Bag of Randomness

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  • In college I was on the paint crew, I guess you can say I left my mark in many places on campus.  When I was hired, my boss gave me a paint brush and said it will be the only one I’ll ever need for the rest of my life if I took proper care of it, and he expected it to be in my back pocket when I walked across the stage during graduation.  It was.
  • That boss also stated he didn’t believe in using a paint roller.  I can’t recall the reason, but it was something like he just didn’t trust them, people tend to use more paint than needed, and a proper painting technique is just as fast.  With that in the back of my head, I haven’t used a roller in over two decades until last night to paint the ceiling of my back porch.
  • I don’t think it’s possible to reuse a roller no matter how well it’s cleaned.  Maybe that’s why my old paint boss didn’t like them, they weren’t as easy to reuse as a properly cared for paint brush.
  • I also remember that boss telling me that I got paid by the hour, and if I worked too fast, then he would have to find something like stair rails for me to paint.  You know, I think I’m starting to understand the reasons he didn’t want us to use rollers.
  • The worst thing I ever had to paint was a pipe fence during the middle of summer.  The pipe fence surrounded the area where our Six White Horses are kept.
  • The timing was interesting with the posthumously awarding of the Medal of Honor to the Korean War Army chaplain and the current brouhaha we are currently having with North Korea.
  • The two men most responsible for the maturation of my faith as an adult were in an interesting back and forth about faith and politics in yesterday’s Bag of Randomness.  I think those two guys would really enjoy each other’s company if they were in the same room, and me having a theological discussion with both of them over a beer (well, Coke for me) would be a dream come true.
  • We decided to just roll the dice and repair the refrigerator.
  • WifeGeeding is going to another play this weekend with her mother, so once again I’ll be alone with the kids on Sunday afternoon.  Gulp.
  • I’m sure 98% of men that have seen the Star Wars trilogy has pretended to use The Force when approaching automatic sliding doors.
  • Have tobacco products always been behind the counter?
  • Currently as Texas law stands,  Tesla is barred from selling or servicing its vehicles direct to the public in Texas.  However, one did pass me in Coppell the other day and my jaw dropped.
  • Canada didn’t have an official national flag until 1965, here are 11 reject ones.
  • An app that allows teachers to use their smart phones to grade multiple choice tests
  • It’s amazing how empty the Marlins’ stadium was the other night.
  • Camel gifted to French president is mistaken for food, made into tagine and eaten for dinner
  • Timewaster of the day – AudioSauna
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Bag of Randomness

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  • That Chromebook continues to get further out of reach as our refrigerator stopped cooling.  It’s about seven years old and two years ago we had to replace a computer component that cost about $360.  Yesterday we learned the same component died on us again, so we are debating replacing that component or just buying a new refrigerator.
  • I bet I save a lot of money not being a typical guy.  I don’t drink, partake of tobacco products, golf, or use cologne.
  • It’s a wonder that this stuff doesn’t happen more often – Japanese city accidentally tweets North Korean missile launch
  • A lot of zoos, amusement parks, and even malls have a machine in which you can inset a penny and it will press it into a souvenir piece, which I thought was illegal since it defaces U.S. currency.  But this link references a letter a representative at the U.S. Mint who stated, “As you are already aware, a federal statute in the criminal code of the United States (18 U.S.C. 331), indeed makes it illegal if one “fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales or lightens” any U.S. coin. However, being a criminal statute, a fraudulent intent is required for violation. Thus, the mere act of compressing coins into souvenirs is not illegal, without other factors being present.”  So there you go.
  • That last bullet reminded me of an article about penny hoarders, people who collect penny’s older than 1982 which are 95% copper.  They are hoping the U.S. law will change so they can destroy the penny and sell it for it’s copper value.
  • And speaking of coins, here’s an old article about how the Federal Reserve has over $1 billion in dollar coins.  Lawmakers were hoping to get people to switch from the paper dollar to the coin dollar, and that didn’t happen, so these are coins that nobody wants.
  • This was viral yesterday – What happens when a dog tries to catch a video game fastball.
  • In case you need more proof that the print newspaper is dying – Adjusted for inflation, print newspaper advertising revenue in 2012 was lower than in 1950
  • Obama felt ‘spirit of Jesus Christ’ – I have a feeling most conservative Christians will roll there eyes at this.
  • Rep. Joe Barton: Biblical ‘Great Flood’ shows climate change isn’t man made
  • I’ve been hearing a lot about a new show from the producers of ‘Breaking Bad’ called ‘Rectify‘.  Per it’s website, “After 19 years on Death Row for the rape and murder of his teenage girlfriend, Daniel Holden is going home. His conviction has been vacated due to new DNA evidence. Now he has to return to a world he no longer knows and his reentry into the outside world may be as unforgiving as prison.”  It’ll air on the Sundance Channel starting on Monday April 22.  Miss Farrell from ‘Mad Men’ looks to play a prominent role.
  • A Kansas county commissioner used the term “n-rigging” during a heated discussion with another commissioner named John Price.  With a name like that, I was reminded of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, and the article and name reminded of the black hole comment brouhaha.  What’s often missed, and made me chuckle, is when the commissioner changed it from a black hole to a pink hole.
  • Hitler in shorts
  • Women better off without bras: French study
  • Megaman arm pillow
  • I’m surprised Evangeline Lilly hasn’t had a better career post ‘Lost’.
  • StickNFind Bluetooth stickers let you track any object with your phone
  • Interesting interactive chart – How spending in President Obama’s 2014 budget compares with proposals from both parties and historical averages, as a share of the economy.
  • From The Onion – Future Christian Drinking And Doing Drugs And Thinking It’s One Big Joke
  • Not from The Onion – Iranian scientist claims to have invented ‘time machine’
  • At the beginning of ‘The Americans’ someone said “or until we put them in a body bag” which made me think of a certain Karate Kid clip – so totally 80’s.
  • The Rangers aren’t the only team trying to get their fans to stop the wave, so are the Nationals.  But I will admit that Texas Stadium use to get a really go wave going at times, especially when both decks were at play.
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Dog Tied to Train Tracks Gets Saved

A train engineer avoided crushing a dog tied to the train tracks when he engaged an emergency braking system.

The engineer noticed a man walking away from the tracks and something left behind atop the tracks. The object was a live, 10-month-old poodle-terrier mix.

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