Bag of Randomness

  • Rumor has it that the new stadium’s utility costs are about $200,000 a month.
  • I always wondered how much places places such as Six Flags, malls, stadiums, and other places pay for electricity.
  • Yesterday morning I woke up and turned on the television to our local Fox station for a little news on traffic and weather when I learned that Senator Kennedy died.  After the segment on Kennedy, that silly bobble-head graphic for “Tell It to Tim” (a viewer call-in line) along with its goofy music immediately followed.  Stay classy, KDFW.
  • When I first saw the news inputting viewer opinions either by voicemail or email, I thought it was a good idea since you got to see different perspectives; and heck, some of them were actually entertaining.  Now I think it’s just part of the dumbing down of America.
  • Squirrel Fight
  • Volcano vs Lightning
  • I thought the news organizations were going to start calling the Swine Flu the H1N1 virus, but all I hear of late is Swine Flu.
  • You know you aren’t living a healthy lifestyle when you start your day with donuts and end the day with chicken fried steak.  Yup, that happened yesterday.
  • I always like to understand the meaning behind a person’s email address.  Some  are quite easy to figure out, but sometimes I just have to ask people how did they come up with their username.
  • I’m a news junkie.  So much so, I like to try to guess what the top three stories of the evening news will be and checking out what’s been online all day.
  • I miss reading the Wall Street Journal.  I got it free where I use to work everyday.  And I always liked the pictures in the WSJ since they are nothing more than hand drawn dot drawings.
  • Did you know that kind of drawing is actually called a hedcut?  Here’s a nice little post about hedcuts, but you can read about the process straight from the WSJ here (pdf).  And here is the website of one of the artists, which is quite impressive me thinks.
  • I noticed the other day that when I brush my teeth, I always start in the place place in my mouth.  I wonder if the teeth in that area are cleaner than the rest.
  • Whenever I meet an adult from my youth one of my initial thoughts is that I remember them being so much taller or bigger.
  • A church line I use to often hear if someone thought they wronged another, “I need to ask for forgiveness.”  While I understand the intent, that line sounds so manufactured.  A “I need to tell Jimi I’m sorry” sounds so much more sincere.
  • Some people are upset that IKEA is using a new font.
  • When I think of Ted Kennedy, I don’t think about his legislative career or his mistakes, I think of family and hardship.  I can’t imagine going through the losses he went through.  He lost his oldest brother Joe when he was 12, his sister Kathleen at 16, and of course his two brothers in his thirties to assassination of all things.  Combine that with the loss of nephews and others as well as his son’s poor health, that’s some pretty sad stuff for a man to experience.
  • Imagine, both of your brothers who are public figures, who have children, are assassinated, and then as an uncle you automatically become somewhat of a father figure whether you like it or not.
  • Imagine having the honor of walking your nieces down the isle knowing the only reason you are doing so is because your brother was shot dead.
  • In all, he escorted the bride six times, counting his daughter.
  • The eulogy he gave for his brother Bobby is perhaps the most touching eulogy I have ever heard, and your heart can’t help but break as you hear him start to tear up.
  • Whether you liked his views or not, the man was one heck of an orator.
  • The only brother to not die from a crash or a bullet.
  • In case you are wondering, only one sibling survives, and that’s Jean Kennedy Smith.
  • Some people think that Ted immediately succeeded his brother’s Senate seat, but that’s not true.  Someone else was between the two brothers.
  • It should would be interesting to see him in the middle of the healthcare debate.
  • Did you know that he actually spoke at Liberty University?
  • Grace
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Hero teacher didn’t have time to think

In the moments after a young man detonated two pipe bombs at Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, English language development teacher Kennet Santana didn’t have time to think about what he should do.

As students crouched for cover in their classrooms, Santana, 34, moved toward the explosions shortly after 8 a.m. Monday. In the hallway outside the library, he saw a boy wearing a tactical vest with what turned out to be eight other pipe bombs.

Santana thought at first the youth was a student trying to run from whatever was happening. But when he noticed a pipe bomb sticking out of one of the boy’s pockets, he realized that the youth was a threat – and that he had to stop him.

Without hesitation, Santana tackled the boy in a bear hug, pinned his arms to his sides, flipped him to the ground and stayed on top of him while yelling at other teachers to call for help.

Read more: www.sfgate.com

But does the teacher consider himself a hero?

Not by this answer: “There’s one hero in my family, and he’s in Iraq right now,” Santana said, referring to his brother, who is in the military.

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