Bacon!

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Bag of Randomness

  • WifeGeeding’s post-op appointment went splendidly.  So well in fact, the doctor didn’t even charge us.
  • Today it’s off to the ocularist to have her old eye adjusted to fit over her new implant.  Yeah, I know, it can all get a bit confusing if you aren’t familiar with this kind of stuff.
  • When I get together with a lot of my closest friends, we like to quote movies, and often we will quote Kip Dynamite from Napoleon Dynamite – “Like anyone can even know that.”
  • That line came to mind when I was researching my home town on the Internets.  Supposedly the inventor of the paper clip built a house  in Mineral Wells, TX.
  • I couldn’t find any information in the Internets to back that claim, which sounds just as funny as Dr Evil when he said his father claimed to have invented the question mark.
  • And it appears that Mike Modano of the Dallas Stars was in a dunking booth in Mineral Wells.  That would seem extremely generous of him to travel to such a remote and small town to do such a thing.  But perhaps the booth was in Dallas and was  sponsored by the Crazy Water company from Mineral Wells, that would probably make more sense.
  • But then again, Mineral Wells is a hotbed of hockey talent.
  • Actually, it’s not.
  • I remember as a kid when we use to eat out at the old K-Bobs every one in a while, and I thought that was fancy dining.  That K-Bobs is now a bank oddly enough.
  • There was a big old country wagon turned into a salad bar that caught my attention.  And there was a barrel of cracks next to it.  While we waited for our food, I always use to dig in there trying to find all the rectangular townhouse crackers since they tasted better than the square saltine crackers.
  • I miss K-Bobs.  I wonder if there are any that are still around, I would probably eat there just to try to bring back some old memories.
  • An Aggie friend of mine brought up that TAMU was looking for a new president and needed someone who was conservative.  I mentioned that Sarah Palin no longer has a job.  He cringed.
  • The soup and cracker mug is a heck of an idea.
  • I hear a disc jokey reader of mine is giving me a shout out on the air in Kansas City this morning.  I posted a video of that laughing weather man, and now he’s booked on my reader’s radio show.
  • What happens when you combine Full Metal Jacket with Star Wars.  Link
  • The name “Sanyo” means “three oceans” in Japanese.   The founder of the company’s wanted to sell his products across the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
  • A stage group in Austin is putting together a Saved By The Bell skit about Jessie’s pill problem episode.  Link
  • I bought a safety razor yesterday to kick things old school, wish my face luck.
  • Speaking of face, has Marie Osmond got some work done on her face?  The skin underneath her eyes look stretched.
  • As a Cowboys fan, I’m suppose to have a strong dislike for the Eagles.  But I have nothing but respect and admiration, and was extremely envious of the defenses that Jim Johnson put together.  He was one heck of a coach, and will be missed.  Skin cancer is nothing to scoff at.
  • Grace
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Church offers combo ceremony that incorporates wedding with baptism of couple’s children

LONDON — The Church of England is offering couples a two-for-one service — marriage for them and baptisms for their children.

The church is recognizing the changing reality of British families, it said Thursday. Statistics show that 44% of children in Britain are born to unmarried women, and the church’s own research found that one in five couples seeking a church wedding already had children either together or from a previous relationship.

New guidelines sent to the Church of England’s 16,000 parish churches encourage services that combine a wedding with a christening or a service of thanksgiving for the birth of a child.

Some clergy welcomed the latest move, but others argued it undermined Anglican teaching about the sanctity of marriage.

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