Friday, December 16, 2005

Heart-broken stranger gives away $15,000 ring

"Merry Christmas. Thank you for leaving your car door unlocked. Instead of stealing your car I gave you a present. Hopefully this will land in the hands of someone you love, for my love is gone now. Merry Christmas to you,"

Read the whole story here.

Holiday Ketchup Packets


The H.J. Heinz Company hopes to offer some seasonal merriment to diners everywhere with a limited edition of Heinz(R) Ketchup Single Serve "Holiday Packets."

Read the article here.

Cheetos Lip Balm


It's made by New York, NY based Lotta Luv LLC.

Actually, Lotta Luv makes all kinds of co-branded lip balm products such as A&W Root Beer lip balm, Hostess Twinkie lip balm, or their Jelly Belly lip balms.

The Shavior

I've posted this one before, but thought it was time to revisit.

This guy shaved his head and face on December 31, 2004 and has not shaved since to try to raise money for charity, notably The Neighborhood House.



With only about three weeks to go, this is what he looks like now.


Visit his website here.

Shark-Shaped Submarine

Read the article here.

Linsay Lohan has one facial expression


See what I'm talking about here.

Faithful Tattoo

A funny pic from BagOfNothing reader John Schu

Bank hero gets jipped

A BRAVE teenager who saved a bank thousands of pounds by foiling a cash machine scam was rewarded yesterday — with a plastic calculator.

Read the whole story here.

Lycos Top search terms of 2005

Last year's rank is in parenthesis.
  1. Paris Hilton (2)
  2. Pamela Anderson (8)
  3. Britney Spears (4)
  4. Poker (10)
  5. Dragonball (13)
  6. Jennifer Lopez (28)
  7. WWE (17)
  8. Pokemon (33)
  9. Playstation (24)
  10. Hurricane Katrina (-)

My question: Who uses Lycos for a search engine?

The VisionStation and VisionDome

The VisionStation & VisionDome are the world's first fully immersive, truly portable, multi-user, single projector hemispherical display system. Users of the VisionDome aren't required to wear goggles, glasses, helmets, or other restrictive devices. The VisionDome is an ideal choice for multi-user, multi-sensory display for simulation, training, design, engineering, product display, energy exploration & production, education, medical services and entertainment.

Thursday, December 15, 2005

Table converts to truncheon and shield


Learn more about it here.

Tampons and Christmas

Your period comes every month, but Xmas comes only once a year. So bring that menstrual joy to this holiday season with these tampon tree decorations. From a string of tampon lights to a star at the top of the tree, feminine hygiene has never been so festive!

The Tampon Christmas Tree and Tampon Angel are below.

Visit the site Tampon Crafts here.

For the Arrested Development fans out there


Showtime and ABC are both in talks to continue Arrested Development after this season, according to Variety.

And I have yet to watch one episode.

500-Pound Man Accused Of Fast-Food Scam

A 500-pound man in Seminole County, Fla., was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of scamming fast-food restaurants out of large amounts of milk shakes and tacos, according to a Local 6 News report.

Investigators said George Jolicoeur, 33, would visit fast-food businesses and order food. Jolicoeur would then call or visit the restaurants posing as a police officer or a firefighter and ask for a refund because there was a hair in his food, according to the report.

"He would come back and say, 'Oh, there is something wrong with it,'" Seminole County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Olson said. "There was a hair in my shake or there was a hair in my tacos. And, then he wants his money back.


With no hair on his head, I wonder where the hair came from?

Read the whole article here.

Tracking Network Locations

One fun stat I like to look at regarding BagOfNothing.com is tracking network locations.

You can view a list of the 107 different network locations for the past week here.

Some network locations that I found interesting are:

23 Texas Instruments Computer Science Center
24 Wills Point ISD
35 Midland ISD
40 Pepsi Cola Company / North America (PCNA)
41 HUFFINES AUTO GROUP
49 Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
51 DeptHomelandSecurity
59 Los Angeles Unified School District
62 Louisiana State University
67 United States Military Academy
68 University of Miami
78 UUNET Australia Limited
96 State of Georgia/Board of Regents
106 University of Massachusetts

For the animal in you

From the jungles of Skull Island to the streets of New York City, slip your hands into these massive Kong forearms and get ready to take a walk on the wild side! Covered with realistic Kong fur, the left arm features impact activated crash-'n-bash sound effects for maximum King Kong battle action!

