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What I Heard This Week! 08-05-2021

What I Heard This Week August 4, 2021

During any given day, I put notes and reminders in a notebook that sets on my desk, so I don’t forget something. I still forget almost everything, but it makes me feel like a better person just having notes. Yesterday I paid bills, opened the Comcast envelope, wrote the check, then looked frantically for the return envelope. Hmmm. Had it fallen to the floor? Was it stuck under something? Where was it? I looked everywhere. But I had not even moved since I opened the bill and paid it. I kept thinking about that silly envelope all afternoon, moving things on my desk, staring at the floor, thinking it was going to materialize soon. My sister often calls me on her way home from work, so I explained what happened and told her I was probably really losing it this time and would need full-time care soon, because of the envelope incident. She thoughtfully replied, “No worries, they likely forgot to put the envelope in with the statement. That happens to me all the time.” Oh. I had not thought of that. Or is she lying just to make me feel good? Does not matter. I made out my own return envelope and put a stamp on it. Done.

A Manhattan surgeon divorced his former ‘Miss Connecticut’ wife after finding out that she had a secret life as a high-end prostitute for wealthy men, having earned almost $800,000 since they married in 2015. Not only did she lie about college she didn’t even finish high school. Oops.

Well, well, well. If it isn’t the consequences of my own actions.

Do you remember Casey Anthony? On December 11, 2008, the skeletal remains of two-year-old Caylee Marie Anthony were recovered from inside a laundry bag in a wooded area near her family’s home in Orlando, Florida. She had been reported missing in July by her maternal grandmother, who claimed that she had not seen the child in over a month, but not reported by her mother who was out partying during that month-long period. Casey Anthony’s murder trial was ten years ago; 33 days of testimony, more than 400 pieces of evidence, and 91 witnesses testified. From day one, none of the jurors or the five alternates ever missed a day in court. The trial was televised with most of us predicting that the 12 jurors would convict her of murdering her 2-year-old daughter. They did not. It was stated that the jurors were not given enough evidence to convict. None of them liked Casey Anthony, they thought she was a horrible person, and that she probably did something very wrong, but not beyond a reasonable doubt, so they followed the law and acquitted her of the murder charge. What is she doing now? She started a photography business and works as a private investigator. She recently called the police because of an argument in a bar where a woman poured a drink over her – they had both dated the same cop. Hmmm. If she could dial 9-1-1 immediately after being wet with a drink, how come it took her 31 days to report her missing child.

My sister is clever, spirited, enthusiastic, and imaginative. The rain is coming down in buckets right now and Amazon just braved the weather to deliver a package just for me. Three very fluffy toilet seat covers in assorted colors, even one with an embroidered kitty on it. Several months ago, when we were moving my mom, I made the mistake of telling my sister how brilliant I thought she was for ordering a fuzzy toilet seat cover for our mom for Christmas. My sister obviously enjoys being told she is brilliant, so she ordered me not one, but three of my very own. She told me later that it was the same price to order three or one. I guess I should mention that she is also resourceful and thrifty. I am pretty glad I have a sister that worries about my tush getting cold.

“The great trouble with talking about saving is that people don’t like to be denied. They dislike to be repressed… Is it not unfortunate that we have the word ‘saving’ at all, with its ‘kill-joy’ implication? Would it not be better if we spoke of ‘delayed spending’ rather than saving?” Putnam’s Investment Handbook from 1919. Isn’t this great? Delayed spending. It does sound so much better.

RECENT BIRTHDAYS: Drummer Jim McCarty of The Yardbirds is 78. For Your Love. Bassist Verdine White of Earth, Wind and Fire is 70. Actor Sandra Bullock is 57. TV producer Norman Lear is 99. Singer Maureen McGovern is 72. Actor Sally Struthers is 74. Singer Patti Scialfa of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is 68. Blues guitarist Buddy Guy is 85. Movie director Peter Bogdanovich is 82. Singer Paul Anka is 80. Jazz saxophonist David Sanborn is 76. Actor-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger is 74. Actor Geraldine Chaplin is 77. Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor in The Crown. (Singer Gary Lewis of Gary Lewis and the Playboys is 76. Singer Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones is 78. Actor Helen Mirren is 76.

