Bag of Randomness

Carnegie Hall

  • For some reason I’m a bit infatuated with Lady Gaga.  I really don’t know much about her, but her songs get stuck in my head.  Actually, her and Beyonce are having a girl-fight in my head.
  • In case you didn’t know, she’s not from across the pond.
  • And her stage name comes from a Queen song.
  • Mum mum mum mah . . . .
  • Let me let me let me upgrade . . . .
  • Mum mum mum mah . . . .
  • Let me let me let me upgrade . . . .
  • I was listening to NPR on the drive home trying to get in touch with my intellectual an all, and heard this piece over why we spend coins faster than bills.  It was a very interesting study, and they even mentioned that any sort of stimulus funds were to be sent out to the public, it should be in small amounts as people will spend smaller amounts faster, thus impacting the economy faster.
  • I also started to listen to more sermons from the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection trying to get in touch with my spiritual side an all, and heard a few things on this Reset sermon series regarding the credit collapse that got me to thinking.  The one thing all economists tend to forget in their calculations is human nature and our desire to live outside of our means.  The other thing that got me to thinking was what the government was trying to do to prevent a recession after 9/11 – they tried to free up credit and make home purchasing easier – and people of the lower, middle and upper class bought more than what the needed in terms of housing.
  • The sermon also addressed how Solomon asked for wisdom over riches, became rich because of wisdom, and then wasn’t so wise with his riches.  For instance, the temple he had built for God took seven years to build, but his palace took 13 years to build.  Also, Solomon also had an ivory chair covered with gold – which not only tells you someone was living excessively but the Austin Powers line of a golden toilet popped in my head.
  • Let me let me let me upgrade . . . .
  • Mum mum mum mah . . . .
  • My left shoulder upper arm area has been hurting ling the dickens for about a week.  I don’t know if I slept on it wrong or what, but I can especially feel the pain when I cough or sneeze.  I have also been having dizzy spells the last two or three days.  I’m not sure if those symptoms are related, but then again I’ve probably been watching too much  House.
  • Speaking of House, I hear that 13 is #1 on Maxim’s Hot List.
  • If you are a fan of Saved By The Bell, you might enjoy this parody rap.  The guy in the video does have a pretty cool shirt.
  • I’ve been watching the NASA channel late at night – lots of great homemade video by the astronauts on the space shuttle.
  • I have a feeling we will be seeing Kelly Clarkson on a Jenny Craig or Nutrisystem commerical sometime soon.
  • Methodist bishops take a pay cut.  Link
  • Grace
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Further evidence that Texas A&M is a cult

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) – College Station must seem like heaven to many Aggies. So the city of College Station is putting the finishing touches on an eternal resting place for them.

The new Memorial Cemetery of College Station is set to open in a few weeks, and it’s reserved a special section for Aggies and their supporters who want to be close to the Texas A&M campus forever.

The Aggie Field of Honor can accommodate 2,900 Aggie graves and overlooks Kyle Field in the distance.

Full KBMT12 Article

Their college football program has been dead for years.

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White, African, American

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. – A former student claims in a lawsuit that the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey discriminated against him for the way he described his background in classroom discussions on cultural diversity.

Paulo Serodio said that in 2006, he told a professor and classmates that he was “white, African, American,” which he says accurately reflects the fact that he was born in Mozambique but later became a U.S. citizen.

He said some classmates and staff members at New Jersey Medical School found it offensive that a Caucasian man would call himself “African-American” and that the fallout led to harassment and eventually his suspension from the school.

Full Article

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Dog that chewed off its own feet to escape trap walks again thanks to prosthetics

If there was ever a dog that deserved a second chance, Andre is that dog.

He’s been living with just two legs for a long time.

“He’s just a fun loving guy, very warm personality,” Martin Kaufmann with OrthoPets said.

Andre came a long way to meet Kaufmann in Denver, Colorado.

The 3-year-old Shepherd-Rottweiler-Lab mix is from Alaska and lost his front and back left legs when he was caught in an illegal wild animal trap.

He chewed off his own paws to get free and for weeks, he lived under a truck camper shell.

He only weighed 38 pounds when Alaskan Dog and Puppy Rescue found him.

Andre’s rescuers contacted OrthoPets to make him prosthetic legs.

“With just two legs, he can’t stand up,” Kaufmann said.

Just two days after that first fitting, on Wednesday Andre got his first second chance to stand.

Full WKYC Article

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