Bag of Randomness

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  • Our firehouse held an open house where we took the kids and got to put out a fire with a fire hose, check out a bomb squad robot, put on riot gear, hold all firearm arsenal, play with the K9 unit, check out the emergency response bus and search and rescue equipment, as well as many other things which included activities for the kids.  I asked DaughterGeeding what was her favorite part.  Her response, the popcorn.
  • DaughterGeeding is a good conversationalist and it’s easy to forget she doesn’t understand the meaning to all words.  For instance, WifeGeeding told her to stop arguing with her and she replied, “But Mommy, I enjoy arguing with you.”
  • Nineteen-month-old BoyGeeding is turning into a little MacGyver.  Here’s been grabbing things off the bathroom counter so we pushed them further back out of his arm’s reach.  He proved to be up to the challenge by picking up the bathroom trash can, dumping its contents, turning it over, and climbing on top of it to grab the items off the bathroom counter.
  • WifeGeeding was sad to hear that TODAY superfan Lenny died.
  • With Miley Cyrus hosting SNL I was only interested in watching the opening skit and Weekend Update.  I was watching the end of the Notre Dame and Arizona State game with three minutes to spare until the start of SNL.  To my surprise the local news came on and didn’t mention anything about SNL until the very end saying that it will now play in its entirety.  That’s something that should have been said upfront, but I guess they wanted some ratings numbers.  I wonder how many folks recorded the show only to find out there was a half hour of news.
  • With the best of intentions I send out what I thought was a very friendly email to our church leadership on Friday about a ministry I’m helping with only to get beat up in a long email thread with one leader who wasn’t particularly “filled with the Spirit.”  That affected me quite a bit over the weekend, but it was refreshing to show up at church and to get a bunch of hugs in support and how I’ve been handling things.  It’s funny how often church leadership loses focus can forget how to be Christ-like.
  • Phil Simms mentioned the number of Broncos jerseys in the crowd at Cowboys Stadium (I refuse to call it ATT Stadium).  Dude, this is a transplant city, every game is like that.
  • The weather was beautiful yesterday, the roof of that stadium should have been opened.
  • A lot of air particles sure were visible in a lot of camera shots.
  • Cole Beasley is white and wears Danny White’s old number, so I call him El Blanco.
  • I really don’t know much about the song Royals from Lorde, but I it puts me in a trance everytime it comes on the radio.
  • Someone please invent a TV app that erases the image of Spaulding Jones from every Jerry Jone’s suite box camera shot.
  • That’s the loudest that stadium has even been for a Cowboys game, it has certainly been louder for college games.
  • Typically I’m not a fan of Sen Tom Coburn but there wasn’t one thing I could object to that he said on last night’s “60 Minutes”.
  • HBO orders Rapture series ‘The Leftovers’ from a co-creator of LOST
  • Hugh Jackman recognizes that the interviewer use to be one of his students.
  • US biologist discovers new species up his nose after research trip to Africa
  • At least Baylor played a conference game, but I’m still wanting for them to play a decent football team, one that is at least ranked in the top 30.
  • I’ve always loved the dog bones given out for achievement to the University of Georgia football players that they stick to he back of their helmets and the checkered endzone at the University of Tennessee.
  • Jim Harbaugh is in a lot more commercials than his brother.  Actually, I don’t think the Super Bowl winning coach is in any commercials.
  • Catching up on the recorded TV I watched “Elementary” and “The Michael J. Fox Show” and both had an obvious Microsoft Surflace ad placement.
  • A white lion cup learning to roar is pretty cute – YouTube
  • Chart fun – The most unisex names in US history – I’m surprised Micah isn’t on the list.
  • They lose money on almost every electronic gadget they sell – Sony’s Bread and Butter? It’s Not Electronics
  • Well, at least half of it is meat – CBS News Report: Chicken nuggets not just “meat” but blood vessels, nerve cells
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I need my paycheck. That’s the bottom line

renee-ellmers-2-sizedSeven House members, however, say they’re keeping their salary– Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida; Rep. Danny Davis, D-Illinois; Rep. Todd Rokita, R-Indiana; Rep. William ‘Lacy’ Clay, Jr., D-Missouri; Rep. Howard Coble, R-North Carolina; Rep. Susan Brooks, R-North Carolina; Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-North Carolina.

