I know Shaq has owned a home in DFW for a while, but it sounds like he’s going to spend more time in the area and has bought an upgraded house in Rockwall where’s he’s been spotted. Here’s info on the new restaurant he’s opening in the area:
Big Chicken, a chain O’Neal and his business partners founded in 2018, is opening a location in Fort Worth on Sept. 3. Big Chicken signed a lease for a space between Outback Steakhouse and Revfit in the Victory Shops at Heritage Trace at the northwest corner of I-35W and Heritage Trace Parkway in the Alliance area. And here’s an added bonus for customers: If you’re among the first 34 guests in line, you’ll get free Big Chicken for a year.
Shaq has quite a few nicknames, but in particular, I like The Big Aristotle and Shaq Diesel.
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins is now a 60-year-old father of twins. Who am I to judge when my father had me in his early fifties?
Longtime Chicago resident Oprah Winfrey spoke last night at the DNC, which was being hosted in the city. The crowd greeted her warmly, and she mentioned, “Who says you can’t go home again?” That made me wonder if she no longer has a residence in the Chicago area.
Longtime U2 fans are very familiar with their legendary concert at Red Rocks. The Edge was recently spotted there as an audience member with his wife and daughter supporting his son, who was performing with his band. Here’s a nice photo of the trio. The girl in the background caught my attention with her leg tattoo. Kids these days love their tattoos and I have a feeling tattoo removal services are going to be making a lot of money in the future.
Speaking of U2, I made a mistake about their latest film. I thought it was going to air on the Max streaming service, but I fell for a fake announcement. But, oddly, an abbreviated version of their concert at Sphere will be shown at Sphere with tickets around a $100. I’m surprised that venue isn’t holding more concerts and artists. And if you are wondering why I didn’t say “the Sphere” it’s because they are picky about their name, it’s just “Sphere.”
V-U2 An Immersive Concert Film at Sphere Las Vegas.
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I heard a Cranberries song, and that caused me to do some research, which led me down a long path of finding out some interesting stuff about the band. But of all things, this photo of the lead singer’s bandmates serving as her pallbearers in 2018 moved me.
Do you know the difference between a coffin and a casket? Coffins are tapered to conform to the shape of a human body. They also have a removable lid, while caskets have lids with hinges. Coffins are usually made of wood and lined with cloth interiors. Unlike caskets, they do not have rails that make transportation easier.
I bet a lot of folks will make fun of this teacher. I’ll just say two things. One, we can’t see her audience, so we don’t know the age of the students she’s addressing. She probably had an idea that this would get out one way or another and still took a risk to connect with her students.
I saw this mentioned on Twitter, and a lot of folks were offended. I just read it as an observation. Obviously, Indians excel in other areas of life, but it’s still an interesting observation – Despite a population of 1.5 billion, India won zero gold medals in the Olympics this year.
The University of Texas Longhorns’ starting quarterback will appear in an upcoming Dr. Pepper commercial with former Oklahoma Sooner legend Brian Bosworth. During SEC media days, I couldn’t help but notice from several prominent Texas A&M fans and reporters how much they respect Ewers because he comes off as a very kind Christian man. I must admit I judged a book by its cover when he came out of Southlake and sported that mullet and a bunch of tats.
Even though I saw one of the shows, I’m still looking forward to this.
Fede Álvarez is the director and one of the writers of the new Alien: Romulus film that hit theaters last weekend. He thought he’d be a nice guy and make a comment on the Alien subreddit. One of the moderators thought he was an imposter and permanently banned him. Thankfully, and with an apology, the error has been corrected.
When Obama was running for president, he was always introduced to U2’s City of Blinding Lights. It was nice to see the same song played as he was introduced by his wife last night.
I think most of my readers are conservative and can’t stand former Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But I always thought this was a cool photo of a young Pelosi meeting President Kennedy. This week at the DNC, she got to meet his grandson Jack Schlossberg.
Times have changed. But I still support what these two former Republicans said.
George H.W. Bush & Reagan answering whether children of “illegal aliens” should be allowed to attend Texas Public Schools for free. Which party changed again? https://t.co/W5epcitDYtpic.twitter.com/4nzAetaDwr
I like how the NFL allows players to be creative with their cleats one Sunday a year, and I like that MLB allows them to be creative with their bats. It was fun to see home runs hit with them. Here are more of the bats if you are interested.
Hey, I know that place! My 49th birthday is in ten days. Thirty-three years ago, on that day, my dad drove me from Mineral Wells to Weatherford just so I could take my driver’s test as soon as possible on my 16th birthday. I think at the time, the DPS office in Mineral Wells only offered the driving test twice a week, and I would have to wait an extra day or two. In those days, a DPS officer rode in the passenger seat and told you where and how to drive and that was part of the test. It certainly was intimidating. My dad didn’t have to do that. I certainly could have waited a few days to take the test in Mineral Wells, but it really wouldn’t have changed anything significant in my life. But that’s part of a father’s love, and I miss.
Man, so much for the DNC giving President Biden a warm thank-you and send-off. What an embarrassment for all the speeches to go long and knock the president off primetime coverage. But for this liberal, it was still worth staying up for. It also caught BoyGeeding’s attention and he asked if he could stay up to watch it. I live for moments like these, so despite it being a school night, I let him stay up a bit longer. He had all sorts of questions and comments, and I didn’t get to pay a lot of attention to the speech, but that was just fine.
I thought I’ve seen every footage and knew every story related to September 11, 2001 and the World Trade Center. But yesterday was the first I ever saw any of this.
Unsurprisingly, Bono can pull off wearing a bib. Speaking of one of my favorite persons, yesterday’s Sunday school material started with a quote from Bono. I have never really looked at Psalms very intently, other than hearing Bono say that the Blues are the modern-day equivalent. I knew it was songs and poems, primarily written by David, but I didn’t understand the Psalms’ art, depth, and style. Today’s lesson was about how some of the books use the stair-step structure called a chiasm. And after studying how it was used in Pslams, we were encouraged to write and share ours. And it was beautiful hearing other people’s versions because it let me see a more intimate side of how they see our creator.
With the Cowboys making Trey Lance the backup quarterback, the writing is on the wall for Dak. This will be his last year as a Cowboy. Jerry had all these years to sign him for a much lower price than what the market is demanding, and Jerry isn’t going to pay Dak market price for the lack of playoff wins on his resume. He’s hoping Lance will improve and end up taking over for Dak at the start of next year. But there is no arguing about what a nice guy Dak is and continues to be.
There’s a COVID uptick and everyone’s allergies have been killing lately.
I ran across a new article written about the ill-fated Titan submersible last week. Apparently, it’s certain they knew death was coming.
Crew of Titan sub knew they were going to die before implosion, according to more than $50M lawsuit – According to the lawsuit, the Titan “dropped weights” about 90 minutes into its dive, indicating the team had aborted or attempted to abort the dive. “While the exact cause of failure may never be determined, experts agree that the Titan’s crew would have realized exactly what was happening,” the lawsuit states. “Common sense dictates that the crew were well aware they were going to die, before dying.” The lawsuit goes on to say: “The crew may well have heard the carbon fiber’s crackling noise grow more intense as the weight of the water pressed on Titan’s hull.
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