There will be a Super Bowl ad by Budweiser, which will show a wonderful welcome home by the soldier’s home town. This video shows some of the background of the commercial. I was incredibly touched by the testimony of the older vets. Doing this for the young man coming home was incredibly important to them – especially the Vietnam vets.
That was better than the commercial itself, I believe.
God bless ’em, every one.
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Mornin’ Gnag!
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Bones from yesterday;
Super Dave and Hamous: Did y’all read the link on #22 about making water from the raw materials on the moon and oxygen from the CO2 on Mars? Is there any water on the moon, if yes in what concentrations? How much energy will it take to liberate enough to use?
I seem to recall someone telling me that the moon rocks brought back were lacking water; perhaps I misunderstood.There is water on the moon, some frozen in the soil and a pretty fair amount at the poles, but there is no atmosphere. Mars has more water and a very thin atmosphere, mostly carbon dioxide and a little methane. FWIW; This is not my area of expertise and my connection to the project would be testing/vibrating the equipment before launch. We’ve tested components for the rovers and the Robonaut
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A pleasant good morning, Hamsterville!
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OK I was over yonder and saw a list of the names of the top fifteen crazy people, and guess what, there is one male and one female name of folks that post here. I don’t know everyone’s real first name so there may be more. 😉
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Over yonder? Could you be more specific, SD?
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Over yonder? Could you be more specific, SD?
You know, where Squawk and Emmykelly hang out.
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I just watched the video, dayaam, I think I have something in my eye.
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When the time comes KatFish might consider this; Ohio man’s wish fulfilled as he is buried on motorcycle.
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Where do Squawk and Emme hang out?
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Great find, Tedtam. The Budweiser folks know how to do it right. Would hope the significant expense of maintaining the stable and breeding farm remains affordable owing the to the goodwill and loyalty that generosity and kindness like this generates. Not every returning hero’s parade includes a ride home on a famous wagon pulled by all-star horses. Wish more did. Bravo, Bravissimo.
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Those wacky atheists are at it again. They bought a billboard near MetLife stadium.
“A ‘Hail Mary’ only works in football”
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Short ingredient list.
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Good morning Hamsters. Dampish 64 at 6, now overcast and working toward being gloomy, breezy from the south. A transition day for weather.
So now the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet has competition from Hallmark Channel’s Kitten Bowl. Both will likely have quite a few viewers if the main event is lopsided or boring or both. Even if the main event is a cliffhanger, folks not interested might seek refuge in one or both while spouses or family members are glued to it.
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#9 – I saw that over on one of the HD boards I frequent – previous experiences posted discussed the potential for grave robbers resulting from publicizing that a fully operational Harley is being buried………………various ideas for theft prevention also posted including firing the bike up and wiring the throttle wide open (with no engine oil) until the motor seizes prior to completing the burial – or perhaps drilling multiple holes in the cases to render the bike not worth repairing.
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Sean Trende gives 5 reasons on why the pubbies are pushing
Immigration ReformAmnesty now, and I couldn’t agree more with reason #5:In the course of my musings on Twitter, AmishDude suggested that the real motive here is that the GOP leadership is actually concerned about the implications of a landslide. Of all the suggestions put out there, this seems to make the most sense, and synthesizes the above theories reasonably well while addressing most of my pushbacks on them.
The idea is twofold. First, a landslide would present as much of a problem as it does an opportunity for those who might want to revisit the issue in 2015, especially if the GOP establishment (or its donors) believes this is a must-do before the 2016 elections. The base would be even more agitated after a big victory, and appalled at any compromise on this issue if the GOP picks it up in 2015. In addition, absent a majority, Democrats wouldn’t have the same incentive to support a bill that contained further compromises, especially since they already view the bill as a compromise in the first place. They’d be better off watching Republicans flail and fail to pass a bill as their own base abandons them; this is roughly what happened in the mid-2000s.
This makes sense of the timing issue. Perhaps the GOP really did plan on letting the issue die last summer, when taking the Senate looked like a 50-50 shot, and breaking even in the House seemed like the order of the day. But then the Obamacare rollout hit, and suddenly Republicans looked like they might enjoy a 2010 redux.The very last thing these jerkwads want is a repeat of 2010. The victories brought by the Tea Party 4 years ago have brought them nothing but the threat of losing their phoney baloney jobs and the ability to reward their friends with huge consultancy contracts.
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I can’t seem to score better than “ambling armadillo”… 🙁
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I’m a sluggish snail because I keep jumping the gun.
