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What I Heard This Week 02-08-2024

What I Heard This Week February 7, 2024

 

Caution: There are several reminders in this column about Valentine’s Day (oh, and Super Bowl…) both are particularly important occasions happening soon, so pay attention. The happiness of your sweetie may be determined by which one you celebrate.

The Demeter Fragrance Library has the scent of Clover, Dirt, New Baby, Rain, Gin & Tonic, Snow, Tootsie Roll, Junior Mints, Dots, Paperback, Slimes, PB&J, Pixie Dust, Snow, Clean Skin, plus plenty more, including Kitten Fur. You know, the smell when you nuzzle your cat after she has been laying in the windowsill with the sun shining down on her. We call that solar recharged kitty at our house. Great Valentine gift idea. Saves cleaning a cat box.

I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone. – J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of The Rings

Two weeks ago, I saw the Les Misérables Musical at Hobby Center in Houston. My friend and I blubbered like babies, as we do each time we see either a production or the movie. Les Misérables is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862 that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. If you ever get the opportunity to see it, please do. The novel is one of the longest ever written, with 655,478 words, described as one of the half-dozen greatest novels of the world. It is French history, politics, justice, religion, romance, and social problems.

“And remember, as it was written, to love another person is to see the face of God.” – Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

According to the news, King Charles has been diagnosed with an unknown type of cancer which was found early during his recent hospitalization for benign prostate enlargement; he is hugely positive and has started outpatient treatment…  Little Prince Harry is throwing caution to the wind and flying back to see him soon. Hmmm. According to the BBC, King Charles chose to share his diagnosis to prevent speculation and in the hope, it may assist public understanding for all those around the world who are affected by cancer.

A CHAMPION is simply someone who did NOT give up when they wanted to. – Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys

Have you inherited Aunt Betty’s China or your grandma’s silver? There is a place where you can buy discontinued and current tableware, crystal, and silver if you are missing a piece, or you can sell what you have to them. Replacements.com

If you’re not IN the parade, you WATCH the parade. That’s life. – Mike Ditka, Chicago Bears

While I was in Boston to see my kids for Thanksgiving, I took an Uber to the airport when I left. The driver, a perfect gentleman, was Irish and explained to me that he didn’t know where South Texas was, questioning if it was on the East coast. I replied, “No, it’s not on the East coast. Do you know where Galveston is?” He replied, “No, but I know the song.” Well, that was good enough for me. It was beautiful to listen to him talk, plus he was very insistent that I remember the call numbers of the Irish radio station he listens to so I could listen myself when I returned home… wherever I live. It was like having live entertainment in the car.

If it doesn’t matter who WINS or loses, then why do they keep SCORE. – Vince Lombardi

Travis Kelce talking as he prepares for Super Bowl XVIII, being questioned for the millionth time about whether he is going to become engaged to Taylor Swift. He explained that at this moment he is only focusing on a Super Bowl ring. But he did state that in reference to Taylor’s recent Grammy wins (Best Pop Album and her fourth Album of the Year trophy – Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon and Frank Sinatra were all tied for the record of 3 Albums of the Year wins until Taylor won her 4th), that he thinks she is unbelievable, and he must now hold up his end of the deal and must bring home his own hardware. Aren’t they cute? And Sweet. And wholesome. Something that the world needs so much more of right now.

If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.” – A. A. Milne, from Winnie the Pooh

You may roll your eyes when I tell you this, but, oh, well. The fact is, I just love to read, and I really enjoy reading obituaries. The newspapers charge so much now that you get very little information on most obits because of the cost. But the half page obit in the Chronicle recently, celebrating the life of Lawrence Edward Miggins was outstanding. (His mother had told him to always choose the heavy cake because the heavy one had better ingredients.) Larry was 98 when he died, with “the cause of his joy” and wife of 70 years, holding his hand. He was one of 12 children, a tall guy – 6’4” by the eighth grade, which helped him excel and letter in football, baseball, and basketball. He played in a Minor league while still in high school and was the Valedictorian of his 1943 class. He was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals. He obtained his master’s in criminology and was proud that all 12 of his children earned their college degrees. Now, to the best part of the story. The obit said that many people called Larry “larger than life” but his neighbor made this phrase actually come to life. Sculptor and neighbor, David Adickes, had Larry pose for the statue of Sam Houston that stands next to I-45 in Huntsville. David Adickes is also the creator of the Stephen F. Austin statue in Angleton. What a great back story. Don’t forget to always choose the heavy cake in honor of Larry.

Pleasure of love lasts but a moment. Pain of love lasts a lifetime. – Bette Davis

Finally, I got to watch Maestro (the movie). Excellent. Yum. Doesn’t a grilled cheese sandwich and tomato basil soup sound good right now! Thank you to the Dingler’s for the delicious okra and green beans a while back, and the carrots last week! You are the best. I’m making Copper Pennies this evening. Mr. Corder brought us two bouquets of red roses again this year. He is the kindest man. Be sure to enjoy his poem on page 3 and congratulate him if you see him… on being such a great published poet.

Toby Keith died at 62 of stomach cancer. He was the singer-songwriter of the 1993 country hit “Should’ve Been a Cowboy,” just one of his “20” Number #1 singles and the most played country song (3 million times) of the 90’s.  Carl Weathers, NFL player turned Hollywood action star of Rocky movies (boxer, Apollo Creed) and The Mandalorian, died at 76. He was also the voice of Combat Carl in Toy Story 4 and more. Herbert “Cowboy” Coward, who played the toothless man in Deliverance, died in a vehicle accident along with his 78-year-old girlfriend, his chihuahua and a pet squirrel. He was 85, lived in NC and was famous for his pet squirrel. He delivered the line, “He got a real purty mouth, ain’t he?”

You may marry the man of your dreams, ladies, but fourteen years later you’re married to a couch that burps. – Roseanne Barr

If you are looking for a fun Valentine gift for your sweetie, Brazosport Center Stages at The Center for the Arts and Sciences, is presenting Dinner Theater with a 3-course meal, and a musical revue of Side by Side By Sondheim. February 14, 16, 17, 18. $40 per person. 979-265-7661. What a deal. Dinner and Theater at the same time. And I will be helping Mary in the kitchen.

