Bag of Randomness

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  • Bravo to Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) and Rep. Pete Sessions (R) for holding a civilized debate, and bravo the the community for not acting like idiots by protesting by yelling and shouting and getting in each others face.  Instead, the protest was very peaceful.  I just don’t think the news covered the event very well.  For instance, they stated no one in the audience were permitted to ask questions, but I don’t think they made it known that people could email questions to both representatives well beforehand.  UPDATE:  KDFW has better coverage of the event.
  • Protest sign in the above story that caught my attention – Who Would Jesus Insure
  • I worked in that office building for about two years, and WifeGeeding and I had our wedding reception there.
  • Some background on that cute squirrel photo
  • I have a feeling that Ted Kennedy won’t live to see Christmas.  He was unable to attend the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award ceremony in which he was a recipient and he couldn’t even attend his sister’s funeral.
  • A black friend of mine teased me yesterday about Tiger Woods, a half-Asian, losing the PGA Championship to South Korean Y.E. Yang.  I teased him back by saying it wasn’t the Asian side of Tiger’s fault.
  • Who knew a little Eskimo girl holding a goat could be so cute.
  • I’m starting to see more and more people bring guns to events were the president is speaking.  Maybe it’s just me reading that Secret Service book, but I wouldn’t want to do anything that would remotely raise suspicion in their minds.
  • Twitter is experimenting with a verified account feature.
  • A pretty cook optical illusion trick
  • Funny kid costume
  • 40 percent of Twitter messages ‘pointless babble’
  • The Mythbusters are guest editors for September’s Popular Mechanics.
  • Grace
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Skydiver survives 10,000ft fall to the ground

Paul Lewis, 40, jumped from a plane and plummeted through the air before crashing on to the roof of a hangar at Tilstock Airfield in Whitchurch, Shropshire.

He was rescued by firefighters and treated for head and neck injuries, before being airlifted to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire, in Stoke-on-Trent.

The accident happened at around 3pm on Friday when Mr Lewis, a freelance cameraman, was filming tandem jumps for the Parachute Centre, a skydiving firm based at the airfield.

Witnesses said that his main parachute failed to open, and then his reserve parachute failed to work properly.

A spokesman for the West Midlands Ambulance Service, said: “The man is reported to have fallen approximately 1,000 feet (3,000 metres), spiralling to the ground following a 10,000-foot skydive.”

Colin Fitzmorris, who owns the Parachute Centre, said that Mr Lewis was “very lucky” to escape without more serious injuries, and is expected to make a full recovery.

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