Books Bought at Bedford Half-Price Books Outlet on 3/21/2026 - 3 (Finished 1)

"Christian Jihad: Two Former Muslims Look at the Crusades and Killing in the Name of Christ" by Ergun Mehmet Caner and Emir Fethi Caner

"Verdict on the Shroud: Evidence for the Death & Resurrection of Jesus Christ" by Kenneth E. Stevenson and Gary R. Habermas

"The Lost Book of Moses: The Hunt for the World's Oldest Bible" by Chanan Tigay (Finished 5/6/2026)

Books Read in 2026 - 33 (25 Regular / 8 Kindle / 0 Internet Archive)

"Kindle Book" by Author (Finished January 1) - Kindle via Amazon Prime Reading

"Book" by Author (Finished January 1) - Location

"Tommy Bowman:  Answering The Call" by Chad S. Conine (Finished January 7) - Amazon.com
"Darkest Christmas: December 1942 and a World at War" by Peter Harmsen (Finished January 8) - Kindle via BookBub and Amazon.com
"Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports" by Cyd Ziegler (Finished January 12) - Amazon.com
"The Cost of Colors: A Coach's Story" by Ronnie Mitchem (Finished January 12) - Humble Half Price Books

"My Bat Boy Days: Lessons I Learned from the Boys of Summer" by Steve Garvey with Ken Gurnick and Candace Garvey (Finished January 14) - Humble Half Price Books

"Get in the Game: 8 Elements of Perseverance That Make the Difference" by Cal Ripken, Jr. with Donald T. Phillips (Finished January 15) - Oh Goodie A Book
"The Sacred Acre:  The Ed Thomas Story" by Mark Tabb with The Ed Thomas Family (Finished January 20) - Oh Goodie A Book
"Courtly Love:  A Profile of Coach Marsha Sharp" by Nancy Laine Price (Finished January 20) - Pearland Half Price Books

"Speak with No Fear:  Go from a nervous, nauseated, and sweaty speaker to an excited, energized, and passionate presenter" by Mike Acker (Finished January 21) - Amazon Prime
"Blinded by the Lights: Texas High School Football and the Myth of Integration" by Don E. Albrecht (Finished January 22) - Amazon.com

"Native American Major Leaguers" edited by Rob Daugherty and Bill Nowlin (Finished January 26) - Society for American Baseball Research

"Wards of the League:  The Untold Story of the First NFL Team in Dallas" by Mike Cobern (Finished February 2) - Amazon.com

"A Moment in Time: An American Story of Baseball, Heartbreak, and Grace" by Ralph Branca with David Ritz (Finished February 3) - Humble Half-Price Books

"Mornings with Madden:  My Radio Life with an American Legend" by Stan Bunger (Finished February 19) - Christmas Gift

"Henry Aaron" edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks (Finished February 22) - Society for American Baseball Research

"You Got To Have Wa" by Robert Whiting (Finished February 24) - Humble Half-Price Books
"The Astronaut Wives Club" by Lily Koppel (Finished March 5) - Personal Collection
"How to Win One Million Dollars and Shit Glitter" by Luke Stoffel (Finished March 10) - Kindle via BookBub and Amazon.com

"Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church" by Rachel Held Evans (Finished March 13) - Houston Westheimer Half Price Books Outlet

"Concussion" by Jeanne Marie Laskas (Finished March 16) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet

"How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women" by Zoe Vendizotti & Claire Mitchell (Finished March 17) - Kindle via BookBub and Amazon.com

"One More for the White Rat: The 1987 St. Louis Cardinals Chase the Pennant" by Doug Feldman (Finished March 24) - Amazon.com with $75 Gift Card from Work

"In Chocolate We Trust: The Hershey Company Town Unwrapped" by Peter Kurie (Finished March 25) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet

"Team of the Century: The Greatest High School Football Team in Texas" by Al Pickett (Finished March 25) - Humble Half Price Books

"Swerve Or Die: Life at My Speed in the First Family of NASCAR Racing" by Kyle Petty and Ellis Henican (Finished March 30) - Southlake Barnes & Noble

"Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda" by Jean Guerrero (Finished April 6) - Kindle via BookBub and Amazon.com