Tony Bennett is 95, and still singing his heart out. He and Lady Gaga are set to release their second album together featuring all Cole Porter duets, called Love for Sale. Their first single from the new album was released this week, I Get a Kick Out of You, which is lovely. This week they have two performances at Radio City Music Hall in what is said to be their final live performance together, because of his dementia diagnosis. You can pre-order the album to be released October 1. No, I am not getting a cut, we just love Tony Bennett at our house.

Dusty Hill, one of the original founding members of the 1969 American rock band ZZ Top, died in Houston at 72. The band was on tour when it announced July 23 that Hill was heading home to address a hip issue. Hill had said that the show must go on, and so their guitar tech of 20 years, Elwood Francis, filled in to play slide guitar, bass, and harmonica that evening. He even has the correct beard. “I know that, wherever Dusty may be, he’s probably smiling, just knowing that all the notes are in place and that the fierceness rolls on.” Billy Gibbons

Jackie Mason, rabbi turned contentious comedian died at 93.  Aaron L. Brody died at 90. He was an American food scientist who developed new technologies in food processing and packaging. He created the first frozen fish sticks (or fish fingers) in the 50’s, which won the Parents magazine Seal of Approval in 1956. I should have sent a card to show my respect, because we sure ate a bunch of fish sticks when I was a kid. Gorton’s fish sticks, Banquet chicken pot pies and Swanson Salisbury Steak TV dinners.

The headline reads: Time to Prepare for Football… Are you sure?

Today, August 5th, is National Underwear Day. It is also my sister’s birthday, so I sent her a couple of pairs of emergency underpants. The underwear pellet comes in a bright red metal can, a little smaller than a can of smokeless tobacco. You just drop the pellet into water, shake them out, and there you have it… instant underpants, unisex, fits most children and small adults. I bet she thanks me. We are getting older and just do not have a real need for chocolates, books, or trivial pursuit games anymore. This is so much more useful! I feel positive that she will appreciate the thought. Like I will appreciate my toilet seat warmers on the first cold winter morning. 😊

Passengers had to duct tape an intoxicated 22-year-old man to his seat on a Frontier Airlines flight after he groped two flight attendants and punched another one in the face. McDonald’s is requiring masks for customers and staff, regardless of vaccine status. OOPS.  So is Aldi, Walmart, Apple, Bed Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, Costco, CVS, H-E-B, JC Penney, Kohl’s, Kroger, Lowe’s, Office Depot, Petco, Target, Starbucks, and Walgreens, plus so many more. Netflix has become the first major studio to require Covid vaccinations on all U.S. productions. The amount of Greenland ice that melted on just one day last week could cover Florida in 2 inches of water. The average Gulf of Mexico dead zone, a body of water where there is not enough oxygen in the water to support marine life, is usually about 5,380 sq. miles. This year it is about 6,334 sq. miles, an area slightly larger than the state of Connecticut.  It is created by nutrient runoff, mostly from over-application of fertilizer on agricultural fields.

WORTHLESS OLYMPIC INFORMATION

  • The first Olympics only lasted one day.
  • Athletes used to run naked because there wasn’t Facebook, cell phones, or TikTok, so they could do whatever they felt like. Maybe they figured a piece of cloth might slow them down.
  • The first games were held in ancient Greece every four years during a religious event worshiping Zeus.
  • The first Olympics was mainly running, and all competitors were
  • Women have been allowed to compete since 1900.
  • In London 2012, each nation sent at least one female competitor and was nicknamed the Women Games.
  • The Olympic rings were created in 1913 and represent the five inhabited continents of the world.
  • The Olympics have been canceled 3 times. Not just postponed, like Tokyo 2020 because of the pandemic, but really canceled. It happened during the two World Wars.
  • The Olympic flame is always burning in Athens, Greece, and if it happens to go out, a backup flame is always prepared for replacement, which was also lit in Greece.
  • Janos Peter Weissmuller, who played Tarzan in the 1930s, was also a competitive swimmer, winning 5 gold medals in the Olympics before acting.
  • Pigeon shooting was an Olympic sport in Paris 1900, for just one year. It was too weird.
  • The 1904 St. Louis Olympic Marathon was crazy bizarre. The first-place runner dropped out, then took a car back to the stadium to get his clothes but started running again when he heard all the fanfare. The second-place runner was carried across the finish line by his trainers but got the gold medal after the first-place nonsense was revealed. The fourth runner had raised money to participate in the Olympics, then lost it all in a casino right before the competition. He ran anyway, wearing normal shoes and long trousers cut with a knife at the knee level. They say that he might have been able to win if he had not stopped for an hour-long nap on the side of the track. I am not finished! In 9th and 12th place, were two students from South Africa who just happened to be in town and decided to compete for fun. South Africa did not send a delegation to those Olympics, so they were the first Africans to ever compete at the Olympic Games. They ran barefoot. The one in 9th place was chased one mile off-course by angry dogs. For the entire race of 25 miles there was only one water stop, so some of the competitors almost died because of that.

