Some months go more quickly than others. This month has been slow.
There are only 30 true IMAX theaters in North America. They are the ones that show movies in 70mm film. Two of those are in Texas. One is in San Antonio and the other is the Cinemark Dallas XD and IMAX off Webb Chapel and LBJ; which has been offering Oppenheimer showtimes as early as 5:50 a.m., or as late as 2:30 a.m. Why? Because Christopher Nolen directed it and said it’s his preferred way to view his new blockbuster. I’m a big Christopher Nolan fan and wanted to watch it that way, but I can’t get in to see it at that theater at a reasonable time. I ended up watching it on one of the smaller IMAX screens. I liked the movie, but based on my initial reaction, it’s not his best work. I think his best work is Interstellar.
Norm Hitzges recently retired from The TICKET. When I heard he was going to do a podcast five days a week, I started to think he hasn’t really retired at all. However, his podcasts, which start in September, will only be five to 30 minutes, never exceeding 30 minutes.
“That’s why I’ve always instructed my children since they were very small, ‘If your mother drops dead tomorrow, before you called 911, call my accountant and make sure the record companies don’t start releasing my records and not telling you where the money is,’” she further explained.
I thought the “United Methodist Church” name/label has been around since the 1800s. It surprised me to learn that it’s only been around since 1968. Yes, I know that Methodists have been around for a long time, but I thought the name of the church was older. I only know this because a girl I’ve been getting to know better is attending an AME church, and that led me down the Wikipedia wormhole trying to figure how why the AME church goes by that name. It turns out Opal Lee attends the same church as my friend. A very close friend and his family went to the AME in Mineral Wells. I visited on one occasion. Before the start of the sermon, the pastor pointed me out as a visitor and asked me to stand up and tell the church about myself.
When I think of Sinead O’Connor, I automatically think of two SNL moments. Of course, everyone remembers her tearing up a picture of the Pope. What I think about is the following show. Joe Pesci hosted and held up the same photo she tore up but pasted together. I wonder if anyone ever kept that, I bet it’s worth a lot.
The second one that comes to mind is a Sinatra Group sketch in which “Frank Sinatra” referred to “Sinead O’Connor” as Uncle Fester, Sinbad O’Connor, and Cueball. I could have sworn he referred to her as “Skinhead O-Connor” but I can’t find it.
Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong are both known for their expanding cheeks while playing the trumpet. Did they ever play together? Why yes they did.
August 2 is going to be my father’s 100th birthday. I just don’t want the day to go by, I want to honor him somehow. Any suggestions?
Last week when my ex sat in my counseling session, she gave me a Biblical reason why she chose divorce. She was doing a devotional and the overall lesson was that God will be with you no matter what decision you make. She felt that was God telling her it was alright to file for a divorce. I have to accept that as her answer, but I bet she probably misinterpreted the overall message of the devotional. I’d like to see what it actually said. Using her rationale, you can justify any sin. For instance, I might be faced with the decision to slap you in the face. I know doing so would be a sin, but since God will be with me no matter what decision I’m going to make, I’m just going to go ahead and slap you. Or, you can say that the unlocked bicycle left outside a store would be nice to have and you’d like to steal it. Stealing would be a sin, but even if I took the bike, God will be with me, so I’m just going to steal that bike.
I did ask the ex if she spoke with someone who was an expert in biblical interpretation, like our pastor or any pastor. She said no and verified she only relied on her mom and sister for biblical advice.
Something else that bothers me that I have to accept is her decision to not give me a second chance, that she made divorce her very first option. I told her that I don’t think we can honestly look our children in the eye and tell them we did everything we could to save our family from breaking apart. For instance, we didn’t go to a single counseling session. Her reply was nothing but silence. It’s hard to accept she didn’t speak to our pastor or any pastor about such a decision regarding her faith.
One other thing I know I have to accept but not like was her belief that I wouldn’t consider a separation. She brought that up towards the end of our marriage in one of our arguments. I do remember her bringing it up out of the blue and I responded with a no. That was because I thought separation is the last resort before divorce, and we haven’t even tried counseling. If we tried counseling and that didn’t work, then yes, I think separation is a viable option. But going straight to separation just wasn’t logical in my book.
Sometimes I miss my old house and all the cool stuff I had that made me happy. That’s why I’m posting this sentence that I found, “The more you have physically, the more you have to lose, and thus, the more worried you become about losing it all.”
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