Bag of Randomness


  • As a teenager I was in love with Kathy Ireland, but after her Oscar preshow performance I’m erasing her from my memory.
  • I’m not sure why Neal Patrick Harris opened up the Oscars.  I kept waiting for some kind of connection, all I can think of is unpredictability.  But Baldwin and Martin hit it out of the park.
  • There were lots of comments about Sandra Bullock and a face lift.  I have to admit, I’m really bad at spotting those things.  Either way, she had nice hair.
  • I noticed that the Oscars broadcasted the sound a bit different, in particular when anyone on stage spoke.  It was a real auditorium effect.
  • I really liked how Best Screenplay was presented this year, with the scene being played with a the script scrolling with the action and dialog.
  • I never heard of The Messenger but now I really would like to see it.
  • I wasn’t expecting a John Hughes tribute, but really enjoyed it.  The mic was left on longer than it should had and you can hear Matthew Broderick in conversation with someone, did anyone catch the dialog?
  • A year ago if someone told me that Mo’Nique would win an Academy Award and give an eloquent speech I would have told that person that he or she is nuts.
  • It’s delightful watching actors get moved watching clips of themselves acting (Yes, you Maggie Gyllenhaal).
  • Anyone catch that weird Whoopi Goldberg commercial?  Just weird.
  • Saturday Night Live had a skit in which they had someone play Baby Jessica.  Call it a hunch, but I have a feeling their target audience was left scratching their heads.  At least I think their target audience is teenagers, college kids, and young adults.
  • Unbeknown to me, WifeGeeding has never eaten at Mama’s Daughters, so I took her to the Lewisville location for Saturday brunch.  Heck, to be honest, I only thought there was one location, the one on Harry Hines.  But we were lucky enough to meet the actual Mama, also known as Norma.  We had a nice conversation with her, as she told us some interesting information when she started the restaurant over 50 years ago.  Lunch cost about $0.40 and her rent for the building was only $50.
  • The Lewisville location is across the street from that Gourmet Donuts and Water place.  That place had such a goofy name that I just had to take a picture.
  • Toyota Simulator – The developer message in the upper left hand corner made me laugh.
  • Mila Kunis has been dating Macaulay Culkin since 2002?!?
  • Blood from Vancouver Games athletes will be kept until 2018
  • Elk River, Minnesota is a very friendly city
  • Spiderman visits the Wailing Wall
  • Not so healthy soup from Campbell’s
  • A few details on how Volton Girl’s costume was made
  • Trailer for Every Oscar-Winning Movie Ever – YouTube
  • Bacon Rocket – YouTube
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Wyoming gov. signs law adopting ‘cowboy ethics’

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The principles of “cowboy ethics” are now part of Wyoming law.

Gov. Dave Freudenthal signed legislation Wednesday adopting an official Wyoming state code.

The symbolic measure spells out 10 ethics derived from a “Code of the West” outlined in a book by author and retired Wall Street investor James Owen.

The ethics code carries no criminal penalties and is not meant to replace any civil codes.

The state code admonishes residents and lawmakers to live courageously, take pride in their work, finish what they start, do what’s necessary, be tough but fair, keep promises, ride for the brand, talk less and say more, remember that some things aren’t for sale, and know where to draw the line.

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Two Russian directors boil to death in sauna

Two Russian men died in a sauna after jumping into a plunge pool that had accidentally been heated to boiling point, investigators and media said.

The two men jumped into the pool to cool down after sweating in a steam room.

A third man tried to save the victims but was unable to pull the men out of the boiling water, Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid reported today.

The two men’s bodies were discovered in the sauna in the city of Kirov in central Russia on February 18 and “their death was caused by overheating”, the Kirov regional investigative committee confirmed in a statement.

The water in the pool was “overheated due to an error by one of the victims,” investigators said.

Saunas usually include a cold plunge pool.

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