We continue to underestimate this virus, and let’s face it, we might be looking a tad foolish. Florida and Texas accounted for one-third of all new U.S. coronavirus cases last week. Oh, yes. That is so reassuring… not surprising since there are so many vaccine holdouts. Florida actually broke a national record, reporting 21,000 new cases, the most for one day in the state since the pandemic began in early 2020. On Sunday, they broke a record (10,000) for current hospitalizations set more than a year ago…you know, a year ago before vaccines were even available. Florida is now called the epicenter of Covid, with half the diagnosed in the 25-to-55-year-old range, and 97% unvaccinated. San Antonio has seen a 430% spike in Covid hospital patients. 430%!  Louisiana reinstated their indoor mask mandate when the state’s largest hospital ran out of beds.

And poor little Texas can only brag about hospitalizations having doubled over the past two weeks, while Governor Stubborn has prohibited our public schools from mandating masks, because God forbid, it might be taken as a political statement. Aren’t we supposed to be the adults here, capable of personal responsibility for the little guys that cannot take care of themselves, their brave teachers, and the administrators? Grrrrrrr. Right now, I feel like the sacrifices that have been made, financially, personally, and in business, have been for nothing. Please reconsider and get your vaccine quickly. We are in this together.  LISA

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What I Heard This Week! 07-29-2021

What I Heard This Week July 28, 2021

Today, I used the word lollygagging in a text to a friend. Then I started second-guessing myself, wondering if I had actually used the word properly. I continued to question how that word had even come to mind as I sent him the text. Lollygag: verb, spend time aimlessly; idle, or to dawdle. Yep, I had used it properly. Just one of those words from childhood that you pull from the far reaches of the very dated hard drives, that we carry, stuck between our shoulders. My grandmother would be proud.

I had my Olympic gold medal cut up into eleven pieces. Gave all eleven of my kids a piece. It’ll come together again when they put me down. Joe Frazier

The news feed said that there is one important toilet cleaning mistake we are probably making. Hmmm. I needed to know, especially since I clean five of them each week, three at the office, two at home. What could I be doing wrong? It is just a toilet. So, I Googled How to Properly Clean Toilets, studied it, and compiled my own list for Toilet Bowl Olympics. Hope you find it interesting. Maybe you can earn a GOLD, I did NOT.
1. Use gloves. Check. An easy 10.
2. Do not rush. It takes time to insure all the nooks and crannies are clean. Hmmm. I could always do better, and sometimes I get a little cranky. I will give myself a 6-7.
3. Do not mix cleansers. It can make the cleanser less effective, create adverse reactions, and harm your toilet bowl. Sometimes I dump some cleaner in at night, then come back the next day to actually clean. Then I might even add another cleaner like Lime-A-Way to clean the scale and hard water buildup. I shouldn’t do that, I guess. I give myself a 7.
4. Clean your toilets every day or two. Hmmm. I lost points here. I will never clean more than once a week, but I do wipe-downs when needed.
5. Disinfectant spray must sit on the surface for at least 10 minutes. Oops. See #2. No points.
6. Clean your toilet brush with hydrogen peroxide after each use. Oh, my gosh. I have never done this, not one single time in my whole life. And I am probably not going to start now.
Dang. I just lost at my own game, but I never did look good in metallics.

A couple of weeks ago, there was a fishy story floating around that no tuna DNA could be found in tuna sandwiches at Subway. Subway responded with, “DNA testing is simply not a reliable way to identify denatured proteins, like Subway’s tuna, which was cooked before it was tested.” Now Subway has announced they are changing most of their menu – actually, the biggest menu change in Subway history. Everything will have some kind of change except for…drumroll please… the tuna sandwich. Subwaytunafacts.com.  Connie and I picked up sandwiches last week, and our Subway store is no longer carrying rotisserie chicken, my favorite. Some things are just too good to change.