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top ten predictions for this year, and these you can hang your hat on:
1. The Bible will still have all the answers.
2. Prayer will still be the most powerful thing on Earth.
3. The Holy Spirit will still move.
4. God will still honor the praises of His people.
5. There will still be God-anointed preaching.
6. There will still be singing of praise to God.
7. God will still pour out blessings upon His people.
8. There will still be room at the Cross.
9. Jesus will still love you.
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This just in from TW
The effect of those FOUR little words … “I LOVE YOU SWEETHEART”
how to live in a loving relationship with your husband.
The women were asked, “How many of you love your husband?”
All the women raised their hands.
Then they were asked, “When was the last time you told your husband you loved him?”
Some women answered today, a few yesterday, and some couldn’t remember.
The women were then told to take out their cell phones and text their
husband: “I love you, sweetheart.”
The women were then told to exchange phones with another person, and to read aloud the text message they received in response.
Here are some of the replies:
1. Who the hell is this?
2. Eh, mother of my children, are you sick or what?
3. Yeh, and I love you too. What’s up with you??
4. What now? Did you crash the car again?
5. I don’t understand what you mean?
6. What the f*ck did you do now?
7. ?!?
8. Don’t beat about the bush, just tell me how much you need?
9. Am I dreaming?
10. If you don’t tell me who this message is actually for, someone will die.
11. I thought we agreed you wouldn’t drink during the day.
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February 1, 2014 at 12:58 pm
#20 TedtamHey, #20 is MY post.
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“Bobbing Bobcat”
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I think a blind man could have seen this one coming:
HEADLINE: COST OF GENERIC DRUGS SOARING DUE TO INCREASED DEMAND FROM OBAMACARE
The pervasive use of generic over brand-name medications was anticipated to be a money-saver, but recently prices are soaring, even up 6,000 percent for some common drugs that were once fairly low-cost.Let’s see, OJugEars Care all but bans the use of Name Brand drugs and now the price of generics is going up?? HOw could htat possibly be, increased demand bolstered by the govt hammer driving up prices, why whodathunkit?
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I see alternative medicine becoming much more interesting. Home remedies, an’ all.
I’ve been reading a book on coconut oil. Heck, that stuff might solve world hunger! If it’s half as good as the book says, it’s worth adding to my diet. I’ve long been a proponent of nasal irrigation. I know it’s helped head off some ongoing sinus infections, and that’s cheaper and safer than a course of antibiotics every six-twelve months.
Hubby had a rash on his arm some years ago. It started near his elbow and over the course of some months, extended down onto his wrist and his hand. The itching was driving him crazy. The doctors prescribed cream after ointment after pill – and nothing worked. Even the $60/tube stuff was useless. I suggested we try vinegar. He hated it, but every night he allowed me to clothespin a vinegar soaked cloth around his arm for 30 minutes to an hour while he watched TV. Other than the itching seemed to abate, nothing seemed to happen for two weeks, then overnight half of the rash just disappeared. After a month, it was gone. I told the doctor about it, and she just said “Sometimes those home remedies are the best!”
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Hubby had a rash on his arm some years ago.
Why didn’t you try Windex, like the Michael Constantine character on My Big Fat Greek Wedding did?
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Maybe they could make a poultice with some Eye-talian salad dressing. You got yer vinegar for the healing, olive oil to keep his coat glossy, and garlic to keep the vampires away.
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or they coulda just made a nutmeg and garlic milkshake and puked the infection right out.
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Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.
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Karl Rove’s dogma just got run over by his own karma.
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The Peoples Republik of KKKaliforniKa are in for a world of hurt because they let the inmates run the asylum.
HEADLINE: UDPATE: DWR Cuts Allocations To Organizations Buying Water From The State
The eco-terds have blocked the construction of new dams, have blocked construction of new power plants and have blocked construction of seawater to freshwater desalination plants and now they are running out of water, whodathunkit?
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All of California is an asylum these days.
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Adee, did you try your hand at the reaction time test? I am curious whether the other wimminz can do better than I did. I always stopped the critter before it escaped, but just couldn’t improve my reaction speed. I was notoriously poor at video games the few times I tried them. But when I take the peripheral vision test at the optometrist, I’m very good at that for some reason.
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If I don’t jump the gun, I always get bobbing bobcat.
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from my inbox:
CLINT EASTWOOD AND A ONE SENTENCE EDITORIAL
This one sentence editorial appeared in the Peoria Journal Star . . . . .
