We went to the Perot Museum of Nature and Science yesterday. The facility and everything in it is great, but we went at the wrong time of year because I think every school district in the state of Texas and Oklahoma was there. While there is one area specially set aside for little children, I don’t think this was a good place to take toddlers. But hey, as parents, you give things a try, you live, you learn, and turn any frustrations into memories to laugh at later down the road.
Parking for the museum was under the Woodall Rodgers overpass, which seemed like a great way to utilize space and it provides great shade for your vehicle. As you approach the building there’s some great big signage telling you where to park, but we found the main entrance a bit hard to find.
I’ve always wanted to try Fuel City Tacos, mainly because D Magazine is always ranting and raving about them (#27), so since we were in the area it was time to give them a try. The tacos were good, but not great. Perhaps one of the selling points is price, I think each taco was a buck forty.
It’s always a bit weird driving out of downtown Dallas and taking that last stretch that the Kennedy motorcade took. Everytime I take that route I imagine what it would be like to be the driver of that limo and seeing how long it would take me to get to the Parkland Hospital exit, and it’s always a longer drive than I’d expect it.
I’m surprised Vimeo doesn’t have more of a following for hosting videos as the quality of streaming is better and there’s less adverting, but I guess people just don’t want to switch from one platform to another.
Sean Lee’s fight with the injury bug reminds me of former Cowboys receiver Mike Sherrad. He showed a lot of promise early in his career but kept getting injured, and I thought the guy really couldn’t catch a break when he was rehabbing jogging on a beach and breaking a tibia and shin bone.
The whole family went to a trampoline park in Frisco yesterday and to our surprise a film crew from CMT’s ‘Making the Squad’ walked in followed by the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders to shoot footage for an upcoming episode.
The only thing true in that previous bullet point is that we went to a trampoline park in Frisco.
While jumping around at the trampoline park a little female toddler came up to me and asked, “Will you jump with me? My daddy doesn’t want to jump with me.” And then she pointed to a man way off in the distance looking down on his phone.
I watched the entirety of the History channel’s ‘The World Wars’ and not only did I enjoy it but it answered almost every major question I had about the subject, but I can’t figure out how in six hours of programming that Dwight D. Eisenhower wasn’t even mentioned once. The series was heavy on Generals MacArthur and Patton, and even Marshall was lightly featured. But I can’t believe a five star general and Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe wasn’t even mentioned once, even during the D-Day segment.
The C in George C. Marshall stands for . . . Catlett. I would have never guessed that in a thousand guesses.
Somewhat surprisingly, Dick Cheney was highly complimentary of FDR in that series.
A fact I was reminded of but forgot, Keri Russell is a 1992 Coppell Cowboy/girl.
I’d be willing to bet big money that marijuana deliver by drone will be a possibility in either Colorado or Washington in five years. While watching an episode of Vice the other day there was a business proposal in Colorado called Speed Weed, think Domino’s Pizza deliver but for weed.
An Australian paper reviews five of Dallas’ neighborhoods. Oak Cliff wasn’t mentioned, but recently I read and finally put together that radio station KLIF was named in honor of Oak Cliff.
Our trip to Six Flags yesterday went much better than expected. I think the forecast of rain may of thwarted some visitors. Lots of school buses were there but their attendance wasn’t bad at all. The longest we waited for a ride was no more than five minutes.
DaughterGeeding was tall enough to ride some of the bigger rides but BoyGeeding still has some growing to do. I was really proud of DaughterGeeding and her willingness to try stuff. Heck, when we got on the Mine Train she even put her hands in the air for the majority of the ride.
I’m not sure if it was the nice weather or the small crowds, but I was really impressed with the friendliness of the staff.
I threatened WifeGeeding that I was going to wear jorts with long black socks and a fanny pack. Actually, there were some high school girls all sporting fanny packs. But I was happy that I chose to wear a workout shirt that wicks away sweat easily. I don’t know how I survived that place wearing cotton tees in the day.
A designer backpack was left alone. In the old days I think the staff would have left it there or put it in lost in found, but in today’s world, they called security to check it out and take it away.
It was a bit of a surprise to still see a few designated smoking sections at the park.
Six Flags Over Texas factoid per Wikipedia – On opening day, guests could visit the six original themed sections: Mexico, Spain, France, The Confederacy, Texas, and Modern (representing the USA).
As we walked from ride to ride, a lot of Six Flags employees made an extra effort to give DaughterGeeding a high five, she thought she was something special.
Speaking of the military, the Musers on The TICKET were talking about their Memorial Day and the meaning of it and they were all in agreement that everyone, either from years 18 to 20 or before the age of 30, should be required to serve in the military as a way to give back to their country. While I’m not in total disagreement of that thought, it’s a lot easier to suggest when you are past that age. I wonder what their younger selves would think of that idea. A lot of folks didn’t have a lot of positive things to say about the military between Vietnam and Desert Storm, unfortunately.
The injury bug in Arlington and now spread to the Cowboys. Sean Lee is a smart and productive player, but they guy is made out of paper mache. And to pour salt in the wound, anytime there’s a chance to get his mug on television, Spaulding Jones will do it. Hey, if my grandfather owned the Cowboys I’d be all over the place as well, I just wouldn’t try to get into every camera shot as possible.
The kids fell asleep in the car on the ride home, but since they didn’t get a long enough nap (per WifeGeeding) we decided to drive up to Richardson and eat at Haystack. I’ve now eaten there four times in two weeks.
This time I actually got to speak with the owner of Haystack and he didn’t seem to give one iota that we both attended Hardin-Simmons at the same time. But he did say that he lived up to the “Hard’n Sinners’ moniker as he drank his way through college and didn’t finish. He also said there’s no plan for expanding and that they chose the location because he lives nearby and timed the opening with the opening of the Alamo Draft House movie theater.
WifeGeeding and I walked into Wal-Mart the other day and right before our eyes were chewy Chips Ahoy! chocolate chip cookies with Oreo creamed filling inside of them. WifeGeeding was so excited she opened the package right then and there, before even buying them, just to give them a try. Heck, half the package was gone before we even got to checkout. I’m not one for eating groceries at the store before you actually purchase them, but WifeGeeding ain’t got a problem with it. Personally, I couldn’t taste the Oreo filling inside and didn’t think that much of the cookie.
Man, ‘Fargo’ on FX is just darn good television. The way that gun fight was choreographed and filmed was original and splendid.
I’m loving the History channel’s ‘The World Wars’ but I think I caught a major mistake last night. There was a scene with FDR and Gen MacArthur before the start of WWII, and MacArthur was wearing five stars. The U.S. didn’t enter the war until Dec 1941 and MacArthur was given the fifth star in Dec 1944.
There should be a well made movie about Gen George C. Marshall.
