Bag of Randomness

  • WifeGeeding has always been a trampoline kind of girl, so for her birthday yesterday I took her to Jumpstreet.  Basically, it’s a giant indoor facility fully a very large trampolines where you can jump, play dodge ball, swing into a foam pit, ride a mechanical bull, and a few other things.
  • We went to the Plano location because of a Groupon but a similar facility just opened in our neighborhood.  Unlike the one we attended, they offer a trampoline basketball league and trampoline boot camp.  Since there’s an ACU reader out there, I’ll mention the boot camp instructor is an ACU alum.
  • When we first pulled up three bus loads of children from a Jewish summer camp arrived.  I was concerned they would keep us from having any fun, but that place and their trampolines are so big it didn’t make a difference at all.
  • I can’t help but think of this Homer Simpson’s scene when I hear trampoline.
  • We’ve only used a sitter twice, and used the same sitter both times.  She’s a college kid, and we attend church with her mother, who sent out an email saying her daughter was in need of funds and recommended her.  Both times she was at least ten minutes late, and both times she blamed her navigation unit.  As comfortable as we are with her, there may not be a third time, but when we got home she tried not to accept any money for being late, so her sincerity may have won us over.
  • It’s just strange for Romney’s father to set the precedent for presidential candidates in releasing tax return records and for him not to be as compliant.  It doesn’t help Romney that his Republican presidential opponents calling for him to be more forthcoming.
  • A lot of Republicans were very pleased and encouraged national campaign co-chair John Sununu to say the following about Obama, “this president would learn how to be an American.”  He later apologized for those words, but I wasn’t sure what the whole stink was about because the GOP and Tea Party folks have been doing that for at least five years now.
  • Just a Republican relaxing on a beach.
  • A man who wrote his own obituary.
  • The Average Canadian is Now Richer than the Average American
  • In case you ever wanted to buy a custom mermaid tail.
  • Value of the Wayne Manor in today’s real estate market
  • Extinguish fire with sound
  • Germans cheering on a woman trying to parallel park
  • Pictures of pro athletes when they were in little league
  • 1,275% Is the Average Markup on Movie Theater Popcorn 
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Bag of Randomness

  • The guys on The Ticket had an interesting segment yesterday in which they were talking about the movie “Sneakers” and how at the time the movie was released, that technology looked amazing and how if we watch the film now, we kind of laugh at it.  It shall be interesting to see movies 20 years from now and seeing if we laugh at the technology.  And even if we don’t focus on movies, it will be interesting to see how outdated the iPhone will look 20 years from now, or how things like Facebook and BagOfNothing will be nothing but a cultural reference.
  • We were at Party City the other day and the employees were trying to help an upset customer.  One of the employees in trying to diffuse the situation said, “Don’t worry, ma’am, I’ll be happy to help you with this.”  And the upset customer’s reply was, “Then why don’t you look like you are happy to help me.”
  • I wonder if Mavs dancers are the least bit envious of the Cowboys cheerleaders.
  • I have a contact form in which you can select the reason for contacting me and someone decided to select “Complaint” yesterday.  The complaint was that I had a problem with American cars, yet yesterday I stated my latest purchase is an American car and my first two cars were also domestic.
  • It’s interesting looking at the list of 50 highest earning American athletes and not seeing one Dallas player on the list.
  • Adidas sure took some liberties into making sure their brand is noticed on some of the Aggies new uniforms.
  • I saw a news article that Romney will more than likely announce his V.P. pick this week.  I still think it will be Sen Portman from Ohio, but wouldn’t it be fun if he pick Palin.
  • I would be more concerned about Dez Bryant’s off field behavior if he actually produced on the field.  He’s only had one 100-yard game in two years.
  • Would The Fonz in real life carry an iPhone?
  • A bunch of kids dressed up as Iron Man at Comic Con and then Robert Downey Jr made an appearance.
  • The President and First Lady was at the USA Basketball and were put on the Kiss Cam . . . they got booed after no kiss.  But after they were put on the Kiss Cam a second time, they came through.
  • Stephen Covey died yesterday.  I remember going over the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People in a leadership class in college and one student protested to the instructor that we shouldn’t be studying anything that comes from the mind of a Mormon, especially at a Christian college.
  • A friend at church recently lost his foursquare mayor status at church and was accusing the new mayor of gaming the system.
  • I caught a little bit of an Apollo 17 special on PBS last night.  While on the moon, the lunar rover got damaged, and an astronaut was actually able to unroll and tear duct tape in his space suit to repair the rover.  And yes, I do remember how it was used on Apollo 13.
  • While on the moon, Eugene Cernan, the last man on the moon, gave his daughter a most amazing present, he wrote her initials on the surface were it will stay basically for eternity.
  • The first photo ever uploaded to Instagram.
  • Nashville Man Shoots and Beheads His Adoptive Father, But That’s Not the Weird Part
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