"Devaney:  One of America's great football coaches tells his own story" by Bob Devaney (and friends) (Finished April 12) - Pearland Half Price Books

"Michael And The Whiz Kids:  A Story of Basketball, Race and Suburbia in the 1960s" by John Christgau (Finished April 22) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet

"The Story of the Trinity: Controversy, Crisis, and the Creation of the Nicene Creed" by Bryan M. Litfin (Finished April 22) - Barnes & Noble

"1978:  Baseball & America In The Disco Era" by David Krell (Finished April 22) - Amazon.com with $75 Gift Card from Work

"Thin Ice: The Complete, Uncensored Story of Tonya Harding, America's Bad Girl of Ice Skating" by Frank Coffey and Joe Layden (Finished April 24) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet
"In the Great Quiet: A Novel" by Laura Vogt (Finished April 27) - Kindle via Amazon First Reads

"The Lost Book of Moses:  The Hunt For The World's Oldest Bible" by Chanan Tigay (Finished May 6) - Bedford Half-Price Books Outlet

Daily Reading Efforts - May 2026

5/31/2026

5/30/2026

5/29/2026

5/28/2026

5/27/2026

5/26/2026

5/25/2026

5/24/2026

5/23/2026

5/22/2026

5/21/2026

5/20/2026

5/19/2026

5/18/2026

5/17/2026

5/16/2026

5/15/2026

5/14/2026

5/13/2026

5/12/2026

5/11/2026

5/10/2026

5/9/2026

5/8/2026

5/7/2026

5/6/2026 (14 pages)

The Lost Book of Moses:  The Hunt For The World's Oldest Bible (Pages 324-337)

5/5/2026 (74 pages)
Play It Forward:  How Women Are Changing Sports To Change The World (Pages 71-101) - 214pp

The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church (Pages 215-241) - 270pp

Two Outs, So What!: The 2001 Seattle Mariners (Location 134-704; 16 pages; Kindle)

5/4/2026 (42 pages)

Play It Forward:  How Women Are Changing Sports To Change The World (Pages 47-70) - 214pp

The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church (Pages 201-214) - 270pp

The Lost Book of Moses:  The Hunt For The World's Oldest Bible (Pages 320-323) - 337pp

5/3/2026 (64 pages)

Billy Olson:  Reaching Higher (Pages 70-86) - 176pp
The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church (Pages 154-200) - 270pp

5/2/2026 (116 pages)
The Lost Book of Moses:  The Hunt For The World's Oldest Bible (Pages 204-319) - 337pp

5/1/2026 (30 pages)

The Lost Book of Moses:  The Hunt For The World's Oldest Bible (Pages 174-203) - 337pp

Blue Bell Flavors Tasted - 37

A&W Root Beer Float (Pint - 6/18/24)

Banana Fudge (Pint - HEB #610 - 3/14/25 - $3.97)

Banana Nut (Half Gallon - HEB #610 - 5/18/23 - $9.32)

Banana Pudding (Pint - Kroger - Spring Steubner - 4/23/23 - $3.99)

Black Walnut (Pint - 7-Eleven #1038 - 5/4/23 - $5.29)

Bride's Cake (Pint - HEB #748 - 7/28/24 - $3.97)

Brookie A La Mode (Pint - HEB #610 - 3/29/26 - $4.12)

Butter Crunch (Pint - Speedy Stop #1119 - 4/16/23 - $3.19)

Buttered Pecan (Pint - HEB #610 - 3/18/23 - $3.78)

Cherry Vanilla (Pint - Kroger - Treaschwig - 4/15/23 - $3.99)

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough (Pint - 7-Eleven #38838 - 5/9/23 - $5.29)

Chocolate Peanut Butter Overload (Pint - Speedy Stop #1119 - 4/16/23 - $3.19)

Classic Pecan Pie (Pint - Speedy Stop #1119 - 5/5/26 - $3.29)

Cookie Two Step (Pint - HEB #610 - 3/27/23 - $3.78)

Cookies 'n Cream (Pint - HEB #610 - 4/4/23 - $3.78)

Cookies 'n Cream Cheesecake (Pint - HEB #748 - 7/28/24 - $3.97 - 8/12/24)

Cookies 'n Cream Cone (Pint - Speedy Stop #1119 - 4/26/23 - $3.19)

