Bag of Randomness

  • I’ve notice more and more businesses are closed on Easter Sunday.
  • The best part from The Masters yesterday.
  • I’m quite certain my death certificate will indicate a contributing factor of my death is the Dairy Queen Blizzard.
  • The greatest idea for a radiator ever – Thermosaurus radiator
  • I’m surprised no one in the area, like in Uptown or Southlake, has come up with the idea of an indoor swimming pool where you can swim with your pets.
  • If you are at work and all of a sudden a new person shows up with a crew that happens to be filming a documentary, then you’re on Undercover Boss.  Be sure to tell some sort of sympathetic story so you can milk “the man” for as much as you can.
  • I had WifeGeeding rank her family in the order of intelligence the other day (we had to leave out her aunt and uncles, one is a member of Mensa), her mother came in first.
  • Mike Wallace was a joy to watch, it was great how he interrogated an interviewee.  I wish there were more of his kind, too bad his son doesn’t even come close.
  • SMH – Ann Curry’s response to Wallace’s death: Tough questions are being asked in Heaven today. RIP Mike Wallace
  • Bob Schieffer discussed how the Internet is changing the way people worship, you can watch the segment here.
  • A movie theater was converted to a pretty nifty looking book store
  • If you are having trouble buying a gift for someone, NoSweaters.com might come in handy.  Basically, you answer a few questions for the person you are buying, narrow down the results, and a selection of gifts display.
  • A little late for Easter, but you are are a dog lover, here you go.
  • Also late for Easter, Kate Upton wishes you a Happy Easter
  • Well, that’s an interesting sounding train.
  • If Back to the Future III was a silent era film
  • Take an Anatomical Safari: Photos of Inside-Out Animals
  • That picture above is from this photo series of the Ruins of Detroit.  That particular clock is part of an old technical high school.  I see some crazy symbolism in it.
  • The voice of Bambi ended up becoming the youngest Marine Corps drill instructor ever and served three tours in Vietnam.
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Dog takes bullet to the head to save owner, and lives

This Staten Island pooch took a bullet to the head to save his owner — and lived to bark about it.

Kilo, a 12-year-old pit bull, was shot during a terrifying home invasion robbery attempt as he lunged at a thug posing as a FedEx deliveryman.

The bullet amazingly ricocheted off Kilo’s skull and exited through his neck — sparing the dog from certain death.

“This is like, one in a million,” said Dr. Greg Panarello, whose veterinary clinic operated on Kilo. “He’s very lucky.”

The hospital’s staff was so impressed, they put a little “S” on his bandage — for “superhero.” Panarello called him “a really sweet dog.”

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Texas Tech Coach wins national chess title, takes entire team to new school

COLUMBIA, Mo. — It was one of the most brazen moves in the chess world since the Najdorf Sicilian Defense, perhaps even the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit.

Fresh off her second straight national championship, the legendary chess coach at Texas Tech is moving to another school and taking all the top members of the team with her. No one has ever seen anything like it in intercollegiate competition, not even among powerhouse basketball and football teams that are worth many millions of dollars.

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