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It’s going to be an empty BagOfNothing for a while, which is a bit of a misnomer in itself – A bag of nothing is an empty bag so I shouldn’t have to make the distinction, but I digress. I don’t know how long it will be empty, and nothing major or behind the scenes is going on, I just need to take a step back.

In the meantime, feel free to leave a comment and tell me something you have changed your mind about and what caused the changed. I’ll start. For all of my teen years, I couldn’t stand U2, the name sounded stupid, they were too flashy, and Bono dressing like the devil (MacPhisto) made me align them with the worship of Satan. One day in college a friend was playing U2 music videos and Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me was on the television, part of the soundtrack of a Batman movie. It’s basically a long cartoon, but at one point, C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters randomly appeared. I only heard of the author a week prior and thought the idea of a book of letters written by Satan was fascinating. The idea of “mock the devil and he shall flee” is addressed in the forward or somewhere at the beginning of the Lewis’ book. This is what Bono was doing with his MacPhisto alter ego and the C.S. Lewis hat tip was kinda cool. It’s then I realized I was judging a book by its cover, or in this case, a band and their music. It made me think there was something deeper and more meaningful to their lyrics, that I was too quick to judge when it came to most things.

• We have an indoor mosquito problem at GeedingManor. I thought we were unique to the situation but a friend mentioned he’s having trouble with the mosquitos inside his house.
• It’s going to be a three-day weekend for me, I hope I accomplish something other than watching the Texas/OU game.
• The Texas/OU game will be on Fox. My channel guide has it scheduled to start at 11:00 Am and to end at 2:30 PM. There ain’t no way that game is gonna end at 2:30 PM. Take the over.
• I rest the back of my head against my chair too much, the back of my head often hurts.
• OtherDogGeedingII is getting his second round of shots today.
• Parenting can be exhausting. Rewarding, but mentally and physically exhausting.
• Our country needs a big hug. Let’s hug it out, America.
• It follows the golfer around like man’s best friend – Meet Rover. The world’s first hands-free autonomous caddie.
• The Guardian – Why are so few US politicians from the working class?
  • Contrary to the ideal of a government of and by the people, new research shows Americans are almost always governed by the very privileged
• California man accused of stealing from a Walmart goes back for his Bible
• Scientists Used X-Rays to Virtually Unravel a Burnt 400-Year-Old Scroll
• That time Senator Orrin Hatch a passage of The Exorcist to Clarence Thomas

• Of course, the Emergency Alert text from President Trump had to include text in ALL CAPS. If it didn’t, you knew it wasn’t from him.
  
• A crematorium in Zurich has started to sell the precious metals contained in the ashes of cremated bodies if the family of the deceased approves.
• Lindsey Graham, sir, you can stop auditioning for a cabinet position, it’s in the bag. But then again, things didn’t out for Chris Christie, so, I guess, carry on. Speaking of the former governor – Chris Christie on early Trump problems: ‘I probably could have prevented 75 percent of them’
• What’s next, Dave Bliss getting hired to coach basketball at another Christian institution? Oh . . . – Paige Patterson, ousted Southern Baptist seminary leader, to teach ethics course
  • Paige Patterson, ousted as president of a prominent Southern Baptist seminary this spring for allegedly dismissing women’s concerns about domestic abuse and rape, is set to teach a Christian ethics course at a Charlotte, N.C., seminary later this month.
• More than 250 people have died taking selfies, study finds
• Cow Dung Soap Is Cleaning Up In India
  • In 2012, he launched his own cow-based beauty products line. Cowpathy Care, as it’s called, offers 80 products, including cow dung soaps, cow milk creams and an under-eye gel made from cow urine.
• Some of you may remember retired NFL player Bill Romanoski, especially his crazy supplement and nutrition regimen. He’s now promoting a “performance drink” which he claims has helped his concussions.
• Jon Favreau’s live-action Star Wars show will be called The Mandalorian – But not the Mandalorian you’re thinking of
• On Washington’s McNeil Island, the only residents are 214 dangerous sex offenders
• “And when hope is gone, time is punishment.” – The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom
• That’s no dog, but she probably did the safest thing by remaining calm.
  

  CAUGHT ON CAMERA: You never know what will happen on live TV! During a live shot, an Utah reporter went off script when something walked in front of the camera. But what it is exactly is up for debate. Maybe dog, or coyote, or mountain lion. Way to hold composure!
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  — CNN Newsource (@CNNNewsource) October 3, 2018

• Sooners and one lone Longhorn of the Washington Redskins are ready for the Red River Shootout Rivalry
  

  The #RedRiverRivalry has made things tense at Redskins Park.#HTTR pic.twitter.com/70wvABIA0A

  — Washington Redskins (@Redskins) October 3, 2018