Bag of Randomness

On the Fox pregame show, Jay Glazer reported that the Cowboys would have four injured offensive linemen who would not be active to play against the Jets. Going into the game, I expected a plethora of false starts, along with an uptick in holding penalties and quarterback pressures from the Jets.

To my surprise, that didn’t happen. The line only had two penalties for 15 yards: 5 yards (false start) + 10 yards (holding) = 15 yards.

I asked BoyGeeding what he and his class thought of their trip to the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.

“We all agreed it was more fun than last month’s trip to the Dallas Holocaust Museum.”

We were studying Luke 6 in Sunday school yesterday morning. Something in it caught my attention, and when I researched it on my laptop (yes, I bring my laptop to Sunday school so I can easily look up more background and context than I can on my phone), I stopped paying attention to the discussion. But then I kept hearing people say “God Führer.” I was so confused, so I spoke up and said I had never heard of the term before. Everyone looked at me in disbelief. I couldn’t believe it, so I took the time to explain my confusion even further. It turns out they were saying “God fearer” and their Texas slang was making it sound German. Well, at least to me.

When I hear the name “Mary Ann,” I automatically think of Gilligan’s Island and the tropics. Interestingly enough, a senior at my church who grew up in Hawaii has that name. Sometimes she’ll close our class by praying in the Hawaiian language, and it’s pretty cool. To stay in shape, she swims a mile every morning at her local pool, which takes 36 laps. For each lap, she prays for a specific individual. I admire that discipline and her effective use of her time to combine physical and spiritual exercise. The first 20 laps are reserved for her family. But she recently shared that I made the list as I work through my brokenness and unemployment.

Rain. Snow. & a double rainbow in Laramie, Wyoming.

When I saw the video below, it reminded me of these shoes a friend bought in high school to increase his vertical. I think you had to order them out of the back of a magazine. Man, now that’s something I haven’t thought about in a while. But in case you are wondering, they didn’t really help.

If you’re a fan of the Little Free Libraries you spot in neighborhoods, you might like the idea of a FreeBlockbuster.org. San Antonio just opened one, but I couldn’t find any DFW franchises.

I shouldn’t be surprised that the Religious Right would be so blatant with such an abuse of power. And the emphasis on the signoff. What disappoints me the most is how Christians, Evangelicals in particular, aren’t offended or understand how insulting this is to Christ and turns people away from the faith. And yes, it’s real.

It will be interesting to see what the post-Trump era looks like, whenever that is. He has shown us that rules, regulations, the law, or any moral decency don’t matter. One day, if this country survives, the opposing party will be in power. Do they respond in kind and follow suit or do what they can to ensure abuse of power like this never happens again? Sadly, it’s probably the former.

More cool stuff at the Sphere in Las Vegas.

When Dua Lipa played in Austin last year, she wore a Texas Longhorns football jersey. In this video, she’s giving the Cowboys and Stars a lot of love. But it makes me wonder how often she does this with other cities. Her Instagram has some other cool Dallas-related stuff here and here.

@dualipaofficialdecked out in Dallas♬ original sound – Dua Lipa

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