“A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than a gun in the hands of 200 million law-abiding citizens.”
Then Clint Eastwood added his words . . .
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Not yet.
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Truck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century!!!
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Meh.
Roman Polanski raped a very young girl.
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He’s still considered a genius among the cognoscenti.
Thus my opinion of the cognoscenti.
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My life is complete
I can’t seem to score better than “ambling armadillo”… 🙁
I got bobcat
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Woody Allen is a slimeball and his movies suck. He needs to spend some time in prison so he can find out what abuse is all about.
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I admit and accept my defeat. The Mighty Squawkster has bested me! I am brought low. I am humbled. I am but dirt beneath his shoes.
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That letter from the adopted daughter does not convince me it happened. It might have, it might not have. The affair with the older adopted girl was sleazy beyond measure, though. And for the record, I’m not a fan. He and his characters were all too neurotic for my taste.
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Woody who?
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I see know reason for the daughter to write the letter if it isn’t true. She just wants the world to know that Woody Allen is a scum who does not deserve the praise he gets. He is as disgusting as Roman Polanski and all the other child abuses and deviants in hollywood.
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Aside from his personal pecadillos, some of his films were quite humorous.
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TexCan, there is no rational reason to write the letter if it isn’t true. Therein lies the rub, eh?
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February 1, 2014 at 10:11 pm
TexCan, there is no rational reason to write the letter if it isn’t true. Therein lies the rub, eh?Given his sexual relationship with the other daughter, I find absolutely no reason to doubt the truthfulness of what she says.
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MsHarper: Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. The libs in hollywood protect their own (paychecks)
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Night all, thanks for being here.
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I admit and accept my defeat. The Mighty Squawkster has bested me! I am brought low. I am humbled. I am but dirt beneath his shoes.
Arise dear lady and take your place amongst the vanquished knowing that you are indeed a worthy foe. 🙂
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A song that makes me wish I was sitting in my favorite wine bar.
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Wake up gang, I’m already on my second cup of coffee.
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I see we are in for another round of cold weather. Looks seasonal though, nothing remarkable. Glad to see it is raining here. Everything looks a bit dry. I don’t think I mentioned it here yesterday, but I went outside to prune some damaged plants, and flushed a rabbit in a flower bed. I hadn’t seen a wild rabbit in my yard since 2010. Seeing one now so soon after those hard freezes did surprise me.
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I am not a worthy foe when it comes to shooting reflexes. I am terrible. So please, Unca Sam, don’t send me into combat. -
Good morning Hamsters. Well the front is progressing and so far brought a little rain around 7 this morning. More would be welcome. Condensation everywhere at 6 and a clammy 66 that didn’t hang around long thereafter. Wind vigorously switched to north, and the rapid temp slide began. Down to 49 on the front porch now, with guesstimate the drop will stop in the lower 40s. Groundhog/prairie dog/armadillo/squirrel/whoever did not see its shadow. Winter, however, will pay no attention and keep on being winter as long as it wants to.
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Takes a few false starts to figure out how the escaping sheep game works and where to watch. The front row sheep aren’t the escapees. Gotta keep the cursor on the dart button. Presume the creators thought the setup was intuitive, but it is not for everybody. Made the snail level while I tried figuring it out. Probably is intuitive if one plays video games regularly, which I don’t–at all.
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Here’s an interesting story for the Catholics on The Couch. Is attendance down in local Catholic churches? Judging by the overflow crowd I saw at Sacred Heart last year when I went there to pick up an old friend so we could ride the Toy Train between the church and the Medical Center, the answer would be No. The overflow I saw out in the spacious lobby was all races and ethnicities, so it isn’t just hispanics here.
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Good morning fellow couch critters, I finally dragged my carcass out of the bed and am now waiting on my sluggish snail coffee maker to do its thang.
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My work has me driving by many Catholic churches in rural SE Texas.
I can report overflowing parking lots at each of them.
At the invitation of a friend (that was a first) I attended Catholic Mass in Bellville last summer. Every pew nearly full. Of course he had to smuggle in this Lutheran. -
Believed to be the oldest African American Catholic community in Texas, this settlement traces its history to the late 1840s.
One of the churches I pass almost daily, it is quite tiny. The picture on their website is deceiving.
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Honey, get up. I hear a noise outside. Go see what it is.
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Is attendance down in local Catholic churches?
FWIW, our church does a survey during each “meet and greet” they have for new members, gathering demographic data to better serve the church and community. One of the questions asked is on religious background.
