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It’s well known that our country will celebrate its 250th birthday this summer, the semiquincentennial, and that’s why you see this logo quite often.

If you’re interested, here’s an article about the logo. But just for kicks, I was wondering what the logo would look like if they used Roman numerals like the NFL typically does for the Super Bowl. Well, if we went that route, instead of seeing the numerical 250, you’d see CCL, and that’s just not visually appealing. And CCC isn’t appealing for the 300th, either.

If you are looking for ways to celebrate, Sam’s is selling these for $199.75.

DogGeedingII had a check-up yesterday. The vet said his heart sounded much better and that his heart medication seems to be helping.

The Knicks’ historic comeback victory in Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals is a win for all of us who put things off until the last minute.

For the last few months, I’ll sleep for two or three hours, wake up, and just can’t go back to sleep.

I’m not sure why I’m seeing Reha Seehorn and the cast of Pluribus make so many media appearances lately. The second season is nowhere near finished. In a 45-minute chat/interview with Bryan Cranston, she stated she’s been with her partner, realtor Graham Larson, for 13 years and has been engaged for 11 of those years.

For those of us who grew up when ESPN’s SportsCenter was at its peak, I’m sure you’ll enjoy this series Rich Eisen has been doing. Episode one is with Dan Patrick, and the second is with Chris Berman. It’s some great stuff.

Alice Cooper thanks Arizona man who found his credit card at a gas station

The Guardian: What would Jesus drink? Welcome to the age of Christian energy beverages – Drink brands such as Yahweh and Praise Energy say they’re raising awareness for Christianity – but are they just treating Jesus like an uncopyrighted Mickey Mouse?

I’m reminded of a line from the U2 song If God Would Send His Angles, “Jesus never let me down / You know Jesus used to show me the score / Then they put Jesus in show business / Now it’s hard to get in the door.”

In other Christian-related news: 42 lost pages of the New Testament manuscript discovered

Today, give yourself the most simple and doable of tasks: just don’t make stuff worse.

For some reason, I decided to start riding my bike again, and had a decent streak going. I really overdid it yesterday and had to take a day off. For the heck of it, I looked up my activity on my Google Fit app.

President Trump’s pick to fill the Director of National Intelligence position, Bill Pulte, has no known background in intelligence. He would be overseeing the nation’s 18 spy agencies. The 38-year-old also has no military or foreign policy experience.

It’s just a dumb (and even dangerous) idea, even if it’s only for the interim, to put someone with zero professional experience, education, or work history in the intelligence community, the military, or the national security sector.

And here I thought the dumbest nomination a president has made in my lifetime was George W. Bush’s choice of Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court.

People are spotting these Tesla Robotaxis all over Dallas, especially the Medical District, and the reviews have been somewhat positive. Inside, they are roomier than a Waymo. However, I have read several reports of them making errors. The current introductory pricing in the Metroplex follows a formula of a $3.25 base fare plus $1.00 per mile, according to their website.

I enjoy watching these restoration videos. The work they do really is amazing. The paper they work with is so delicate, especially when they wet it. And I had no idea you could get rid of the yellowing of white plastic.

My WordPress stats state this is my 22,778th post using their platform. Of course, I’ve also used other platforms to publish this blog, but 22,778 is nothing to sneeze at. I mean, let’s say it took me, on average, ten minutes to write a post. That means I’ve spent 3,796 hours and 20 minutes. Which, if you ask, seems low to me.

I’ve been watching and really enjoying Apple TV’s horror-comedy Widows Bay with the great Matthew Rhys, probably best known for his role on The Americans. However, during the first two episodes, I couldn’t help but think the lead role was written specifically for Jason Bateman. Another of the main characters is played by the under-appreciated Stephen Root. It’s a funny mixture of Parks and Rec, Jaws, The Shining, and Twin Peaks.

Fun Fact: The series is created by Katie Dippold, a former writer for Parks and Recreation. Dippold actually submitted the original, much lighter draft of the Widow’s Bay pilot as her writing sample to get hired on Parks and Rec in 2009. There are certain elements of the show that have a real Pawnee, Indiana feel.

If you’re a fan of the series, then you’ll appreciate this Google Easter Egg when you search for the show.

Here’s a teaser trailer for the series if you’re interested.

Several articles I read yesterday about the weekend box office used the word “creepypasta.” That’s a new one for me.

Norway’s team photo for the World Cup is pretty badass.

