Bag of Randomness

  • If you like videos of cute pets, I recommend PetTube. It’s sorta like America’s Funniest Videos Pet Edition.
  • If you have a microphone, this website allows you to draw a picture using nothing but your voice.
  • Regarding the Stimulus Package, I’m on board with the Republicans and their concerns with where some of that money is being spent, funds need to go where there will be an immediate impact on job growth, but I’m not on board with the amount of tax cuts they want.
  • I can’t tell if this video is suppose to be funny or serious, but either way, this old lady does fancy tech talk to help her church.
  • Right after Springsteen’s halftime performance, the item “how old is bruce springsteen” was highly searched on The Google.
  • And this is how many people that visited my Brenda Warner post on Super Sunday.
  • And I found this interesting stat from Peter King’s MMQB: John Elway played in five Super Bowls. Joe Montana played in four. Kurt Warner has played in three — and has thrown for more yards than both Montana and Elway.
  • There are only 220 more days until the next regular season NFL game.  Can it hurry up and get here.
  • I recently saw an HBO special on Al Michaels.  It turns out the only reason why he was selected to broadcast the Miracle on Ice game was that he was the only announcer of the entire ABC Olympic crew to have announced a hockey game.  And here’s the kicker, before that Lake Placid game he only announced one other hockey game.
  • The other day at work we all spontaneously sang cheesy love songs of the 80’s, starting with “I’m All Out of Love” by Air Supply followed by some Chicago.
  • I find the new logo on Sarah Palin’s new PAC website a bit funny.  I know she’s trying to showcase Alaska, but it looks like she’s putting a big ol’ hole in the middle of America.
  • I decided to revamp the personal finance course that I teach and decided to see what kind of resources are out on the Internets.  I was surprised to know that the online version of Quicken is now free.
  • After I made that Punky Brewster post, one of my readers informed me that Soleil Moon Frye is the owner of The Little Seed.
  • This worker saved his boss’ live and then was fired.  Link
  • Have you ever visited BuddyHolly.com?  I was a little surprised.
  • Two thoughts regarding today’s random theme show intro.  I always wondered why he locked the car after her got out of it, and I was impressed someone that age could double-dutch so well.
  • Grace
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Oh my . . .

Skydiver lands with dying instructor at his back

Daniel Pharr says he was in the middle of his first-ever skydive, thousands of feet over South Carolina, when the instructor strapped to his back stopped talking to him Saturday.

The instructor, George “Chip” Steele of Skydive Carolina, was later pronounced dead. But as they were falling, Pharr — an Army soldier taking a private skydiving lesson — knew only that Steele wasn’t responding.

Pharr said he “went into survival mode,” using his military training to calm himself as he tried to get to ground safely.

“We’re just taught to deal with adversity, whether it be on the battlefront or at home or … up in the air, and you just do what you have to do — assess the situation and keep a calm head about you because it doesn’t do anybody any good to panic,” said Pharr, a private in the Army.

Pharr, able to steer himself only in right circles because he could use only the parachute’s right steering mechanism, managed to maneuver away from some obstructions and landed safely in Chester, South Carolina.

When they landed, Pharr attempted CPR, but it was too late.

Steele, 49, appeared to have died of a heart attack, Chester County Coroner Terry Tinker told the Rock Hill (South Carolina) Herald. An autopsy was being conducted Monday.

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