- Fifteen years ago yesterday I met who would become WifeGeeding. I’m not going to bore you with the details, but in short, we met at a Mavs game and I saved the ticket stub, because, you know, I’m a romantic. We were engaged seven months later. Seven years later DaughterGeeding came into our lives. It’s been fun, but it’s been hard, marriage is challenging, but that’s what builds substance, and that’s what makes it worth it. It’s not perfect, and no one should be tricked into thinking it should be.
- I may have mentioned this before, but if she dies before me, I’m going to give all the prosthetic eyes she’s used over the years to our kids for the sole purpose of being able to say, “They have their mother’s eyes.”
- Yes, she’s had more than one glass eye. As you age, your face structure will change, and you’ll need a better fitting prosthetic to fit in that ocular cavity.
- I’m one of those who will check account balances and transactions several times a day for peace of mind. Yesterday I found another unauthorized transaction, but this one was at my favorite BBQ place, Hutchin’s. The bank rep stated the transaction was done a little after 8:00 PM the evening prior but at that time, I would have finished tucking the kids into bed. So that’s now two unauthorized charges in two different accounts within ten days.
- For you local folks job hunting, I hear ExxonMobil in Irving will have an open position soon.
- Since upgrading my DirecTV equipment, I’ve noticed greater detail in people. For instance, Rex Tillerson has a massive amount of nose hair only coming out of his left nostril, and I can see the sunspots on Scott Pelley and Anderson Cooper’s forehead they are trying to cover up with makeup.
- Something I never thought about before, but yesterday I learned the plural of “court-martial” is “courts-martial”, not “court-martials”.
- I know of two indoor skydiving facilities in the area, but Stockholm now has one for wingsuit flying (YouTube).
- I was looking at this DIY shower install on Imgur and these tile spacers stood out, I’ve never seen them that large.
- Imgur – Confusing perspective
- Prominent Baylor donors project $223 million price tag for sexual assault scandal
- Woman Shares Her Journey From Fitness Competitor to Cancer Fighter: ‘I’m Learning to Love Myself Again’
- Random bits of trivia from Alan Thicke’s Wikipedia page:
- He started dating actress Kristy Swanson when she was 17 years old in 1986 and got engaged to her two years later when he was 42.
- As a theme song composer, he collaborated with his first wife for such sitcoms as ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ and ‘The Facts of Life’. He also wrote a number of TV game show themes such as the original theme to Wheel of Fortune.
Bag of Randomness for Tuesday, December 13, 2016
- Sploid – Repairing a $30,000 Tire Is an Insanely Complicated and Satisfying Experience
- FiveThirtyEight – The Most-Edited Wikipedia Pages Over The Last 15 Years
- MentalFloss – The Perfect Crime May Be Possible in Yellowstone Park
- The Sixth Amendment instructs that a federal jury must be assembled from both the district and state in which the crime was committed. In order for that to work for that particular area of Yellowstone, there would have to be residents—and there aren’t.
- Fayetteville, NC news – Man charged with 2 counts of rape and attempting to steal 1 penny
- Inside Nike’s Quest for the Impossible: a Two-Hour Marathon
- It feels weird posting this story considering we just took a picture with Santa – Terminally Ill 5-Year-Old Gets His Last Christmas Wish Before Dying in Santa’s Arms
- Bluetooth-connected, heated insoles
‘Orange Is the New Black’ is not having a good day
I was reading this ABC News article – Golden Globes 2017: Snubs and Surprises.
This part of the article caught my attention:
The show is on Netflix, not HBO. So not only does ABC think the show got “snubbed”, but added insult to injury by incorrectly naming its home network (I guess you can call Neflix a network).
Amarillo pastor goes to local mall, preaches to families in line to see Santa – kids, Santa isn’t real – parents, stop lying to your kids
The drama starts at the 30-second mark.
When you substitute the lie of Santa Claus in the heart of your child for the truth of Jesus Christ, you are bearing false witness against God. Don’t lie to your children and tell them there’s such a thing as Santa, when you know in reality that there are no flying reindeer, there is no workshop at the North Pole, there is no elves making toys, that you buy all the gifts and put ’em under the tree.
That’s all the truth. And there is no real Santa Claus. There is no Santa. It is not your place to lie to your children. Tell them the truth about Jesus Christ.