A Very Happy Birthday to Kim West - the best math teacher at DISD

For the ladies that have trouble turning men away, there is PaperNapkin.net and RejectionHotline.com

If someone random asks you for your email address so they can contact you for a date, give them an email address @papernapkin.net and we will send them a rejection message. You can put anything before the @ sign in the address, so feel free to use a real-sounding name so that they'll believe it.

Here is the website.

And then there is:



In a nutshell, the Rejection Hotline is a phone number you can give out if you just don't want to give out your real number. Callers hear our humorous Rejection Hotline recording and are not-so-subtly informed of your non-interest.

Visit them here.

Self-Stirring Mug


A button located on the mug handle powers on the tiny motor inside the bottom of the cup, spinning the propellor that keeps your coffee or hot chocolate flavorful to the last drop.

Find out more here.

The first full-length trailer for 'The Da Vinci Code' is now available at Apple.com


It is directed by Ron Howard and it stars Tom Hanks. View it here.

I have a Santa Dilemma

This article reminded me of it:

Parents outraged after teacher says there's no Santa

RICHARDSON, Texas — Guess what, kids? There's no such thing as Santa Claus!

That was a suburban music teacher's holiday message to first-graders Monday — a remark that angered parents and prompted the school district to issue a pro-Santa statement.

Several parents made angry phone calls to Richland Elementary School in this Dallas suburb after the teacher spilled the Santa scoop.

"When you take a 6-year-old and tell him, you got to spend how much time to get him to believe again. The damage is done," parent Michael Millett said.

Later, however, Richardson school district spokesman Tim Clark said he had good news.

"The teacher did hear from Santa Claus himself, who heard about the situation and let the teacher know that the spirit of the holidays is alive and well and to pass that message along to the students," Clark said.

The teacher will face no disciplinary action, Clark said.
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So what is my dilemma?

Well, children are taught to be honest and upright, that fibbing is wrong and a sin, and that they can always and should trust their parents.

But aren't parents and adults hypocritical when they tell children there is a Santa Clause? Parents and adults are telling children an outright lie, yet they teach their kids not to lie - this doesn't make sense in my head. I know there is no ill-will in doing so, and that it is all for fun, but is it the right thing to do? How is a child suppose to differentiate between who is not real (Santa) as opposed to who is real (God, Jesus, Angels)?

I'm not sure how to think about this, and would like anyone's thoughts.

FYI: I'm not a parent, but just trying to get some perspective.

Interesting perspective regarding chuch and money.

From The Little Pastor.

As hard as I am on W, I'm actually proud of this statement:

"It is true that much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong. As president I am responsible for the decision to go into Iraq," the president told The Woodrow Wilson Center on the eve of elections to establish Iraq's first permanent, democratically elected government. "And I'm also responsible for fixing what went wrong by reforming our intelligence capabilities."

I think it takes a lot to admit such things, it was a long time coming.

I also bet this will improve his approval rating.

You can read the whole article here if interested.

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

From the United States Postal Service - How to write a letter to Santa or God

The USPS will see that the letter is received at the proper place. Please ensure to include the return address on the letter itself! Letters to God can be addressed in the same way replacing "Santa Claus" with "God".

Click here for the full instructions.

Pray without ceasing

24-7prayer started by accident in September 1999, with a bunch of young people in England who got the crazy idea of trying to pray non-stop for a month. God turned up and they couldn't stop til Christmas!

From there the prayer meeting has spread into many nations, denominations and age-groups. Hundreds of non-stop prayer meetings now link up here on the web to form a unique chain of prayer.

Do you love coffee and art?

Then you should visit Latte Art.

Here are some examples.

Bacon-cooking alarm clock

When Sallin first woke up to his Wake n' Bacon alarm clock -- constructed from a gutted Wal-Mart alarm clock, a PIC microcontroller, and two 100-watt halogen lamps -- everything came back to him again. "My first thought was 'Mom's in the kitchen,' soon followed by "The apartment's on fire."

Wallet Friendly USB device

Walletex is the maker of world's first Wallet Friendly USB device. This credit card sized USB Flash drive, is the world's slimmest USB device, and the only one that can be conveniently carried in a wallet.

