What I Heard This Week! 05-30-2019
Hurricane Harvey changed things for many of us emotionally and financially. Our recent flooding brought back many memories and thoughts about what we can do ‘next time’ because there will always be a next time. In researching, I came across a water barrier product called Noaq Boxwall, which claims to redirect floodwaters. The website says, “This is the most effective barrier on the market at stopping floodwaters that are already present. It is our fastest and easiest barrier to deploy which can easily be stored in your garage or the back of a truck for future deployment. It requires no fill material, is extremely lightweight, and massively popular. This product is easy to deploy and recover by a single person. If you only have a matter of minutes to react to incoming floodwaters, this product allows you to respond even when it would be too late for almost every other barrier on the market.” The NOAQ Boxwall is lightweight, easy to manage and is quickly assembled by one person. You simply snap the units together like Lego pieces, using the weight of the water, so it doesn’t move. The units are about 20 inches high and 3-feet wide and cost $125 per unit. The cost of a full pallet, which could surround an average home, would run about $3,200. My brain has worked overtime on this – it makes so much sense. If all it does is slow the water down, it would allow for pumps to keep up. After flooding, units are easily detached and can be cleaned using a garden hose, then neatly stacked for storage and reuse.I watched the video and recommend that you do too. It may help someone in your life. It may help YOU.
“Dreams without deadlines are dead in the water. Deadlines are really lifelines to achieving our goals.”
Mark Batterson
A 62-year-old man that eluded the FBI for 23 years, turned himself into the Oregon City Police Department. He was wanted for multiple incidents of sexual assault in ‘95-’96 involving 8& 10–year-old girls that he babysat for.Wayne Silsbee now faces charges of first-degree sodomy, first-degree sexual abuse, endangering the welfare of a minor and first-degree unlawful sexual penetration. One comment I read stated, “perhaps he quit running because he will now receive free taxpayer funding healthcare, which he will need when the rest of the prisoners learn what he’s done.”Yep.
“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”Douglas Adams
A group of more than a dozen teens showed up at a home in Houston armed with paint pellet guns (and possibly more because shell casings were also found.) The homeowner/father went outside to investigate and said he felt threatened, so he opened fire on the group, shooting and killing a19-year-old. Paintball or real gun, it all looks the same in the dark. Police found paintball shells and splattered paint on the outside of the house. Police believe the man’s 17-year-old son may have been the group’s intended target, and say they wanted to ‘fight him’.What happened to just toilet-papering houses?
Carrie Fisher died in 2016 after suffering a heart attack on a flight from London to LA.Filmmaker J.J. Abrams is incorporating unused footage of Fisher that was leftover from The Force Awakens. He began by writing scenes around the old footage so Leia’s dialogue will fit into the movie in new ways. Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd, will also appear in the movie playing Lt. Kaydel Ko Connix, a Resistance officer.The Rise of Skywalker will be released December 20.
A thief grabbed the tip jar at a Houston business and was later seen on their surveillance video. The owner of The BEP Restaurant says that “she doesn’t want anything bad to happen to the man,” and that if he will just come in sometime in the next month and sincerely apologize to her staff and tell her why he did it, then she would consider helping him to get a job so he doesn’t have to steal tip jars. Hmmm. She has also glued the new tip jar to the counter.
RECENT BIRTHDAYS: Former Senator Al Franken is 68. Saturday Night Live. Actor Mr. T is 67. Singer Morrissey is 59. Model Naomi Campbell is 48. Actress Joan Collins is 86. Comedian Tommy Chong is 81. Cheech and Chong. Musician Bob Dylan is 78. Golfer Jack Nicholson is 82. Actress Kim Fields is 55. The Facts of Life.Singer actor Lenny Kravitz is 55.His mom starred as Helen Willis on the Jefferson’s.
Actor Dwayne Hickman is 85. Dobie Gillis. Cat Ballou. Musician Rick Wakeman is 70. Yes. Actor Danny Trejo is 75. Machete in Spy Kids. Rock musician Boyd Tinsley is 55. Dave Matthew Band. Actress Tracey Gold is 50. Growing Pains. Sportscaster Brent Musberger is 80. Rock musician Gary Peterson is 74. Guess Who. Singer Stevie Nicks is 71. Singer George Strait is 67. Cher is 73. Talked to a friend last night that saw her recently in concert and said, “she’s still got it.”Priscilla Presley is 74.
Bart Starr died at 85. He was an ordinary quarterback until Vince Lombardi teamed with the Green Bay Packers in 1959.The Packers selected Starr from University of Alabama as the 200th pick in the 1956 draft. Over the years he led Green Bay to six division titles, five NFL championships and wins in the first two Super Bowls.But the play he was most famous for was a run on Dec. 31, 1967. It was the NFL championship and the Packers had spent $80,000 for a heating coil system that would keep the field soft and warm. Forecasters said the approaching cold front wouldn’t arrive until after the game but when the grounds crew rolled up the tarpaulin, condensation had formed underneath; 40 mph winds made the field freeze like an ice rink. With a temperature of minus-14 and a wind-chill of minus-49, it was the coldest NFL game ever recorded. The wind-chill dipped another 20 degrees by the time the Packers got the ball trailing 17-14 with five minutes left. Starr slipped into the end zone with 16 seconds left and beat Dallas 21-17 in what became known as the Ice Bowl. His family said, “While he may always be best known for his success as the Packers quarterback…his true legacy will always be the respectful manner in which he treated every person he met, his humble demeanor and his generous spirit.”
It’s scorching hot outside so don’t forget to change the direction of your ceiling fans. Summer is counterclockwise,in order to pull the cold air up and winter is clockwise to push down the rising hot air. Just doing my part to keep you comfortable and help lower the thermostat.
OK, girls. I hate to tell you, but J.J. Watt is engaged to his soccer playing girlfriend, Kealia Ohai. She is captain of the Houston Dash soccer team and is super cute. Arnold Schwarzenegger has even offered to officiate their wedding. Looks like it will be Houston’s version of the royal wedding.
Tiger Woods moved from No. 6 to No. 5 in the latest Official World Golf Ranking.
According to the new American Kennel Club data, the top-10 most popular dogs:1. Labs (28th year in a row.) 2. German Shepherds 3. Golden Retrievers, 4. French Bulldogs 5. Bulldogs 6. Beagles 7. Poodles 8. Rottweilers 9. German Short haired Pointers 10. Yorkshire Terriers. A quick poll of my friends would find the #1 labeled“Rescue.”The SPCA needs you to adopt, bring supplies or donate when you can.
Here is a list of some weird jobs that I bet you did not know existed. Professional Sleepers to test mattresses. Professional Mourners who will show up (if you can’t attend) to a funeral and stage a believable session of mourning, complete with breaking down and wailing, if necessary. Iceberg Movers for serious water scarcity. Food Stylists for photography and videography. Lego Master Builders to create huge Lego structures. Shark Tank Cleaner is self-explanatory. And an Odor Judge determines the best smell for particular products like soaps, deodorants (phew) and candles. Don’t you feel a little smarter now that you know you have job options? Thank you all for taking the time to read this.
Lisa