Alzheimer’s disease may be partially caused by nose picking. Yep. Picking your nose may introduce germs that may cause dementia over time. Hmmm. Tucker Carlson was reportedly seen leaving Putin’s office in Moscow. Maybe an interview is forthcoming. As far as I’m concerned, they can keep him over there. Chipotle is hiring 19,000 workers to meet the demand for Burrito Season. Is there really a burrito season? Seriously. They say there is an annual surge in Mexican food consumption from March to May. At my house those dates are January through December. Hmmm. Boeing has now found more mis-drilled holes on additional 737’s.  Atmospheric River: I heard a weather person state that it’s basically a river in the sky. I understand simple terms. Buc-ee’s: You all know how expensive batteries are.  I was shopping all over town for a tiny little battery for my garage door opener. I found a package of two at Buc-ee’s in Waller for $1.49. So, this weekend, I needed more batteries for my smoke alarms. I just went ahead, saving time and money by running into the store while my gas was pumping. FYI. Bloomer Tech has designed a washable bra for women with medical sensors that collect data on cardiovascular health, using flexible and washable circuits to continuously monitor and improve heart health. Women and their bodies are frequently overlooked when it comes to clinical research. Have a great week and thank you for reading and shopping with us. Lisa

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make. – Sir Paul McCartney,  (The Beatles)

Send comments to Lisa Baker at lisa@thesourceweekly.com

What I Heard This Week 11-04-2021

What I Heard This Week November 3, 2021

On Halloween day, there were two black vultures sitting on a light pole at the entrance of our subdivision. Like they were props. Watching. Waiting. Very appropriate for the day. I took a picture.

New York City is now dealing with an unusual outbreak of a rare, sometimes fatal disease spread through rat urine, called leptospirosis. It is not known why there have been so many new cases this year, but warmer weather conditions fueled by climate change is cited as a possible factor. A group of rat hunters are doing their part to help catch the critters, along with their pet dogs. One gentleman has spent 30 years of Friday nights, responding to public complaints about the 2-million plus brown rats living in NYC. He said that his dogs instinctively kill the rats but never get sick because they know to avoid the diseased rats. See, things could be worse in Texas. My son says that the rats are all over Boston, too. Hmmm.

The trouble with being in the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat. Lily Tomlin

A fast-food customer was killed at the drive-thru window of a McDonald’s in what police called a freak accident. The customer opened his door to get something he had dropped from his window while paying. As he opened the door and leaned out, the car rolled forward hitting part of the restaurant, which pinned him between the door and the frame. Efforts were made by first responders to revive the man, but he died on the scene. In 2012, a woman suffered serious injuries in the same such situation at another McDonald’s when she dropped money, reached down to pick it up as her foot slipped off the brake, and the car rolled forward. In 2018, a motorist opened a door at a Jack In The Box drive-thru to get his food. He tried to back up, but accelerated while doing so, hit a tree, and was pinned between the car and tree. I know you are thinking to yourself, fast food kills, so I’m not even going to mention it.

To me, fast food is when a cheetah eats an antelope. George Carlin

Since 1963, we have all been wondering what is inside those memorizing Astro Lamps aka Lava Lamps, designed by Edward Craven Walker. It is actually wax that is heated, then floats and rises to the top of the lamp, then as it cools it falls back down. There has been so little change in the way that the lamp is made that you can still buy spare parts for a lamp that was made in the 60’s. At its peak of popularity in the 90’s, they were selling over 800,000 lamps a year. The precise mix of chemicals used in commercial lava lamps remains a trade secret, but it is said to be a blend of paraffin and perchloroethylene (PERC, aka dry-cleaning fluid, or brake part cleaner). The base liquid is supposed to be mostly a mixture of water, dye and chemicals that prevent the formation of fungus. Now you know.

A husband is someone who after taking out trash, gives the impression he just cleaned the whole house.

Josh Duggar, 33, of the 19 Kids and Counting show, was charged with receiving and possessing more than 200 images of child sex abuse material, involving minor children from about 18 months of age to 12 years. He said he is not guilty. His wife, Anna, very pregnant with their seventh child, says she believes he is innocent. He has been granted unlimited contact with his children (as long as his wife is present) but is not allowed to see any other minor children, including his many nieces and nephews. Allegedly he admitted he molested five underage girls as a teen, but he could not be criminally charged because of statute of limitations had run out (even though he had confessed.). Two of his own sisters have come forward as two of his victims. If convicted (come on, of course he should be convicted) he could face a possible sentence of 40 years. Hmmm. NOT LONG ENOUGH. As a mother, I know exactly what I think should happen to him. He would be screaming like a girl. Meanwhile back at home, his dad Bob Duggar will be running for Arkansas State Senate.

I believe more in the scissors than I do the pencil. Truman Capote

RECENT BIRTHDAYS: Actor Barry Newman is 83. Singer Johnny Rivers is 79. Mountain of Love. Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is 78. Her fourth studio LP, the classic Blue Album was ranked No. 3 of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, by Rolling Stone Magazine. Actor Christopher Knight of The Brady Bunch is 64. Singer Bonnie Bramlett is 77. Delaney & Bonnie. Singer Bonnie Raitt is 72. Former Entertainment Tonight host Mary Hart is 71. Former Playboy CEO Christie Hefner is 69. Singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones is 67. Chuck E.’s in Love. Singer-actor Leif Garrett is 60. Actor Lou Ferrigno of The Incredible Hulk is 70. Singer Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees is 48. Blues singer Bobby Rush is 87. Country singer-songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard is 75. Actor Whoopi Goldberg is 66. Guitarist Vince Martell of Vanilla Fudge is 76.

Lyricist Tim Rice is 77. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Aladdin, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast. Actor Mackenzie Phillips of One Day at a Time is 62. Actor Mackenzie Foy of Twilight is 21. Renesmee. Singer-keyboardist Paul Cowsill of The Cowsills is 70. The Rain, The Park and Other Things. Actor Stanley Tucci is 61. Actor Demi Moore is 58. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is 47. Keyboardist Booker T. Jones of Booker T. and the MG’s is 77. Singer Neil Young is 76. Guitarist Buck Dharma of Blue Oyster Cult is 74. Actor Jimmy Hawkins is 80. He played Jimmy Stewart & Donna Reed’s son, Tommy Bailey, in the Frank Capra film classic … It’s A Wonderful Life.

The oldest surviving former Miss America, Jo-Carroll Dennison, died at 97. With a talent performance of Deep in the Heart of Texas, she captured the crown in 1942, after a banker stopped her on the street in Tyler, Texas and asked her to represent his bank in the town beauty pageant. She was one of the first pageant winners to object to wearing a swimsuit as she toured in the year after her victory.

In Texas, a mother and her 20-month-old baby boy were in a motel room when someone knocked. Three women overpowered the mother and took the child. The mother chased after them and was able to physically rip the front license plate from their vehicle before they drove away. Police used this information along with surveillance video, and the child was eventually returned to his mother safely. Ahh. The strength of a mother’s love can literally peel license plates right off cars.