Cotton Candy (Pint - Kroger - Spring Steubner - 5/5/23 - $3.99)

Dr. Pepper Float (Pint - HEB #610 - 8/1/23 - $3.97)

Dutch Chocolate (Pint - HEB #610 - 4/2/23 - $3.78)

Gooey Butter Cake (Pint - Speedy Stop #119 - 3/27/26 - $4.19)

Homemade Vanilla (Pint - HEB #610 - 4/4/23 - $3.78)

Honey Vanilla (Pint - HEB #610 - 3/15/26 - $4.12)

I Love Cereal (Pint - HEB #748 - 7/28/24 - $3.97)

Java Jolt (Pint - HEB #717 - 6/30/23)

Krazy Kookie Dough (Pint - HEB #748 - 7/28/24 - $3.97)

Mint Chocolate Chip (Pint - HEB #564 - 3/28/23 - $3.78)

Mocha Almond Fudge (Pint - Speedy Stop #1119 - 4/21/23 - $3.19)

Monster Cookie Dough (Pint - HEB #610 - 7/6/23 - $3.97)

Moo-llennium Crunch® (Pint - Speedy Stop #1119 - 4/26/23 - $3.19)

Oatmeal Cream Pie (Pint - 7-Eleven #38838 - 4/14/23 - $5.29)

Pecan Pralines ’n Cream (Pint - Kroger - Spring Steubner - 5/5/23 - $3.99)

Peppermint Bark (Pint - Speedy Stop #1119 - 4/10/23 - $3.19)

Rocky Road (Pint - 7-Eleven #1038 - 4/30/23 - $5.29)

Strawberry (Pint - HEB #610 - 3/21/23 - $3.78)

Texas Two Step (Pint - HEB #564 - 3/20/23 - $3.78)

The Great Divide (Pint - HEB #610 - 3/26/23 - $3.78)

Purchased, Not Tasted

Strawberry Toaster Pastry (Pint - HEB #610 - 3/14/25 - $3.97)

Year-Round (25)

Banana Pudding

Black Walnut

Buttered Pecan

Cherry Vanilla

Chocolate Chip

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

Coffee

Cookie Two Step®

Cookies ‘n Cream

Dutch Chocolate

Homemade Vanilla

Milk Chocolate

Mint Chocolate Chip

Moo-llennium Crunch®

Natural Vanilla Bean

Pecan Pralines ’n Cream

Pistachio Almond

Rocky Road

Strawberries & Homemade Vanilla

Strawberry

The Great Divide®

Ultimate Neapolitan

Rotational (8)

Butter Crunch

Chocolate Peanut Butter Overload

Cookies ’n Cream Cone

Cotton Candy

French Vanilla

Mocha Almond Fudge

Oatmeal Cream Pie

Tin Roof

Not Listed on Blue Bell Site
Dr. Pepper Float
Peppermint Bark
Texas Two Step
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Texas Highways Article (63 total)

10. Strawberry Cheesecake (1977)

9. Cinnamon (2006)

8. Homemade Vanilla (1969)

7. Delta Blues (2006)

6. Happy Tracks (2010)

5. Southern Blackberry Cobbler (2007)

4. Ice Cream Cone (2017)

3. Sea Salt Caramel (2014)

2. Moo-llennium Crunch (2000)

1. Chocolate Chip (1975)

Banana Nut (1975)

Banana Pudding (1980)

Banana Split Sundae (2018)

Birthday Cake (2001)

Black Cherry (2015)

Bride’s Cake (2017)

Buttered Pecan (1975)

Cake Batter (2006)

Cherry Vanilla (1975)

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough (1992)

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Dough (2013)

Chocolate Sheet Cake (2021)

Coconut (2006)

Coffee (1975)

Cookie Two Step (2016)

Cookies ’n Cream (1978)

Cookies ’n Cream Cone (2021)

Cotton Candy (2003)

Dutch Chocolate (1975)

French Vanilla (1975)

Krazy Kolors (2003)

Krazy Kookie Dough (2013)

Mardi Gras King Cake (2012)

Milk and Cookies (2015)

Milk Chocolate (1975)

Mint Chocolate Chip (1976)

Mocha Almond Fudge (1979)

