Bag of Randomness

  • I forgot to mention that on Sunday I cooked a brisket and pork shoulder.  I’ve cooked a brisket before, but this one was a little dry.  The pork shoulder was a first for me, and I just love the tenderness of some pulled pork.
  • If there’s one debt I wish I could eliminate, it’s my student loans in which I’m still making payments.  I’ve had the payments on automatic draft for as long as I can remember, but for some reason money wasn’t taken out in February, so I logged on and saw a message stating I was delinquent, thus a call to SallieMae needed to be made.  After fighting through the prompts I was then introduced to my approximate wait time . . . 28 minutes.  Blerg.  Turns out it’s a timing issue because the draft date fell on the weekend.  I can understand that, but I don’t like it when I log in and see a delinquency notice.
  • One other thought about SallieMae’s website, everytime I log on, they ask that I enter my address.  Not that I simply confirm it, but they make me enter it in order to view my account information.  Beating.
  • Jorge Garcia plays Hurley on Lost, what I didn’t know until yesterday was that he has his own blog and will occassional post pictures from the set among other things.
  • Ed Koch isn’t dead, but he already has his tombstone planted.  Article
  • This weekend we’ll have to move the clocks ahead an hour.  Blerg.
  • The Dow is looking uglier and uglier.  I bet it bottoms out somewhere in the mid 5000’s, but I hope I’m wrong and it doesn’t go quite that far down.
  • I’m not happy that AIG needed more money, but it needed to be done.  Once you study how vital AIG is to all the businesses that insure with them, you may also be in agreement.
  • John McCain’s daughter says the campaign has taken a toll on her love life.  As I guy, I’m thinking it would be intimidating asking someone like her out.
  • Some guy wanted to protest religion, so he climbed on top of a church, naked, and rubbed feces on the cross.  YouTube I’m thinking there are other ways of to get your message across.
  • I’ve heard of Bible beating, but this is the first I’ve heard of crucifix beatings.  Article
  • Using cloth pads during menstruation actually has many advantages.  Link
  • Here’s a feelgood story for you hockey fans, and old NHLer get’s a championship ring 55 years after the cup.  Article [Thanks, Warren!]
  • How much water does pasta really need?  Article
  • House wasn’t on last night.  Bummer.
  • Jon Kitna is our new backup, that’s an upgrade over Brad Johnson, but I’m not so sure I wanted to lose Anthony Henry.
  • The first event in the new stadium was sold out in under an hour.  It’s not so much the artists, it’s the buzz about going to the very first event in the new stadium.
  • I wonder when I’ll make my first trip?
  • Grace

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