Bag of Randomness

  • When I was in high school I would often upperclassmen talk about the book “Tequila Mockingbird” and thought that was the strangest name for a book and must have had something to do with Mexico.  Years later I found out the book was actually named “To Kill A Mockingbird” and I only thought I heard “tequila mockingbird” and that the story had nothing to do with Mexico or tequila.
  • It’s been so weird not coming home and preparing to watch playoff baseball.  I almost don’t know what to do with the time.
  • Greece kinda messed a lot of things up, haven’t they?
  • I’m always the first person to arrive in my office.
  • When we need tech support at the office, someone usually has to be sent over from another city.
  • On Monday morning I found our network was down, called support, then called the other five people who work in the office and told them not to come in but work from home.
  • I had to do the same thing Tuesday.
  • I’m just going to work from home today.
  • WifeGeeding moves her head as she reads, I’m not sure if that’s due to the one-eye thing or not.
  • Google Street View now lets you see inside some buildings.
  • I’m sure the use of chalk boards are pretty minimal nowadays, but this board eraser will turn chalk dust into new chalk.
  • A Flintstones car spotted in the drive-thru
  • Dissolving Fruitwash Label
  • Chevrolet Speedometer Through the Years
  • Ranking Every Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Segment, From Worst to First – I’m not sure how valid this list is considering “The Raven” only comes in at #10.
  • Rechargeable LED Reading Glasses
  • 50 of the World’s Best Breakfasts
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Bag of Randomness

  • Football is better with Mike Leach, I just wish he was on a bigger stage.
  • I think Newt has more fight in him than Romney.
  • Remember that teen-age boy group Hanson?  They are now selling their own beer called MMMHop.
  • Spielberg is working on a Lincoln film with Daniel Day Lewis, who looks a lot like the 16th president.
  • National Geographic has an interesting read on the King James Bible.
  • Michelle Bachmann thought there was a U.S. embassy in Iran.
  • With central banks stepping up their game across the globe, I expect the economy to pick up, maybe not a lot, but I do expect it to pick up.
  • Cable News Ratings: Top 30 Programs For November 2011 – The top 13 all belong to Fox News, which tells me the liberal media may not be as liberal as people make it out to be, especially of you consider talk radio.
  • 12 most profitable cars
  • Bono was on The Daily Show last night, I acted like a high school girl that just saw the Twilight cast.
  • When most top executives leave or get fired, they usually have some kind of big payout package, but the recently let go chief executive of AMR got no cash severance and no long-term incentives.  It’s like he’s . . . one of us.
  • I don’t like it when I see restaurant advertise they serve Blue Bell ice cream.  I go to restaurants to eat things I can’t get at home, I can buy Blue Bell at any grocery store and take it home.
  • I’m not much for tablet computing (blogging requires a comfortable keyboard) but I like how a friend described the Amazon Fire, it can do 70% of what the iPad2 can do, for 40% of the price.
  • I had to stop watching Storage Wars, there’s something about knowing people benefiting off others’ possessions because they couldn’t afford storage payments is a bit unsettling to me.  But if you are into that show and live in Texas, the Texas version premiers this Tuesday.
  • However, I did watch an episode of Lady Hoggers on A&E last night.  WifeGeeding just couldn’t understand why the women dressed they way they did when they went hog hunting.
  • A Scenic Tour Of Toxic Sites Across America
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