Memorial for a runner struck by an SUV
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She turns 40 today
And now it’s time to say goodbye to my youth.
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Watch for Falling Rock(s)
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Bag of Randomness
- The nerd in me is very happy – Carrie Fisher has confirmed she will appear in Star Wars: Episode VII, along with Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill. I do like her idea, “I’d like to wear my old [cinnamon buns] hairstyle again – but with white hair.”
- I heard a pastor say the other day that when working on the church’s website there’s always that section “What We Believe” and they tinkered with the idea of just putting the Nicene Creed there. Here’s a short little history on that creed FWIW.
- Per the Dallas Morning News‘ twitter feed – All but 3 NFC teams have made the Super Bowl since Cowboys last appeared.
- Bill Parcells thinks Jerry Jones has been “reasonably successful” as a GM but don’t thinks nothing will really happen with the team.
- Enough with all the Seattle Seahawk Richard Sherman talk, the guy didn’t even curse. I was more embarrassed as a Cowboys fan when they beat the Packers in 1996 at Texas Stadium. During the trophy presentation Terry Bradshaw was interviewing Michael Irvin who started to yell out curse words, I think one of them was even the f-bomb, but I can’t find the video on YouTube.
- Somehow I ended up on the Larry Fine Wikiepedia entry. You know him better as Larry from the Three Stooges. This part of his Wiki page caught my attention: In early childhood, his arm was burned with acid that his father used to test whether or not gold was real: having mistaken it for a beverage, Larry had raised the acid bottle to his lips when his father noticed and knocked it from his hand, accidentally splashing Larry’s forearm. He was later given violin lessons to help strengthen the damaged muscles, a skill which would be put to use in many of the Stooges’ films. He became proficient on the instrument, and his parents wanted to send him to a European music conservatory, but the outbreak of World War I prevented this.
- Bill Cosby Is Planning His Return to TV on NBC
- Bob Uecker to get statue in last row at Miller Park
- The Norwegian Olympic curling team’s uniforms are something else.
- The 25 Greatest Sports Movie Villains
- Chinese 5-star hotels are asking for downgrades so they can still host officials
- A good story about how an Irish plumber who moved to Louisville got a picture with Muhammad Ali. Man, it doesn’t look like Ali has much time left.
- Officials Discussing Texas-Mexico High-Speed Rail Line
- For you local folks to want to catch early screening of movies.
- Look-alike college friends miles from home find out they’re sisters after discovering they have the same sperm donor dad
- Politifact.com reaches the 500th fact-check on Obama – Of the 500 statements PolitiFact has checked on Obama, 22 percent have been rated True and another 24 percent Mostly True. On the inaccurate side, 12 percent of his statements have been rated Mostly False, 13 percent False and 2 percent Pants on Fire. In the middle, 27 percent of his statements have been rated Half True, which means they were partially accurate.
- The Tea Party candidate running against Senator John Cornyn got in some Photoshop hot water when someone on his team put Cornyn’s face on someone next to Obama. [hat-tip Barry’s blog]
- Fox Will Stream Super Bowl XLVIII Free to Computers and iPads
- If you ever wondered when to use ‘blond’ or ‘blonde’ it depends upon the sex of the subject.
- Almost every NES ‘Press Start’ screen compiled into one great video
- Apple Has 10 Percent of America’s Corporate Cash
- How to avoid every common mistake when booking a flight
- Pittsburgh HS Basketball Team with Four Sets of Twins
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