Bag of Randomness for Thursday, August 2, 2018

  • I’m more sedentary than I’d like. I have a desk job and work from home and the average amount of steps I total in a day is not impressive whatsoever.  But I got a kick out of the stats for the week I was at Disneyland, you can definitely spot the days I was in the park.
  • A friend mentioned ‘The Muppet Babies’ recently which led me to find the old Star Wars episode. I couldn’t find the entire episode, just clips. I forgot the Nanny was voiced by Barbara Billingsley of ‘Leave it to Beaver’ and Airplane! fame.vLay’er down an’ smack ’em yack ’em. [Subtitle: EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE, MAKES A MAN HEALTHY, WEALTHY AND WISE]
  • The kids are watching the new version of ‘The Muppet Babies’, which leaves out several characters such as Ralph the dog.
  • White House held just 3 daily press briefings in July – All three added together equals a total of 58 minutes.
  • I doubt the commercials on The TICKET will stop, Tony Romo will just give his buddy the cash- Reagor-Dykes motors files for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after being sued
  • College sports is too tainted for me to enjoy anymore. Actually, all sports is too tainted for me to enjoy anymore.
  • My father would have turned 95 today.
  • Here’s How America Uses Its Land
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Bag of Randomness for August 1, 2018

  • I thought this was an interesting vending machine at the hotel we stayed at. I don’t travel much so this thing may be commonplace. A customer can buy a portable charging device, but I think what impressed me was that you could buy one fully charged and immediately use it. Though I have no memory of it, I bet there were similar machines back in the day which sold film for cameras. I only remember film being sold at the tourist shop inside a hotel or kiosks.
  • For some reason, I’m not a fan of the word “kiosk”. I don’t mind kiosks, I just wish they had a different name.
  • I was looking up Cal Ripken Jr. stats and landed on the Wikipedia page of Six Flags Over Texas’ Shock Wave rollercoaster. This year marks the ride’s 40th birthday, and that got me thinking about its safety and durability considering the age. I also had no idea that when it first opened, it was the tallest roller coaster in the world. It only held the title for a handful of weeks.
  • While looking up Billy Ripken stats,  I learned the father of Marcus Samuel and his brother Samuel Samuel (His name immediately made me think of ‘Newhart’s’ Larry and brother Darryl and his other brother Darryl.) owned an antique store which imported and sold seashells. When the brothers they got into the oil business, they named the company “Shell”, which you now know as the oil giant. The Samuel brothers also commissioned first purpose-built oil tanker, the Murex (Latin for a type of snail shell).  Also, the type of shell that’s used in Shell’s logo the Pectin, is from the Latin word for a comb or rake.
  • I forgot Larry, from ‘Newhart’, wore a quarter in his ear.
  • The Darryls never spoke until the finale when I think they claimed something ludicrous about Johnny Carson being their landlord or something like that. Also in that finale, Larry, Darryl, and Darryl get married to talkative women from Long Island, one of whom is played by Lisa Kudrow, a brunette at the time.
  • Lisa Kudrow was also on an episode of ‘Cheers’, also as a brunette.
  • Woody’s girlfriend on ‘Cheers” sure was a cute and wholesome person. It’s easy to remember her name because of the song Woody wrote and sang for her.
  • Whenever I’m flying into DFW I’m happy because it means I’m almost home. However, that enjoyment is short-lived because taxing to the terminal takes three-times longer than the actual flight. But this recent article states the airport is about to resolve that problem.
  • The teacher in Van Halen’s “Hot For Teacher” video is now 66-years-old. The voice of Waldo in “Hot For Teacher” video was performed by Phil Hartman.
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California-Day 2

  • Day 2 started with the Star Tours and Space Mountain.  Both loved by everyone.
  • We ate breakfast with Minnie and some of her friends.
  • Splash Mountain cooled us off.
  • It was beginning to get crowded and hot so we left Disneyland and headed to the beach.
  • We went to Huntington Beach which was about 30 minutes from our hotel, but took probably 45 minutes just to park.
  • Not to brag, but while y’all were experiencing 100 plus temperatures, the weather was 78 degrees and actually a little chilly.
  • We rented an umbrella and settled in for the afternoon.
  • This was the first time the kids had ever been to the beach and they LOVED it!
  • DaughterGeeding stayed out in the water yelling at the waves.  She would yell, “Retreat!” then run back a little.
  • She finally had the opportunity to bury someone in the sand.
  • Being her first time at the beach she didn’t expect to get sand in her swimsuit and it stay there.  A very unusual feeling.
  • BoyGeeding played in the sand building a sandcastle and protecting Luke Skywalker’s home planet of Tatooine.
  • The water was freezing and I didn’t think I would get much deeper than my feet, but eventually ventured out waist deep and was able to catch some awesome waves.
  • Keith threw in some learning about why there is high tide and low tide.  See, we could totally homeschool.
  • People in California are very laid back, at least the ones we saw at the beach.  Playing their music, riding bikes, and rollerblading.
  • It started to get a little cooler so we packed up and headed back to Anaheim to squeeze in one or two more rides.
  • We had a Fast Pass for Soarin’ one more time and then thought we could make it over to Disneyland for Space Mountain; however, one of the screens at Soarin’ was broken so even though we had a Fast Pass it took 30 minutes just to get on the ride.  Micah was in tears because she was so tired.  Again, Keith talked to her and calmed her down.
  • Two of my favorite things-Disney and the beach all in one day with people I love.  Doesn’t get much better.
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