- I mentioned that the city came out to look at my water bill because they noticed I was using drastically less water than everyone else in the area, and my water usage from the last bill I think was only about five bucks. Yesterday I awoke to low water pressure and I tracked it down to a busted sprinkler pipe in the front yard that was gushing water up from the ground. Any savings I made from last month will be negated from this snafu.
- I cracked open an egg yesterday, and I think that’s the first time I’ve done that in over a decade as I’ve only used Egg Beaters. DaughterGeeding’s class is in need of some egg cartons for Easter and so I thought I’d chip in by buying some actually egss.
- Lately I feel like I’ve kept my guard up around my family, that I’m refusing to let loose, and that disappoints me and I can’t figure out why I do it.
- This email thing isn’t going to bring Hillary Clinton down, but that was a lackluster excuse she made stating it was for convenience and that she didn’t want to carry around two cell phones. It’s quite simple to access multiple email accounts on one mobile device.
- Last night Jon Stewart brilliant roasted Democrats and Republicans for being hypocrites depending on who is in power. I’m gonna miss that guy. Our political parties so closely resemble each other it’s scary.
- Not because of length, but circumference – Florida teen undergoes world’s first penis reduction surgery – Shaped like an American football, it was almost 7 inches long and had a circumference of 10 inches when flaccid.
- Yesterday on The TICKET, Norm interviewed Elvis Andres who stated that he now has to hired a couple bodyguards when he goes home to Venezuela because kidnapping is a viable concern.
- I don’t fly often, but for those of you that do, you might enjoy SeatGuro.com. It’s fully of surprising data about seats on a plane, like little undesirable quirks such as misaligned windows, narrower widths, proximity to the lavatory, and all sorts of other stuff. Here’s an example from an American Airlines flight.
- GIF – How the Panama Canal works – I really didn’t know it was stair-stepped or tiered. Here’s a video time-lapse of going through the canal on board a ship. And in case you were wondering how long it would take to go through it, per Wikipedia, between 8 and 10 hours.
- How world leaders’ salaries stack up – South Africa above the UK, that surprises me.
- SolarCity, MP2 Energy Offer Solar to Texas Homeowners for Less than Utility Power without Local Incentives – Texas’ first unlimited solar buyback program achieves cost breakthrough with national implications
- The New York Times has a bowling piece that takes place in Plano – The Greatest Bowling Story Ever Told
- Historical border claims of the Republic of Texas overlaid on top of a modern day landcover map, including urban areas and interstate highways
- This happened all the time in Mineral Wells – Teens arrested for stealing goat to ask girl to prom
- I’ve always found his work a bit too dark for my liking – Tim Burton to Direct Live-Action ‘Dumbo’ for Disney
- The Verge – At a recent press event, the Smithsonian showed off the original 11-foot model of the Starship Enterprise . . . and shot photos of the ship at different angles in order to re-composite the images in modern Star Trek film stills.
- The Verge – Apple’s shareholders really want Tim Cook to buy Tesla
- Disney’s $1 Billion Bet on a Magical Wristband
- If companies do a simple Internet search before hiring a job applicant, I wonder how tough it would be for Parker Rice and Levi Pettit to get job in four years. It must be a devastating situation for a parent to be in. One of the parents is a commercial Realtor, and serves on the boards of the Town North YMCA and North Dallas Chamber Baseball League – I wonder how much the sins of the son will affect his business and standing in the community.
- I love Dirk, but I’m afraid it’s time to put a fork in him. There’s no way he’s just “saving it for the playoffs.”
- GIF – You don’t fear death when you decide to do a backflip escaping from an avalanche.
- Happy birthday, George.
