Bag of Randomness

  • Yup, yesterday was my birthday.  I thought no one in my tiny office new, but while walking back from a restroom break I noticed a card in one of the girls’ hands, who tried to hide it.  I could have pretended to have not seen it, but hey, that wouldn’t be any fun, so I asked if I could also sign the card.  Her response, “Why don’t you get out of my grill!”  Surprising, since this Indian coworker is a timid as a mouse.
  • For lunch yesterday I thought I treat myself to McDonald’s with a hot fudge sundae.  When I got back to the office, my desk was decorated and I had cupcakes to eat.
  • Who makes more, a member of the U.S. Senate or the House of Representatives?  The answer may surprise you, it did me, and I’m surprised it’s a piece of information that wasn’t tucked away long ago.
  • The latest Texas Faith question: Is America a “Christian Nation” and what does that mean?
  • A slingshot cannon
  • Gawker and Fox News have been going at each other, apparently over this O’Reilly piece.
  • I had more ‘back in the day’ discussions yesterday, mainly on fashion.  Items discussed were Zodiac shoes, Marithé and François Girbaud jeans and overalls (and how you wore those overalls, and for the record, I never had a pair of overalls), and Generra Hypercolor shirts.
  • New Texas state laws that go into effect on Thursday.
  • A very unreserved Troy Aikman was on The TICKET yesterday.  He spoke about the opportunity he had to come out of retirement a few times, and even stated that if he ran into Skip Bayless, he’s not sure how he would react, and that would possible involve bodily harm.  For those of you that don’t know, Bayless was a scumbag of a local sports personality that wrote a book which stated that Aikman was a homosexual.  That scumbag is now working as an on air personality for ESPN.
  • Biggest surprise in that interview, “I’m not so sure Skip isn’t gay.”  I’ll be surprised if this item doesn’t get some traction, you can hear the interview here.
  • In that interview, I heard the term “Irish twins” for the first time in my life.
  • There are some crazy wildfires near my hometown again, I think 8,000 acres burned yesterday.  What a shame.
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Brother and Sister Try to Sue Mom

Last week, an Illinois appeals court judge disagreed with that assessment, dismissing the two-year-old lawsuit in which Steven Miner II, now 23, and his sister, Kathryn, 20, sought more than $50,000 from their mother, Kimberly Garrity, for “emotional distress’’ from “bad mothering.’’

While growing up in a luxurious home in Barrington Hills, Ill., their alleged hardships at the hands of their mother included Steven receiving a birthday card that didn’t include cash or a check and did not have a sentiment that he liked, accusations that Garrity did not send him care packages or birthday cards while he was in college, Garrity telling her then-7-year-old son to buckle his seat belt or she would call the police, and Kathryn getting a phone call from her mother at midnight to tell her to return home from her homecoming celebration.

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Public service an honor but not a cushy job

U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland told retirees Wednesday that serving in Congress is a great honor and privilege, but not cushy job with lavish insurance and pension benefits that many disgruntled taxpayers seem to think it is.

He said his $174,000 salary is not so much, considering the hours a member of the House puts in, and that he had to sever ties with his family business in Panama City. Southerland also said there are no instant pensions or free health insurance, as some of his constituents often ask him about in Congress.

“And by the way, did I mention? They’re shooting at us. There is law-enforcement security in this room right now, and why is that?” Southerland told about 125 people in an auditorium at the Westminster Oaks retirement community. “If you think this job pays too much, with those kinds of risks and cutting me off from my family business, I’ll just tell you: This job don’t mean that much to me. I had a good life in Panama City.”

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Bag of Randomness

  • In theory, it shouldn’t take more than two hours to install a baby gate.
  • Peter King in his MMQB column estimates that Jerry Jones makes around $17 million off stadium tours alone.  Let’s just say you take away expenses like utilities (I’d love to know the electric bill for that place and Six Flags) and advertising, for, I dunno, $7 million, that’s still pretty good money for just having people walk around the building.  And that makes me wonder how much money has places like Rockefeller Center, the Empire State Building, and the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) have made just having people ride an elevator and look off the top floor.  I bet it has been enough revenue that a replicate of each could be build.
  • For $3.25 come by GeedingManor and I’ll let you stand on our porch where you can see the Dillard’s parking lot from afar.
  • Here’s a list of myths the Mythbusters will be testing this season.  I’ll be honest, the show has lost a little something over the years.
  • I never been a big fan of primaries.  The states that get the first primaries cast a lot of influence and don’t represent the country as a whole, so in a sense, they shape the election to came for candidates that represent their own values.
  • Letterman needs an updated set, or at least a new paint job on those purple/pink pipes.
  • I think my friend Jimi once wrote a college paper on this: Male dance moves that catch a woman’s eye
  • To mark the 30th anniversary of “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” a touring exhibition is spotlighting famous props from the Indiana Jones films and putting them side-by-side with real archaeological artifacts.  Link
  • I bet the Detroit Lions make the playoffs this year.
  • There was a local news story warning the public not to buy iPads from strangers at gas stations because inside the box is just a block of wood with an Apple logo on it.  Really, people need to be warned not to buy iPads at gas stations from strangers?  But then again, some folks are dumb enough to do it.
  • Do kids still have birthdays at McDonald’s?  I remember that was kind of a big deal back in the day.
  • ESPN College Game Day will be broadcasting from Cowboys Stadium this Saturday with Mark Cuban as a guest.
  • Form WFAA reporter Bert Lozano, who always looked to be in shape and in good health, had a massive heart attack at age 42 and is currently on life support.  That kind of stuff scares me.
  • Do kids still have to put book covers on their text books?  Our book covers always had a local funeral home advertisement on it, and that always creep me out.
  • It was always interesting opening up your text book to the inside cover to see who else had the book.
  • I was never much for high school pizza, but I did enjoy the Salisbury steak and steak fingers.
  • I had the same Master Lock for my locker from the sixth grade through my senior year, and I still remember the combination.
  • I was always lucky enough to get a top locker.
  • I never found the Trapper Keeper useful.  Do they still make those?
  • I have a bad habit of chewing on my pens.
  • I thought it was strange seeing friends doing homework in the morning before school started.  I was forced to do my homework as soon as I got home.
  • I always had the cardboard crayon box that had the American flag on it, and I always managed to keep it in one piece throughout the school year.  A lot of my friends would somehow lose the top.
  • I never liked writing on the Big Chief tablets.
  • I remember how badly I wanted a pair of Z Cavaricci pants in junior high, and my dad refusing to buy me any because “they cost too damn much.”  Dad, you were right, but thanks for always spending money on the shoes, I still remember my first pair of Nikes.
  • My mom use to only buy me Wrangler Rustler jeans, oh, and they were ‘husky’.  I vow never to own another pair of Wranglers again.
  • I learned the hard way in the second grade not to put a carbonated beverage in my lunch pail thermos.
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