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Bag of Randomness for Friday, August 10, 2018

• Sometimes when I fail at a repeated task I’ll yell in frustration, “Dammit that’s TWICE! I want some butts!”
• I’m a male, so I shouldn’t admit I ever I need driving directions, but when WifeGeeding is providing navigation instructions I’ll just say, “Talk to me, Goose.” I bet she’s never understood why.
• I can’t believe I used to fall for the collectible cup gimmick when I was younger. It’s just a sales tactic and they never amount to anything. But if there was one set I wouldn’t have minded keeping around, it was the McDonald’s Dream Team set. And I shouldn’t have to clarify which Dream Team, there was really only one Dream Team.
• An ant casually rolling away a loose diamond from a diamond wholesaler
• A self-sharpening mechanical pencil which gives the lead a tiny turn every time you lift the tip
• Germany lifts ban on Nazi symbols in video games
• Houston Chronicle – Cruz campaign slams Beto O’Rourke for not being Whataburger spicy ketchup
• Popular Mechanics – Should the U.S. Air Force Bomb Forest Fires? – It sounds ridiculous, but it’s an idea that’s grounded in physics.
  • Earlier this summer, the Swedish Air Force dropped a laser-guided bomb on a forest fire to help suppress the flames. Now there’s a proposal for the United States to do the same, using the might of the U.S. Air Force to fight America’s raging forest fires via bombs and sonic booms. 
• His satellite radio signal must be strong
  

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Bag of Randomness for Thursday, August 9, 2018

• Sometimes when I feel really stressed and need to let out some frustration, I’ll just yell, “You don’t own that plane, the taxpayers do!”
• When we flew American Airlines to California I was surprised they gave away free headphones or ear-buds or whatever you call them now. They all had an Avis logo on them, so I guess they were given on behalf of the car rental company for marketing purposes.
• For you ‘Better Call Saul’ and ‘Breaking Bad’ fans who like the actor who portrays Mike Ehrmantraut, here’s a clip of him in the movie Armed and Dangerous interacting with John Candy and Eugene Levy.
• From across the pond – A father discovered he had been grieving for his daughter at the wrong grave for 30 years because of a misplaced headstone.
• These Twenty-Somethings Got Heart Transplants On The Very Same Day. And Then They Fell In Love
• It’s all because the Invisiline patent ran out – The Cutthroat World of Orthodontic Invisible Aligner Startups
  • Generally, clients pay a fee of less than $100 for an at-home teeth impression mold kit or, when available, go to a brick-and-mortar store to take a computerized 3D scan of their mouths. A dental team consisting of dentists, orthodontists, and/or “dental technicians” (depending on the brand you choose) comes up with the treatment plan and an image of what your mouth might look like after treatment. Then a box of “invisible” clear plastic aligners is mailed. Most of the companies even offer teeth whitening services thrown in. In general, all the services cost about $2,000 depending on the payment plan you choose, which is still several thousand dollars cheaper than going to a traditional orthodontist’s office.
• YouTube – ‘SNL’ Weekend Update hosts Michael Che And Colin Jost take a lie detector test
• Who Rents Their Home in America? Here’s What the Data Says.

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Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, August 8, 2018

• I watched last night’s ‘Hard Knocks: Cleveland Browns’ on HBO and couldn’t get over how their head coach lacked support from his assistant coaches. There was one scene where he was advocating that it was okay for players to miss practice from time to time and his staff questioned the mental toughness of the decision. But what really stood out was the moment he told his assistant coaches that his mother died, which was only two weeks after the passing of his brother. The staff was gathered in his office watching television with the head coach at the back of the room who stated the bad news. I think they all turned their heads and glanced at him, but none of them from my recollection stopped to look the man in the eye and have an actual conversation and offer real sympathy and console the man. It was all “matter of fact” stuff and right back to watching television, just a huge lack of sincerity. That’s a head coach who doesn’t have the respect of his own coaching staff, even after telling them his mother died.
• Potential ‘Better Call Saul’ spoilers:
  • I thought the death of Jimmy’s older successful brother, Chuck, wasn’t a certainty when the season finale aired, that he could have been gravely injured or scarred for life. I mention that because my DirecTV box automatically displays the episode description before I play it and the first sentence stated Jimmy was coping over the death of his brother.
  • I thought the cab driver in the opening scene was going to be Walter White, but a hallucination on Jimmy’s part with less than a second of screen time.
  • I can never get enough of Kim Wexler, and if she survives the season (which I totally expect) I wouldn’t mind yet another spin-off.
• I guess the happenings at The Ohio State University has sparked renewed interest, but this thing has gone on so long I thought the statue of limitations sailed by – Baylor football considering NCAA bowl ban – According to multiple sources, the NCAA’s multi-year investigation into the Baylor athletic department has taken a “left turn” to the point that school officials are being advised to self-impose sanctions.
• NFL’s first male dancers will hit the sidelines this season – The Los Angeles Rams and the New Orleans Saints will have male cheerleaders dancing on their squads for the first time.
  • Fake News, I saw that episode of ‘Mork and Mindy’.
• The only paper straw maker in the U.S. was bought for an undisclosed sum yesterday. Last year, its sales grew by 5000%. Steve Jobs used to quote Wayne Gretzky often, “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.”
• Graphic – A guide to cemetery symbolism – It states that wheat and oak leaves represent a long-lived life that was harvested by the reaper when it was time.
• The Army is buying microwave cannons to take down drones in mid-flight
• I was asked to lead my team’s Scrum meeting the other day because our Scrum master wasn’t available and her backup was unavailable, as well as the backup to the backup. I ended it with “Hey, let’s be careful out there.” I didn’t expect anyone to get the reference because most aren’t old enough or familiar with pop-culture, but one person did and sent me an email about it, which made my day.

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