Taco Bell is testing a monthly taco subscription service called Taco Lover’s Pass, where you can get one taco per day, for a month. More information to come, but great idea. Chipotle is adding smoked brisket to the menu. YUM. McDonald’s will be adding a new cheeseburger called The McPlant that is vegan. The burger is made with Beyond Meat which includes ingredients like yellow peas, coconut, potato, and beetroot juice. It is topped with vegan cheese and vegan sandwich sauce. For all my vegetarian friends. In an effort to protect our planet, McDonald’s is giving Happy Meals toys an environmentally friendly makeover, phasing out plastic toys, and if it works (of course it will work if they really want it to work), resulting in a 90% reduction in virgin plastics in favor of customizable crafts and build-your-own construction projects, paper-based trading cards, board games and lots of fun in each Happy Meal. I say get rid of anything that is not compostable, not biodegradable, that way it returns to the Earth.

OK, listen up. I am going to give you plenty of time to get your stuff together. Texas Gulf Bank is hosting Shred Day at the LJ Rec Center parking lot on Saturday Dec. 4th from 8 to 11:30. I got there last time and the truck was already full, so get your papers gathered up now so you are ready when the time comes. Mark it on your calendar right now so you will not forget. You know you have stuff that needs shredding.

What does it tell you when you can buy a $123,000 battery-powered Aston Martin DB5. It is the same car James Bond drives. Oh, but wait, there is more to this story. It just so happens this is the child-size version. Yes, for children. The Aston Martin DB5 Junior is a smaller version of the one in the movies, including little toy machine guns that come out of the front as the headlights retract, and a smokescreen device that pumps dark smoke through tiny little exhaust pipes. Isn’t this sweet? And your name doesn’t even have to be Kardashian. Hmmm. It can get up to speeds of 45 to 50 mph. The Aston Martin spokesperson says, “We’d encourage parents to ensure their kids wear a helmet and that kids are supervised while driving.” Oh, really? Honestly, don’t you remember how good it felt to be going downhill on your bike with your feet hanging off the pedals and your hair flying in the wind? I vote for bicycles for Christmas, like in the old days. Walmart has a bunch in stock right now.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided on a formal definition of Long COVID, defining it as a “post-COVID condition.” The WHO said: “Common symptoms include fatigue, shortness of breath, cognitive dysfunction but also others… which generally have an impact on everyday functioning. Symptoms may be new-onset, following initial recovery from an acute Covid-19 episode, or persist from the initial illness. Symptoms may also fluctuate or relapse over time.”

“First of all, you don’t get the vaccine for yourself, you get it for other people,” NBA legend Charles Barkley said. “I got vaccinated. I can’t wait to get the booster. You don’t get vaccinated just for yourself. Like [NBA Commissioner] Adam [Silver] said, you get vaccinated for your family first, you get vaccinated for your teammates second.” “I think everybody should get vaccinated,” Barkley added, noting he was “proud of the Nets for putting their foot down and for saying, ‘No, we’re not going to deal with this half on, half off’” and allow Kyrie Irving just to play on the road. Note: Irving will still receive half of his $35 million salary as he sits out the season. Yep. $17 million to sit at home.

Even if we disagree about everything, we can still be kind to each other.

Volkswagen just unveiled a tiny, boxy electric SUV called “ID. Life,”  a cute concept vehicle priced for first time car buyers that should cost around $24,000, when it gets here. VW says the car is made from several different recycled and renewable materials. Wood chips were used as a coloring agent in the car’s paint, and the lightweight removable roof is made from recycled bottles. The tires are made from biologically based oils, rice husks and natural rubber.

Having kids basically feels like waking up on the first morning of daylight saving time every day for 18 years.

Fall Back! Daylight Saving Time is November 7th. No “s” at the end of saving. That means it will start getting dark right after you eat lunch. It just seems so silly for us to continue doing this. In 2020, American Academy of Sleep Medicine said the U.S. should eliminate daylight saving time in favor of a year-round standard time. The Royal Family has a resident clock master who must turn back 1,500 clocks. Think of the money they could save. Let’s repeal and replace Daylight Saving Time. Actually, I thought it happened last week-end, so on Sunday morning I got ready to re-set the clock in the kitchen after looking at the correct time on my cellphone. Well, that was weird. I convinced myself that the electricity had gone out during the night because I heard my neighbor’s generator going, or perhaps I just convinced myself that I heard it. Anyway, I believed what I told myself, and went on with my day. I worked outside, pulling weeds, burning sticks and never gave it another thought. BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT MY CELLPHONE which was correct. The next morning the cats woke me up an hour early for food. Dang. They had set their clocks forward. 😊 Have a great weekend and thanks again for reading and shopping with us. We appreciate you so much! Don’t forget to sell something or call (979-285-9200) for our FREE garage sales ads. It is Garage Sale Season.

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What I Heard This Week! 03-18-2021

What I Heard This Week March 18, 2021

Sometimes I get off on a tangent but if you will read to the end here, you will understand the journey. Charley Pride (86) died in Dec. 2020, of COVID related complications. He was the fourth of eleven children of poor sharecroppers. Yes, he was an American singer and guitarist, but before that he was a professional baseball player. In 1952, he pitched for the Memphis Red Sox of the Negro American League.  In 1953, while in the Negro leagues with the Louisville Clippers, two players, Pride and Jesse Mitchell, were traded to the Birmingham Black Barons for a team bus. Pride said, “Jesse and I may have the distinction of being the only players in history to be traded for a used motor vehicle.” In 1958, when he was discharged from the Army, he tried to return to baseball, but continued to be hindered by an injury to his throwing arm. Pride played three games for the Missoula Timberjacks of the Pioneer League (a farm club of the Cincinnati Reds) in 1960, and had tryouts with the California Angels (1961) and the New York Mets (1962) organizations, but was not picked up by either team. in 1960. He was recruited to pitch for the local semipro baseball team, the East Helena Smelterites in Montana. The team manager helped him get a job at the local lead smelter where they kept 18 jobs open specifically for baseball players, arranging their shifts so they could play as a team. Pride batted .444 his first year. Dang, he was good! The team manager noticed that he was also a great singer and musician, and so his long musical career began. In 1969 he and his family moved to Dallas. In 2008, Pride and his brother Mack “The Knife” Pride and 28 other living former Negro league players were “drafted” by each of the 30 Major League Baseball teams in a recognition of the on-field achievements and historical relevance of 30 mostly forgotten, Negro league stars. Pride was picked by the Texas Rangers, with whom he has had a long affiliation, and the Colorado Rockies took his brother Mack. Baseball player-turned-iconic country singer Charley Pride was also a part–owner of the Texas Rangers franchise. Last week, the Texas Rangers baseball team announced that their spring training field in Surprise, Arizona, had been renamed “Charley Pride Field“. There.

