Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, January 11, 2023

  • I’ve never really been a breakfast person. Don’t get me wrong, I love breakfast food, and will eat it anytime of the day, I just don’t really eat during breakfast time.
  • Bacon is over-rated. It’s only great when crispy.
  • CBS Sunday Morning had a nice interview with Mark Cuban about him trying to disrupt the prescription drug market with transparent pricing. While it is a bit odd it’s named after him, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs, I like it how he said he wants to put his reputation on the line and cuts out the middleman to save money. It’s almost too good to be true.
    • Cost Plus deals directly with manufacturers and consumers, offering more profits for those who make drugs, and lower prices for those who take them. His prescription for pricing = the drug’s cost, plus 15% for Cost Plus, plus a $3 pharmacy fee, plus $5 shipping.
  • Last weekend my kids asked me what it was like growing up in the ’80s. So, I took their phones and tablets off them, locked them outside and told them not to come back till the street lamps came on.
  • A Dutch supermarket chain introduced slow checkouts for people who enjoy chatting, helping many people, especially the elderly, deal with loneliness. The move has proven so successful that they installed the slow checkouts in 200 stores.
  • Rebuilding your life is hard.
  • “There’s power in sharing.”
  • I really admire Prince Harry and will try to explain it later.
  • Texas universities propose two-year tuition freeze in exchange for nearly $1 billion in additional state fundingThe leaders of the state’s six biggest university systems are seeking the money to fund instruction, university operations and employee health insurance and to cover a free tuition program for veterans and their children.
  • It’s nice to see the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells no longer has broken windows. It’s a nice facelift.

 

 

 

 

 

Posted in Personal | Comments Off on Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Bag of Randomness for Tuesday, January 10, 2023

 

 

 

 

Posted in Personal | Comments Off on Bag of Randomness for Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Bag of Randomness for Monday, January 9, 2023

  • I wish I could read lips.
  • I’ve started to read the Bono autobiography. It’s so neat to take a trip inside his head.
    • His emphasizes his relationship with Christ and his overall spirituality a lot more than I expected. He describes prayer as us drifting on a row boat and casting a rope to the shore and being pulled in.
    • The schools in his neighborhood would name themselves after people of cities in the Bible. So, you would have something like the Ephesians playing the Corinthians in soccer.
    • It’s well known his father was Catholic and his mother protestant. Each attended a separate church. But what I found interesting was that both churches shared the same name. For instance, both were called St. Canice’s.
  • The man is 90-years-old and still at it – John Williams Pens New Theme for ESPN’s College Football Championship“Of Grit and Glory” will debut Monday night when TCU square off against Georgia.
  • Mel Gibson’s Passion of the Christ Sequel ‘Resurrection’ to Begin Production This Spring
    • Resurrection’ would focus on the twenty-four hours encompassing Jesus’ passion and the events that occurred three days between his crucifixion and resurrection. The cast will star Jim Caviezel who will reprise the role of Jesus, Maia Morgenstern as Mary, Christo Jivkov as John, and Francesco De Vito as Peter. 
  • I’m somewhat interested in the Night Court reboot. Melissa Rauch plays the daughter of Harry Stone and is the new judge. It premieres on NBC on Tuesday, January 17. It’s a shame that both Markie Post and Harry Anderson are gone. I always got a kick out of how Post’s character was obsessed with the British Royal Family, which would make for some timely jokes now. I wonder if Bull (Richard Moll) will make an appearance. He turns 80 next week. Per IMDB, he hasn’t worked since 2018. If you ever wondered exactly how tall he is, he’s 6′ 8″.
  • I think I’m going to read Prince Harry’s new book.
  • I wish I could read this article but it’s behind a paywall – How Bono’s daughters, Eve and Jordan Hewson, grew up on tour
  • Great Salt Lake will disappear in 5 years without massive ‘emergency rescue,’ scientists say
    • The first thing I think about when I hear “Great Salt Lake” is Alton Brown. He was the judge on some cooking show and answered a question with a condescending, “All salt is sea salt.” I sat back in my chair and pondered that for a while, and concluded he’s wrong since we can get salt from the Great Salt Lake.
  • In one of the more humorous events of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln politely rejected an offer of elephants from the King of Siam.
  • The 16-year-old version of me would have put this on my Grand Am in a heartbeat. It would be one step closer to me becoming Michael Knight and my car becoming KITT.
    https://twitter.com/butushop/status/1598694504982228992

 

 

 

 

 

Posted in Personal | Comments Off on Bag of Randomness for Monday, January 9, 2023

Bag of Randomness for Friday, January 6, 2023

  • How many Kevin McCarthys does it take to screw in a light bulb? Well, he needs a House, first.
  • I’ve been surprised at Catherine Zeta-Jones’ character selection, both are pretty family friendly, and both are on streaming platforms. She’s in Netflix’s Wednesday as Morticia and in a Disney+ series, which is clearly written for teens.
  • I will not be in Fredericksburg, TX this January 14 – Texas Is Having A Testicle Festival & You Can Taste Them Battered, Fried Or Grilled
  • The University of Texas should have fired Chris Beard long ago, but I guess there was stuff to work out with lawyers first. What’s up with the men who lead basketball programs in that area of Texas? Beard didn’t pull a Dave Bliss, but what he did is still horrible, at least from the accounts I read.
  • Someone recently posted that “fire and brimstone” sermons aren’t really around any more. All I can say is that I heard quite a few of them during my youth and college years at Southern Baptist churches.
  • The first sermon I read or studied was John Calvin’s Jonathan Edwards’ “Sinners In The Hand of An Angry God,” which was assigned reading in my sophomore literature class. Then, when I started to go to church, I heard a lot of “fire and brimstone” sermons. All that to say that my first thought of God isn’t one of love and grace (as it should be) but one who is angry and judgmental. One reason I love the church I now attend is that God’s love and grace is forefront.
  • I have this half-baked thought that people in church are either in a state “to serve” or “to be served.” I still think I’m in the “to be served” category. I think leaders of the church recognize I’m not ready for a role, though I have thought about teaching Sunday school (or whatever is the hip name for Sunday school is now). I have been asked to help with the soundboard, streaming, and multimedia stuff. In some churches, using scripture as a reference, a divorced person can’t be part of certain things. I don’t think that’s the case at my church.
  • Taylor Swift’s look-alike knows all too well how tough the internet can be
    • I didn’t think she was much of a doppelganger until I looked at her TikTok page.
  • Melted butter clogs historic canal and storm drains after dairy plant fire in Wisconsin
  • I bet he even had a red stapler – Employee arrested and charged with stealing over $302,000 after authorities say he was inspired by the movie ‘Office Space’
  • Random Star Wars thought – Anakin’s rigorous training of Ahsoka was integral to her survival of Order 66, an order he helped execute.
  • The Royals have been in the news recently. Though, this headline caught my attention – Prince Harry had a frostbitten penis at Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding
    • Harry also confirms he’s circumcised in the explosive tome, despite longstanding reports that he’s not.
  • That reminds me of a penis joke, which may offend a lot of you, so here’s your warning. It came from an old man in my hometown and was told to me in junior high. Did you hear about the Mexican with two penises? He named one Jose and the other Hose B.
  • I believe Christ taught us to pray in our closets and not to pull prayerful public stunts, but maybe I misread my Bible.

  • TCU sports fans are living the dream right now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted in Personal | Comments Off on Bag of Randomness for Friday, January 6, 2023