completed. I normally like to do one task and complete it from start to finish, but due to the nature of my job, that isn’t an option.
I’ve always wondered what it costs to lease space in a mall for a kiosk. On the most recent episode of ‘Shark Tank’, one person revealed it cost him $67 a day. I’m also sure it depends on the mall, but at least I now know a ballpark figure.
I’m sure most of you already know the answer, but I thought it was interesting on how it’s no longer needed.
I was channel flipping yesterday and landed on a show called “Expedition Texas” which featured the Connelle Hotel in Eastland. A person on the show stated it was the grandest hotel between Dallas and El Paso from the 1930’s to the 1960’s. Those are fighting words for any resident of Mineral Wells. But to give them their fair due, I did a little online research. I really couldn’t find anything to back up the claim. So I’ll continue to be a resident of Mineral Wells who can’t let go of the Baker and it’s glory years.
Yesterday evening BunnyGeeding woke up a napping OtherDogGeeding by sniffing his nose.
Later this morning I’ll be taking a cardio-stress test. I think I’ve been apprehensive about it for a long while because despite wanting to know the results, I fear the results.
This one-eyed man put a made a prosthetic eye camera but can only keep it in for about three minutes due to over-heating. It’s always interesting learning how one loses an eye, and this guy has quite a story:
Spence lost sight in his right eye at the tender age of nine. The shooting accident happened on his grandfather’s farm when he incorrectly fired at a pile of cow manure.
Anytime I hear someone say, “Look away,” I automatically start singing that song from the band Chicago.
I’ve used a toaster and I’ve used an oven, but I don’t think I’ve ever operated a toaster oven.
I remember a time when grocery stores only provided paper sacks, and the paper sacks did not have any handles like they do today. And I remember the moment of feeling like a reached a certain level of manhood when I was able to carry four full-sized paper bags packed to the brim with groceries from the truck to the kitchen without dropping or breaking anything. The big accomplishment was using the tip of my shoe to swing open the screen door, because, in my mind, it wasn’t a real accomplishment if I had to put the groceries down to open the screen door.
WifeGeeding just wrapped up season five of ‘Game of Thrones’. I’ve never seen WifeGeeding so emotional after the death of a character in the episode before the season finale, “The Dance of Dragons”. However, I have a feeling a lot of mothers felt the same way. Heck, that episode alone had a lot of major deaths. I think that episode along with the Red Wedding has a lot of similarities and ranks as one of my favorites.
I’m wearing a heart monitoring device for 24-hours. I expected several stickers on my chest with wires attached to a bulky device. Instead, I’m wearing a bulky sticker patch. I’m told it’s a device in beta-testing and the practice is only one of six in the country using it.
I think recently laid off ESPN reporter Ed Werder’s doppelganger is actor Michael O’Neill.
U2.com has pictures of stage setup in Vancouver for the first concert of their new tour. It looks like they are going to use a four-sided screen above the middle of the stadium, so I’m curious to know how it all will work out at AT&T Stadium.
Last night’s ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ was the one in which Clarence Clemons, probably best known for being in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street band, had a guest role. The second episode was the one with Kimberly trying to cover up her bulimia.
WifeGeeding’s nephew is a freshman in high school and will be reading Fahrenheit 451. The copy of the book he received was once issued to his uncle (WifeGeeding’s brother), who had the exact book 27 years prior.
If I did my research correctly, last night’s ‘Fargo’ had some interesting casting. The character Vivian was played Clint Eastwood’s daughter and ex-girlfriend. The younger 1975 version was played by Francesca Eastwood, Clint’s daughter. The older 2010 version was played by Clint’s ex-girlfriend, Frances Fisher.
