Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, May 23, 2018

  • It’s starting to look like the historic meeting between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un won’t take place. It was always hard for me to believe he would ever leave his country out of fear and paranoia, he’s only left it once as the ruling leader and that was to boarding country and ally China. When the notion of the meeting taking place at the DMZ, that’s when I thought things would really take place.
  • CBS11 had a segment on the high salary and perks of area school superintendents. For instance, Grand Prairie ISD will pay Dr. Susan Hull an additional $75,000 this year, on top of her $390,795 salary, which includes items such as a $1,000 monthly housing allowance, $1,000 monthly automobile allowance, and $50,000 district investment as a “retention supplement”. But it was this a $1.2 million interest-free loan for Highland Parks’s superintendent that made me raise an eyebrow.
  • Valley Ranch, the old home of the Cowboys, will be turned into single-family housing.
  • SiriusXM will have a dedicated U2 station for the entire month of June.
  • You can add celery to my list of enemies.
  • Three neurosurgeons from India wrote a paper on Michael Jackson’s iconic “Smooth Criminal” lean.
    • So no — MJ’s shoe-hitch isn’t new news, but, as the neurosurgeons elaborate, the mind-boggling feat could only occur with incredible core strength from the spinal and lower-limb muscles.
    • Trained dancers can lean forward a maximum of 25 to 30 degrees, but even then, it can put serious strain on the Achilles tendon. . .  the King of Pop achieved the 45-degree lean while keeping his spine straight, not just on video, but in live performances around the world.
  • Just a few more episodes left of ‘The Americans’ – I was chief of disguise at CIA. ‘The Americans’ got a lot right
  • YouTube – KTLA helicopter started following the wrong car in a pursuit
  • Judge orders 30-year-old son to leave parents’ home after they sued him
  • I share a lot of the same readers as LiberallyLean.com, and I too have noticed his unexpected absence and because of it, my morning schedule is also a bit off kilter. I have no news to share, and even if I did, that’s something for him to share, not me. Whatever is the case, I just want safety and happiness for him and his loved ones. Courage.
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