I would have thought if a local story leads the national news, it would also be the lead story on the local news, but that didn’t happen on CBS yesterday. ‘The CBS Evening News’ lead with the shooting of the 15-year-old black male by a police officer, but the local news which aired immediately afterward, lead with the paramedic who was shot.
When this appeared on the news, WifeGeeding informed me her sorority got in trouble her senior year for a similar themed party, though she claims she didn’t attend. The fundraiser party event had a “Run to the Border” theme (that was the Taco Bell slogan at the time) and students dressed similarly to what’s described in the article.
A Mets fan named Tom McDonald was best friends with fellow Mets fan Roy Riegel. Riegel died nine years ago and McDonald was charged by Riegel’s family with disposing of his ashes in an appropriate manner. At first McDonald scattered some at ballparks and notable places, but then he realized it’d just be easier to flush him down the toilet at ballparks around the country:
“The game has to be in progress — that’s a rule of mine,” Mr. McDonald said one recent weeknight before entering a Citi Field bathroom, holding a little plastic bottle containing a scoopful of Mr. Riegel’s cremains . . . “I took care of Roy, and I had to use the facilities myself,” Mr. McDonald said, emerging from the stall with the empty container. “So I figure, you know, kill two birds . . I always flush in between, though,” he added. “That’s another rule of mine.”
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A man woke his wife up on her birthday to a string section of the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme song, their favorite TV show. (YouTube: Logic) pic.twitter.com/LsTWE3Twsh
There are a handful of fathers who show up at their sons’ tee-ball and baseball games wearing a sportcoat. I understand driving straight from work to the game, but they could leave the sportcoat in the car.
I think the condos next to the fields where BoyGeeding plays his games has a bit of a Camden Yard appeal.
I can confirm that the retired NFL lineman in the neighborhood will not be an assistant coach with the Cowboys, as I incorrectly predicted. When I checked the mail yesterday I spoke with him as he was loading up a cattle trailer full of his and his wife’s belongings. They’ll be moving to Wisconsin. Per his words, “I love it and all, but it’s too hot here in Texas.” He certainly could afford to hire movers, but as I’ve learned, he likes to do a lot of things himself. For the life of me, I can’t believe I forgot to ask him what he’s going to do post-retirement. But then again, I’m not used to talking to people younger than me about entering retirement.
My Fios Internet died midmorning, which is troublesome since all my work is done online from home. I couldn’t find anything about an outage by mobile device, so I spoke to that retired lineman again. Lucky for him, he had no issues. Instead of calling Frontier I decided to just direct Tweet them and was surprised at how quickly and professionally they responded. I think it’s actually a great way for customer support because I was able to send a few pics that answered a lot of basic questions.
While watching ‘Better Call Saul’, I was curious as to the ethnicity of Giancarlo Esposito, the actor who plays Gus Fring. I didn’t know the actor’s name until looking it up, but I couldn’t tell if he was of black or Spanish heritage. He was actually born in Copenhagen. “His mother was an African-American opera and nightclub singer from Alabama, and his father was an Italian stagehand and carpenter from Naples.”
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