One of the hardest things in the world is keeping your mouth shut when you know something needs to be said.

A 5-foot-tall ceramic figurine($153) of Trump as Buddha, with a “peaceful expression on his face and both hands resting on his lap”, is being sold by a designer and furniture maker in China. The figurine is also available in a 14-foot version ($613). These are sold with the slogan, “make your company great again.” The description describes the figurine as, “Trump, who knows Buddhism better than anyone.” According to TheBuddhistCentre.com, Buddhism is described as a path of practice and spiritual development leading to insight into the true nature of reality. Buddhist practices like meditation are means of changing yourself in order to develop the qualities of awareness, kindness, and wisdom.

“Gardening gives me fun and health and knowledge. It gives me laughter and colour. It gives me pictures of almost incredible beauty.”John F. Kenyon

My Comcast payment was mailed on December 30th, postmarked on December 31st, and returned to my office with a familiar yellow sticker across the front of the envelope. RETURN TO SENDER. Attempted – Not Known – Unable to Forward. Good grief. It is a PO Box in Dallas. How could you lose a PO Box? I called Comcast and after 30 minutes finally got a real person. Jackie. She was kind and surprised me with, “Your account says you don’t owe anything so don’t worry about it.” Heavy sigh. Then, why did you send me a bill for $299.58? She transferred me to billing. Re-mail the check and it will be noted on your account. I re-mailed it. Then it about a week later, it was returned to my office again. I re-stamped and re-mailed it. Guess what I received at my office today, two-and-half months later. Yep, a boomerang bill.

RECENT BIRTHDAYS: Actor Judd Hirsch is 86. Bassist Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead is 81. Singer Mike Love of the Beach Boys is 80. Singer-keyboardist Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone is 78. Guitarist Howard Scott of War is 75. Model Fabio is 60. Game show host Chuck Woolery is 80. Actor Erik Estrada is 72. Singer Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel is 70. Guitarist Nancy Wilson of Heart is 67.Singer-songwriter John Sebastian of the Lovin’ Spoonful is 77. Percussionist Harold Brown of War is 75.

Actor Ursula Andress is 85. Dr. No, Casino Royale. Actor Patrick Duffy is 72. Actor Kurt Russell is 70. Actor Lesley-Anne Down is 67. Actor Gary Sinise is 66. Actor Rob Lowe is 57. Singer Clarence “Frogman” Henry is 84. I Don’t Know Why I Love You, but I Do. Singer Ruth Pointer of the Pointer Sisters is 75. Actor Hal Linden is 90.Barney Miller. Country singer Don Edwards is 82. Country singer-guitarist Ranger Doug of Riders in the Sky is 75. Actor William Hurt is 71. Drummer Carl Palmer is 71. Asia& Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Guitarist Jimmie Vaughan is 70. Fabulous Thunderbirds.

American broadcast journalist Roger Mudd, of Meet the Press and NBC Nightly News, died from complications of kidney failure at 93. American Hall of Fame boxer, and undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 – 1987, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, died of natural causes at 66. Actor Henry Darrow died of natural causes at 87. You would remember him from The High Chaparral. He was the first Hispanic actor to portray Zorro. In the 60’s TV, he was known as THE Latin heartthrob.

In San Antonio is the world’s first fully accessible water park for children as well as adults, with special needs. It allows everyone regardless of ability, a place to have fun. It is called Morgan’s Inspiration Island and is located on four acres right next to Morgan’s Wonderland, a 25-acre ultra-accessible theme park that opened in 2010. Both parks are named for Gordon & Maggie Hartman’s now adult daughter who has cognitive as well as physical challenges. Gordon, a very successful retired homebuilder, sold his business to establish a foundation to assist individuals with special needs in 2005. He assembled a group of stakeholders, individuals with special needs, caregivers, parents, nurses, therapists, and doctors, then armed with their knowledge, he hired architects, designers, and engineers – all people that had never built a water park. He said, “I didn’t want to be told how we were supposed to build it.” Morgan’s Inspiration Island now enjoys Harvey’s Hideaway Bay, a jungle-themed tree house with a large tipping bucket, River Boat Adventure complete with an animatronic hippo, alligators, and other animals. There is Rainbow Reef where guest sensitive to cold can enjoy a heated water splash pad with geysers. Calypso Cove is an interactive musical forest, Hang10 Harbor has squirting surfboards and palm trees, while Shipwreck Island is a pirate ship with water cannons and a double slide topped with a huge tipping bucket. For those in electric wheelchairs, four Pneu Chairs are available that only weigh about 120 pounds and only take 10 minutes to recharge. Hartman adds, “Morgan’s is designed for the person with the least amount of mobility, so they can do everything as independently as possible. If you can roll on it with a power chair, you can roll on it with a manual chair, and you can certainly walk there, too.” Morgan’s Inspiration Island was named on the 2018 “World’s Greatest Places” list by TIME Magazine. It reopened March 5th after a yearlong shutdown for COVID.

“To get the best results you must talk to your vegetables.” Prince Charles 1948

Kelsey Grammar is back as radio psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane with a new version of the Frasier sitcom streaming on the service formerly known as CBS All Access. Dunkin’ Donuts has added avocado toast to their menu. Ocean’s Eleven costars George Clooney and Julia Roberts are teaming up for a new romantic comedy about a divorced couple who go to Bali to prevent their daughter from making the same mistake they did 25 years earlier. I am IN! It is called Ticket to Paradise.

Wisdom is a female albatross and is the oldest (banded) wild bird known to science at the age of, well, at least 70. She lives on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, home to the world’s largest albatross colony where millions of birds return each year to nest in the same place, and usually with the same partner. Biologists estimate she has had at least 30-36 chicks and is in fact, a new mom this year. Who says that women can’t have it all! The sad part of this story is 97 percent of dead albatross chicks found, have plastic in their stomachs because adult birds are able to regurgitate the plastic, they swallow thinking it is food, but chicks are unable to do so, so it fills up their stomachs. Recycle your plastic please.

Food: Chipotle has added Cilantro-Lime Cauliflower Rice to their menu. It is delicious. If I had to pick my final meal (just saying), I think it would be a salad bowl from Chipotle…with very little lettuce. They also have a new Quesadilla. If we could just get a Chipotle and a Schlotzsky’s in southern Brazoria County, I would be such a happy woman. Oh, and if they could be drive-thru, that would be even better.