Paywall: Inside the making of Norway’s ‘Viking’ photo for World Cup

‘THE ODYSSEY’ allows users to play the trailer in each theatrical format that the film is available in. pic.twitter.com/3kPcfOo5TQ

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) June 4, 2026

I have a feeling the screwworm is going to dominate Texas news over the next several months. I hope I’m wrong.

Well, if you get fired from the most prestigious news magazine, the best thing you can do is have an hour-long uninterrupted interview with the Paper of Record.

What I took away from the interview was that integrity and character still matter.  And I couldn’t help but think of my favorite poem If while watching this interview.

Meanwhile, President Trump walked out of an interview because he can’t take any pressure to be held accountable for making up stories, and that he’s the epitome of being a coward. Compare and contrast that with how composed Pelley answered any question that contradicted his actions. He chose courage over cowardice.

Men accused of stealing nearly $600,000 worth of electricity near Charlotte Motor Speedway

San Carlos Lake in Arizona has closed after all of the fish have died

According to the San Carlos Recreation and Wildlife Department, drought conditions and water released from the dam led to the deaths of all the fish.

The fish carcasses pose health and safety risks to people who enter the water or try to fish.

Andy Rooney famously tackled the disappearing “pound of coffee” in his classic 60 Minutes commentaries. He frequently pointed out how manufacturers would advertise a pound of coffee but quietly reduced the net weight of coffee cans, dropping from 16 ounces to 14, then to 13, 12, and even 11 ounces, while charging the same price. I thought about that when I saw this sign in my neighborhood. Mini-gallons?!

In light of Scott Pelley’s firing, this short segment with the late Morley Safer about story approval and management oversight is very telling of how 60 Minutes is getting murdered by Bari Weiss.

Long-time readers know my admiration for Scott Pelley, who grew up in Lubbock and got his start locally at WFAA. He’s just a great, salt-of-the-earth, kinda guy. A man from another era.

Other than CBS Sunday Morning, I’m not sure I’ll watch any of their programming.

If you were wondering about the letter the Musers were reading from Keith about the percentage of high school football playing surfaces that are now synthetic, with a brief mention of Santo, TX- yep, that was me.

I recently took both dogs to the vet for a check-up and vaccinations. DogGeedingII is 15, and I was told that his mother, who is four years older than him, died earlier this year. I was pretty optimistic going into the appointment. However, he’s been diagnosed with a bad heart, and I have to give him medication twice a day.

Ted Turner died last month on May 6, 2026. I sorta had a negative impression of the man, but I recently watched a five-part documentary on him and have changed my tune.

However, the funniest comment I read about his death, and I’m sure he’d even get a kick out of it, was this tweet. And for anyone of my generation who doesn’t get it, shame!

The documentary also referenced the Turner Doomsday Video. He chose that song because he learned it was the last thing played on the Titanic.

The Turner Doomsday Video is the internal title of an apocalyptic video intended to be broadcast by CNN at the end of the world. The video, created at the direction of CNN founder Ted Turner before the network’s 1980 launch,is a performance of the Christian hymn “Nearer, My God, To Thee” performed by multiple members of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine bands in front of CNN’s original headquarters at the Turner Broadcasting Techwood Campus in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia.

The recording was made right after “The Star-Spangled Banner” was recorded for CNN’s sign-on (which also appeared in TNT’s sign-on from 1988). After they recorded it, Turner asked if they would record a song just in case the world came to an end. At CNN’s launch, Ted Turner declared, “Barring satellite problems, we won’t be signing off until the world ends”:

We’ll be on, and we will cover it [the end of the world] live, and that will be our last, last event. We’ll play the National Anthem only one time, on the first of June [1980], and when the end of the world comes, we’ll play “Nearer My God To Thee” before we sign off.

I hope they prove me wrong, but there’s no way DART rail will run near the future home arena of the Dallas Mavericks. Like Jerry, there’s just too much money to make when it comes to parking. They call that area of 635Hell-BJ for a reason.

Tampa school zone catches 6,000 speeders in 2 days as city weighs $100 camera fines

• City records show the decision comes after a RedSpeed traffic study looked at 31 school zones across 29 campuses. Investigators discovered severe speeding issues at 18 of those locations, with daily averages ranging from 200 to more than 3,000 violations per school zone. 
• Cameras counted 17,044 total vehicles and flagged 6,043 speeding violations, which averages out to 3,021 violations each day. The data tracked speeding during morning arrival, afternoon dismissal and the standard school hours. 

At the first divorce support group session I attended, I made a friend, and we’ve remained close, especially since our experiences were eerily similar in many ways. He said he would never marry again, and he would do everything he could to prevent me from doing the same. However, he met someone and quickly fell for her. Next thing I know, he surprised her with a trip to Paris to watch the Olympics and proposed to her while eating at the Eiffel Tower. They even had a child together, who I think just turned two. He called me yesterday to talk as he left the courthouse after filing for divorce.

