Bag of Randomness

  • There’s one thing about our church that stands out, they really like trying to get us involved and connected.  Their latest attempt . . . asking us to light one of the Advent candles in an upcoming service.  Part of me wonders if they accidentally called the wrong folks.
  • I recently discovered that the piano in our church use to reside in the Meyerson Symphony center.
  • Another thought about the Matt Lauer interview of former president George W. Bush.  In the interview, Lauer talked to the former president about when Donald Rumsfeld tried to hand in his resignation, and Bush stated that he couldn’t accept it because  there was no obvious successor.  To me, that’s a bit disturbing.  Although Rumsfeld was in good health, he was up there in years, and that meant if something happened to the man, then the president wasn’t prepared to replace him.  I would have thought that presidents would have at least a mental list of replacements for the most high profile of positions.
  • I thought it was cool of Jon Stewart on Monday night to congratulate Conan on his new show, especially since they are both in the same time slot.
  • Vice President Joe Biden was in Cleburne?
  • Gov Rick Perry sure is doing a lot of traveling and appearing on a lot of shows lately to promote his book.  It’s like the guy is setting up a presidential run or something.
  • Man, that guy has some great looking hair.
  • I actually watched Oprah yesterday to see Dubya interviewed.
  • WifeGeeding has a new toy, the Samsung Epic Galaxy S.
  • I’ve been really impressed with Samsung products as of late, especially with their televisions.
  • I think my friend Brent went to this bargain of a university.
  • 18 Iconic Products That America Doesn’t Make Anymore
  • Reba covers Beyonce, and hey, it’s not bad, even for country music.
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Say what you will about his coaching, but Wade Phillips is a man full of class

ARLINGTON — Despite getting fired on Monday afternoon, former Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips kept his promise to attend a charity event Monday evening.

He didn’t say much, but he didn’t have to; just attending the One Heart Project kickoff event at Cowboys Stadium said something.

Phillips received a warm round of applause as he was announced at the fund-raiser that aims to give a second chance to at-risk and incarcerated youth.

Attendees said it took a lot of character for the former coach to show up at a public event on the same day he lost his Cowboys job.

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Never-Seen Photos of JFK

LIFE has a collection of never before seen photos of JFK that you can see here, but two pictures stood out.

This picture of a cashier checking out JFK cracked me up.

But this picture also caught my attention.  Not so much of JFK, but of the boy on the lower right who has a toy gun pointed in his mouth.

In other JFK news, you can have you JFK cake and eat it too.

JFK Birthday Cake Side Decoration from May 19th, 1962

One event has truly taken on legendary proportions, namely the birthday party given at Madison Square Garden to celebrate JFK’s 45th birthday. No one can forget sultry Marilyn Monroe in her skin-tight sequined dress singing, or heavily-breathing, a rendition of “Happy Birthday, Mr. President”. JFK’s reaction was a mixture of pleasure and embarrassment.

At the conclusion of her performance, a large birthday cake was carried into the hall. After the party, a police officer, part of a security detail, retrieved the cake side decoration as a souvenir. It has been preserved by his widow for the last forty-eight years.


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