Bag of Randomness for the First of Two Fridays The Thirteenth of 2017
- If I researched correctly, Donald Trump is not a pet owner, and he will be the second or third president to not have a pet in the White House. Some sources state Andrew Jackson did not have a pet, but I found contradictory sources. All seem to agree James K. Polk did not have a pet while serving as president. There is a possibility of Trump getting a goldendoodle named Patton, after the famous general. A descendant of General Patton is a godparent of DaughterGeeding, who happened to gift her a pure-bred Havanese puppy, who you know as DogGeedingII.
- I’m sure a lot of you have a harsh opinion of Vice President Joe Biden, but for me, it was heartwarming to see such a genuine emotional reaction when President Obama surprised him by awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. We see so many public figures receive awards, but it’s the ones who can’t hide their emotions that really stick with ya because you know they really appreciate it.
- I did get a kick out of this meme.
- Pierce Bronson ran across my mind twice yesterday. I first read an article about how he allegedly pushed James Corden at a U2 concert, and then I learned the former Ex-MI6 agent connected with the Trump dossier is named Christopher Steele. That name made me think of Bronson’s character Remington Steele.
- I wish Instagram pictures appeared on Twitter, I’m not a fan of having to click on a link to view a pic.
- At some point during a presidency, there’s a tragedy and the president will play the role of “consoler-in-chief”. I’m not looking forward to any tragedies, but I’m curious to see how Trump will take the role.
- I want Russian hackers to make all of Trump’s tweets appear in Comic Sans.
- ‘Mad Men’ Archives Donated to University of Texas
- HBO’s mini-series ‘The New Pope’ will debut on Sunday and I think it will be great. Jude Law is great in almost anything and the idea of a corrupt American Pope in his forties is a neat storyline. Although I hear the pace of the show will be slow and will be a total of ten episodes, I think it’s going to worth viewing.
- Daily Mail – “Office of the First Lady” to officially become “Office of the First Family” under Donald Trump
- Conan O’Brien might be moving to a weekly, or all-digital, format in the coming years
- US Army Wants Biodegradable Bullets That Sprout Plants
- The Washington Post – Ezekiel Elliott’s subtle season-long gesture to a young fan with cancer
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Bag of Randomness for Thursday, January 11, 2017
- If you are going to the U2 concert at the end of May, come say hi to the FamilyGeeding.
- I hardly buy tickets for anything, but I thought Ticketmaster did a great job with the process. The concert page had a countdown clock and when it hit zero, the page refreshed and allowed me to buy tickets using my U2 fan club early purchase code.
- But I’m not a fan of their fees, which I think should be included in the price. I bought four $100 tickets but the total cost was $469.16.
- Like I said, I rarely buy tickets so this whole process is a bit foreign to me, but I was surprised they wouldn’t mail the tickets, provide something printable, or allow the use of a mobile device. Instead, all you need to provide is the credit card you used to purchase them and a photo ID, which makes me wonder if the line at the gate will be slower than all get out.
- I thought the kids wouldn’t really have much of a reaction when I told them I was going to take them to see Bono (how they basically refer to U2) but I was pleasantly surprised. It wasn’t like a “I’m going to Disney World” freak out, but DaughterGeeding slowly dropped her jaw in disbelief, in a good way.
- A U2 song that’s followed Barack Obama for a decade brings his political journey full circle
- I actually believe Trump when he says he’s a germaphobe, it’s been well known for a while he has that phobia.
About a decade ago when ‘The Apprentice’ was in its first two seasons and I was a fan, he stated in an interview how the Japanese “got it right” with the bow as a greeting, that he doesn’t like to shake hands because of the spreading of germs. That stuck in my mind because I’m fascinated with all things Howard Hughes and it made me start to compare the two. - Very few women, perhaps only eight-percent of one-percent, can successfully pull off blunt bangs or whatever they are technically called. Zooey Deschanel is the frontrunner on this.
- Woody Harrelson is going to be in a Star Wars film. He’s a great actor, under-rated actually, but it’s gonna be hard to process.
- I’ve never entered a nightclub of any sorts and based on my personality, I don’t think I’m missing anything. And at my age, that ship done sailed by.
- The mysterious case of the first female U.S. District Attorney, and the morbid murder investigation that put her on the map.
- D-FW’s Top 10 of Everything: burger joints, dog parks, cocktail bars, movie theaters and more
- These sort of lists are a dime a dozen, but I like how the interactive graphics are displayed.
- For a while, I just could not get enough of this comic – Mental_Floss – 11 Twisted Facts About ‘The Far Side’
- Last night’s ‘Modern Family’ reminded me how ‘Star Search’ used to have those weird fashion model competitions/segments which were about a minute full of Glamour Shot photos.
- Everyone Is Watching This Video Of A Road Being Paved Because It Is Perfect
- Las Vegas to begin testing autonomous shuttles this week
- The shuttle is a small 12-person vehicle known as Arma, similar in appearance to Google’s original driverless car prototype, and it’s developed by a French company called Navya. The shuttle will offer free rides from 10AM to 6PM down Fremont Street between Las Vegas Boulevard and Eighth Street. While the car is capable of driving itself at up to 27 mph, the trial period will cap the vehicles’ top speed at 12 mph.
- Some article titles just get my attention – The Racing Driver Who Cut Off Her Breasts And Aided The Nazis, Explained
- The claim that hot water freezes faster than cold water just got even weirder
- Adobe is working on a voice-activated digital assistant that can edit pictures for you
- This old FiveThirtyEight article tells you how speed limits are established
- Here’s how speed limits are established in most states, according to Federal Highway Administration research: Traffic engineers conduct a study to measure the average speed motor vehicles move along a road. The speed limit is then set at the 85th percentile. From then on, 85 percent of drivers would be traveling under the speed limit and 15 percent would be breaking the law. Sometimes other factors2 are taken into consideration, but in most places, speed limits are largely determined by the speed most people feel safe traveling.
- The entire cast of ‘Arrested Development’ will return for a new season
- Austin police are explaining how a handcuffed man was able to shoot himself in the head while in the backseat of a patrol car
- Drone owners like this give drone owners a bad name – Dramatic video footage shows drone circling and then crashing into Seattle’s Space Needle
- At about the 2:15 mark of the video, the drone begins accelerating toward the very top of the Needle where several pyro technicians were working 575 feet above the ground. The drone crashes hard into the Needle and footage continues to roll as startled workers gather around it.
- But I like the geeky humor – “It looks like the drone tractor beam we installed on the Space Needle is working,” Ron Sevart, Space Needle CEO and president, joked in a statement. “
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