Bag of Randomness

  • So far my only gripe about Google Chrome is that is doens’t have the Google Toolbar.  I use the spell check, autofill, and bookmarks section of that toolbar all the time.  I just seems weird that Google wouldn’t have thought to have included such features in it’s new browser.  I know I can still get to my Google Bookmarks via webpage, but that still leaves me without the autofill and spell check feature for now.  Speaking of Google Bookmars, I found this little nugget helpful even though it didn’t address all my needs.
  • I’m watching Dirty Jobs and Mike Rowe was just about to shave a pig and just asked, “What’s FFA?” That made this small town Texas boy LOL.
  • I hear that the McRib is back.  I fell for the hype once.  Once.
  • So I’m checking out the London papers and I see something about Elle McPherson and I’m reminded about my teenage years.  I’m sure every boy that grew up in the 80’s share the same appreciation for her as I do, and I see this picture of the 44 year old thinking, wow, she looks amazing for 44.  But then the stupid paper knocks her for her knees.  Picky, picky.
  • It wasnt’ unitil this week that I heard the term “vetting.”
  • I admit it’s shallow and nitpicky of me, but Sarah Palin’s voice is annoying.
  • Speaking of sounds, I noticed that if I just think of a sound that I can’t stand (like fingers on a chalkboad, although that sound doesn’t bother me) I get goose bumps.
  • Palin’s church’s website has gotten so much traffic lately that it only displays a message.
  • I noticed that a lot of hospitals are now called medical centers.
  • Here’s a website that will tell you when your favorite TV show will air it’s season premiere.
  • I’m addicted to sangria and decided to make my own mix the other night.  It took me a while to find one of those cork popping thingies (I’m a recovering Baptist afterall) so I almost resorted to this clever idea.
  • I saw that the Dallas Desperados Dancers were on America’s Got Talent.  I just seems weird that a professional dance team is on such a show.
  • In case you are curious, there are 8 females serving as their state’s governor.
  • Win or lose, the Obama daughters get a dog.  The American Kennel Club held an online poll for what kind of dog breed the girls should get, and the winner is a poodle.  The McCains currently own a Yorkshire Terrier.
  • On the WiiFit you have the option of choosing a male or female trainer.  I pick the male only because I felt creepy picking the female.
  • WifeGeeding doesn’t like the new package that Chips A’hoy comes in so she wrote a stern email to them.  I think in return she got a coupon for a free package.
  • I’m thinking about buying the latest issue of Rolling Stone just to read the Letterman issue.  The guy hardly gives interviews, and only a section of the article is available online.
  • Sometimes I accidentally change the channel on the TV to the channel I remember it was on when I was a child.  The other day I meant to go straight to CNN (channel 202) but I entered 11.
  • Speaking of channels, I remember when channel 4 (KDFW) was our CBS station, and channel 11 (KTVT) was only some local two-bit station that showed reruns of Hogan Heroes.  That change happened when Fox got the NFL, which I think has been about ten years now.
  • In junior high I took both wood shop and metal shop.  I enjoyed wood shop much more than metal shop.
  • I think I can still remember all my locker locations from middle school to high school.
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A Dollar Ain’t What It Use To Be

99 Cents Only retail chain may face price hike

Ninety-nine cents just doesn’t go as far as it used to, and that’s a problem for the 99 Cents Only Stores chain.

Faced with rising inflation and soaring food prices, the retailer — known for never selling anything for more than 99 cents — is re-evaluating its pricing strategy. And that could mean breaking the $1 barrier for the first time in the company’s 26-year history.

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