I predict we’re going to start naming heat waves like we name hurricanes.
I had a friendly conversation with my ex yesterday at church. We talked about many things, and I even asked if she would set me up with somebody. She just laughed and then said something about teachers. I also told her I thought it would be neat if she would use one of the dating apps on my phone to find me a partner. She thought it was a bad idea and she didn’t want to get into my business. Heck, I thought it was a great idea. No one knows me better than her, so I’d like to see what kind of girl she would swipe right for me. But before all that, I said she stated she prays for me, so I asked in what way. After she answered the question, I asked if she could add one more thing, to pray that I can let go.
I was channel surfing yesterday and noticed QVC was pushing Halloween products.
“I can’t imagine Jesus putting razor blades in the water to harm immigrants.”
“Multiple pastors tell me, essentially, the same story about quoting the Sermon on the Mount, parenthetically, in their preaching—’turn the other cheek’—[and] to have someone come up after to say, ‘Where did you get those liberal talking points?'” Moore said.“When the pastor would say, ‘I’m literally quoting Jesus Christ’ … The response would be, ‘Yes, but that doesn’t work anymore. That’s weak,” he added. “When we get to the point where the teachings of Jesus himself are seen as subversive to us, then we’re in a crisis.”Moore went to to say that he did not think it would be possible to “fix” Christianity by “fighting a war for the soul of evangelicalism,” urging his concerned brethren to instead fight “small and local” battles like refusing to go along with the current “church culture.”
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We’ve had a lot of consecutive days of triple-digit temperatures. In case you think we are close to breaking any records, this should be helpful – In order to break 1980’s mark of 42 straight days over 100 we would have to remain above the century mark until September 4.
Right when I think a relationship is going to develop between me and a girl, I get ghosted.
Is this really any surprise? Haven’t we all thought people in power get special perks that the rest of us don’t get?
“It’s so dry in Texas that the Baptists are sprinkling, the Methodists are using wet wipes, the Presbyterians are passing out rain checks, and the Catholics are praying that the wine will turn back to water.”
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) voted against the bill but tells NBC 5 he supports money coming to his state and will use his role on the powerful commerce committee to make sure Texas gets its fair share. “Once it passes, once it’s law, I am enthusiastic that if we’re going to spend money, that money comes to Texas.”
Jonah Hill looks drastically different.
For my fellow TICKET listeners, here’s Dan and Jake’s legal response. Per Jake, unfortunately, his home address is revealed in the doc. I thought these were the most interesting comments on The TICKET’s Reddit thread.
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“Twitter” was such a cool name, and calling messages “tweets” was cute and made sense. I can’t believe how much he is blowing up the only form of social media I use.
I wonder, on the average college football team, what percentage of players do not have a tattoo? They are already popular with young people, and NIL will make it easy to afford them. My current guess is 76 percent of players on the average football team have a tattoo.
I spoke to one of the foundation repair guys at my house about the tattoo of three crosses on his neck. He looked like he was in his early twenties. After he told me the religious symbolism behind it, he said he wished he never would have gotten it. I bet a lot of young adults as they grow older are going to regret the tattoo they got. And the person who creates an easy and quick way to get rid of them is going to make boatloads of money.
I read somewhere that a high number of recently divorced women will get a tattoo within the first two years of divorce.
Sometimes I sit back and think about how I felt my divorce came out of nowhere. I had no idea my spouse was unhappy in our marriage, or with me. I thought she was unhappy about herself. Sure, we had problems we were working through, but since we never made it to a single counseling session together I didn’t think our marriage was near coming apart. She never communicated to me our marriage was in danger. The house was still going through a major restoration. And we agreed to renew our vows in a private ceremony with our kids. Heck, she even initiated sex the night before she left.
I wish I could look my children in the eyes and tell them we did everything possible to keep the family together. I feel so bad for my part in ruining their childhood when all of this could have been prevented.
When I look back at things, I see some of the red flags I missed. For instance, on our last Christmas together, my then-wife was crying when opening presents. She told us all she was crying out of the kindness of one present I got her. But now I see she knew that was going to be our last Christmas together as a whole family because she mentally checked out long ago.
The ex and I disagree on what is and what doesn’t constitute a family post-divorce.
Here’s one question I’d like her to answer: What things did you do to help keep the family together?
My ex told me she didn’t know when she stopped loving me. That got me thinking, is it possible to stop loving somebody? And, of course, you have to factor there are different types of love. I’m estranged from my brother and sister and feel they treated me badly. But I still love them. I never considered stopping loving them. I hate what they did to me, but wish we could all come together and talk things out. But no matter what, I still love and want them to get the best out of life. I made a covenant with God to love my ex. I may not be able to romantically love her, but now I love her as family. And like I said earlier, my ex and I disagree on what constitutes a family post-divorce.
By accounting for all streams of income, they revealed that doctors make more than anyone thought — and more than any other occupation we’ve measured. In the prime earning years of 40 to 55, the average physician made $405,000 in 2017 — almost all of it (94 percent) from wages. Doctors in the top 10 percent averaged $1.3 million. And those in the top 1 percent averaged an astounding $4 million, though most of that (85 percent) came from business income or capital gains.
In certain specialties, doctorssee substantially more in their peak earning years:Neurosurgeons (about $920,000), orthopedic surgeons ($789,000) and radiation oncologists ($709,000) all did especially well for themselves.
“In general, U.S. physicians are making about 50 percent more than German physicians and about more than twice as much as U.K. physicians,”
Until yesterday, I did not know that Cincinnati and Indianapolis were so close to each other. It’s less than a two-hour drive. I never thought about it before, but from a football perspective, I’m guessing the Bengals and Colts are rivals. Both teams are in the AFC, but not in the same division, though they should be because of their proximity to each other. It would make for a great division rivalry.
Texas Gov Abbott has installed circular saws between the Rio Grande border buoys to maim or kill anyone who attempts to climb over. Two bodies have already been found trapped in the floating barrier.
I thought these were the most interesting comments on The TICKET’s Reddit thread.