If I bring back only one gold, people are going to say it’s a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal, so if I get one, I’m going to be happy. Michael Phelps

There is a new strain of a succulent red marine algae called dulse that grows extraordinarily quickly, is packed full of protein, and tastes like bacon when it is cooked. Dulse grows in the wild along the Pacific and Atlantic coastlines and is now sold at Whole Foods. I will let you know.

The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, Patrick Mahomes and his soccer-star fiancée, are getting married. All of the groomsmen received a silver Rolex watch ($8000 and up), a flask, and a bottle of Fireball. The gifts came with a note saying to set your Rolex to island time. The bridesmaids were presented with Cartier Love bracelets ($8000 and up) and personalized robes.  I need to find me some new friends. 😊

Summer of Soul: New documentary. If you like music, you will love this. Just go ahead now and classify it as Must Watch. I promise. It was released this month in theaters and on Hulu (you can get a 30-day trial subscription). It’s the long-lost footage, filmed, but never seen, of 1969’s (same summer as Woodstock) Harlem Cultural Festival aka Black Woodstock. The 40-hours of footage sat in a basement, largely unseen, for five decades. It is now the winner of Sundance Film Festival 2021 Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize, with some saying it is a strong contender for the best documentary of the year. I was dancing in the kitchen while Gage and I watched it. Great music. The Black Panthers provided security, Maxwell House Coffee sponsored, and General Foods commissioned Hal Tulchin to film the festival. Money was short so they faced the stage west to save on lighting. Gladys Knight & The Pips, Stevie Wonder, Sly & The Family Stone, B.B. King, the 5th Dimension, and more, entertained about 300,000 people. The documentary was directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson from late night TV and the Roots, in his directorial debut. Four stars out of four.

Vehicle prices are being driven up by more people wanting cars, but there is a limited supply due to a shortage of computer chips needed to build the cars. Rental car companies, a key provider of used cars, sold off much of their fleet last year to raise cash during the pandemic, and now they do not even have enough cars to rent. Some year-old cars are being sold for more than they did new, during the height of the pandemic. Sounds like the stories of people paying over asking price for houses. GM will either halt or reduce operations at three plants across North America because of the global semiconductor chip shortage. Honda, too. According to Intel, the shortage could last until the middle of 2023.

The Lake Jackson Historical Museum will accept your worn out, tattered, or faded American flags. They will be held in safekeeping until the Boy Scouts conduct another retirement ceremony. Drop off Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 979-297-1570. I had my own ceremony at the fire pit recently.

This is déjà vu. The stock market has had some less than perfect days lately, but we might be just a little spoiled. Truth is… investors are scared of the Delta variant and what it may mean for global economy. Rightfully so. It has been stated that most Americans who have not previously been infected or received vaccinations, will likely contract the Delta variant, the most transmissible Covid-19 strain yet. In other words, it sounds like you have two choices now, get the vaccine or get Covid. This week’s headline said, “Four months ago they were celebrating. Now doctors are once again preparing for the worst.  Inside the state’s biggest hospitals, doctors say a surge of unvaccinated COVID patients is almost too bewildering to believe.”  My personal feelings are, if you cannot find a way to do it for yourself, now we need to do it for the kids 12 and under that do not have access to the vaccine yet. You do NOT want to infect a child. Your child. Your grandchild. Any child.

“Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…”  Peter Benchley, Jaws

This is Groundhog Day: Yes, 57% of Texans are still unvaccinated, and 99.5 % of those who have died of COVID in Texas since February, were unvaccinated. On May 16, our state recorded its first day without a COVID death in more than a year. Here we are two months later, and Texas’s seven-day average for new cases was just over 4,500 – 177 % increase over the past two weeks – and recording 25 deaths per day. 

This is a Flashback: Public health officials in Austin have raised the city’s COVID threat level, advising even vaccinated residents to now wear masks. Hospitalizations doubled in July in Williamson County, which is home to Georgetown and Round Rock, and in Dallas County, while quadrupling in Tarrant County, whose seat is Fort Worth. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo this week upgraded the county’s threat level as public health officials began to issue stark warnings about the possibility of hospitals becoming overwhelmed by COVID patients. Please take this seriously.

