The Breaking Bad video everyone is giddy about this morning

“El Paso” scene in Breaking Bad plus the rest of it from Bonnie Rose on Vimeo.

 

When Stephen Colbert talked to Vince Gilligan about the song El Paso used in the season finale of Breaking Bad, he asked if Felina was Jesse or the blue meth, and Vince basically said Felina was the blue meth.. Viewed that way, the song El Paso matches up with not only the scene it was used in and the season finale, but the entire series. So I put the rest of it before and after the actual scene from the finale.

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One-Man Militia Cleaning Up National Mall For Vets With Park Service Furloughed

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You probably haven’t heard of the Memorial Militia.

It’s likely the group’s only member hadn’t heard of it before nine days ago.

Now, armed with a chainsaw and lawnmower, Chris Cox is on a one-man mission to clean up the National Mall as the Park Service employees normally tasked with keeping the area tidy sit idle during the shutdown of the federal government.

Cox, who resides in South Carolina, says he isn’t motivated by political reasons but feels obligated to help as veterans prepare to descend on the nation’s capital for this weekend’s Million Vet March.

Regardless of how many former service members actually attend the rally, Cox says making them presentable is just the right thing to do.

“These are our memorials. Do they think that we’re just going to let them go to hell? No,” Cox exclusively told All-News 99.1 reporter John Domen. “If they shut down our memorials, we’re still going to take the trash out, we’re going to clean the windows, we’re going to cut the grass, we’re going to pull the weeds, we’re going to do the tree work.”

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Bag of Randomness

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  • The TICKET morning guys ranked their top five scary movies.  I can’t say that I really watched any scary movies.  I don’t consider Seven or Silence of the Lambs as scary or horror, but more suspense.  I think the only movie that really scared and stuck with me for a while was George C. Scott’s The Changeling and I only watched that because it’s tradition for the restored Paramount Theater in Abilene to show it around Halloween and chicks are there.  I’m said to say it’s probably no longer a tradition as I don’t see it listed on the theater’s calendar.
  • One movie that disturbed me watching it and continues to even if I think about it is Of Mice and Men.
  • The Exorcist was more fascinating than scary to me, and the Hitchcock films are too artsy for me to be scared.
  • When I was a kid or teen there was a commercial for a scary movie that had children singing, I’m now terrified of all singing children.
  • There was also another commercial of a woman laying on her side on bed trying to sleep and the audience hears her thoughts, she ten rolls over and screams as she sees a man watching her from the other side.  That night I rearranged my room so my bed was against the wall and only slept with my back against the wall so I could have a full view of my room.
  • A device locks cyclists’ helmets and keeps their seat dry.
  • I remember the spelling difference of “yea” and “yeah” by saying “yea ends in a A”.
  • I’ve never taken an aspirin, but certainly have had my fair share of Advil an Tylenol.  My doc called with another blood test result looked good except that my CRP levels were a little high and recommended taking a daily aspirin.
  • We bout our 4Runner seven years ago with 20,000 miles on it and it still hasn’t reached over 1oo,000.
  • The RV is back at the Mexican’s house.
  • Texas Monthly – Meet the King of the Breastaraunt Empire
  • Dallas is about to open a zipline park.  I think there’s already a place in Roanoke.
  • I guess he was a big fan – Breaking Bad’ Offer from Katzenberg: $75 Million for Three Extra Episodes
  • Unpaid Intern Cannot Bring Sexual Harassment Claim Under NYC Human Rights Law, Judge Rules
  • Daily Mail – Under the hood: Astonishing glimpse into secretive rituals and mundane family life of Ku Klux Klan members across America
  • New Air Force planes parked in Arizona ‘boneyard’
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