Bag of Randomness

  • I read this intriguing article about searching for caskets that unearthed after the hurricans and floated abroad – some of them floated 30 miles away from their cemetaries into different states, and some of them have floated away a second time from previous hurricanes.  Some parts of the article have stuck with me, such as drilling a hole in them to drain them to make them lighter to transport and the number that were reported missing but never found.
  • Cremate me and do something with my ashes.  Just wait until I’m dead.  I’m so-so on the idea of having a viewing.
  • Should Palin not become VP and when she is no longer governor, I predict she’ll be one heck of a Fox News analyst.
  • I love my Tivo, but I sure wish there was a Tivo for car radio.  There might be one out there already, but I couldn’t find one doing a simple search on The Google.  I can’t tell you the times on my commute home I space out and miss the traffic report and wish I could do a quick rewind.
  • Everytime I don’t wear my Staubach shirt on Friday the Cowboys lose.
  • I think it was about a month ago I heard that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi bring up of the idea of another stimulus package, which I interpret to be send tax payers a check.  At the time, I thought it was a stupid idea because it means we are only adding to our national debt.  Now I hear that Federal Reserve Chairman is stating that one may be needed.  I’m not one to turn away free money, but it’s something I feel uncomfortable about.
  • Out of curiosity I tried to track down how many times such a stimulus has occurred.  The closest I could come to an answer was this USA Today article from January.  I think we’ve had two under the current administration, perhaps in the form of a tax rebate?  It just doesn’t seem like a common occurrence.
  • If economy talk beats you down, this might bring you some solice.
  • Looking for a hipster baby name?  Link
  • Rick Astley inspired cake.  Link
  • One great part of living in the south is the ability to grow St Augustine grass.
  • Find a new thing to do with Google today.  Link
  • For fans of old westerns, you might like this.  [Thanks, Judi!]
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Made My Day

It was a regular old ho-hum Monday at work until I got a phone call from someone in the Executive Offices telling me a delivery was on its way.  Turns out it was a letter from Southwest Airlines President Emeritus, and one of my business heroes whom I had the pleasure of studying quite a bit in business school, Colleen Barrett.  She also happens to be one of Forbes’ Most Powerful Women in Business,

She was kind enough to show me some LUV and compliment me on my post on the company’s blog, Nuts About Southwest.

I decided to scan the letter to share with you.  Feel free to read the pdf here.

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