“I need my paycheck. That’s the bottom line,” Ellmers told North Carolina station WTVD in a phone interview. “I understand that maybe there are members who are deferring their paychecks and that’s admirable,” said Ellmers. “I’m not in that position.”

CNN.com

ALL members should be deferring pay, and if not, a “no comment” is better than what came out of Ellmers’ mouth.

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Bag of Randomness

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  • I’m finding more and more parents are taking their kids out of school to take a vacation to places like Disney World.  I think that sets a horrible precedent on priorities and gives the kids a false sense of entitlement and exceptionalism.
  • My father forbid me from leaning on a car saying the buttons or the metal stuff on jeans could scratch the paint.
  • It’s frustrating to hear pundits claim the government shut down has no effect on everyday lives.  Try telling that to the government employees who are the sole breadwinner for their family trying to figure out when they will get their next paycheck or be able to pay the upcoming mortgage or car payment, or to the owners and workers of businesses that operate outside of our national parks or federal buildings.
  • There’s been a law since 1995 that requires Texas drivers to set their parking brakes every time they leave their vehicle?
  • I’m calling it now, TIME’s Person of Year will be Pope Francis.
  • Pope Francis: ‘I believe in God, not in a Catholic God’
  • I don’t much about purgatory, so this read was a bit interesting. – 9 truths about purgatory – What Catholics need to know about the ‘anteroom of heaven’
  • I think most Texas Democrats stopped voting in guberatorial races because they knew there was no way their candidate had a chance.  If Wendy Davis stands a chance, they can no longer stay home on election day.  With her, they might just be motivated, and even with that, it’s gonna be on heck of an uphill battle.  I think the last time we had some fireworks in a Texas gubernatorial race was when George W. Bush beat Ann Richards.
  • Maps Of The Most Popular News Outlets In Each State
  • We run into this story every year with a different university – ‘Affirmative Action bake sale’ hits sour note with University of Texas officials
  • I’m surprised the Capitol and DC police weren’t more aggressive with that driver yesterday.  At one point the car was pinned in front of barriers and I would have thought being at such close range they would have shot the tires out.  There’s no telling if that car was loaded with explosives and where it was going.  But then again, there was a child in the car and I know nothing of real police work other than what I see on the tele.  Gosh, I feel for that girl and what she had to go through.
  • ‘Breaking Bad’ spinoff ‘Better Call Saul’ is likely to be more dark than funny
  • When watching the series finale of BrBa I noticed that Walts car remote was orange but it didn’t hit me at the time that orange in that show represents death.
  • Man injured by half-tonne of falling bacon
  • ‘Parks and Recreation’ had another overly obvious Microsoft Surface product placement.
  • There’s a Comic Com in Irving this weekend, I love how people dress up for those things.
  • I caught a bit of that red carpet special on CBS11 for the National Football Foundation Honors Jerry Jones and Peter King was interviewed.  I forget what he was asked, but he talked about how Jerry was giving him a tour of the new stadium and how if the team was 5-9 in December he still had to do things to attract people to the stadium and heavily cited the artwork.
  • I saw an Iowa State linebacker last night who rigged his jersey so he could show off his stomach.  I think that use to be a thing in the 90’s.
  • I didn’t watch any NFL football last night but I hear the first down line on the screen was pink.  I wish the NFL would just dedicate a week towards breast cancer awareness instead of a month.
  • Man, those Cleveland Browns are something else as of late.  I know they just played Buffalo, but they’re on a nice streak.
  • And I have yet listened to a Rangers game on the radio – Eric Nadel, Voice of Texas Rangers, finalist for Baseball Hall of Fame honor
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