Bag of Randomness

  • I think the first time I ever heard the word “chipotle” was about seven years ago, now I hear it about 10 times a day.
  • So far I’m not impressed with the new latest and greatest search engine that’s suppose to rival The Google.  Let’s just say when I did a search for my last name that I wasn’t impressed.  Heck, whenever I searched “bag of nothing” or “bag of nothing” I can’t even find my website.
  • Bobby Flay’s third and current wife is from Dallas, and her favorite meal is biscuits and gravy.
  • Last Dallas officer on duty when JFK shot retires – I think the most interesting part of this article is that he worked the night shift and slept during the day, so when he woke up he found that Kennedy was shot dead in his city and LBJ was president.
  • I think my custom made arch supports are helping.  However, when I ordered them I had the choice of choosing what type of surface, and for some reason I chose leather because I thought it would hold up longer.  However, I’m finding out that when I work out the leather causes friction and I’m getting some blisters on my feet.
  • One of the best things I like about training camp is to follow a few players that are “on the bubble.”
  • The presidential election is less than 100 days away – at least that’s what someone on the radio said.  I didn’t do the math, but that sounds about right.
  • A tiny and abbreviated Super Mario Bros game.
  • Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Trailer
  • SisterGeeding is in Cincinnati on her way to NYC and wanted to drive by the house our father grew up in.  I took a quick look using Google Street View and it appears the house was torn down and replaced with a gas station.  She’s going to confirm that.  I didn’t expect for it to still be there considering my father was born in 1923 (that’s not a typo).  However, his high school is still up and running.  I’ve always wanted to visit Cincinnati as sort of a pilgrimage to my father’s past – he had a lot of good stories about that city.
  • Weird dream.  Tony Romo suffered a severe injury during training camp and Jerry signed Brett Farve.
  • I wonder if Batman has a TollTag on the Batmobile.
  • I heard that Boys II Men will be performing at the ‘local’ casino in Oklahoma.  How the mighty have fallen.  But I also see Huey Lewis, Kenny Loggins, and Frank Caliendo (his Madden impression now gives me tired-head) will also be playing and I might just decided to check one of them out.  Link
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‘Extreme Makeover’ house faces foreclosure

LAKE CITY, Ga. – More than 1,800 people showed up to help ABC’s “Extreme Makeover” team demolish a family’s decrepit home and replace it with a sparkling, four-bedroom mini-mansion in 2005.

Three years later, the reality TV show’s most ambitious project at the time has become the latest victim of the foreclosure crisis.

After the Harper family used the two-story home as collateral for a $450,000 loan, it’s set to go to auction on the steps of the Clayton County Courthouse Aug. 5. The couple did not return phone calls Monday, but told WSB-TV they received the loan for a construction business that failed.

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The title of this article caught my attention

Does the American flag belong in church?

But it’s this section that has stuck with me:

And many support a war in Iraq that has killed tens of thousands and put civilians – including Iraq’s brave but tiny Christian community – in great tribulation. Sadly, I have yet to hear any American church pray for Iraqis as they endure the persecution, poverty, and pain this war has inflicted. But congregants who are Americans first and Christians second often ask God to bless our troops on Sundays.

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