Bag of Randomness for Friday, March 8, 2019

  • My now retired pastor grew up in Chicago and is a Cubs fan. I thought it would be cool if I could get his favorite team to honor him with a letter on Cubs stationary, so I wrote the ballclub a letter and included a self-addressed stamped envelope. In my letter, I also provided some “evidence” so they could be assured they weren’t going to recognize someone who might embarrass them, that he wasn’t a grand wizard or anything. To my surprise, they answered my letter and added enough knick-knacks that my nine-by-ten-inch self-addressed envelope with four stamps was no longer sufficient. They kindly returned the unused envelope to me. And, as you can see, they came through with my request and provided a hand-written letter to my pastor. I loved how they sealed the envelope, with a big Cubs sticker (left image). I have no idea what the letter said, but my pastor seemed genuinely touched. Kudos to the Cubs.
  • I forgot “2” is a prime number.
  • Regarding the slow and/or no flow refrigerator water dispenser, I’m kicking myself for not mentioning I first checked water pressure, then for any visible blockage, and changed the water filter. This video led me to believe my inlet valve needed to be replaced, as their example looked exactly like my issue.
  • I haven’t heard the song in a long time, but I have George Harrison’s Got My Mind Set On You playing in my head. In particular, the part, “But it’s gonna take money…A whole lot of spending money… It’s gonna take plenty of money…To do it right, child.”
  • 311 in Dallas (2018 Report) – There were 839,156 ‘311 reports’ in Dallas in 2018. They are broken down as follows
  • Authorities say a man posing as a pastor tried to smuggle drugs into a North Carolina jail by hiding them in a Bible
  • It’s been a goal of mine to blog at least three times a week. I’ve been exceeding self-expectations.
  • Woman reads fine print on insurance policy, wins $10,000 in hidden contest
  • The Atlantic – Bad Dreams Are Good – Your night life prepares you for what’s to come.
    • In a study of students taking a French medical-school entrance exam, 60 percent of the dreams they had beforehand involved a problem with the exam, such as being late or leaving an answer blank. But those who reported dreams about the exam, even bad ones, did better on it than those who didn’t.
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Bag of Randomness for Thursday, March 7, 2019

  • My apologies for anyone who may be offended by my posting of an image with bikini-clad women.
  • Sometimes getting what you want is a disappointment.
  • I’m afraid I’m about to jinx myself. The water dispenser in our refrigerator has started to flow very slowly or not at all. For you scientific folk, there ain’t no laminar flow going on. I think I’ve identified the problem to part I was able to order off Amazon for a bit under twenty bucks.
  • It may be unmasculine, but I want to learn how to sew.
  • I always thought tap-dancing was cool. Perhaps that’s a result of having a much older father and watching a lot, a lot of classic movies.
  • There are some things it’s just worth spending the extra money on. I love that feeling of owning something for years and being proud of the purchase knowing you’d be unhappy with the slightly more affordable version.
  • I may not express it verbally or in any written language, but I’m extremely cynical.
  • Sometimes, it’s just fun to eat corn on the cob.
  • I put sugar in my coffee for the first time in over a decade. I forgot how much better it tastes, but I’ll go back to just drinking it black. If for no other reason than a random scene in Airplane!. If you take the time to view the clip, notice the propeller noise in the background despite them flying on a jet. It’s like that for the whole movie. I continue to think it’s the most under-rated bit of comedy in all of cinema.
  • Rubber does not conduct electricity, but does the amount of electricity and thickness of the rubber make a difference. I’d be willing to wear a thin surgical glove and to pick up a plugged-in lamp cord with exposed wiring, but I wouldn’t wear the same glove to pick up exposed live wire which powers the lights at AT&T Stadium.
  • Trump calls dying man to fulfill final wish
  • Few things can make me feel more loved and accepted than a dog, on his own free will, sitting on my lap or resting his head on me. And if I ever need to get up, I’ll never not feel guilty, even though I know all he does is sleep and rest all day.
  • This is an old clip I saw it for the first time yesterday. Typos be damned – panties and pantries just differ by one letter. But, I wonder if it was a Freudian slip by the typist.
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Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, March 6, 2019

  • Ah, the Lenten season. Some of you may remember that year I decided to give up blogging for Lent. You may recall not only did I stop blogging, but I also went so far as to take the entire website down.
  • DaughterGeeding got a new set of braces yesterday and chose the green version. Her sole reason, so she doesn’t have to wear any green clothing on St. Patrick’s Day.
  • BoyGeeding is a first-grader. Nine weeks ago he had a reading assessment and scored on the second-grade reading level, which isn’t bad. He was assessed again last week and his teacher was impressed at his improvement, he’s scored above a fourth-grade reading level.
  • I’m sure most folks would think that the Star-Spangled Banner has been our national anthem for over a hundred years, but you’d be wrong. It only became the national anthem by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1508, codified at 36 U.S.C. § 301), which was signed by President Herbert Hoover. I also bet most folks aren’t aware it has four stanzas and that we only sing the first stanza, which I always found odd. It’s not that I don’t like the song, just odd that we only to choose a part of it. We celebrate and honor our country by only singing a quarter of the anthem. Some folks prefer America the Beautiful and wished it was our anthem. Only recently, I found out that song has more than one stanza as well.
  • The colors are very off-putting – Heinz releases new mayo-hybrid condiments: Maymust and Mayocue
  • Newsweek – Texas Judge Publicly Warned After Telling Jurors God Told Him Defendant Was Innocent
  • That new Micheal Jackson documentary is in the news. I only watched about 15-minutes of it. Other than emotional testimony and graphic descriptions of the accusations, I’m not aware of any new evidence and don’t understand why many think this is the documentary which will tarnish his legacy to the point of no return. I’m not defending the man. I’m not saying he didn’t do anything illegal and grotesque. I simply don’t understand what new evidence or facts make this documentary more credible than everything else we’ve already heard, whether it’s true or false.
  • Who sings the best version of I’ll Fly Away? I’m going to say either Johnny Cash or the Soggy Bottom Boys. I’m not partial to the Steve Goodman version, but like what he says about it, “This is the song that proves you don’t have to know very much about Jesus to like spirituals.”
  • Coming later this month from a company named August, a new battery-powered smart doorbell with a 1440p camera.
  • People Define Their Age in One Word | 0-100
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Grandma Almost Died

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