Bag of Randomness

  • I watched an episode of “Sherlock” that referenced the ability to tape over a movie on VHS by placing tape over certain parts of the tape.  That’s something I use to do but haven’t thought about in over a decade.
  • The TICKET runs a lot of upbeat commercials for a particular funeral home.  I don’t often hear funeral home commercials, but would think they would have a quiet, somber kind of touch to them.
  • I wish college football players could be classified as professionals.  Texas A&M is going to make a lot of money off his Johnny Manziel by selling a lot of number 2 jerseys and working off his fame and he won’t see a penny of it.
  • An Onion piece on Johnny Manziel
  • I wonder if Texas Tech will be gutsy enough to hire 33-year-old alum Kliff Kingsbury as head coach.  I think I’d like to see that happen.
  • I think Barbara Walters will name Lindsey Lohan as the Most Fascinating Person, but I’d like for it to be Marissa Mayer.
  • I don’t get the hype behind Lena Dunham.
  • Per this article, Hitler is a popular in India right now. Mein Kampf is on the best seller list and is read in business schools, and his image is used for advertisements.
  • WedPics is an interesting and free app that allows guests at a wedding take and share pictures in real time and collect them in one place.  I think this will be taking the place of those disposable cameras.
  • If “The Walking Dead” was a Disney cartoon
  • In case you ever wanted to know how many people are currently in space right now.
  • I’m a little slow in finding this video compared to other blogs, but here’s your Tempting Video of the Day: Horse Pimple – YouTube
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Storage Wars Sued By Its Star; Show Is Faked

“Yuuupp,” Dave Hester has filed a blockbuster lawsuit against Storage Wars, RadarOnline.com is reporting exclusively.

The suit contains numerous bombshell claims, including that that the network and producers regularly “salt” lockers with valuable items to add drama to the show, rig the bidding and even paid for a female cast member’s plastic surgery to add sex appeal!

Full Article

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Bag of Randomness

  • Yup, we took a trip to the mall to see Santa yesterday.  DaughterGeeding was pretty scared at first, but eventually warmed up to the big guy.
  • When Santa asked DaughterGeeding what she wanted for Christmas, she said, “A frog.”  That was news to us.
  • The Travel Channel has a show called “Ghost Adventures” and they recently aired an episode about the abandoned Baker Hotel in hometown.  I watched it and thought it was a bit corny, but my fascination with that hotel still remains.
  • Following the Texas Rangers can be confusing sometimes.  If you see or hear a headline with “Rangers” it could mean the hockey club in NY, or if you see or hear  “Texas” it could mean the university in Austin.  I’ve fallen prey to both many times.
  • Fancy decorative towels may look nice, but they certainly can’t absorb water, which is basically it’s main purpose for existence.
  • When Scott Pelley interviewed Hugh Jackman for “60 Minutes” the reporter thought it was necessary to workout with the actor, and like NFL referee Ed Hochuli, he decided to wear a tight fitting shirt.  But it was a bit surprising to see that Pelley was pretty bulky, with probably more muscle mass that Jackman.
  • Actual job description for the head football coach position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • There’s a new car rental company in Austin geared towards the business traveler that only rents one car in one color for one price, and Audi A4.
  • Cover the middle and you go faster, cover the outside and you go slower – Pic
  • I’ve heard the term “non-denominational” plenty of times, but yesterday for the first time I ran across the word “interdenominational” and despite two-minutes of hard googling, I still don’t know the difference.
  • Inside west Texas’s new 500 million dollar, 15,000-acre radioactive dump
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