Bag of Randomness for Tuesday, March 15, 2022

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Bag of Randomness for Monday, March 14, 2022

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Bag of Randomness for Friday, March 11, 2022

  • I have for sure have only eaten Taco Bell less than ten times in my life, but have eaten it twice in the past week.
  • Harrison Ford was 35-years-old when he first appeared on screen as Han Solo.
  • Yesterday, LiberallyLean wrote about living the good life and buying some recommended luxury towels from WireCutter. That has been an interesting adjustment to life for me, being able to go from saving enough money for retirement and my children’s college education each month and having a little disposable income to no longer being able to save adequately for those things. It was about a year before my ex left me, I felt comfortable enough to splurge a little on things I normally wouldn’t, stuff like nicer bath towels and higher-end wool socks. I used to spend a lot of my free time on sites like WireCutter and Kinja Deals to see what I could buy for my spouse, the kids, and side project, or tools to help me with DIY stuff. So, when my wife left, that meant one of my enjoyable time-wasting routines were no more. There’s no sense or me to look and tempt myself if I can’t purchase and enjoy it. And, now that I’m no longer living in a house I’m purchasing, I’m a hesitant to buy anything because it will just add to more stuff I will eventually have to move. Heck, I’m still having trouble decorating my place.
  • Somewhat related, I was in Target the other day. As I passed the women’s clothing section, I spotted several things I would have bought for my spouse just to surprise her because I thought it would nice on her and it’s one way that I liked to express my love and affection. I do similar stuff like this with my friends, but to a much lesser extent. But, it’s still a hard transition. It kinda reminded me of when my mother died around Thanksgiving and instinctively looked for pajama’s to buy her for Christmas because that’s what I always did.
  • I remember about a year before my ex left me, she wondered why we couldn’t have nice stuff. I’m not sure what this was coming from, her friends, Facebook, or something else. It was hard knowing if she was ever satisfied with our lifestyle. But during that year, we remodeled the kitchen, got new floors, and remodeled the upstairs bathroom for the kids. We demolished the fireplace to remodel it. Then she left without warning.
  • The Used Car To Avoid Buying Right Now In Every State – Cars with the Greatest Price Hikes in Each State – If you live in Texas, avoid the Volvo XC60
  • Emilio Delgado Dies: Longtime ‘Sesame Street’ Fix-It Shop Owner Luis Was 81
  • The Best Work-From-Home Cities for 2022
    • Layton, Utah, was ranked the best WFH location in the US because of the affordable prices (like housing and broadband) and benefits that came along with its location.
    • Barbourville (KY) had the least expensive housing market with prices around $94K, followed by Pittsburg, KS, ($97K), Bath, NY, ($131K), Van Burn, AR, ($136K) and Etna, PA ($149K).
    • Options near costly cities worth considering, according to PC Mag, were: Milwaukie (OR), Keyport (NJ), Wrightwood (CA), Tacoma (WA) and Stony Point (NY).
  • Something for fellow P1s of The Ticket – Bart Reagor sentenced to 14 years in prison
    • Bart Reagor has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for lying to the International Bank of Commerce about a $10 million working capital loan for his dealership, Reagor-Dykes Auto Group. He was ordered to pay full restitution, more than $9 million, but no fines.On exiting the courthouse, Reagor praised the judge, but confirmed that he would immediately file an appeal.

      “I just wanted to say that the judge was very fair. He did a good job, and our family is just looking forward to the appeal. I know I’m innocent and we’re going to win the appeal,” Reagor said.

  • I like the El Camino reference.

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Bag of Randomness for Thursday, March 10, 2022

  • Woman sues Jerry Jones, alleges Dallas Cowboys owner paid her mother to conceal that he was her biological father
    • This news surprised no one. Not even Gene. We all suspected something like this with Jerry Jones since the day we first saw him. We all just didn’t know how much this sort of thing has happened with Jerry and Jerry Jr. Remember, Junior is rumored to be the father of Janine Turner’s child.
    • Other than not being totally surprised by this news, the next thing everyone wanted was to see a photo of this woman and compare her to pre-plastic surgery Jerry.
    • The question is this news in relation to Rich Dalrymple’s firing? One thing is for sure, if the Cowboys still employed him, this story wouldn’t have seen the light of day.
    • It’s possible Jones forced Dalrymple into retirement. To get back at Jones, Dalrymple leaked this “small” story to get even with Jones, but more so, to let him know there are bigger skeletons he can pull out of Jones’ closet.
  • I peaked at my blog’s analytics. I think I’ve recaptured about 70% of my audience. Thank you for sticking around. Here are some high-level metrics:
    • Most of my audience obviously comes from Texas, but the top ten states in order of largest to smallest are Virginia/DC, Oklahoma, Colorado, California, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Florida, North Carolina.
    • The largest region outside of the U.S. that make up my audience are Ontario, British Columbia, and Alberta.
    • 26% of my audience are from the DFW area. 3.64% of my audience are from the Decatur area. The two largest audience segments outside of Texas are an area between Tulsa and Kansas City at 2.56% and D.C. at 2.64%.
    • 57.02% visit this blog by desktop or laptop (I’m guess you’re at work). 40.19% visit by phone and 2.79% by tablet.
  • An assistant principal in Mississippi was fired last week after reading the children’s book “I Need a New Butt!” to a class of second-grade students
  • WWII vet, 99, becomes children’s book author after buying his first computer

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