Joe Biden has sent his family pooches back to the Biden family home in Delaware after Major (adopted in 2018) displayed “agitated behavior on multiple occasions, including jumping, barking, and ‘charging’ at staff and security,” at the White House. Well, let me tell you, when you adopt a dog you adopt all the good, and all the bad habits that they have collected during their time on this Earth. Teller, the downtown stray that became part of our family several months ago, just does not care for dogs that are short, stocky, and muscular. He loves every other dog, but he has pegged a couple of them when they came through the dog park gate, and shown a little aggression towards them, so unfortunately, we took away his visitation privileges for now unless he is on a leash. We assume that something happened to him before he came to live with us, because otherwise he is the sweetest, most loving, gentle animal you can imagine.  But for now, we just continue to expose him to as much as we can, without increasing stress, anxiety, or fear, showing him that it is a pretty nice world we live in. He will come around.

All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from  1970 – 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) for 5 months in 2013. It was created by Agnes Nixon, set in Pine Valley, a fictional suburb of Philadelphia, and designed to be a light-hearted soap that focused on social issues and young love. Even college students arranged their class schedules around the airing each day. The original series featured Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime television’s most popular characters. ABC has reached a deal to develop the departed soap opera into a primetime series titled Pine Valley, produced by former cast members Kelly Ripa, and husband Mark Consuelos. The couple played the characters Haley Vaughn and Mateo Santos, where just like in real life, their characters were married to each other on the show. The original series revolved around the town’s core families…Cortlandt, Martin, Chandler, Montgomery, Santos, Hubbard, and Kane families. The new series will follow a journalist new to Pine Valley, who is looking to get to the bottom of the town’s deadly history but gets caught in the middle of a feud between the town’s two prominent families, the Kane, and the Santos.

In 2007, researchers in China saw a wild giant panda rubbing itself with horse manure. The behavior was only observed in cold months. They found that they prefer fresh rather than days old manure. Fresh manure has compounds common in plants, where old manure does not. So, they treated hay with the BCP/BCPO plant compounds and gave it to six pandas at the Beijing Zoo. The pandas rubbed the treated hay on their bodies leading researchers to apply diluted BCP/BCPO to the paws of lab mice, then tested their tolerance to the cold. The mice didn’t even huddle together like the mice in the same study that had simply been given a saline solution. “Therefore, horse manure containing BCP/BCPO likely bestows the wild giant pandas with cold tolerance at low ambient temperatures,” the researchers wrote.

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What I Heard This Week! 12-03-2020

What I Heard This Week December 3, 2020

The mighty Jupiter and glorious ringed Saturn find themselves relatively close together every 20 years, meaning that there is only a degree or two between them. However, on December 21st, the two planets will be closer than they have been since 1632, only 14 years after Galileo made his first telescope. Space.com explains that “they will be separated by just one-fifth of the apparent diameter of the full moon!” Mark your calendar, but do not wait until then to start watching. The planets are visible tonight and every night, near each other for the rest of 2020, and you can watch them draw closer together. The extra-close Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in 2020 will not happen again until the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction of March 15, 2080. Oh, and December 21st is also the date of the December solstice, the shortest day of the year. From the winter solstice, until the summer solstice (June 21st), the amount of daylight increases about 2 minutes per day. I put this in as my first paragraph because I think it is the most important. But there is more. A total solar eclipse is happening on December 14, 2020. It is the famous hole in the sky, one of the world’s greatest displays. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun. Be sure to have a pair of solar eclipse glasses handy. Parts of South America will be plunged into total darkness for about two minutes when the total eclipse happens. Because of COVID, many people across the world that planned to witness this event, canceled their plans, and will stay at home. COVID, go away.

After we bring food home from the grocery store…Dogs must think we are the greatest hunters ever!
– Ann Taylor

The Mike Tyson (54) vs. Roy Jones Jr. (51) exhibition fight last week ended in a draw. I guess that means they could not decide on a winner or a loser, so in my mind, they both won. When the final bell rang, three former WBC champions scored the fight a draw. USA TODAY Sports scored the fight 78-74 for Tyson. “I’m glad I got this under my belt,” said Tyson, who also said he was good with the draw “because I entertained the crowd.” Before the fight began, it was reported that Tyson appeared to be blinking back tears, an emotional moment as he prepared to fight for the first time in 15 years.

Australia is burning again. Firefighters have been battling a massive bushfire on Fraser Island for six weeks now as the country experiences its hottest November on record. The blaze on Fraser Island was sparked by an illegal campfire. Recent cooler conditions and rain have brought some relief, but more than 50 fires are still burning in Queensland and New South Wales. Bushfires are common across the country, but especially hot and dry conditions in recent years have led to worsening blazes. Experts worry the continued record heat could set up another devastating season. Last year’s Black Summer was Australia’s worst bushfire season ever, burning 30 million acres and killing at least 33 people along with an estimated 1 billion animals. The amount of land burned is immense and our world has never seen anything quite like these fires.

The cool weather is here and the only good thing to do when the temperature is below 70 degrees, is to make a big pot of soup. This past weekend, I made one of our family favorites, Chicken and Rice soup with chili oil, then another day was Tomato Basil soup with Grilled Three-Cheese sandwiches, then came freezer soup the next day, where you take all the leftovers out of the freezer and throw it in a pot. I just love any kind of soup. Our condiment of the moment is Mongolian Fire Oil made by Tsang, sprinkled on just as you serve. It is a yummy blend of chili peppers, garlic, onion, ginger, sesame, and cottonseed oil. It adds so much flavor to soups and more. I even add it to the olive oil when I am roasting sweet potato fries or Brussel sprouts.

RECENT BIRTHDAYS: Singer Ozzy Osbourne is 72. Singer Mickey Thomas is 71. Jefferson Starship. Actor Daryl Hannah is 60. Actor, producer and director Norman Lloyd is 106. French actor Alain Delon is 85. Screen sex symbol from the 60’s. Singer Bonnie Raitt is 71. Chef and TV personality Gordon Ramsay is 54. Nobel Prize-winning British novelist, screenwriter and short-story writer Kazuo Ishiguro is 66. Blues musician John Mayall is 87. Actor Diane Ladd is 85. Musician Chuck Mangione is 80.

Actor-comedian Howie Mandel is 65. Actor Cathy Moriarty is 60. Raging Bull. Singer Jonathan Knight is 52. New Kids on the Block. Bassist Roger Glover is 75. Deep Purple. Singer Billy Idol is 65. Guitarist John Ashton is 63. Psychedelic Furs. Actor-director Ben Stiller is 55. Singer Clay Aiken is 42. American Idol.  Actor-director Woody Allen is 85. Singer Dianne Lennon of the Lennon Sisters is 81.

Singer-guitarist Eric Bloom is 76. Blue Oyster Cult. Drummer John Densmore is 76. The Doors. Actor-singer Bette Midler is 75. Singer Gilbert O’Sullivan is 74. Actor Treat Williams is 69. Actor Charlene Tilton is 62. Dallas. Actor Cathy Lee Crosby is 76. News anchor Stone Phillips is 66. Bassist Rick Savage is 60. Def Leppard. Singer Britney Spears is 39.