Roundup: Studies have found that Roundup can alter the normal bacterial content of soil, as well as organisms such as earthworms, monarch butterflies, and honeybees. Even where Roundup is fully allowed, it is recommended that contingency plans be formulated, beginning now. Even without limitations, the growing resistance of weeds to glyphosate, will likely result in the need for alternative methods of weed control in the near future. verywell health

For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.  Mary Lou Retton

An enormous 1,174-carat diamond has been unearthed in Botswana. It is unofficially the world’s third-largest diamond, and so pretty. It fits in the palm of a man’s hand. I wonder if they cut up diamonds that are huge or leave it as is. President Biden says that the federal government is considering making vaccines mandatory for all federal employees. The Department of Veterans Affairs, which runs hospitals and clinics around the country, announced that it would mandate coronavirus vaccines for more than 100,000 frontline healthcare workers, making it the first federal agency to do so. Snoring, “unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked,” is prohibited in this state of Massachusetts, by an old law still technically on the books. Tokyo set a daily record for Covid cases just days after the Olympics opening. Bruce Springsteen’s 29-year-old daughter, Jessica, is competing in the 2020 Olympics as a member of the US Equestrian Team. Jessica is ranked 27 in the world in show jumping.

Arguing is the Olympics of talking. Stewart Stafford

For those of you that care, World Emoji Day just occurred.  The laugh out loud face is officially the world’s most popular emoji, the thumbs up emoji came in second, followed by the red heart emoji. The flirtatious wink and kiss and sad face with a tear emojis respectively rounded out the top five.

I wouldn’t say that there’s ever been an Olympic champion that didn’t deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal. Dorothy Hamill

Johnson & Johnson is voluntarily recalling five of their sunscreens after internal testing identified low levels of benzene in some samples of the products. An independent lab tested 294 samples from 69 brands of sprays, lotions, gels, and creams designed to protect the skin from the sun or care for the skin after sun. Of those, 78 samples tested positive for benzene. Benzene is a carcinogen, a widely used industrial chemical found in crude oil, and is a major part of gasoline. It is used to make plastics, resins, synthetic fibers, rubber lubricants, dyes, detergents, drugs, and pesticides, but it is important to note that it is NOT an ingredient in sunscreen and never has been. These benzene levels are likely due to contamination. I could not find out what kind of contamination. Benzene is also found in nail polishes, nail polish removers, nail hardeners, and fingernail glue. Manicure, anyone?

The Godfather of Soul, James Brown, died at age 73 on Christmas Day 2006. His family just settled their 15-year battle over his estate. There was a former partner claiming to be his wife, more than a dozen lawsuits by people trying to lay claim to his assets, even a fight over what to do with his body, which remained inside his gold casket in cold storage in a funeral home, for several months, before eventually being buried in South Carolina, at a daughter’s home. Justices ordered a circuit court to “promptly proceed with probate of Brown’s estate in accordance with his estate plan,” which outlined creation of a trust that would use his music royalties to fund educational expenses for children in South Carolina and Georgia.

Thanks for taking the time to read us. We do SO appreciate you. Be sure to place an ad, sell something, buy something, so we can all add to our economy. I found the following, decided not to use it, then changed my mind. The virus will not go away because you want it to or because you are tired of it. Get the vaccine, wear a mask, have a clue, give a damn.

LISA

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What I Heard This Week! 09-24-2020

What I Heard This Week September 24, 2020

A man walked into an animal shelter in Michigan hoping to adopt rescued chickens to add to his family’s small farm, when he happened to see a small dog whose cleft lip reminded him of his two-year-old son, who was also born with a cleft lip. He said that he had never seen a dog with a cleft lip before. The puppy had come to the shelter from 1000 miles away in Mississippi the week before, and the staff was worried that she was not adoptable. The man called his wife and she told him to adopt the puppy immediately. Two days later, after a bunch of happy tears, Lacey the rescue puppy,found a new home and Bentley, a boy of her own. Now just think…what are the chances of that puppy being shipped to that animal shelter and that dad just happening by at that moment in time, looking for chickens. There just are no accidents. Bentley and Lacey take naps together in the dog bed.

Now that I have lived through a plague, I understand why most renaissance paintings are of chubby women laying around without a bra.

