- I remember as a young little Geeding when we actually had chalk boards in the classroom and a rate treat would be selected as the special student to go out side and clean the erasers. Sometimes you just had to bang them against either others, but every now and then we got to take some kind of machine outside with a circular brush and vacuum.
- I’m glad to see Virgin Air coming to DFW. Competition is the backbone of capitalism.
- Yesterday I was asked about my thoughts my hometown of Mineral Wells being a tourist destination. While the thought of that may be laughable at first, I think it’s a possibility and I think there’s a model that the big MW can follow – Hot Springs, Arkansas. Hot Springs has a hotel called the Arlington which was the inspiration for the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells. Hot Springs has the hot springs for spa treatments, and Mineral Wells has the mineral wells that could be used for spa treatments. Hot Springs has nature walks, and many people trek to Lake Mineral Wells not so much for camping but for the rock climbing. Mineral Wells use to have a military base that trained around 95% of all helicopter pilots of the Vietnam War and a museum is being built, with a bit of support from John McCain, Roger Staubach and Harrison. So if the Baker was rebuilt with some local niche stores and activities and perhaps a nearby golf course, it may be a long shot, but it could be a decent tourist destination.
- I found this illusion video quite interesting.
- Recipe for fake blood used in The Evil Dead
- What was done with the very last roll of Kodachrome
- SisterGeeding is a student at the French Culinary Institute of NY and often texts me pictures of her creations. I’m really proud of her and thought I would share some of them.
Man Up Next Time
Strippers Protest Church
I think just seeing how some of those strippers look like is enough of a deterrent.
Posted in Spiritual
3 Comments
Bag of Randomness
- I was home sick yesterday but learned that Air Force One was going to land just outside the office window. For this presidential historian buff, that was a missed opportunity. Huge.
- I think the local news is making too much of an issue of Democratic governor candidate Bill White distancing himself from Obama during his visit. It’s definately something worth noting, but WFAA had about three, maybe four different segments about it in one newscast.
- The news also seemed to make a bigger deal of Obama’s visit than any of W’s when he was in office and I’m not sure really why.
- While lookingat these pictures of Obama’s visit to the University of Texas, I’m reminded of one reasy why I love that place so much – diversity.
- I fear broken glass. I always want to make sure all of it is cleaned up around the house, even to the tiniest piece because I fear dogs licking it thinking it might be a drop of water.
- While waiting in the doctors office yesterday the waiting room was fully of young football players waiting to get their physical. It must have been their fist physical because it was funny watching them come out one by one talking about the whole “turn your head and cough” experience.
- I’m surprised as much that has been mentioned about the HP scandal by our local news they never stated that the man stepping down is a Baylor graduate. It seems the news is always trying to make connections to all the Texas universities but this one eluded them. But the news sure did like saying that the woman involved was from Dallas.
- I forgot to mention that when I flew to Austin last week, it did so on the 25th anniversary of my first ever flight. I can remember that day because it was not only my father’s birthday but it was the anniversary of the Delta crash at DFW. We flew to Hawaii that day and when he got to the hotel and turned on the television we learned there was a crash at our home airport. It was just a weird feeling.
- Sharpie Reinvents Pen with Liquid Pencil
- For you DFW men that miss Megan Henderson and love Mad Men, you may enjoy this interview.
- Back in 1994 Warren G & Nate Dogg had a song called “Regulate” that me and my buddies liked quite a bit. Wikipedia has a breakdown of the song.
- This dude spent 24 hours in a 24 Hour Fitness
- If you are really bored just check out the Amazing Amazon Box for a few minutes.
- Sarah Palin challenged by a local
- Very interesting in a geeky way – Back to the Future Timeline