33% of new members report that they did not grow up in a religious household. 11% report that they grew up Baptist, 7% Methodist, and 17% say they grew up Catholic. My pastor jokes that we are the fastest growing Catholic church in Fort Bend County. -
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Drudge just put up a shot of the Obamas seemingly puckered up and ready to kiss. Must be an OLD photo. Pre-Mandela memorial.
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wisdom from my inbox:
A farmer had 5 female pigs.
Times were hard, so he decided to take them to the county fair and sell them.
At the fair, he met another farmer who owned five male pigs.
After talking a bit, they decided to mate the pigs and split everything 50/50.
The farmers lived sixty miles apart, so they agreed to drive thirty miles each and find a field in which to let the pigs mate.
The first morning, the farmer with the female pigs got up at 5 A.M., loaded the pigs into the family station wagon, (which was the only vehicle he had) and drove the thirty miles.
While the pigs were mating, he asked the other farmer, “How will I know if they are pregnant?”
The other farmer replied, “If they’re lying in the grass tomorrow morning, they’re pregnant. If they’re in the mud, they’re not.”
The next morning the pigs were rolling in the mud, so he hosed them off, loaded them into the family station wagon again and proceeded to try again.
This continued each morning for more than a week and both farmers were worn out.
The next morning he was too tired to get out of bed. He called to his wife, “Honey, please look outside and tell me whether the pigs are in the mud or in the grass?”
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With my old phone I could stay signed in to Hambone for days at a time.
With this new one I have to sign back in numerous times a day, even though I always check the “Remember Me” box at the LogIn.
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I know what it is.
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Thought you would want to know Friends … Keep smiling…
FULL BODY SCANS AT AIRPORTS: CATSA disclosed the following Airport Screening Results
December 2013 Statistics On Airport Full Body Screening From CATSA :
Terrorists Discovered 0
Transvestites 133
Hernias 1,485
Hemorrhoid Cases 3,172
Enlarged Prostates 8,249
Breast Implants 59,350
Natural Blondes 3
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There are no controls in WordPress that would allow me to force periodic logins. I have to log in about once a week it seems like. I assume it’s something in the browser settings that forces a refresh.
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Shannon blamed Pyro for it. Or I assumed he did. Isn’t that who SoonerBoy would key out to?
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Is attendance down in local Catholic churches?
The one in my neighborhood is full at all five Masses and has been for as long as I’ve been in Houston. My parish is Annunciation downtown. The English Mass I attend is not full but the two Latin Masses are well-attended. Being one of I think only two parishes in the Galveston-Houston Diocese that offers a Latin Mass probably increases attendance. Annunciation is also the oldest Catholic Church in Houston.
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OK, I’ll bite, who is Phillip Seymour Hoffman?!?!
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Veteran Character Actor, multiple Oscar nominee, Best Actor recipient for the movie Capote, and when coupled with Woody Allen, a perfect illustration of what’s wrong with Hollywood and the people they put on pedestals.
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It’s getting cold, I’ll improve my nap today with the electric blanket. ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz…
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The pic on Drudge of the shaved wookie puckering up to kiss the potus is amusing. It looks like she is about to kiss a turd, oh wait, never mind.
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Has anyone been to a gun show lately? I went to the one in Pasadena yesterday and the prices have plummeted, the cheapest AR was $600, AK $480, lots of AR’s from $600-$900. I saw a Ruger LC9 for $345 without the laser. There was a pretty good supply of popular ammo, 9, 40, 45, 380 etc , but still no 22’s. One guy had a couple of bricks of CCI standard load 22’s for $145!!!! For you folks in Rio Linda the list price on this would be about $10.00. Luckily I made it out of there without purchasing anything.
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I just got back from some grocery shopping. I swear, it’s almost like the pre-Thanksgiving crowd – almost.
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I haven’t been to a gun show since the Clinton insanity.
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Oh, and Handsome Son received his certificate to be an Air Conditioning Technician or something like that (he says there is a list of certificates that he can get). He’s already passed his EPA test, which allows him to handle freon, but he’s particularly proud of this one. Hubby is just as proud of the celebration cake he got for him – it’s a plain white cake, with the words “Congratulations Handsome Son” in the middle and “VW” in the corners. Hubby thinks this cake is just AWESOME and that Handsome “doesn’t know what’s coming”. He grins from ear to ear when he talks about it.