Actor Mary Alice is 79. Effie Williams in the 1976 musical drama Sparkle. Actor Julianne Moore is 60. Game show host Wink Martindale is 87. Actor-producer-director Max Baer Junior is 83.  Jethro Bodine.  Singer-bassist Chris Hillman is 76. The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers. Actor Jeff Bridges is 71. Guitarist Gary Rossington is 69. Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Rossington Collins Band. Actor Patricia Wettig is 69. Singer Jim Messina is 73. Loggins and Messina, Poco. Actor Frankie Muniz is 35. Malcolm in the Middle.

David Prowse died at age 85 of complications from Covid-19. He was an English bodybuilder, weightlifter, 6’6” tall character actor in British film and television, but best known for physically portraying Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy.  In 2015, he starred in a documentary concerning that role, entitled I Am Your Father.

One month after his death, Sean Connery’s deactivated Walther PP pistol from the 1962 ‘first’ Bond film, Dr. No, will be up for auction. The handgun is expected to bring as much as $200,000. “In the cinematic debut of the character of James Bond, Connery uses this hero weapon throughout the film and helped to establish and define the character that has been featured in books, films, and other media for the past nearly six decades,” said Julien’s Auction House.

When Linda Hill died last year, she had been an assistant professor of English at Claflin University in South Carolina for 46 years. Recently, her family announced that she left $350,000 to the university to be used to establish an endowment to support student scholarships. Nice. Celebrity chef, David Chang, became the first celebrity to win the top prize in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and donated the entire $1 million prize money to restaurant workers who have been impacted by the pandemic. The final question was to name the first US president to have electricity in the White House. ANSWER: President Benjamin Harrison. I would have walked away with nothing.

The last day of hurricane season was November 30th but since all historical rules were broken in 2020, who knows, we might just see some straggler storms in December. Now that I think about it, most historical rules were broken in 2020. The 5-day Tropical weather outlook shows a large non-tropical low-pressure system centered north of the Madeira Islands. The last year a named storm developed in December was Olga in 2007. The next Greek letter is Kappa. Sounds like a sorority girl to me.

On November 18th, a helicopter crew found an unmarked, tall, silver rectangle (quadrilateral) stuck among the red rocks in a remote area of the Utah desert while they were counting bighorn sheep. The crew went down to investigate. It was 10-12 feet high and looked like it had been planted in the ground. Like an art piece. Desert art. (Google Earth shows it to have been standing there since 2015, at least.) Sometime during the night of November 27th, it was removed by an unknown party. Less than two weeks later, halfway around the world, a second mysterious monolith was found in Romania. The mayor of Piatra Neamt, the city where it was found, seems to have found humor in the situation. He said, “My guess is that some alien, cheeky and terrible teenagers left home with their parents’ UFO and started planting metal monoliths around the world. First in Utah and then at Piatra Neamt,” he added. “I am honored that they chose our city.” Well, the plot thickens. The location soon became a hotspot, and the monolith was removed in the middle of the night by four men who were secretly photographed by a professional photographer who was there taking pictures of the object. One comment I read said, “We’ve really moved on from planking, and eating Tide pods.” If there was ever a year that we would graciously welcome aliens, it would be 2020. Bring ‘em on. Times a wasting.

For a limited time, Chipotle is adding smoked brisket to the menu. I bet that it’s better than good. Los Angeles County, the biggest county in the US, is now under a stay-at-home order.  A new study shows that dinosaurs were thriving on Earth, until an asteroid wiped them out 66 million years ago. Moderna says its coronavirus vaccine is more than 94 percent effective, and has asked the FDA to authorize it. If all goes well, the drug could begin reaching Americans by December 21. Along with the fight to see who gets the vaccine first…that is the day of the winter solstice, in case you forgot to mark your calendar. 😊

“Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever.”- Karen Davison

Just when you thought you knew everything, then something comes along that makes your heart feel so good. Maybe I liked this so much because I just adopted a dog (Teller) to add to my family of two kids and, and three rescue cats. Time magazine said that when President-elect Joe Biden takes office on January 20, there will be two German shepherds who go with his family to live at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Champ Biden, and Major Biden. Major will be the first White House rescue shelter dog ever.  I read another source that said that President Lyndon B. Johnson’s mixed breed dog Yuki was found by daughter Luci at a gas station on Thanksgiving Day in 1966. Luci officially gave the dog to her dad as a birthday gift in 1967. Abraham Lincoln also had a foundling pup named Fido, but the yellow mixed-breed dog never lived in the White House because he was scared of crowds and loud noises. The Lincolns gave Fido to another family before Lincoln took office, according to the Presidential Pet Museum. Yes, there is a U.S. Presidential Pet Museum in Williamsburg, Virginia, that keeps tabs on the animal companions of each commander-in-chief. It was founded in 1999 as a means of preserving information, artifacts and items related to the presidential pets. There is a portrait of President Reagan’s dog, Lucky, made from the dog’s own hair. There is the cowbell that hung around the neck of Pauline Wayne, the last cow to graze the White House lawn. Richard Nixon had a French Poodle named Vicky. Amy Carter had a border collie mix named Grits. When the Kennedy family moved into the White House, they brought a Welsh terrier named Charlie, despite the president’s allergies to animal hair. President John F. Kennedy enjoyed animals and wanted his children to have the experience of having pets. Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President, owned 2 pit bulls. There is more fun information just a Google search away.

Next week, I’ll tell you the story of Teller, the downtown, hairless stray that is now laying on a rug in my office with a 5” rawhide chewie that was about 10” long last week. He is the greatest. His story has affected my family, my office, and a multitude of kind hearts in LJ and Angleton. I will also tell you about the words of the year because I just ran out of room. Have a great week and as always, thank you so much for reading The Source Weekly. Please remember to always shop local this holiday season. It will make a difference.

Lisa

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What I Heard This Week! 01-09-2020

What I Heard This Week January 9, 2020

On Christmas Eve, a couple in N.C. heard something or someone moving loudly around their house. They ran for their closet and called 911. Sheriff’s deputies searched the home only to find “Harry” their brand-new robot vacuum that was stuck, beeping and banging for someone to please help him get unstuck.

Twenty-two years after a 40-year-old Florida man went missing, a former neighbor of his happened to zoom in on their old neighborhood with Google Earth satellite images and noticed something submerged in a lake. He contacted another former homeowner who used a drone to confirm there was a car submerged in the retention pond behind his house. Sheriff’s investigators found the missing man’s skeletal remains in the car, when they pulled it out. The image on Google Earth had been available since 2007.