Car Buried in 1957 to Be Unearthed in '07

TULSA, Okla. - A Plymouth Belvedere that was buried in a concrete vault nearly 50 years ago as part of the state's golden anniversary celebration will be unearthed in 2007 as part of the Oklahoma centennial festivities.

The 1957 Belvedere is underground next to the Tulsa County Courthouse. Also buried with it were five gallons of gas and a case of beer. Old news reports indicate the gas was buried in case internal combustion engines became obsolete by 2007 and no fuel was available.


Read the rest here.

Learn more about it here.

Pregnant Skydiver Survives Plunge

``I went into the first surgery where they cut me from ear to ear and they cut my face down and they took out all the fractured egg-shelled bones and put in steel plates,'' Richardson said.

During treatment, doctors found that Richardson was pregnant, which was a surprise to her.

Read the whole thing here.

I wonder what you name a child after surviving such an event? I say name it Lee Majors.

Draw a house and find out about yourself


The way you draw a house says a lot about your personality. You can use this site to draw a house, answer some quesions based on your drawing then find out what your drawing says about you.

Mark Cuban's latest investment.

Brondell Inc., developer of the Swash(TM), a revolutionary high-tech toilet seat, announced it has secured $1.3 million of Series A financing from a group of investors including technology visionary Mark Cuban.

Brondell introduced the Swash(TM) in January 2005 to target the luxury bathroom products market and to help create a better bathroom experience for American consumers. The Swash is a high-tech toilet seat that provides all of the hygienic benefits of a traditional bidet, but it is installed on existing residential toilets. The Swash utilizes two retractable wands to provide a filtered posterior and feminine warm water wash and has a heated seat and all functions operate at the push of a button. The Swash 600 model even has a warm air dryer and wireless remote control.

Here is the press release.

Here is the product.

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Kidney Stone Photographs

These look like they would cause a lot of pain.

See the rest
here.

Luckily, I have never had a kidney stone. I once heard a woman mention that she has given birth and had a kidney stone, and giving birth was nothing compared to passing a kidney stone.

Skeletal Systems of Cartoon Characters

Here's Tweety, and you can view the rest here.

A collection of photos of children scared of Santa


View the rest here.

A Cute Blog

Visit Cute Overload for a plethora of cuteness.

My personal favorites:

And this one isn't really cute, but just darn cool.

The Treadmill Bike

"Have you ever wished you could get a quality treadmill workout without paying expensive gym prices? Look no further than the Treadmill Bike by the Bicycle Forest. The Treadmill Bike offers the same fat burning benefits of a conventional treadmill without the membership fees!"

Baby Bush Toy Company

Sure, we all want what's best for our kids, but let's face the truth: not every child can grow up to be Einstein. At the Baby Bush Toy Company, we offer an exciting range of products for the resoundingly average child.




This toy cracked me up the most:

Visit the site here.

A White Trash Christmas

From BON reader, Bone:

Click here to watch and listen.

Lite-A-Switch is a set of face-plates for wall-mounted switches and outlets that have LED lights on them.

Ever come home at night, with the lights off, and find yourself feeling around for the light switch? The Lite-A-Switch solves that problem by allowing you to see the siwtch in the dark.

ASCAP ANNOUNCES TOP 25 HOLIDAY SONGS

In case you are wondering, the ASCAP stands for The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

Here are the Top Ten.

1. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) - Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
3. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin
4. Winter Wonderland - Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
5. White Christmas - Irving Berlin
6. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
7. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Johnny Marks
8. Jingle Bell Rock - Joseph Carleton Beal, James Ross Boothe
9. I'll Be Home For Christmas - Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram
10. Little Drummer Boy - Katherine K. Davis, Henry V. Onorati, Harry Simeone


View the rest of the list here.

Monday, December 12, 2005

Time to empty the Mail Bag

You have't provided us with any stats as of late, what's the latest?

I've just been lazy. But here are some stats in case you are interested. Just click the pics to enlarge.

Daily Report:


Monthly Report:


Who reads BagOfNothing globally. Now with two Australian readers and a growing European presence:


Countries I'm most read in:


U.S. Cities I'm most read in (surprised San Francisco and Philadelphia are in the top ten) :


Texas Cities I'm most read in:


Hey Geeding, I love reading Bag of Nothing, but I don't have a high speed Internet connection. Any chance you can change the number of days you keep previous posts on the home page so I don't have to wait so long for everything to download?

You bet. I use to show the past 7 days of posts, now it's down to 5. Hope that helps.