Some scientists believe that scrubbing your body head to toe is not healthy, so they say to just focus on your ‘bits,’ which would be underarms, groin and feet, and just rinse the rest of your body with water. Scrubbing with soap can lead to problems like eczema and other skin conditions because you risk destroying useful bacteria and microbes that help lower your immunity to certain viruses.Over the weekend, I cleaned the office, rebuilt some of my garden beds, dug upthe rest of the sweet potatoes, planted new jalapeno plants, cleaned some of the garage and yard at home, then cooked dinner. In other words, I sweated. My daughter and I wanted to watch the rest of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest after dinner, so we climbed into my bed with a laptop and I fell asleep before the movie was over. The next morning, I felt noticeably confidentthat is was ok to soap on more than just my bits.😊

Pretty wild how we used to eat cake after someone had blown on it…good times.

A 35-year-old former dentist who was filmed extracting a patient’s tooth while standing on a hoverboard, was convicted on 46 felony and misdemeanor counts, including medical assistance fraud, scheme to defraud, illegal practice of dentistry and reckless endangerment. He was found to have performed anesthesia thousands of times without training or consent, he stole money from Medicaid and embezzled from his bosses.  At his sentencing, the judge said, “I think what you did was so outrageous, narcissistic and crazy. So, I forgive you for all that, but there’s obviously a high-priced lesson that you’re going to have to learn.” Evidence against him was overwhelming, supported in great detail by his own texts, photos and videos. Hmmm. He apologized for his actions and will spend 12 years in jail.

Being negative only makes a journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don’t have to sit on it.Joyce Meyer

More than half of US states are reporting a rise in COVID cases and the nation has now passed the milestone 200,000 deaths this year. Since I hear this all the time, “Quit worrying about it, more people die from the flu each year,” I think I will give you the actual numbers. According to the CDC, 80,000 people died of flu last winter in the US, the highest death toll in 40 years. The number of deaths was nearly twice as much as what health officials previously considered a bad year. So, wear your mask.

I see people around my age mountain climbing and zip lining, and here I am feeling good about myself because I got my leg through my underwear without losing my balance.True.

Big Tex has been taken out of quarantine and lowered into position at the Texas State Fair,where hehas been standing since 1952. This year he is wearing a 7’ by 4’face mask (a little bit bigger than a twin-size mattress), he has a new belt buckle and refurbished hat. This is a different year, so there will be a Big Tex Photo Drive Thru and a Big Tex Fair Food Drive Thru.

RECENT BIRTHDAYS: Rock musician Chuck Panozzo is 72.Bass player for the rock band Styx, that he founded with his fraternal twin brother.Author Stephen King is 73. Comedian Bill Murray is 70. Singer Faith Hill is 53. Author comedian Fannie Flagg is 79.Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café. Actor Debbi Morgan is 69.

TV host Jimmy Fallon is 46. TV News correspondent Deborah Roberts is 60.Actor David McCallum is 87.Secret agent Illya Kuryakin in the television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Actor Twiggy Lawson is 71.  TV personality Joan Lunden is 70. Singer Frankie Avalon is 80. Actor Shari Belafonte is 66.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died from complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. She was only the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court.My kids both know her as the Honorable R.B.G. She burst into popular culture at age 80, and became an internet sensation after a law student proclaimed her the Notorious R.B.G., a play on the nickname of a famous rapper, Notorious B.I.G. She was the subject of two movies — a fictionalized drama of her early life in which she juggled work and motherhood, and a documentary that let women into her personal life as a wife, mother, and grandmother.She believed,“you can disagree without being disagreeable.”Thank you for your integrity and fight to make an equal world, not only for our daughters, but our  sons as well. Gender equality.

Robert W. Gore, inventor of the polymer form that provided for waterproof Gore-Tex fabric, died at 83. The father of Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, died at 94. William Henry Gates II was an Army veteran, founding partner in a Seattle law firm and was critical in starting the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation where he served as co-chair. Former Globetrotter, David “Smokey” Gaines, died at 80. Lou Brock, St. Louis Cardinals legend, died at 81. He was known for stealing base which led the Cardinals to two World Series victories. Local community leader Dottie Duby died. She was a ball of fire, doing an amazing amount of good for the people of our community.