Natural Vanilla Bean (1980)

Peachy Peach (2012)

Pecan Pralines ’n Cream (1982)

Peppermint (1975)

Pistachio Almond (1974)

Rocky Road (1974)

Strawberries & Homemade Vanilla (1998)

Strawberry (1975)

The Great Divide (2004)

Triple Chocolate (1989)

Ultimate Neapolitan (2007)

Not in Texas Highways Article

Black Walnut
Butter Crunch

Chocolate Peanut Butter Overload
Dr. Pepper Float

Oatmeal Cream Pie

Peppermint Bark
Texas Two Step

Ice Cream Pints - 2026 - 39

Sunday, January 18 (HEB) - HEB Creamy Creations / Peanut Butter Cup (1 pint - 840 calories)
Sunday, January 25 (HEB) - Baskin Robbins / Mint Chocolate Chip (14 oz. - 660 calories)

Monday, February 2 (HEB) - Tillamook / Tillamook Mudslide (1 pint - 770 calories)

Sunday, February 8 (HEB) - Haagen-Dazs / Butter Pecan (14 oz. - 970 calories)
Sunday, February 15 (HEB) - HEB Creamy Creations / Mexican Hot Chocolate (1 pint - 690 calories)

Sunday, February 22 (HEB) - Ben & Jerry's / Core Brownie Batter (1 pint - 1050 calories)

Sunday, March 1 (HEB) - HEB Creamy Creations / Intense Chocolate (1 pint - 680 calories)

Tuesday, March 3 (HEB) - Blue Bell / Banana Fudge (1 pint - 610 calories)

Thursday, March 5 (HEB) - HEB Creamy Creations / Creme Brulee (1 pint - 690 calories)
Saturday, March 7 (Kroger) - Kroger / Rocky Road (1 pint - 590 calories)

Sunday, March 8 (HEB) - HEB Creamy Creations / Lemon Bar (1 pint - 740 calories)

Tuesday, March 10 (HEB) - HEB Creamy Creations / Coconut Almond Chocolate Chip (1 pint - 730 calories)

Friday, March 13 (HEB) - HEB Creamy Creations / Limited Edition / Cinnamon Cookie Crumble (1 pint - 750 calories)

Sunday, March 15 (HEB) - Blue Bell / Honey Vanilla (1 pint - 590 calories)

Tuesday, March 17 (HEB) - Tillamook / Chocolate Peanut Butter (1 pint - 740 calories)
Wednesday, March 18 (Kroger) - Kroger / Strawberry Surf (1 pint - 470 calories)

Monday, March 23 (Kroger) - Kroger Private Selection / New York Style Strawberry Cheesecake (1 pint - 800 calories)

Tuesday, March 24 (HEB) - HEB Creamy Creations / Limited Edition / Houston Astros Peanut Brittle (1 pint - 730 calories)

Friday, March 27 (Speedy Stop) - Blue Bell / Gooey Butter Cake (1 pint - 730 calories)

Sunday, March 29 (Kroger) - Kroger / Tie Dye Burst (1 pint - 420 calories)

Sunday, March 29 (HEB) - Blue Bell / Brookie A La Mode (1 pint - 710 calories)

Tuesday, March 31 (HEB) - HEB Creamy Creations / White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle (1 pint - 740 calories)

Wednesday, April 1 (Speedy Stop) - M&M's / Chocolate (14 oz. - 590 calories)

Thursday, April 2 (HEB) - Higher Harvest by HEB Non- Dairy / Rich Dark Chocolate (1 pint - 500 calories)

Friday, April 3 (Kroger) - Oreo / Mint (14 oz. - 490 calories)

Saturday, April 4 (HEB) - HEB Creamy Creations / Chocolate Fudge Brownie (1 pint - 690 calories)

Wednesday, April 8 (HEB) - HEB Creamy Creations / Banana Nut (1 pint - 700 calories)

Thursday, April 9 (HEB) - HEB Creamy Creations / Candy Bar (1 pint - 860 calories)
Saturday, April 11 (HEB) - HEB Creamy Creations / Caramel Pecan Turtle (1 pint - 850 calories)

Wednesday, April 15 (HEB) - HEB Creamy Creations / Dulce de Leche (1 pint - 750 calories)

