Bag of Randomness

  • I was at the point of having to buy two new tires soon.  However, yesterday on the way home I ran over a metal rod that blew out one of the tires I planned on keeping.  It was so damaged it couldn’t be patched, so I was left having to buy three tires, but the tire store no longer carried the existing tires on the car.  I was left with the decision of buying four new tires or having three new tires and one old non-matching tire.  I ended up buying four new tires.
  • When you open a box of cereal, shouldn’t the bag inside be like a zip-lock bag to help keep the cereal crisp?
  • I really enjoyed reading yesterday’s comments on my thoughts selling our military weapons to other countries.  I thought they were very insightful and me learned me something.
  • Thankfully the third episode of  Mad Men redeemed this season.  Only one more to watch before we are caught up with the rest of the world.
  • Watching Mad Men on DVD and Blu-ray has been great, but for some reason the show isn’t broadcast in HD which makes me sad, very sad.
  • An interesting article on how news organizations describe the proposed mosque that has been in the headlines.
  • I don’t like how Obama made comments supporting the building of the mosque two blocks near ground zero and then backed off them.
  • Isn’t there a mosque in the Pentagon?
  • I wanted to check out a new article about U2 on Rolling Stone‘s website only to find their latest cover had lots of nudity.
  • I’m not surprised that the parent company of Fox News contributes money to the GOP, but should any news agency be making political donations?
  • How the Flux Capacitor works
  • Not sure if this is fake, just fast forward to the 50 second mark – Amazing Roger Federer trickshot on Gillette ad shoot
  • The Jesus Pee Pee Miracle
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The Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2014

Each August since 1998, Beloit College has released the Beloit College Mindset List. It provides a look at the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering college this fall. The creation of Beloit’s Keefer Professor of the Humanities Tom McBride and former Public Affairs Director Ron Nief, it was originally created as a reminder to faculty to be aware of dated references, and quickly became a catalog of the rapidly changing worldview of each new generation.

Read the full list here but below is a sample:

  • Few in the class know how to write in cursive.
  • John McEnroe has never played professional tennis.
  • Clint Eastwood is better known as a sensitive director than as Dirty Harry.
  • Korean cars have always been a staple on American highways.
  • Computers have never lacked a CD-ROM disk drive.
  • American companies have always done business in Vietnam.
  • Russians and Americans have always been living together in space.
  • Toothpaste tubes have always stood up on their caps.
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