Bag of Randomness

  • With all the crap that goes on on Capitol Hill, it sure was nice to see Rep Giffords make an appearance.
  • A friend of ours, probably in her late 30’s or early 40’s, just had her tonsils removed.  During the procedure, there was a minor mistake which resulted in her no longer being able to taste anything except salty or bitter foods.  It would be a weird life no longer being able to taste sweets, wouldn’t it?  Could that be an alternative to the lap-band surgery?
  • I recently learned how area codes were assigned . . . the larger the population, the lower the number.  For instance, NYC is mainly 212 and Dallas is mainly 214, which made it easy to dial on a rotary telephone.
  • While driving thru Waco listening to Tina Fey’s Bossypants audio book, she referenced Waco when she was touring with Second City.
  • U2’s album Achtung Baby was originally going to be called Adam.  And in case you didn’t know, it’s about the fall of man.  An author wrote a book about it, and Bono confirmed it with him back stage.
  • I made a School House Rock reference yesterday and the 26-year-old woman in the office didn’t have an idea what I was talking about.
  • In particular, I referenced this episode.
  • Yup, that was timely, probably just as much as this one.  And you thought it was just a recent topic.
  • I remember speaking to WifeGeeding’s aunt and she questioned that I knew what the three branches of government were in the second grade.  I remember telling her of course I did, thanks to the School House Rock.
  • As your body grows bigger Your mind grows flowered It’s great to learn Cause knowledge is power!
  • The Democrats, especially Obama, can’t negotiate for anything.  I wish they were all car salesmen.
  • My hometown had a murder suicide by two teenagers.  Crazy.
  • Randy Moss retired yesterday, and who knows if he stays retired, but can you imagine what life for a Cowboys fan would have been like if Jerry would have drafted him and Aikman was throwing to him?
  • Over the weekend VH1 has been showing a lot of classic MTV.  It was fun watching some old episodes of Remote Control, and seeing some of their classic commercials.
  • How men and woman socialize, so very true.
  • 102 Things NOT To Do If You Hate Taxes
  • Most of Newt Gingrich’s Twitter Followers Are Fake
  • I don’t think Walter Payton ever thought about doing a Just For Men commercial.
  • Lake Nacogdoches’s lake level has dropped significantly with the Texas drought, so much so, it looks like a four foot round metal object from the space shuttle Columbia disaster has surfaced.
  • My father would have turned 88 today.
  • Grace
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There’s an app for Christian tracts

If you are a Christian, you want to share the best thing that ever happened to you with your friends. After all, you care about your friends, and you don’t what them to go to hell… right? This app was designed to make sharing Jesus with them as easy as showing them your phone.

Just choose a title that looks like its subject might be a good discussion starter, show them how to turn the pages, and hand the phone over!

Chick tracts never pull punches… they deliver the truth head-on! Get some great conversation going now. Your friends will thank you for it. Don’t worry if they start asking questions (they probably will). Use the “More Info” menu item to see articles that give you lots more information.

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Today’s Car Thieves Can Use Cell Phones, Not Slim Jims

If you have a new car, equipped with the latest in cellular-network-based security, we’ve got bad news for you. A group of hackers has proven that they can find a vehicle’s specific location, remotely unlock it, and start it using nothing more than a simple cell-phone-initiated text message. Don Bailey and Matthew Solnik, of iSec Partners, will present their findings at next week’s Black Hat Security Conference in Las Vegas.

The pair plan to demonstrate their research at the conference, though it was unclear if they’d target a random vehicle to prove their point. Although Bailey and Solnik won’t identify which system was hacked, there’s a limited number of cellular-network-based security systems on the market today, and the most popular (by a large margin) is GM’s OnStar.

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