I’ve seen “Cake Boss”. I’ve seen several wedding cakes. Heck, I’ve made fancier cakes than what he ordered! But it’s something he did, on his own, for his son, and it has “VW” on it, so that makes it special. I just smile and nod.
The cake will be presented to Handsome around 4:00 pm today at The House Where They Will Watch The Superbowl. Handsome Son will be surrounded by friends as he is formally congratulated on his achievement. I will be there, of course, to see the matching grin on my son’s face as his father brings out the cake for him.
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#95 Tedtam, congratulations to your boy, he’ll always make good money working in the AC industry, especially in Houston. You and your hubby done good, rasin’ the boy right.
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Via a link on FB – this is stupendously brilliant. A mom and teacher are talking:
Every Friday afternoon Chase’s teacher asks her students to take out a piece of paper and write down the names of four children with whom they’d like to sit the following week. The children know that these requests may or may not be honored. She also asks the students to nominate one student whom they believe has been an exceptional classroom citizen that week. All ballots are privately submitted to her.
And every single Friday afternoon, after the students go home, Chase’s teacher takes out those slips of paper, places them in front of her and studies them. She looks for patterns.
Who is not getting requested by anyone else?
Who doesn’t even know who to request?
Who never gets noticed enough to be nominated?
Who had a million friends last week and none this week?
You see, Chase’s teacher is not looking for a new seating chart or “exceptional citizens.” Chase’s teacher is looking for lonely children. She’s looking for children who are struggling to connect with other children. She’s identifying the little ones who are falling through the cracks of the class’s social life. She is discovering whose gifts are going unnoticed by their peers. And she’s pinning down- right away- who’s being bullied and who is doing the bullying.
As a teacher, parent, and lover of all children – I think that this is the most brilliant Love Ninja strategy I have ever encountered. It’s like taking an X-ray of a classroom to see beneath the surface of things and into the hearts of students. It is like mining for gold – the gold being those little ones who need a little help – who need adults to step in and TEACH them how to make friends, how to ask others to play, how to join a group, or how to share their gifts with others. And it’s a bully deterrent because every teacher knows that bullying usually happens outside of her eyeshot – and that often kids being bullied are too intimidated to share. But as she said – the truth comes out on those safe, private, little sheets of paper.
As Chase’s teacher explained this simple, ingenious idea – I stared at her with my mouth hanging open. “How long have you been using this system?” I said.
Ever since Columbine, she said. Every single Friday afternoon since Columbine.
Good Lord.
This brilliant woman watched Columbine knowing that ALL VIOLENCE BEGINS WITH DISCONNECTION. All outward violence begins as inner loneliness. She watched that tragedy KNOWING that children who aren’t being noticed will eventually resort to being noticed by any means necessary.
And so she decided to start fighting violence early and often, and with the world within her reach. What Chase’s teacher is doing when she sits in her empty classroom studying those lists written with shaky 11 year old hands – is SAVING LIVES. I am convinced of it. She is saving lives.
And what this mathematician has learned while using this system is something she really already knew: that everything – even love, even belonging – has a pattern to it. And she finds those patterns through those lists – she breaks the codes of disconnection. And then she gets lonely kids the help they need. It’s math to her. It’s MATH.This really hits home with me. God bless this teacher.
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I haven’t been to a gun show since the Clinton insanity.
I was there and let me tell you that the Clinton/Brady crap was a walk in the park compared to the Obama fiasco. 🙁
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OK Harper. set-up!
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SD: What were the prices like for 9 and 45, did you see any semi-jacketed hollow points in either caliber?
IMHO, stacking alternating fmj and semi-JHPs is the best way to go.
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#100 Bones, 9’s and 45’s about $16.00 to $35.00 for a box of 50 FMJ, HP’s $30-$40 box of 20-25. The cheaper prices would be buying in bulk, 200-500 Rds. These are typical gun show prices, better than the stores but not as good as buying on-line.
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BTW; If you’re wondering where EVERYONE in Clear Lake is, they’re at Krogers on El Camino. What ZOO, and most of them seemed to be highly wised!?
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I’ve got the baby back ribs in the oven, I’m not sure if I’ve ever cooked ribs in the oven. Just too cold and wet to grill them,…yup, I know that I’m wimp. Wrapping up the jalapeno poppers with BACON now.
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Light rain here and blustery, 39 and chill to the bone damp cold. Forecast amended from this morning, as rain did not stop around noon but instead hung around as the temp dropped. Not fit for man nor beast to be outside long.
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Wrapping up the jalapeno poppers with BACON now.
