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I think I’m going to take the week off and not post anything this week. There are a few things I’m trying to work out. Hopefully, regular blogging will commence next week.

• DaughterGeeding and I went to yesterday’s Rangers game. A funny thing, after the game, we ran into her softball coach inside the ballpark. I was so grateful my nerve pain didn’t flare up a single time. I had a flare-up at two different grocery stores in which I could no longer walk; employees had to get me an electric seated chart. Talk about being embarrassed.
• I’m really proud of how spiritually mature DaughterGeeding is getting. I’m at the point in which I feel God has totally abandoned me. I give up. When I wake up in the morning I ask God why am I still around.
• There’s a new Napoleon movie coming this Thanksgiving from Ridley Scott. Color me interested.
• Here’s something for my fellow Star Wars fans – ‘Ahsoka’ Executive Producer And Creator Dave Filoni Claims Anakin Skywalker “Is The Greatest Jedi Of All Time”
• Today is the birthday of the mother of my children.
• I still send postcards to friends, but not to myself, though I might start – She’s sent postcards to herself for over 40 years. Here’s what she’s learned
• 38 hikers rescued at San Antonio-area’s Enchanted Rock park due to heat
• New “Insurrection Barbie” Ad Mocks Ted Cruz for Mad Obsession With Children’s Doll – A new ad goes after the Texas senator for caring more about the Barbie movie than his own constituents.

• Yesterday on Twitter I saw two advertisements for Christmas decorations. Both are Star Wars related. Han and Yoda.
• In a first, Texas is no longer a Top State for Business in 2023
  • Texas finishes out of the top five for the first time in the history of CNBC’s America’s Top States for Business.
  • Texas’ rankings declined in key categories including Infrastructure, Education, and Life, Health & Inclusion, but it continues to be a leader in Economy and Workforce.
  • Power grid issues, rising crime, poor health care, and a rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion, all contributed to the declines.
• How often should you poop? The answer might not be what you think
  • “Most people will have anywhere between a bowel movement up to three times a day to three times per week,” May added. “Anywhere in that range, we consider normal.”
• I can’t believe I’m going to writhe this, but it’s an Vietnamese electric car that was recently introduced to the U.S. – Mechanics Take The Worst-Rated Car In America For A Spin To See If They Survive In It
  • The Vinfast Vf8 is an SUV that costs around $50,000, comparable to other budget-class competitors, but comes with one catch — it’s the worst-rated car in America.
• Max Speed Limits Around The World, Mapped

• Dismantling #ChristianNationalism will be a generational project, I told @TIME Magazine.

  I hope you will join us in this work.

  Read about the Christians Against Christian Nationalism campaign here: https://t.co/2uerGqTLYy pic.twitter.com/Wmlo3QdLPg

  — Amanda Tyler (@AmandaTylerBJC) June 27, 2023

• It’s been at least two decades since I have purposely tried to tan my skin. I just don’t make it to the pool or beach often, not to mention, there’s the fear of skin cancer.
• Hazing of any type really, really bothers me. It’s one reason why I have an extreme hatred towards Greek organizations at colleges.
• As I’ve said before, I avoid using the word “hate” before divorce. In fact, if you search this website, other than quoting the word, I never used it. To me, it was just such a strong word. But since the divorce, I use the word frequently because I finally found an appropriate use of the word for myself.
• I’m amazed by Tony Gwynn stats. I see them all the time on Twitter. Here’s one – Fourteen players have already struck out 100 times this season, led by Kyle Schwarber with 117. Tony Gwynn struck out 188 times during the entire decade of the 90s.
• Sometimes I like to use emojis to lighten things up. Those are easy to find and use on the phone but can be a challenge using the computer version of a messaging system. To help me with that, I searched and found emojipedia.org, which easily lets you cut and paste them. It’s also a great source to find the meaning behind emojis.
• They had a bar? – Toronto police closing bar at headquarters
  • A licensed fully stocked bar inside a lounge for senior officers at the Toronto Police Service’s headquarters is being closed, police confirmed to CBC Toronto on Sunday. The decision comes after CBC Toronto reported an officer entered the lounge hours before being charged with impaired driving.
• No Discipline for Texas Judge who referred to Latino defendants as “Wetbacks” – Texas judicial commission says remark by Judge Allen Amos was “not necessarily appropriate” but also not punishable.
• I guess it would be like using a sail? – Giant kites could pull cargo ships across the ocean – and slash their carbon emissions
• Dallas will get Voodoo Doughnut, a famous Portland shop
• New ‘Barney’ film in development to be adult-focused
  • An executive for the project, Kevin McKeon, told The New Yorker that “Barney” will be an “A24-type” film, serving as a nostalgic moment for the millennials who grew up watching the 1990s PBS series “Barney & Friends.”“We’re leaning into the millennial angst of the property rather than fine-tuning this for kids,” McKeon said. “It’s really a play for adults. Not that it’s R-rated, but it’ll focus on some of the trials and tribulations of being 30-something, growing up with Barney—just the level of disenchantment within the generation.”
• House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan plans to push a rider to an appropriations bill that would strip funding from the FBI unless it relocates its headquarters to Huntsville, Alabama
• Replacing a lost wheel on another airplane during flight. Staged or not, the feat is impressive.
  

  This is astonishing her balls of steel saved this aeroplane and possibly the pilots life pic.twitter.com/HuDw1R18mw

  — CCTV_IDIOTS (@cctv_idiots) July 11, 2023

• Bunt derby >>> pic.twitter.com/K8ozf4JhZj

  — PFT Commenter (@PFTCommenter) July 11, 2023