We need more pictures of wifeGeeding.
Yeah, and I need wifeGeeding to do more cooking and cleaning.

Do you know or are you friends with the Little Anoymouse Pastor?
I don't know the guy. All I know is his blog is titled The Official LittlePastor Blog, his email is
anonymouspastor@gmail.com, and he blatantly stole the avatar I created for him. ;-)

Have you considered selling advertising space?
I thought about using Google Adsense, but as of right now I feel like I would be cheapening what I'm doing. But who knows, maybe in time. I just like the way it looks right now.

Have you finished Blue Like Jazz yet?
I'm still working on it.

Google has the Christmas Spirit

When performing certain searches on Google, you get the following image on the left.

Try it out: Christmas, Candy Cane, and Peppermint

Make your own snowman

You can do it here.

A dude from Weatherford, TX makes national news. I'm sure the locals are proud.

DENVER -- A Colorado football player has been suspended and his girlfriend, a cross-country runner from Utah, has quit the sports program after being accused of sending a racist e-mail to an Hispanic member of the cross-country team.

O'Neal, a 6-foot-6, 305-pound senior from Weatherford, Texas, was suspended for violation of team and athletic department rules. Bohn did not say how long the suspension would last. Colorado plays Clemson in the Champs Sports Bowl on Dec. 27.

A police report said O'Neal and Zeigle, who are both white, sent the typo-filled message to Greg Castro. It called Castro a "river rat" and "border hopper" and "bean eating peace of [explective]." The message suggested O'Neal would drag Castro behind his car.

Read the whole article here.

Not that any of this is funny, and yes I am a boy from Mineral Wells pointing this out, but typing 'peace' instead of 'piece' cracks me up.

Christmas Gifts For Conservatives

The George W. Bush Christmas Ornament
Only $49.95!


Looks like he's got make-up caked on and I'm not sure what is up with the blue-dotted suit.






The Ann Coulter Talking Action Figure
Just $29.95













She actually recorded sayings just for this doll. Now Extreme Republicans can carry this little B with them wherever they go and annoy the free world even more!


If you ever wanted to send me a message that you wish to end our friendship, one of these would do the trick.

In case you need to get ouf of a conversation at work

Have you ever been trapped in a conversation with an annoying person and prayed that your phone would ring to give you "an out"?

Well, Ring4Freedom has answered your prayers!

Ring4Freedom is software that will ring your cell or desk phone at your command. Simply press the hotkey and your phone will ring instantly.

It's a live keyboard



More pics here.

Full bag of events and thoughts this weekend

- I worked both Saturday and Sunday. Sunday was the killer, had to be in the office at 5:00 AM for a project install. At least I got home before kickoff.

- Went to two parties this weekend. One party was a school party for wifeGeeding's school, the other was an engagement party. Both parties had a bunch of girls that were Baylor graduates. How did I know they were from Baylor? Because they always go out of their way to let you know where they went to school.

- One of the hardest things about fantasy football is picking players that will be playing against your favorite team. As you know, I love the Dallas Cowboys. I had Kansas City Chiefs RB Larry Johnson and their kicker. You want your team to win, but you also want your player to perform exceptionally well. I guess I got lucky. Larry Johnson had over 140 total yards and three touchdowns. However, my kicker did miss a last second field goal that would have won the game for Kansas City. I think I can live with the missed kick. :-)

- Speaking of Kansas City, way to go Danni!. Finally, the person I was rooting for in Survivor
won. Why Danni? Well, she's tall and lanky just like wifeGeeding, except I think wifeGeeding has better abs - and that's not a joke. Also, I just wasn't a fan of Stephanie for several reasons. One, she's from Philadelphia, and that must make her an Eagles fan. Two, Her eye-brows scare me. Three, and this is from the SportsGuy, but I just find it weird that she is so much better looking after spending 40 days in a jungle without food or make-up than she is in real life all clean, well-kepted, and nourished. And one more note about the show - both Danni and Stephanie were wearing some ugly boots at the reunion show. I'm usually a big fan of the female wearing 'the boot,' but Danni looked like she had two corn-dogs covered in mustard covering her legs.

- I heard NY Giants kicker Jay Feeley talk about his faith and dependence upon Christ during the rough times in his life. It was reassurring to hear someone refer to his or her relationship with Christ during the hard times, and not just for all the accomplishments.