Bag of Randomness for Friday, January 5, 2018

  • My spinal fusion surgery is scheduled two weeks from today. On the way to visit the doctor yesterday to schedule the surgery I got a bit emotional and almost teared up. I’ve never been hospitalized, like had to stay overnight, and all sorts of worries and concerns you can imagine started to pop in my head.
  • The pessimist in me feels like WifeGeeding is going to be back on the market in two weeks because something will go wrong with the surgery.
  • Asking for a friend. If a guy is put under anesthesia and has a catheter inserted, does it hurt when it’s removed when he’s awake?
  • I’m not going to get into a lot of details, but DaughterGeeding has been having a rough time with anxiety it’s affecting her physically. We’ve read books and worked through exercises with her for months but it hasn’t helped much and of course, have talked to her pediatrician many times. She started counseling this week.
  • Weather news usually bores me, I felt like I’ve seen it all, but the footage out of Boston of streets flooding with all that snow wowed me.
  • Arkansas mosque forgives, pays fine of man who defaced its walls
  • ‘Jeopardy!’ on hiatus after host Alex Trebek has brain surgery
  • Article
  • I was trying to use the plural form of “ottoman” the other day and I inadvertently used “ottomen”.
  • Abilene Christian University encourages students not to apply at Hooters
    • KTXS contacted the other two religious-base private universities in Abilene. McMurry University said it does not restrict where students work off campus. KTXS is waiting on a response from Hardin-Simmons University.
  • I’m in love with this dog.

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Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, January 3, 2017

  • The kids are having a couple of firsts this week, friends staying over for the night. DaughterGeeding’s friend will stay later this week but BoyGeeding’s friend was over last night. He was a polite and interesting kid, he liked to clean. As a matter of fact, he cleaned both of our kids’ rooms because he didn’t like clutter.
  • This “extreme” cold weather has affected the ranged on our Nissan Leaf. During normal weather, it would display a range between 86 and 92 miles. With this cold weather, the range is displaying 74 miles.
    • My friend, Andy, recently wrote about his experience of owning a Nissan Leaf for a full year, the good, bad, and ugly. His leaf is a 2016 model with a larger battery while mine is a 2014 model. He’s experienced more battery denigration than I have but I’m guessing that’s because we have different driving habits. His commute to work requires highway travel and we may only use the highway a few times on the weekends, never on the weekday. I also don’t have the ability to use a rapid charge but I’m not sure if he does or if he’s utilized that feature often. Also, since he’s a reader of this blog, I’m killing a bird with two stones by posting this and not sending him an email since he doesn’t allow comments on his blog (darn spammers).
    • In case you are wondering, I butchered the “two birds one stone” idiom on purpose. I’m dumb, but not Tommy Callahan (Tommy Boy) dumb (language warning).
  • I read the Dallas Observer‘s article on the 10 Most Fascinating People of Dallas. Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader trainer Kitty Carter made the list and in this March 2017 article she helps a Hardin-Simmons student prepare for an audition.
    • As the dancers are leaving, Carter stops the girl from Hardin-Simmons. She tells her her hair is awful and suggests she let her box coloring grow out and use plenty of conditioner before auditions. The dancer’s eyes begin to well up. “Are you about to cry?” Carter asks. The dancer assures her that isn’t the case, but Carter hugs her just to be sure.
  • I miss that trend of girls wearing Keds with jeans.
  • The Dallas Galleria is one of the more upscale malls in the area and I noticed a new Christian clothing store on the way to the ice rink – 3:16 is a Christian lifestyle brand specializing in sharing the cumulative message of salvation, not simply as an idea but as a lifestyle. We carry carefully curated apparel, jewelry, and gifts all inspired by the Word of God.
    • Here’s a bit more on the origin of the store from the “About Us” section of their website:
      • As far as humble beginnings go, we’ve held the title in spades. In 2009, our founder received the call to promote the gospel of Jesus Christ by witnessing to sinners and saints alike while actively witnessing this faith through christian apparel. With just the call and a set of car keys, Jaylen began designing t-shirts and distributing them from the trunk of his mother’s 1997 Nissan Maxima.
      • Humbly, he does not consider himself a CEO, instead he considers himself the CSV: Chief Steward/Visionary,  acknowledging that God owns everything and he is just the vessel chosen to carry out the vision.
  • This girl’s dog is pretty protective.
  • There’s talk of former Massachusettes Governor Mitt Romey running for the Utah Senate seat. I know there have been governors/senators who have governed and represented the same state in the Senate (such as Tim Kaine and Frank Murkowski), but off hand, I don’t know of anyone who has done both for different states.
    • In case you were wondering, no one person can serve as both governor and senator at the same time. Per Article I, Section 6 of the U.S. Constitution: “No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.”
  • Only twice in U.S. history have both of a state’s U.S. Senate delegation members shared the same last name
    • The two Clayton cousins served alongside one another from March 4, 1845 through March 3, 1847. In other words, Delaware had two Senator Claytons for 730 days (two years).
    • Kingsley Taft took office the next day on November 6, 1946 and served alongside his distant relation, two-term Republican U.S. Senator Robert Taft (son of President William Howard Taft).
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