I knew a guy who would stuff them with cream cheese and crab meat then wrap them with bacon. Finally they were deep fried, he called them armadillo eggs.
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Both of these coaches need to be thrashed for stupid challenges.
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What ZOO, and most of them seemed to be highly wised!?
I did not know that anyone in Clear Lake had ever been wised. I assume that is the process by which wisdom in instilled in someone..
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BOB ! Hey, Bob Forty-Two !
But some people like Mario, a 31-year-old graduate student who works part time at a restaurant, are still turning to the black market for their weed.
Sitting in a vegetarian café near his Denver apartment that has a bathroom covered in graffiti like “Urban Farming Is The Future!,” Mario said he feared being on a medical registry while still in school.
A lifelong Colorado resident, Mario, a slight man with glasses and a goatee, who asked that his last name be withheld, has yet to step foot in a dispensary. That’s because he can get an ounce of weed for $60 from a co-worker whose family member has a home grow. Granted, that’s an unusually low price, as high-quality green generally costs an average of $237 an ounce, according to priceofweed.com, a self-described “global price index for marijuana.”
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What an interesting game and so far quite the opposite of what the prognosticators thought. Seattle seemed much more fired up than Denver in the first half, and likely with very good reason. On to the second half.
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Hmmm. I wonder if a good movie comes on at eight.
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The execs at the NFL are freaking out because they’re going to lose half their audience for the rest of those $3,000,000 per 30 second ads and the sponsors are going to be beating the doors down for a discount.
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I thought there was a football game today. It looks like only one team showed up.
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I finally just got the heating pad out for Barf Kitty. She has now decided to leave me alone.
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I snoozed and lost, and now I need to be wised.
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We hired a new guy, starts tomorrow. We have two vacancies here in Houston, one of which is a major renovation project before we can rent again. The other unit’s not so bad, but it does need some sheetrock and mud work before it can be repainted, but mostly just patch work in a couple of places. After that’s done, then we clean, paint and rent. That’ll be the first one. We were planning on moving him to the big project after that, but we discovered today that the upstairs tenants to the aforementioned quick make-ready skipped out. At least they took all of their crap with them. Unfortunately, they had no compunction about allowing their toddler to write on the walls – in crayon. Every wall, every room. Hubby’s talking KILZing the heck out of it and then painting, hoping that will cover the crayon. I’m afraid we may have to re-sheetrock the lower portions of some of the walls.
The upstairs is now job #2.
We think we can keep him busy, between our units and the mother-in-laws units. Then there’s finishing the Dome. And yard work on all of those properties and a vacant lot that we have, too.
That’s a lot of stress offloaded from Hubby. I hope this guy works out. We’ve known OF him for a while, and we have friends who know him, and he sounds capable. -
TT, your stories of tenants is why I would not be into rental property under any possible circumstances. Whew.
Oh, and has your plumbing customer legal thing been called yet? Probably not, I think you would tell us about the outcome. -
Never should’ve worn those orange jerseys Broncos.
Saw very little of the game but just looked at the score on Drudge. -
Good job Seattle. Congratulations on winning it all. Congratulations to Russell Wilson, former Wisconsin Badger, for asking “Why not us?” and helping make it so. It was not boring.
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OTOH, we have wonderful tenants down at the river. They not only pay rent on time, but they tend the yard and do minor repair work on their own. We also have other tenants that have been paying on time and only call us for infrequent repairs, like faucets not working or leaks. And even with the problems we have, these rental units still bring in an income. I had boss and coworker issues when I worked downtown, too. Every job has its ups and downs.
I’ll be reporting the crayon tenants to our landlording network. The next landlord that uses our service will see our report. Eventually, their behavior will bite them in the butt. -
costs an average of $237 an ounce
Boy, I’m glad I stopped partaking of the Devil Weed 35 years ago. Back then $40 an ounce was outrageous.
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Good morning Hamsters. Overcast saved us from a freeze out here on the Brazos moors
at Richmond, only 37. Conditions for Saturday when spouse’s brother and wife arrive from Madison are forecast to be in the low 50s with a modest chance for rain. Balmy that isn’t, but it will be about 40 degrees warmer than what they leave behind. Presuming of course that another Arctic blast hasn’t smothered O’Hare in Chicago so they can’t get out. -
Hmmmmm when I WAS MODERATOR the new day post would have already been done.
I could do it here but that would require coming out of retirement and then there is the matter of union rules. -
Is it Monday yet?
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