BagOfNothing.com

Has a new embedded media player which I think is pretty darn cool.

  This was on their home page today as their top story.

I’m afraid this post is going to hurt a lot of my fellow Texans’ egos.

Claim:   Federal law allows only the Texas state flag to be flown at the same height as the U.S. national flag.

Status:   False

More here.

Answers to other Texas urban legends.

• Is it illegal to pick bluebonnets in Texas?
  False  Link
• A clause in the document annexing Texas to the United States allowed for Texas to be divided into five different states.
  True  Link

And I’m surprised I never heard of this one.

For some reason last night while trying to fall asleep, WifeGeeding and I were talking about Al Roker.

She stated that he is married to Deborah Roberts of ABC News.  I told her that just couldn’t be the case, and in doing some research – she’s right.

It may just be me, but her hands look pretty darn large.

Other things I didn’t know about Al Roker until last night:

• He initially wanted to be a cartoonist before he got into television.  This may explain the look of his website.  www.Roker.com
• He’s a cousin of Roxie Roker (Helen Willis of the TV show The Jeffersons) and her son, Lenny Kravitz. 
• He holds the record for most guest appearances on Late Night with Conan O’Brien.
• Roker is the basis of animated character Ollie Williams of The Family Guy.

Here’s a lumpfish.

 

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