Bag of Randomness

  • That Cowboy game was so boring I literally slept through the second and third quarters.
  • I did notice the Cowboys were playing some new music at the stadium, but they didn’t make regional sense.  One song was the Irish instrumental music from The Departed and the other was Sweet Home Alabama. I’ve often dreamed of being the one playing music at the stadium, not announcing or anything, just the one playing music.
  • It looks like Troy Aikman had a new hair style going.  It looked like he was wearing his hear like all the young kids where there’s a lot of gel and it’s spiked in the middle almost like a mow-hawk, but all kind of close cropped.  I call it douche-hair.
  • If there was a day for the Cowboys to play with the roof open, I thought it would have been yesterday.  I know they had the doors opened, and I know it’s the first year of the stadium and they are probably experimenting with things, but off hand, it seems like a waste of money.  I heard someone compare the roof to how a person really wanted a sun-roof in a car only to find out he or she never remembers to use it.
  • Did anyone notice the bottom of Jason Witten’s cleats?  The were very shiny, like they were metallic.
  • I always find it a bit interesting when a player is so injured he can’t get up, some medical personal arrive, and then he is able to jog/run off the field.
  • It was interesting of FOX Sports to point out the anniversary of the JFK assassination at around the time it actually happened complete with video from Dealey Plaza. (Side note:  I’ve always wanted to watch the Oprah/JFK Jr interview, this was the closest I could find.)
  • The Redskins looked they were wearing too much red yesterday.
  • Luke Wilson looks like he gained some weight.  His favorite performance of mine is when he was in an X-Files episode, actually one of my favorite episodes.  Here’s a clip.  Side note: Scully was exceptionally sexy in this episode.
  • Off hand, in print and on television, I think Ford advertises more than any other automotive company.
  • I went to a friend’s birthday party over the weekend.  The organizers of the event didn’t show until after thirty minutes after the event was suppose to begin.  Not only did I think it was inconsiderate of all the attendees waiting outside the restaurant, but I felt sorry for the restaurant owner who reserved an entire section and held it for us the entire time.
  • I was watching CBS Sunday Morning and a Catholic priest stated he loves eating Popeye’s chicken because if you look at it, it actually says “Pope yes”.
  • Google Vietnamese Toilet Paper
  • Empty LA
  • Parking Break Fail
  • There’s an iPhone app to help someone unlock a combination lock.
  • People really love their hockey sticks
  • This was a nice gesture by President Lincoln, but I’m sure all the kids would just say it was a made up letter since it wasn’t on letterhead.
  • This headline caught my attention: Plane misses runway, lands in lava
  • WifeGeeding was dancing around to some music over the weekend with her little belly-bump sticking out – it was quite cute and funny.
  • While watching 60 Minutes last night James Cameron mentioned that OJ Simpson was originally cast as the lead for The Terminator.
  • I saw a new Folgers commercial that tries to recreated the classic version where Peter comes home for Christmas.
  • Speaking of Christmas commercials, this new Gap commercial has started the 2009 war on Christmas.
  • Mmmmmmmmmmmm.  Curly fries
  • Yuck!  Turkey and anchovies
  • Expect very little posting this week.
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People Love Their Homecoming Mums in Texas

I think this is really just a Texas sorta thing, so if you aren’t a local reader, just know during homecoming football games boyfriends or parents buy their girls a mum to wear.  The mums aren’t made out of flowers, but usually a bunch of ribbons and glitter and stuff.  In my hometown small cowbells were actually attached which made the hallways between classes sound like a cattle calls.

They look something like this:

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What’s crazy is that they get even bigger and more elaborate.

Anywho, on to the story . . .

The Southlake Journal may not be a big newspaper, but a recent article has caused some Texas-sized controversy.

It started with a Nov. 4 column from Dr. Cindy Ryan, a pastor and writer, who tackled the issue of oversized mums and the exorbitant amount of money people are paying for them.

Ryan suggested instead of paying massive sums for those massive mums, the school kids and their parents put the money toward programs that feed the hungry.

Ryan went on to point out, “Each outrageous mum represented to me 33 hungry children who could be fed for a month.”

And as if she knew what was coming, Ryan tried to head off those florists and mum business owners by suggesting instead of sending an angry letter or e-mail they “get busy designing the cool ribbon or button everyone could wear instead which says, ‘I banned a mum and fed 33 children.'”

Well that very Christian idea lead to some not very Christian responses from readers printed in a Nov. 18 column.

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