What! May 25, 2017
By Lisa Baker • 05-25-17
PLEASE REMEMBER WHY we have Memorial Day. It is not only to get 50% off your online purchases or to buy 3 tires and get one FREE. Memorial Day is a day to reflect on those military service members who have served and died. Thank you.
Poor little Anthony Weiner, former Democratic Congressman. His wife filed for divorce after his recent guilty plea as he admitted to sharing sexually explicit pictures (sexting) and messages that encouraged a 15-year-old girl to engage in sexually explicit conduct. This time he’ll have to register as a sex offender and could go to prison.
Apple became the first US company with a market value of more than $800-billion. Investors seem to be betting on the new iPhone coming out this year.
85-year-old country singer Loretta Lynn has started rehabilitation and is expected to make a full recovery after suffering a stroke at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.
Buc-ee’s is building what may be the longest carwash in the world. The 255-foot cleaning tunnel is part of a 56,000-square-foot store with 120 gas pumps that will be finished in Katy this fall.
There is tiny Henderson Island, 6-miles long and 3-miles wide, halfway between New Zealand and Chile, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, some 3,000 miles from anywhere and is reached after a 13-day voyage by ship from New Zealand. Researchers were astonished to find an estimated, 38-million pieces (or 17.6 tons) of floating, mostly PLASTIC trash, that had washed up on the beach, noting that it is the highest density of trash ever reported in nature. Sad. There was a crab with what looked like a face cream jar that it was hauling around on its back instead of a shell.
Chelsea Elizabeth Manning (formally Private Bradley Manning) was freed 28 years early because President Obama commuted the bulk of her remaining sentence of violations of the Espionage Act and other offenses (leaking government secrets to the public.)
A judge has confirmed that the one sibling and five half-siblings of Prince, are his rightful heirs. They will share what is estimated to be around $200-million since Prince died without a will. Around 45 people have come forward claiming to be his wife, children, siblings or other relatives including a prison inmate. All were ruled out by DNA testing. Since his death, Princes’ Paisley Park studio complex and home has been turned into a museum and concert venue. There’s no grass growing under their feet.
Senate Bill 2118 needs full House approval and Governor Abbott’s signature to become law, allowing more Texas community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees in applied technology, applied science and nursing.
Three young Mississippi men were arrested and will be charged with capital murder after stealing a car with a 6-year-old in it, then shooting the child. His mother had left the child in the car with the engine running while she ran into the store. Sigh. Parents, pay attention.
In New Orleans, the last of the four Confederate monuments – a statue of Robert E. Lee – has been removed from its concrete pedestal.
Neglect no opportunity to play leap-frog. It is the best of all games and will never become professionalized. – P.G. Wodehouse, humorist
According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, of the 222 prescription drugs that were approved by the US Food and Drug Administration from 2001 through 2010, almost 1/3 of them ended up with warnings about unexpected, sometimes life-threatening side effects or complications. Do your research.
HAPPY BIRTHDAYS: Boxing Hall of Fame Sugar Ray Leonard is 61. Actress Anna Maria Alverghetti is 81. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in 1962 for Carnival. Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is 80. Actress-singer Lainie Kazan is 75. My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Football Hall of Fame Emmitt Smith is 48. Dallas Cowboys. Baseball Hall of Fame Brooks Robinson is 80. Country singer George Strait is 65. Rock singer Bono is 57. U2. Olympic gold-medal swimmer Missy Franklin is 22. Singer Leo Sayer is 69. I just listened to, “The Show Must Go On” and “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing,” and a song that Leo Sayer wrote for Roger Daltrey’s first solo album called “Giving It All Away.” A musical blast from the past. I remember listening to him on an 8-track tape deck. I’m old.
Singer-actress Cher is 71. Singer Celine Dion is 49. Did you see the two of them on the Billboard Music Awards last week? Celine Dion sang, “My Heart Will Go On,” and did she ever sing! Drake was obviously impressed because he said that he is thinking about tattooing her image on his rib cage. That was on the same evening that Drake surpassed Adele’s record for the most wins in a single night. Cher shut the house down with her hits “Believe” and “If I could Turn Back Time.” She’s got no reason to rewind the clock because her vintage black motorcycle jacket, lace bodysuit, knee-high boots and huge curly wig, looked (and sounded) like it WAS 1989.
American guitarist Dick Dale is 80. He is known as The King of the Surf Guitar. Dick Dale and His Del-Tones. If you ever get to feeling sorry for yourself, read his story. Singer Pia Zadora is 65. Country singer Randy Travis is 58. Actress Mary McDonough is 56. She was Erin on The Walton’s. Actor Will Arnett is 47. Rock musician Bill Kreutzmann is 71. Grateful Dead. Hall of Fame Willie Mays is 86. Rock singer Bob Seger is 72. The Silver Bullet Band. Rock musician Jane Wiedlin is 59. The Go-Go’s. TV personality Ted Allen is 52. Chopped.
Counterculture icon Wavy Gravy is 81. His name was given to him by BB King at the Texas International Pop Festival in 1969. He was the official clown of the Grateful Dead. Ben & Jerry’s had a Wavy Gravy Ice Cream – caramel & cashew brazil nut with a chocolate hazelnut fudge swirl & roasted almonds. It’s my job to keep you informed.
Ken Levin, 86, and his 23-year-old son, graduated together from The University of Houston this spring. I don’t know about you but I welled up just reading the article. I never had that kind of dad.
Nigeria – Three years ago, 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram. Recently, 82 of the girls were released by their captors leaving only 113 girls that remain unaccounted for. Some of these girls were forced to marry their captors and give birth to children in remote forest hideouts.
My granddaddy was a barber in Waco, Texas. His barber shops were the place to hang out (talking, no texting) while waiting for haircuts. Buster shined your shoes and Granddaddy knew everything that was going on around town. This recent memory made me think about barber poles, one of which I have in my office. Barber Pole (from the Latin, “beard”) and according to Wikipedia, “the origin of the red and white barber pole is associated with the service of blood-letting and was historically a representation of bloody bandages wrapped around a pole. During medieval times, barbers performed surgery on customers, as well as tooth extractions. Barber shops were also places of social interaction and public discussion.” Like coffee shops today, I guess.
– Lisa
