I have this haunting childhood memory of an event that happened in the second grade. My mother always made me do my homework when I got home, before I could play or watch television, and this one time I had a reading assignment and she made me read it out loud to her. The next day at school we were divided in small groups with the teacher who asked me a question about the story and I remember telling her that I didn’t know the answer. That didn’t make her happy and she accused me of not reading the story. When I told her I did indeed read the story she said I wasn’t telling the truth and ordered me to sit in the hallway to read it. I remember that long walk to the hallway, and I couldn’t hold back the tears as I was embarrassed in front of my classmates and frustrated that even though I did read the story, I couldn’t remember anything about it and being accused of lying. I never told my parents about that event, I guess I was scared it was going to get me into even more trouble. Man, the things that goes through the mind of a seven-year-old and the things that stay with ya. I think of of this at least once a week.
I totally gave Adrian Peterson the benefit of the doubt up until yesterday when I really started to pay attention to all the stores. At first I just thought it was a bit of rough parenting he learned from when he was a child, and then I thought he wouldn’t do such a thing especially after he lost a son to child abuse by another man, but all this evidence seems overwhelming. Of course I feel for the kid, but I also feel for his head coach, Mike Zimmer, a long time Cowboys assistant coach that is finally getting his big chance as a head coach and this falls in his lap. But I do have a feeling Jerry has an idea of a public image campaign and signing him to the roster somehow.
After seeing this, I may not buy a smoker after all, I might just build a smokehouse – DIY Cedar Smokehouse
While watching the Ken Burns Roosevelt documentary last night I was reminded that state legislatures use to chose their U.S. senators. I’m not saying I like the idea, but I’m curious as to why it’s no longer like that.
It was stated in that documentary that President Taft’s Republican party was actually a collection of state parties that controlled their state legislatures which in turn was controlled by special interests. Maybe history is repeating itself.
My liberal friends are going to think I’m nuts for saying this, but they way TR and FDR acting in the state legislature reminds me a lot of how Ted Cruz has made a name for himself.
TR use to carry a lethal dose of morphine when he was in the wilderness, just in case he knew he wasn’t going to make it out alive.
I think the documentary made a mistake. From my understanding it stated that former Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court Charles Evans Hughes ran for president. That is, it implied a former Chief Justice ran for president. But in reality, Hughes ran for president and later became Chief Justice.
I played the classic video game Pole Position last night. It took me forever to remember and figure out you can change gears.
While listening to the new U2 album which is about their youth and young adult life, I suddenly became in awe of how cool it must be to be extremely tight with your best buds and then be able to write music about that bond as you become men.
Here’s an interesting article about what Joey Ramone’s friends and family feel about U2’s tribute single. The most interesting part was Ramone’s brother stating that Apple has been working with him for weeks to gain approval for the use of Joey’s image without knowing exactly what it was being used for.
The only reason I’ve stuck with Sprint as my mobile provider is because of the unlimited data plan, but I’m thinking of switching WifeGeeding to another carrier because getting service/reception is horrible. I was surprised that AT&T will charge for “detailed billing“. I’ve had horrible experiences with AT&T and Verizon and still hold a grudge, so maybe my only option is T-Mobile.
I remember our elementary school principal walking around the lunchroom with a paddle as a form of intimidation to keep the noise level down. He later became president of Weatherford College and I can’t think of one person that ever had anything negative to say of the man. Times have changed.
In junior high our coaches use to use a paddle that had holes drilled in it so that it could move more swiftly through the air.
‘Psych’ is the latest show I’ve been streaming on Netflix, it’s one of those cheesy hour mystery drama’s that starts to grow on you where you just have to overlook some stuff and accept others just to enjoy it. Surprisingly, I’ve really grown attached to the father that Corbin Bernsen’s portrays and I really dig the show’s theme song. I was surprised to see one episode was directed by Joanna Kerns from ‘Growing Pains’.
All Medal of Honor stories are remarkable, but learning a tiger was part on one story yesterday while watching the evening news really stood out.
Ken Burns has some crazy hair, I wonder if it’s a piece.
