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There are days I lower my standards and post things considered “bag worthy” and there are days when I can’t find crap. Today is a crap day. Which reminds me of one of my favorite scenes from Spaceballs. (Curse word warning)

• I can’t remember if I mentioned this, but I uploaded a small clip from a trip to NYC to YouTube over a decade ago and the quality was far from HD. Fast forward about a decade and right around Thanksgiving an advertising or marketing firm contacted me about using it for a large client in a national commercial. I was skeptical at first, but it’s been airing for a couple months and I was compensated an amount between $200-$600. I’m keeping things sketchy because I had to sign a non-disclosure agreement, but it was neat lucking into that kind of money.
• ABC’s latest episode of “Fresh Off The Boat” had fifty-five-year-old Heather Locklear as a guest star, and she looked closer to sixty-five-years-old. She’s definitely not seeing the same cosmetic surgeon as Christie Brinkly by the look on her face.
• I’m not sure how quickly key positions in a new presidential administration are filled. But of the 549 key positions requiring Senate confirmation, Trump has only submitted 34.
• IBM’s Watson proves useful at fighting cancer—except in Texas – Despite early success, MD Anderson ignored IT, broke protocols, spent millions.
• What It’s Like to Be in the Running to Be an Astronaut – Can you sprint-swim through an aquatic obstacle course and then memorize a code underwater that you have to recall the next day?
• Interactive chart – How many structurally deficient bridges are in your county?
• One of Letterman’s lead writers received an award and he made an appearance via video. You can watch his bit here, I even cued the YouTube video for ya.
• Wearable Fitness Devices Don’t Seem to Make You More Fit
• An Illustration Of Just How Incomprehensible Old English Would Have Been To Modern English Speakers