Krispy Kreme has added mini-donuts (less than 100 calories each) to their permanent menu – this way you can stick to your New Year’s resolutions and not feel so guilty. “A little Krispy Kreme goes a long way.”

The “affluenza teen” is in the news again…this time he is no longer a teen at 22 years old. At the time of his 2013 car crash, he was 16 and found to have a blood-alcohol level three times the legal limit for adult drivers. This crash killed four people. He was spared prison, then later jailed after attending a party where alcohol was served, then he fled to Mexico with his mother to avoid punishment.  While on probation, he had been closely monitored for alcohol and illegal substance use and was reported that a drug monitoring patch he wears returned a ‘weak positive’ result for THC. Hmmm. He is now in custody to ensure he doesn’t shave his head because a hair might be needed for a follow-up test. Perfect example of how one stupid decision can change your life forever. This kid has been like a cat with 9 lives.

The 58-year-old man who had been missing at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon for 11 days, was located alive and in stable condition. Yikes, I remember from our family trip to the northern rim a couple of years ago, how cold it got in June once the sun dropped. I can’t imagine how he survived in late December with snow. What a story to tell.

It is 2020…I’m getting old. I am tired, and yet I still have so many unanswered questions. I haven’t found out who let the dogs out, where’s the beef, or how to get to Sesame Street. I don’t know why Dora doesn’t just use Google Maps, why all the flavors of fruit loops taste exactly the same, or how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop. Why eggs are packaged in a flimsy carton, but batteries are secured in plastic that’s tough as nails. What does the fox say or why is “abbreviated” such a long word? Why is there a D in ‘fridge’ but not in refrigerator, why lemon juice is made with artificial flavor, yet dish-washing liquid is made with real lemons. Or why they sterilize the needle for lethal injections & why do you have to “put your two cents in” but it’s only a “penny for your thoughts,” – where’s that extra penny going to? Why does The Alphabet Song & Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star have the same tune; in fact, so does Baa Baa Black Sheep. Why did you just try to sing those three previous songs? And just what exactly is Victoria’s secret? and where is Waldo? In addition, why do we park in the driveway and drive on the parkway? Can you hear me now? And do you really think I am this witty? I actually got this from a friend, who stole it from his brother’s girlfriend’s uncle’s cousin who lived next door to an old classmate’s mailman. Found on Facebook. Cheers to an amazing decade and unanswered questions…

Dash captain and all-time leading goal scorer, Kealia Ohai, has been traded to Chicago. Wait, that’s J.J. Watt’s girlfriend.  I hope she’s not planning on taking him with her…

Prayers and actions are needed for Australia. It was explained to me like this, Australia is ‘about’ the size of the U.S. Imagine if most of our country was on fire. That’s what it’s like for Australia, either burned or burning.  Firefighters from the U.S. and other countries are on their way to help. Sydney may be running out of drinking water. One billion animals are now estimated dead.

RECENT BIRTHDAYS: Author Anne Roiphe is 84.  Author of Up the Sandbox, called “a feminist classic,” also a movie which starred Barbra Streisand in 1972. R&B singer John Edwards is 75. The Spinners. Singer Jimmy Buffett is 73. Actress Sissy Spacek is 70. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is 48. Actress Kim Basinger is 66. Actor Tommy Kirk is 78. Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog, The Swiss Family Robinson,and many beach-party films of mid-60s. Baseball Hall of Fame Sandy Koufax is 84.

Folk singer Noel Paul Stookey is 82. Peter, Paul and Mary. Golfer Tiger Woods is 44. TV Director James Burrows is 79. Cheers.  Author Mary Higgins Clark is 92. She has written more than 50 suspense novels. Singer Ricky Martin is 48. Author Stephanie Meyer is 46.  Actress Barbara Rush is 93. Peyton Place and All My Children.  Football Hall of Fame coach Don Shula is 90. Actress Dyan Cannon is 81. Heaven Can Wait.

Journalist author Betty Rollin is 84. Actor Dabney Coleman is 88.  The movie 9 to 5.  Rock musician John Paul Jones is 74. Led Zeppelin.  Actress Victoria Principal is 70. Pamela Barnes Ewing on Dallas. Actor director Mel Gibson is 64. NFL quarterback Eli Manning is 39. Actor John Amos is 80. Good Times and Roots.

My sister and I were talking, and I happened to mention that I had taken Gage shopping for jeans. I told her that I was surprised that three different pairs of Levi’s,the same size, fit three different ways – even the length was as much as two to three inches off. It sure makes it hard to buy jeans for my kids when they’re not there to try them on. My sister said it’s because all the jeans are now being made outside the U.S., in India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Indonesia, due to the availability of cheap, easy labor and raw materials. So, if each pair of jeans happened to be made in a different country, each one could be cut differently. Oh, I see. Levi Strauss& Co.  was founded in 1853 when German immigrant Levi Strauss moved from Bavaria to San Francisco to open a branch of his brothers’ New York dry goods business. In March 2019, Levi Strauss went public at a price of $17 per share.

Beyoncé’s album, Lemonade, was named album of the decade by the Associated Press.  Elton John has already been to Houston once for his ‘farewell’ tour, but it seems that the movie Rocketman rekindled interest in his music, so he has added two additional Houston farewell shows, June 30th and July 1st. The Who will play Houston on April 30th.  The Eagles (minus Glenn Frey who died in 2016) will be here March 6th and 7th, with Vince Gill on guitar, along with Frey’s son, Deacon. On October 10th, Michael McDonald will join the Doobie Brothers. Chris and Rich Robinson as the Black Crows are coming in June. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts open for Def Leppard, Motley Crue and Poison in July. Whew. There’s more. Branford Marsalis at the Wortham, Marty Stuart at The Heights Theater, and Orville Peck at White Oak Music Hall. You may remember him as the cowboy wearing the fringed Long Ranger mask. He’s good. I think that Gladys Knight is in Houston tonight (the day this paper comes out.)  So much music, so little time.

The 2-year-old girl that was struck by a foul ball during a Houston Astros game at Minute Maid Park continues to receive anti-seizure medication seven months after suffering a brain injury that could leave her at risk of seizures for life. Did the parents not realize they were sitting where balls are often thrown? My understanding is that it’s written on the tickets.

The new La Casona in Angleton has opened. Gage and I went to eat at their LJ location over the break. I had bacon-wrapped, jalapeno stuffed shrimp and one cheese enchilada on the side.  Perfect. I just love their warm salsa. Olive Garden is scheduled to open on January 20th. There’s a big sign out front. There are whispers that Chipotle Mexican Grill is interested in finding a new location in LJ. Don’t you just love food.

