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.
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.
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.”
I made an online Whataburger order yesterday for two kid meals. The first meal was a cheeseburger. I tried to add grilled onions but it wasn’t an option, though grilled jalapenos were. The second meal was a grilled cheese. Oddly, grilled onions (and jalapenos) were an option. Silly Whataburger.
What also makes Ford fronting the film unique is that, at 80, he’s currently the oldest actor to play the lead role in a Disney film, a record he broke 24 years on from the previous winner.
In nabbing this title, Ford only beat the previous record holder Richard Farnsworth by a year. Farnsworth was 79 when he played the title role in David Lynch’s The Straight Story.
Homeowners who homestead their home will also get a $100,000 homestead exemption. Non-homestead properties valued at less than $5 million will get a 20% circuit breaker on appraised values as part of a three-year program. There will also be savings on the franchise tax for small businesses.
It’s OK to teach Oklahoma schoolchildren about the Tulsa Race Massacre, just don’t tell them it was motivated by the color of anyone’s skin, the state superintendent of schools said at a July 6 forum.
The conservative Republican was asked how teaching about the 1921 murder of hundreds of Black citizens of Tulsa doesn’t violate his ban on teaching what he calls Critical Race Theory.
“I would never tell a kid that because of your race, because of the color of your skin, or your gender or anything like that, you are less of a person or are inherently racist. That doesn’t mean you don’t judge the actions of individuals. Oh, you can. Absolutely, historically, you should. ‘This was right. This was wrong. They did this for this reason.’ But to say it was inherent in that because of their skin is where I say that is Critical Race Theory. You’re saying that race defines a person.”
By historical fact, residents of the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa — dubbed the “Black Wall Street” — were murdered by armed white vigilantes precisely because of the color of their skin.
Why Does Coke At McDonald’s Taste Different?
If you’ve ever debated someone over whether or not the Coca-Cola served at McDonald’s tastes different than the Coke did at other places, you’re not crazy. McDonald’s Coke has a unique flavor, and some say it’s better than canned Coke or Coke from other restaurants.
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At the start of my date yesterday afternoon, a waitress from another table came by and told my date she thought she was beautiful. She did it in a very nice way and my date took the comment well. I was hoping the date would turn into something but we both agreed there wasn’t a spark, but we may hang out as friends.
I rented a book about getting over divorce from the library. It provided the following stats which I question: Within two years of divorce, 80% of men remarried. Within five years of divorce, 75% of women have remarried. Within only one year of divorce, 50% of men have remarried.
More than 2,500 US adults said they would need to earn, on average, $233,000 a year to feel financially secure and $483,000 annually to feel rich or to attain financial freedom, according to a new survey from Bankrate. Just for comparison’s sake, the median earnings for a full-time, year-round worker in 2021 was $56,473, according to the US Census Bureau.
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