Bag of Randomness for Thursday, January 26, 2023

 

  • I used to love drawing on those things. They had a certain smell, but I love the sound they made when it was time to clear or erase the board. I had a math teacher who bought them for the class to work out problems, and math was never more fun.
  • The girl I’m getting to know better threw a “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan reference at me. I’m surprised any girl my age would know who he was.
  • I’m neither for nor against term limits in Congress, but I like to talk about the strengths and weaknesses.
  • An endomorph friend of mine brought up Larry’s Shoes in a conversation. I haven’t thought of that place in forever. For you local folks, I remember one being next door to the Furr’s Cafeteria in Fort Worth. For the Geeding family, that was big time eating out.
  • I’m really enjoying Bono’s autobiography. The more I read, the more I want to be a better person and improve my relationship with The Almighty.
  • I give up, but I’m sure it’s just peanuts compared to everyone else – Classified records pose conundrum stretching back to Carter
    • But the article didn’t mention when this happened, I have a feeling it was over 30 years ago – Former President Jimmy Carter found classified materials at his home in Plains, Georgia, on at least one occasion and returned them to the National Archives, according to the same person who spoke of regular occurrences of mishandled documents. The person did not provide details on the timing of the discovery.
  • Texas Monthly – The Great Texification Of Dairy QueenHow a stubborn and savvy group of franchisees turned Midwest-based Dairy Queen into a Lone Star institution.
  • While reading this article, I learned the followingSoccer cleats are one of the only products made from kangaroo leather that are routinely sold in Oregon.

 

 

 

 

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