Members of St. Anne Church in Cow Island, Louisiana, called crop dusters who loaded 100 gallons of holy water on to the planes and sprayed the town as their way of spreading their blessings to the community.

All I wanted for Christmas was a new pair of shoes. I bought them. To Lisa, From Lisa. My daughter bought me a beautiful blown glass tumbler and a hand-woven dishtowel that I will never use because it’s too pretty. My son ordered me a small coffee grinder. I was feeling pretty happy, satisfied and fortunate about this abundance of gifts until I read about what rapper All 50 Cent’s son received for Christmas. All this innocent little 7-year-old wanted was the ‘entire’Toys R Us store. So, that’s what his dad got him. Little Sire received a personal shopping spree costing a mere $100,000. Isn’t that sweet. (my momma always told me if you can’t say something nice then say nothing at all.) Yep, sweet.

The first vaping-related death in Galveston Co. was confirmed to be a woman in her early 30’s, who was being treated for lung injury related to e-cigarettes. Yale University School of Medicine had nearly 4,000 high school students fill out an anonymous survey and nearly 1/3 of them had tried e-cigarettes, with 18% saying they vape marijuana. Medical experts say a growing teenage brain could lose eight IQ points from long-term marijuana use. Don’t know about you but I could have used those extra points.

Starting February 1st, U-Haul wants to ensure that they have a healthier workforce,so in the 21 states that it’s legal to do so, they will not be hiring any more nicotine users. New applicants will be asked if they use nicotine products and those hired will need to agree to be screened in the future. Good.

Boys & Girls Club of Brazoria County is having Warren Moon, former Houston Oilers quarterback as their speaker at Great Futures Gala 2020 on January 11th. I think I told you this months ago, but here’s another reminder. Oh, and if that’s not enough to pique your interest, the Intercoastal Pirates will also be there. What’s not to like…helping kids, good music and Warren Moon.

The Dallas Cowboys picked Mike McCarthy as their new head coach.  Good, but we still miss Tom Landry.

The times, they are a-changing…The Hershey Co. will soon retire their 26-foot long Kiss-mobiles (shaped like Hershey Kisses) that have toured the country since 1997. Replacement costs and safety were their main concern in the removal, but you can still visit the vehicles at AACA Museum in Hershey.

A landlord in Florida, knocked on the door of a house trailer for a planned appointment to assess some damage from a tenant that ‘knew she was coming.’ The tenant opened the front door, thinking she was going to be evicted and threw a “full bucket of human feces” in the landlord’s face. The tenant first told deputies, “My landlord broke into my house and assaulted me,”then changed her mind saying she meant to use a bucket of water but got the two buckets confused. The deputies called it, “a crappy situation.”

The Chartwell Estate – the Bel Air mansion featured in the Beverly Hillbillies in the 60’s, reportedly sold to Rupert Murdoch’s son for about $150 million, making it California’s most expensive home property ever sold. The home was never actually used in the filming of the series, except for the opening credits. Jed, Granny, Ellie Mae and Jethro would have been proud.

A good relationship should make you feel strong, productive, and able to take over the world…oh, wait. That’s coffee. Coffee does that.

Texas filmmaker Jim McKay, found an old VHS tape showing a baby taking his first steps, stuck in an old VCR that he bought in a resale shop. He launched a search to identify the baby. Now 26-years-old,teacher and coach, TyRe Alexander met McKay and was surprised to recognize his father’s handwriting on the tape’s label. It was such a feel-good.

Hope you have a lot of feel-goods in your life this week. Don’t forget that the Boat Show ends on Jan. 12th. That’s this weekend.

Lisa

  • What I Heard This Week 10-26-2023

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    Former US astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, recently remarried for the fourth time, which also happened to be on the occasion of his 93rd birthday. This time it was to Dr. Anca Faur, his 63-year-old, long-time companion (who looks like she wants to be 27), has a PhD in chemical engineering, and is now the executive vice president of Aldrin’s company, Buzz Aldrin Ventures.  He was first married to Joan Ann Archer in 1954 until divorcing in 1974. The next year he married Beverly Van Zile; they divorced after three years. His third marriage was to Lois Driggs Cannon in 1988 on Valentine's Day, divorcing 23 years later. Looks like he hasn’t given up on ‘love’ quite yet. He has sued two of his children and his former business manager claiming they stole money from him and are slandering his legacy, and that they also undermined his "personal romantic relationships" by forbidding him from getting married. His children say he is also spending money at an alarming rate. Sounds like those children are out of luck. There is a new sheriff in town and her name is MRS. Aldrin. ☹ Notes: Aldrin is also a strong advocate for human exploration of Mars. In 2002, he escaped assault charges after punching a man who demanded he swear on a Bible that the Moon landing was not staged. Good for him. He also said, “Tang sucks. “

  • What I Heard This Week 11-30-2023

    by on November 29, 2023 - 0 Comments

    Former US astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, recently remarried for the fourth time, which also happened to be on the occasion of his 93rd birthday. This time it was to Dr. Anca Faur, his 63-year-old, long-time companion (who looks like she wants to be 27), has a PhD in chemical engineering, and is now the executive vice president of Aldrin’s company, Buzz Aldrin Ventures.  He was first married to Joan Ann Archer in 1954 until divorcing in 1974. The next year he married Beverly Van Zile; they divorced after three years. His third marriage was to Lois Driggs Cannon in 1988 on Valentine's Day, divorcing 23 years later. Looks like he hasn’t given up on ‘love’ quite yet. He has sued two of his children and his former business manager claiming they stole money from him and are slandering his legacy, and that they also undermined his "personal romantic relationships" by forbidding him from getting married. His children say he is also spending money at an alarming rate. Sounds like those children are out of luck. There is a new sheriff in town and her name is MRS. Aldrin. ☹ Notes: Aldrin is also a strong advocate for human exploration of Mars. In 2002, he escaped assault charges after punching a man who demanded he swear on a Bible that the Moon landing was not staged. Good for him. He also said, “Tang sucks. “

  • Much Ado About Nothing - Texan in Winter

    by on December 6, 2018 - 0 Comments

    The power went out at my house last night for four hours. While this may not seem like a major catastrophe as it was the middle of the night and […]

  • Much Ado About Nothing - “Human Bait”

    by on January 16, 2020 - 0 Comments

    My dad always told me to have a backup plan in case my current job doesn’t work out. I wasn’t sure what that’d be until I saw this ad: “HUMAN […]

  • What I Heard This Week! December 20, 2018

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    The AK-47 is a type of assault rifle originally manufactured in the Soviet Union in 1949. A 17-year-old Humble High School student accidently shot herself recently with an AK-47 that […]

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