I don’t think cousins Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt ever took a picture together, even in a large group or family setting, even at TR’s niece’s wedding to his cousin. The Ken Burns documentary may have shown one big wedding party picture last night, but I couldn’t identify TR. UPDATE: It turns out all three were in a picture together when TR arrived back from an African and European trip and a large group welcomed the former president back home.
Tony Romo had absolutely no zip on the ball, Cowboys fans should be worried and Jerry is regretting not drafting Manziel more and more.
I wouldn’t trust DeMarco Murray holding a newborn.
I miss seeing the Cowboys offense in an I-formation. I know they have a tight-end or two they could use as a fullback.
The Titans’ field looked ugly for the first game of the season, same thing for Denver.
On the Reddit Front Page yesterday was the post “I work at a church, and we have at max 100 people who attend” which came from the the r/atheism subreddit. If the post has been taken down it displayed this picture of the audio/video board overlooking a band warming up or practicing. A lot of the comments were critical of how expensive the equipment was compared to the number of people in the church, but the poster went on to say it’s worth pretending to be a Christian for the good money as they pay – $500 a month for his work and more experienced folks at the church make that much per service. I’m left wondering if this guy will end up losing his job because of the attention it’s received. What caught my eye was one of the video monitors that has the church’s logo, which just happens to be the closest church near GeedingManor, just is 0.6 miles away per GoogleMaps.
I caught the ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ segment on Jessica Chastain. It was stated she was able to attend Julliard because of a scholarship Robin Williams funded. She never got to meet the man, but mentioned she sent him two thank-you notes over the years. Speaking of Williams, I caught a great PBS special on him which I thought was put together using old interviews of Pam Dawber and others, but they actually talked about what his death meant to them. With that said, I was surprised PBS was able to get those interviews.
Mean Joe Greene’s playing career was a little before my time, but he was the latest feature on the NFL Network’s ‘A Football Life’ and I was curious to see what they would include from his time at then North Texas State. I had no idea he’s considered by most as the greatest Steeler. Of course they couldn’t do this special without mentioning that classic Coca-Cola commercial, but I found it interesting he still keeps in touch with that child actor. I also learned that because he was on the scouting department for the Steelers, he’s the only Steeler to have a total of six Super Bowl rings.
The Greg Abbott wheeling up the parking garage television ad gets on my nerves mainly for two reasons – he only perspires from his chest, there’s no underarm sweat and not one bead on his face on the close ups, but there’s a perfect “v” of sweat on his shirt.
The popular Twitter account to follow as of late is Average Life Goals @averagelifegoal. I give it a big thumbs up.
Today’s dose of ‘MURICA comes a tweet I saw last night: @pourmecoffee: Roosevelts, football and Miss America on TV right now. So much America. The whole house is rattling with freedom.
I did catch the first episode of ‘The Roosevelts’ and I give it a big thumbs up.
Miss New York won the Miss America pageant last night. Her talent routine was singing “Happy” will playing with some red solo cups. I know the cups thing is a reference to Pitch Perfect but I wasn’t impressed, but Twitter had a conniption because ABC put a graphic up stating her favorite author is Jane Austen but misspelled the name “Austin”.
GIF – How an ambulance gets through traffic to the scene of an accident – And here’s the much longer video.
I’ve been reading here and there that Michigan and Texas are planning a home-and-home series. Meanwhile, Baylor is planning the same thing with Tarleton and Texas Woman’s University.
I took a look at GeedingManor on GoogleMaps and was surprised that the streetview actually went down our alley, I only thought streetviews were from . . . the street.
A guy on Reddit posted the contract the NY Giants sent his uncle when he was drafted in 1943. It tells him he will make $150 a game and for him to bring his own shoes.
After looking at this list, I’d like to know what their definition of “cheap” is – Vote: What’s your favorite place for cheap eats in Dallas? – Fuel City Tacos, yes, that’s cheap, but Lockhart Smokehouse and Pecan Lodge, that ain’t cheap. Heck, Babe’s is on the list, and I don’t even think that’s cheap.
Last night’s ‘Naked and Afraid’ was based in Botswana. The female tapped out on day three of the twenty-one day challenge, the male tapped out on day nine.
WifeGeeding showed me a Facebook post of a cross that fell on top of an adult bookstore after a storm. The comments on the post seemed to think it was real, but it was obviously fake.