WIRED He Blew the Whistle on DOGE. Then His Brakes Were Cut – A federal IT staffer filed a complaint about DOGE, then went public. Shortly after Elon Musk boosted a post calling his claims false, his brake lines were cut. Now he’s suing for defamation.

Trump Interstate? After U.S. Senate loss, Cornyn says it’s no longer a priority

Now he says that bill “may not make it into my priorities the next seven months.”

ESPN has an article that has just about everything you’d probably want to know about that UFC stage sitting on the front lawn of the White House. Some highlights:

• It’s owned and being constructed by a Belgian event-staging company called Stageco.
• The company shipped most of the equipment in 18 containers by boat and flew other pieces from Germany and Belgium.
• It was assembled in Pennsylvania for a test run, then shipped in 14 trailers for the Secret Service to inspect as it was guarded at a holding facility.
• Disassembly will take seven to ten days, though I’m sure you’ve heard Trump tease it will be a forever structure like the Eiffel Tower.

I’m surprised the article didn’t mention that U2 had a version of the claw, four of them, actually, that was part of a world tour.

One of them is a permanent fixture at a Utah aquarium.

She didn’t even want to do it until her husband told her it would be funny. The two black actors she interacted with wrote the lines.

Random goofy promotion for the new He-Man movie.

 

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DaughterGeeding turned 16 yesterday. That will come as a shock to some of you, longtime readers, all of whom I really appreciate.

I used to mark DaughterGeeding and BoyGeeding’s height on a door frame when we all lived at GeedingManor. Before we sold it and moved out, I actually cut the thing out and took it with me. It’s been a while since I last measured them. It looks like DaughterGeeding won’t be getting any taller, but BoyGeeding (age 14) has had a nice growth spurt.

Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan faces a challenge from a familiar-sounding rival – Dan Sullivan – The National Republican Senatorial Committee accused Democrats of planting a candidate with the same name to throw off voters

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The race over whether incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, will keep his seat is one which has gained national attention after former Democrat congresswoman Mary Peltola threw her hat into the ring, but Peltola is far from the only person running to unseat Sullivan, and the latest name is one familiar to both Alaskans and Sullivan.

Because it’s Dan Sullivan.

Dan Sullivan, a Petersburg candidate who has the same name as Alaska’s sitting U.S. senator, announced Friday that he’s entering the race for the senate seat. And no, he’s not the former Anchorage mayor, also of the same name.

For some reason, this article about Snow’s BBQ thought this cut of brisket looked appealing. Snow’s is legendary, and it’s a shame that photo was used. I highly doubt Ms. Tootsi would cook such an abomination.

ESPN obtained Zapruder film of yesterdays handshake and dropped the investigative hammer

What a sport pic.twitter.com/06ITEi7sGp

— Josh Pate (@JoshPateCFB) May 31, 2026

Don’t fall for this rumor.

 

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Here’s the truth:

No, the robots spotted around Dallas World Cup sites are not scanning fans’ faces, company says

“Boston Dynamics’ Spot robots are being deployed at designated World Cup venues to perform perimeter security inspections and will be used to assist security personnel with investigating things like suspicious packages or other potentially hazardous materials. The robots do not have facial recognition capabilities.”

The series usually airs as a marathon on Memorial Day and Veterans Day, and I always make an effort to watch it. So, reading this People article meant a lot to me. Granted, there’s not much more than the headline.

Could Stephen Colbert Save PBS? Inside the Campaign Working to Make It Happen

“It feels like if I go to sleep now, tomorrow comes instantly, and I’m just not ready to be a person again yet.”

From The Guardian: Republican mistrust in healthcare widens US health gap, study finds – Republicans increasingly avoid doctors and vaccines, widening health gaps with Democrats, researchers say

Past research has found that Republicans’ hesitation to vaccinate against Covid-19 has meant they suffered more death from the pandemic than Democrats. But O’Brian’s study showed that even different vaccination rates don’t completely explain the difference in health outcomes – a lack of overall trust in the medical system is also contributing.

The study relies on survey data collected in 2024 and O’Brian suspects that the health gap has only continued to worsen during the second Trump administration, which began in January 2025.

I didn’t know a Stranger Things-like music video of a kid being dared to go to the top of a haunted Baker Hotel on Halloween existed. Two thumbs up on his costume choice of “Benny the Jet” Rodriguez from The Sandlot.