In Oregon, a man realized that the fires were coming towards his home, but as he drove away, he found he was trapped by downed trees and flames from 70 mph winds. Suddenly everything around him was on fire. He left his car and headed towards the river and hung out about an hour under a concrete bridge, up to his waist in water. Then he realized that all the vegetation under the bridge was starting to burn, so he headed downstream. He grabbed a green plastic Adirondack chair he found setting on the bank of the river right next to a 24-pack of Rolling Rock beer. What are the chances, but there was one single beer left in the box. He found a ledge of a rock jetting into the wide spot of the river and used the chair as a shield from the embers that night. The next morning, he put his t-shirt over his mouth and stayed close to the surface of the water where the air appeared cleaner. Later he found his car had survived, but his house did not. I was blubbering like a baby as I watched the video of his two sons discovering that he had survived. “If there’s anybody who can survive that situation, it’s my dad,” said his son. “He’s smart, can think on his feet and is very resourceful.” As he sheltered, he took scary as hell pictures, too.

Deja vu: Hurricane Sally hit exactly 16 years after Hurricane Ivan, even making landfall at the same spot.

Interesting. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that we should not be wearing masks with one-way valves. These types of masks are intended for use in construction because they reduce heat and moisture, making them more comfortable for long periods, but this design does not prevent the spread of infectious diseases. We are wearing masks to prevent droplets from traveling into the air when a person coughs, sneezes or talks. With a valve, droplets from the wearer are expelled into the air. Some airlines have already banned flyers from wearing masks with valves on flights. Cloth masks are best.

The Keen company is known for outdoor shoes, gear, and accessories. They have now installed mask vending machines in Portland Oregon, Palo Alto California, London, and Tokyo. The vending machines are located outside (safer location) and it removes the person-to-person contact of sale. It is open 24/7 and more vending machines are coming. Wish I had thought of this. You can even get one with artwork by Jerry Garcia of Grateful Dead.

Election Day is November 3. Do you have a current Voter’s Registration Certificate/Card in your purse, wallet, or kitchen drawer? If you cannot remember, then put down this paper and go look. Check the dates. Check out your address and other information to make sure it is current and not expired. If you are not sure you are registered to vote, go to VoteTexas.Gov. See: Am I Registered? If you are not registered, you must fill out a voter registration application as ASAP. You must do this today. A voter’s application must be filled out and mailed in at least 30 days before the election date, to have time for it to be processed and accepted by the County Voter Registrar. 800-252-VOTE (8683) for questions or you can register by mail by obtaining an application from your county Voter Registrar’s office, or pick up an application at all the libraries, government offices, or high schools. Did you read that? It is as easy as stopping by the library and picking up an application.

A firefighter died on the El Dorado Fire in Southern California, which started with sparks from a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device used during a gender reveal party. Not the first time this has happened. Gender reveal parties with smoke are not a good idea. Ever. No balloons either. A New York City subway derailed, after witnesses saw a man throwing construction debris onto the tracks. Texas now has 16.6 million voters, an increase of more than 400,000 since March. And since 2016, Texas has added 1.5 million voters to its rolls. A woman suspected of sending an envelope containing ricin, a highly toxic poison compound, addressed to the White House, has been arrested as she tried to enter the US from Canada. Authorities are also investigating similar packages mailed to different addresses in Texas that may be connected to the same sender. I wonder who in Texas…

It is called the Dooms day Glacier because it is among those glaciers in West Antarctica, most influenced by climate change. A new study has found that the ice shelves supporting this glacier and its neighbor, the Pine Island Glacier, are beginning to fissure and crack, are in the early stages of disintegration, therefore tearing apart. If they melt, they have the potential of adding about 10 feet to global sea level rise. Does the word doomsday alert you to anything negative or give any hints as to what is coming?

A September 3rd video showed a Budget rental truck backing into the parking lot of a spa in California, exiting the truck, then tossing bags and bags full of unopened envelopes and packages from the US Postal Service, off the truck into the lot, then he drove off. They said that US Postal Service employees were not involved the dumping. The post office is a public service, not a business. They deserve a break.

I am not sure I understand, but I will repeat what I know. Netflix is teasing about an event on September 25th on Netflix’s YouTube and Facebook pages. The cast of “Father of the Bride” is returning for a special event to benefit World Central Kitchen.It would be sweet to see Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Martin Short and the rest. That is all I know.

A study from China found that the proportion of COVID-19 patients who wore glasses was much lower than that of the general population. So, practice after me…COVID makes less passes, at girls that wear glasses.😊 Have a beautiful weekend and thanks for reading this. Sell something! Buy something.

Lisa

  • What I Heard This Week 10-26-2023

    by on October 25, 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. “

  • 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

    by on December 20, 2018 - 0 Comments

    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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