A couple of quadrocopter videos

A quadrocopter delivers rings to a bride and groom.

A GoPro camera strapped on to a quadrocopter that flies over Niagara Falls.

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Bag of Randomness

 JYOiH4lh

  • Whataburger sure is branching out, aren’t they?
  • You know those decorative toothpicks that have the shredded plastic on the end?  I think the decorative piece came off of my club sandwich and is now stuck in the back of my throat.
  • I’ve never really been a fan of cheesecake, there’s something about the tartness I don’t like.
  • It was nice seeing ‘House of Cards’ get nine Emmy nominations.  ‘American Horror Story: Asylum’ got 17, maybe I should give that show a try, as well as ‘Game of Thrones’.
  • No a single show from ABC, CBS, NBC, or Fox got a best drama nomination.
  • I remember when I thought Netflix was just a two bit company, mainly because of all the annoying pop-up ads on the Internet, but they are now playing with the big boys.
  • I thought “Claudia” from ‘The Americans’ should have received a nomination.
  • If you listen to The TICKET via online stream like I do, you have to be annoyed by the “I’m having a stroke” commercial.  Good message, but wayyyy over played.
  • Speaking of The TICKET, BaDD Radio does a bit where they review old movies to see if they still hold up, and yesterday they reviewed The Natural.  That’s another movie you can watch for free on YouTube.
  • Something for you ‘Breaking Bad’ fans – A Heisenberg hat 
  • I mentioned I wanted to watch 12 Angry Men and yesterday I tried to find it on Netflix to no avail.  However, you can watch it for free on YouTube.
  • I wonder what the value of the latest Rolling Stone magazine will be twenty years from now.
  • FBC Dallas’ Pastor Robert Jeffress sure loves the spotlight as he was with Gov Good Hair during that abortion restriction bill signing.
  • Abortion is an area Texas Republicans are focusing on as of late.  David Dewhurst has a new video in which he calls himself Defender of the Pre-Born and State Rep. Phil King filed House Bill 59, which would ban abortions when a heartbeat is detected, which is around the six week mark.  I still think those are ways to treat the symptoms of the actual problem, which is decreasing unwanted pregnancies.
  • I was channel surfing on the radio the other day when I heard Billy Idol’s Cradle of Love.  I haven’t heard that song in years and I was immediately brought back to my adolescence and that video.  Thanks to the Internet was able to look up the girl in the video, but it doesn’t appear she’s done any recent work.
  • There’s one thing that video made me think about, putting a cassette tape in and hearing the hiss before the song comes one.  There were times where the volume control didn’t quite work out right or songs were recorded in different volumes and listening to that hiss and waiting for the song to start playing could be a bit traumatizing.
  • Sometimes I just don’t understand the DFW sportsfan.  Most can’t stand Jerry Jones because he won’t hire a GM, and he gets all the blame.  Mark Cuban has a GM yet gets all the blame.  Interestingly, both those guys have won championships, and the only team that is ‘doing it right’ is the Rangers, who have a preferred owner and GM structure.  But I guess Tom Hicks needs to be mentioned as he was the owner when Stars won the Stanley Cup and the Rangers started their run the season he sold the team, but fans found him too meddlesome.
  • I was a little surprised that Tyler came in first, I was thinking some place in West Texas or Cowtown – 50 Most Cowboy Cities in Texas
  • College Station man in FBI shirt jailed in theft of Jesus shirt
  • Some Guy Threw 4,800 Messages in a Bottle Into the Atlantic Ocean and Got 3,100 Responses from All Over the World
  • In the latest episode of Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock get pulled over for speeding in a classic Lamborghini.  The cop acted professional, but in his mind he’s got to be a bit starstruck that he has two of the world’s greatest comedians pulled over.
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Bag of Randomness

Gr4kgDN

  • It’s weird hearing news of a heat wave and DFW not be a part of it.
  • As an exercise to try to better myself when coming to an opinion, I’m asking myself, “Is there anything that is clouding my judgement?”  For instance, I have lots of opinions about Johnny Manziel and his off field actions, but I have to take into account that being a Longhorn fan may cloud my judgement and opinions.  I also have to ask myself that question when a conservative makes a certain statement or action and ponder if my left leaning ways is clouding my initial thoughts.  I guess it comes down to that old ‘respond vs react’ adage.
  • I first came up with that question talking to an family member about the movie Wall Street and the iconic line “Greed is good.”  That family member asked me if that was a true statement, and at the time I said yes when it comes to capitalism, but he told me that answer is incorrect, because greed clouds your judgement.
  • I was driving next to a Dallas police car yesterday and we drove neck to neck the light of us changed to yellow.  Not wanting to get a ticket, I slowed down and stopped, but surprisingly the cop sped up and basically ran a red light.
  • For WifeGeeding’s birthday we ate at the kid friendly Cheesecake Factory in Frisco.  Our waiter said about three years ago he waited on Mitt Romney in that restaurant.
  • While walking around the wall I often think there are some very ‘unique’ people in this world, and I wonder how many folks have thought that about me.
  • Burger Bracket Time in DFW – Burger Battle DFW: 2013
  • As of late, I don’t prefer the two small patties on a bun burger, but a medium to large patty that has some thickness to it.
  • Straight from Barry’s blog: A USA Today reporter was sent to the metroplex and was “on his own” (with the help of Twitter) to explore the place.
  • I love potatoes.
  • One of my favorite jokes in the Netflix season of ‘Arrested Development’ are the references to ‘Entourage’ with the street signage.
  • While watching ‘The Bridge’ last night I think I came to the conclusion that I prefer television over movies because I like character development and the art of storytelling.  But I was surprised to see a Lyle Lovett appearance, and more surprised at his good performance.
  • I need to watch Twelve Angry Men.
  • The song Ironic rewritten and sung with irony – YouTube
  • Parents made a cute video of their baby using a film seconds of the first 365 days of his life – YouTube
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