Bag of Randomness

  • The day after the Super Bowl my Indian coworker asked me if I “watched the match.”
  • Technical difficulties, please stand by.
  • Pastors tend to think they are funnier than what they really are.  At least that’s been my experience.  When one is in a leadership position, he or she often receives a lot of courtesy laughter for either good or bad jokes, which in turns encourages what they think is funny.  This also applies to managers and other leadership roles as well.
  • The Bob Hayes story gets more fascinating.
  • I often wonder if people label me as a misanthrope because I’m an introvert.  For those of you that don’t know how to care for an introvert, here’s a nice read.
  • For anyone that is having trouble naming your hair salon.
  • I wish more people would apply the Golden Rule.
  • I feel like there’s one commenter that continually enjoys kicking me in the nuts.
  • I wish I could take an entire month off from everything.
  • If you ever wanted to make your own Snuggie, here’s a free pattern.
  • My iTunes library is not up to date and not as organized as I would like, and I can never figure out where there are check mark boxes next to the song titles.  I also wish I new of a way to make my entire library DRM free; I know it’s possible, I just don’t know how.
  • I’m not as tech-savvy as people think.
  • You might be surprised at how long the stripes down the middle of the road are.  Link
  • All the tax trouble with the Obama nominees is quite disturbing.  What happened to that crazy vetting process he had?  But I have to hand it to him, he took responsibility of the situation by telling Anderson Cooper “I screwed up” and Charlie Gibson that yesterday was an embarrassing day.
  • The Layoff Daily keeps track of all the layoffs.  Over 1,300 stories just for January 09.
  • I want to zoom zoom zoom . . . around the room room room . . .
  • I enjoy watching House not for the medical aspect, but for the character interactions.
  • The grass is always greener on the other side, isn’t it?
  • I use to think I had all the answers and everything figured out.
  • I also use to think there was only one way to interpret things.
  • I feel most people don’t take me seriously.
  • I love the color blue.
  • A Baptist preacher doesn’t think the Progressive Church evangelizes.  Link
  • Success in the end eclipses all of the mistakes made along the way.  I remember that quote from a fortune cookie, but have always like it, and thought of it when I saw this drawing.
  • Cell phones and cars comic.  Link
  • The history behind why the middle finger salute is offensive.  Mental Floss
  • I wasn’t fond of the color red growing up, it made me think of communist countries and the devil.
  • I’ve been on a Rich Mullins kick as of late.
  • The SportsGuy had to put his dog down and wrote about the ordeal.  I’ve been sad and stuck in the doldrums ever since.  Link
  • Before cell phones I use to have a plethora of phone numbers memorized, now I think I have less than ten memorized.
  • Sometimes I just don’t get art.  I mean, building a replica McDonalds and flooding it is kinda neat and different and all, but I don’t get it.
  • Sounds like George Strait is going to be one of the first to open the new Cowboys stadium.  Blerg.
  • I get the warm fuzzies when I come home and hear the click-clack sound of our dogs’ nails on our wooden floor as they come to great me.
  • I remember the first time I came home from college after my first dog died and not being greated at the door, that’s when it all set in.  His name was Skippy, named after the Skipper on Gilligan’s Island.
  • There’s a person at work that always, and I mean, always uses an exclamation mark in his/her emails.  I think I’m going to start a tally.
  • I often use quotes from movies and television shows in everyday conversation.  Sometimes people will notice, but most will not.
  • I’ve got Any Man of Mine stuck (one of the top five music videos of all time btw) in my head.  Or maybe it’s Pour Some Sugar on Me since it’s the same beat.  Shania’s husband (now ex-husband) was behind both of the songs.
  • Sometimes I think I’m happiest when I’m problem solving or “geeking out” on a certain issue.
  • I just discovered that DirecTV has an XM Radio station called Cinemagic that’s nothing but movie soundtrack instrumentals.  Right now the Jurassic Park theme is playing and I’m totally at peace.
  • This is the best chart regarding food and what it can do for you that I’ve ever seen.
  • I read that Joe Ades died.  He made a killing selling $5 potato peelers on the streets of NYC.  I first learned about him from this Today Show segment, it’s definately worth a watch.  You’ll be impressed.
  • I found an interesting article about whether or not the Mainline Church is a dying breed, even though it is kind of dated.  That article was actually found here where there were other interesting related topics, such as the liberal and conservative labeling in the church.
  • Today’s random TV show intro always made me wonder how that car was able to fit under an 18-wheeler trailer.  YouTube
  • Grace
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True stories, told in one sentence

One Sentence is an experiment in brevity. Most of the best stories that we tell from our lives have one really, really good part that make the rest of the boring story worth it.

This is about that one line.

This is about telling the most interesting or poignant story possible in the least amount of words.

This is about small bite-sized pieces of extraordinary lives and ordinary lives alike… the happy, the sad, the funny, the depressing.

OneSentence.com

This one caught my attention:

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Rubik’s Cube inventor is back with Rubik’s 360

A new game by Professor Erno Rubik, inventor of the iconic Cube, is tipped to become a best-seller when it goes on sale later this year.

The Rubik’s 360 is set to repeat the success of the maddening Cube, which became an overnight sensation almost three decades ago and remains the world’s fastest-selling toy.

Now the reclusive Hungarian inventor hopes to recreate the buzz of Rubik’s Cube with his new game, featuring six balls trapped within three transparent plastic spheres.

Full Telegraph Article

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