Bag of Randomness

  • I think it’s clear that President Obama has been too focused on protecting the U.S. and hunting down terrorists like Osama bin Laden and Abu Hafs al-Shahri and not watching out for black artists in the music industry.  Under Obama’s watch we have lost the likes of Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Don Cornelius, Heavy D, Etta James, Clarence Clemons, Nate Dogg, and Teddy Pendergrass.  Who else should we point the blame?  It’s on you, Mr President.
  • Houston’s rendition of the national anthem is rated as one of the best, but many don’t know that she lip-synced the entire thing.  But hey, it still was her voice.
  • A death at a relatively young age is sad for such an icon, but seriously, from everything that has been reported about her over the past five or so years, it wasn’t that much of a surprise.
  • I thought it was interesting that her ex-husband, upon hearing of her death, still decided to perform at his scheduled concert later that night.  It was stated that he didn’t want to let down the fans and that if he didn’t perform, he’d be inconsolable, but part of me wonders if he needed to be with his 19-year-old daughter.  There’s YouTube video of him breaking down on stage.
  • I didn’t catch a lot of the Grammys, but I thought it was pretty cool of the music industry trying to give the Alzheimer stricken Glen Campbell a sendoff.
  • Every year I have to look this up.  Record of the Year is awarded for a single or for one track from an album.  Album of the Year is awarded for a whole album, and the award is presented to the artist, producer, and recording engineer for that album.
  • For the first time in a long time I watched Back to the Future all the way through.  Perhaps my favorite unnoticed bit of trivia about the movie is change of the mall sign.
  • On Saturday night we ate at the Fuddruckers in Grapevine and found that my old team and a bunch of others from Fidelity were having an event there, many of them I haven’t seen since I left about four years ago.  In a weird sort of way, it felt a little like heaven, a bunch of people coming to great me with smiles on their faces telling me how good it was to see me and doing a lot of reconnecting.  I think most of us get to reconnect with people on a one-on-one basis, but I don’t think being able to reconnect with a room full of people happens all that often.
  • As of Friday, and for the second consecutive week, WifeGeeding is still dilated to a three.
  • I’ve been taking a lot of afternoon naps just in case I have to stay up really late like I had to do for the birth of DaughterGeeding.
  • Before WifeGeeding’s appointment on that Friday we decided to eat breakfast at the IHOP at 635/MacArthur and saw former Apprentice contestant Gene Folkes.  You may recall that several years back he actually came to my house as a representative of Edward Jones going door-to-door.
  • Texas Ranger Derek Holland does the weather on WFAA
  • At 5pm my daughter comes home from school and five minutes before … someone is looking at the school bus stop.
  • Wakeboarding with dolphins
  • The 12-year-old who saved his grandmother from foreclosure
  • Local weatherman Ron Jackson was reading weather updates from his iPad.
  • Is Adele this year’s Norah Jones?
  • After what Nicki Minaj did last night at the Grammy’s, that is, her date on the red carpet and her performance, I don’t think she won over the Catholic church.
  • A picture of a non-violent protester being trained not to be provoked, but this one hits me harder for some reason.
  • Shamrock Shakes at McDonalds
  • This underwater perspective photo of a dog jumping into the water makes me laugh.
  • An online petition to have Weird Al perform at the Super Bowl.
  • A Supercut of James Lipton’s Most Absurd Questions
  • I’m not a fan of the double popsicle, they never break apart right and were awkward to eat.
  • In the middle of the word “homeowner” is the word “meow”.
  • Whitney Houston’s isolated vocal on How Will I Know is quite impressive.
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Bag of Randomness

  • Last night local weatherman Pete Delkus tweeted that he was going to have a special guest with him tomorrow when he does the weather.  I had a literal laugh-out-loud moment when he followed that tweet up with “no…it’s not the ghost of harold taft.”  For us local folks that grew up around these parts, that’s some funny stuff.
  • Last on on CBS 11 Karen Borta was reporting on a story in which DISD boys and not girls got to go on a field trip to watch the movie Red Tails.  She tried to describe it as a movie about black WWII pilots, but said “black WWII pirates.”
  • Last night’s 30 Rock had a Tony Romo reference.
  • Last time I started a Bag of Randomness with the word “last” four straight times was never.
  • While eating at our local Chick-fil-A one of their employees who’ve somewhat befriended over the years unexpectedly stopped by and gave DaughterGeeding a stuffed cow and also made sure to give our about-to-be-here son a gift as well.
  • I always have to double check how to spell “Chick-Fil-A”.
  • One time on a trip home from college I asked my dad what was his greatest accomplishment, thinking he would say something like it was me or something from his military experience.  In typical Dad fashion I got, “Hell boy, I don’t know, what do you ask me these things.”  I think I caught him on an off day.
  • My first bicycle was a Dallas Cowboys bike, which was cool, what was not cool was that it had a banana seat.
  • I’m not a fan of party napkins, they really don’t function very well.
  • For you Walking Dead fans, a new episode comes on this Sunday.
  • I remember when Howie Mandell use to have curly hair.
  • Blue Bell ice cream is highly overrated.  It’s good, just not great.
  • Recently I recalled a story in a business class in which nothing is ever guaranteed and not to take your most loyal customers for granted.  Back in the day, the number one customer of Heinz was McDonald’s which supplied them with ketchup for decades.  Then one day, out of the blue, McDonald’s decided to produce their own ketchup.  Let’s just say that hurt Heinz’s profits the next year.
  • Sometimes I wish I took college more seriously.
  • Sometimes I wish I took college less seriously.
  • I was glad to see the First Lady get a warm reception in Fort Worth yesterday.
  • It’s often said that those at the end of their life wish they would have taken more chances.  So far, I have lots of regrets and wish I can take a lot of those chances back.  But I do wish, starting at a very young age, that I would have cared less about what others thought.
  • A news reporter tracks down a jerk that leaves nasty comments on Facebook memorial pages.  Link
  • When people say “I don’t care” I think they actually do care, they just want out of the conversation.
  • Creative Valentine’s Day card
  • As of late, I’ve been addicted to Modern Marvels.
  • Katie Perry signed her divorce settlement papers with a smiley face.
  • Spike Lee’s first name is actually Shelton.
  • Gonna be your man in motion, all I need is a pair of wheels . . .
  • Grace
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