Sunday, April 19 (HEB) - HEB Creamy Creations / Limited Edition / Poteet Strawberry (1 pint - 660 calories)

Monday, April 20 (Speedy Stop) - Breyer's / Cookies & Cream (1 pint - 590 calories)

Wednesday, April 22 (HEB) - HEB Creamy Creations / Butter Pecan (1 pint - 780 calories)

Monday, April 27 (HEB) - HEB Creamy Creations / Cherry & Chocolate (1 pint - 730 calories)
Wednesday, April 29 (Speedy Stop) - Reese's / Peanut Butter (1 pint - 730 calories)

Friday, May 1 (HEB) - HEB Creamy Creations / Grasshopper (1 pint - 740 calories)

Sunday, May 3 (HEB) - HEB Creamy Creations / Texas Starry Night (1 pint - 680 calories)

Monday, May 4 (HEB) - HEB Creamy Creations / Neapolitan (1 pint - 590 calories)

Tuesday, May 5 (Speedy Stop) - Blue Bell / Classic Pecan Pie (1 pint - 840 calories)

By Brand

Baskin-Robbins - 1 (Mint Chocolate Chip)
Ben & Jerry's - 1 (Core Brownie Batter)
Blue Bell - 5 (Banana Fudge, Brookie A La Mode, Classic Pecan Pie, Gooey Butter Cake, Honey Vanilla)
Breyer's - 1 (Cookies & Cream)

Haagen-Dazs - 1 (Butter Pecan)
HEB Creamy Creations - 17 (Banana Nut, Butter Pecan, Candy Bar, Caramel Pecan Turtle, Cherry & Chocolate, Chocolate Fudge Brownie, Coconut Almond Chocolate Chip, Creme Brulee, Dulce de Leche, Grasshopper, Intense Chocolate, Lemon Bar, Mexican Hot Chocolate, Neapolitan, Peanut Butter Cup, Texas Starry Night, White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle)

HEB Creamy Creations Limited Edition - 3 (Cinnamon Cookie Crumble, Houston Astros Peanut Brittle, Poteet Strawberry)
Higher Harvest by HEB Non- Dairy - 1 (Rich Dark Chocolate)

Kroger - 3 (Rocky Road, Strawberry Surf, Tie Dye Burst)

Kroger Private Selection - 1 (New York Style Strawberry Cheesecake)
M&M's - 1 (Chocolate)

Oreo - 1 (Mint)

Reese's - 1 (Peanut Butter)
Tillamook - 2 (Chocolate Peanut Butter, Tillamook Mudslide)

Miles and Miles - 4/25/26 to 5/24/26

April 25 - May 24 - 0 miles running - 15.8 miles walking - 14.25 miles walking (Apple Health) - 0 miles cycling (using 9 miles = 30 minutes) - 0 meters rowing (0 of 11 days) - 165 minutes elliptical (5 of 11 days) - 56,841 steps - 5 of 11 gym days

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April 25 (Saturday) - 1.1 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,832 steps

April 26 (Sunday) - 0.51 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,232 steps

April 27 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 385 calories; 5,830 strides) - 1.4 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,500 steps
April 28 (Tuesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 384 calories; 5,818 strides) - 1.6 miles walking (Apple Health) - 4,131 steps

April 29 (Wednesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 385 calories; 5,842 strides) - 4.5 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:09:00 / 15:20) - 1 mile walking (Apple Health) - 10,876 steps

April 30 (Thursday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 386 calories; 5,864 strides) - 0.74 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,803 steps

May 1 (Friday) - 1 mile walking (Apple Health) - 2,437 steps

May 2 (Saturday) - 2.3 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,726 steps

May 3 (Sunday) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway // 30:01.31 (north) - 33:00.79 (south) = 1:03:02.10 / 15:46 - 2.2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 13,393 steps

May 4 (Monday) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway // 29:47.11 (north) - 17:52.12 + 14:35.32 (south) = 1:02:14.55 / 15:34 - 2.4 miles walking (Apple Health) - 13,711 steps

May 5 (Tuesday) - 3.30 miles walking in Springwoods Village (49:55 / 15:06) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 385 calories; 5,840 strides)

That's My Girl, Part 18!