Rivers of blood flow through the Bangladeshi capital

Surely this fulfills some sort of prophecy.

What happens when millions of people in a city with poor infrastructure ceremonially sacrifice animals before a torrential monsoon downpour?

Rivers of blood flow through the city.

On Tuesday, Bangladeshis celebrated Eid al-Adha — known in South Asia as “bakri eid” or “goat eid” for the animals most commonly sacrificed as an offering to God, commemorating Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his own son. It is one of the holiest days on the Islamic calendar.

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Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, September 14, 2016

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  • I’m willing to bet the majority of you access this blog using some sort of RSS feed service like Feedly, so this probably doesn’t apply to you. But I’ve now updated the blog so that the banner header picture to randomly load one of twelve different images, including the old banner.
  • Why the update? Well, sometimes you land on a conference call that’s so boring you find yourself doing something mundane, like updating the header of your blog.
  • One of the first signs of true friendship (or even love) is comfortable silence, a peace of being around someone without the need of breaking silence to make things comfortable. Sadly couples who have been committed to one another for so long will often overlook that perk and accomplishment.
  • I had a minor plumbing issue and my neighbor who plays for our local NFL franchise helped. I’m not making it bigger than what it is, it was only about three minutes of help, and I made it a point not to bring up his profession one time, I just wanted to treat him like a normal neighbor, which he basically is.
  • One Louisville Slugger glove – Bazooka bubble gum sticks to its word, awards prize for contest entry submitted 59 years late
  • 7- Eleven PSA
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  • GIF – A man with cerebral palsy posing during a body building competition. The younger version of myself would have laughed at this, but no I have much respect for the guy. He’s in better shape than me and has more courage.
  • The Texas Tribune – SMU Ties UT, Baylor Passes Texas A&M in 2017 U.S. News College Rankings
    • Rice University, which is ranked 15 nationally, remains the clear No. 1 in Texas. It climbed three spots from 18 last year. SMU and UT-Austin are far behind in a tie for 56. Last year, SMU was 61 and UT-Austin was 52.
    • Another year with Hardin-Simmons left off the list.
  • State Fair Treats Restaurant to Open Inside Plano Walmart
  • Buzzfeed – 25 Secrets Chick-Fil-A Employees Will Never Tell You
    • I knew at In-N-Out you can ask for “well done” fries if you prefer them crispy, had no idea you could do the same at CFA.
  • Fox wants to make a ’70s-era action movie about Stan Lee
  • Grace Gummer is a dead ringer for her mother, Meryl Streep, and she keeps popping up in a handful shows I watch like ‘Mr. Robot’, ‘The Newsroom’, and the HBO movie “Confirmation”. Most of the time, she excels, I enjoy her work.
  • Andrews, Texas – The Towns That Say “Yes in my Backyard!” to Nuclear Waste⁠⁠⁠
  • Esquire – I Spent Six Days Protecting Tupac on His Deathbed – Videographer Gobi M. Rahimi recalls the rapper’s final hours on the 20th anniversary of his murder.
  • Ellis County judge got 74% pay raise 
    • At $95,000 a year, Bush says her pay is among the lowest in the county when compared to other leadership positions. So she used a little-known process called a salary grievance committee, which is found in the Texas Local Government Code. he committee is made up of nine randomly-selected Ellis County citizens who served on last year’s grand jury to hear her salary appeal. All nine agreed she deserved a raise of $70,000, even more than Bush had asked for.
  • This picture of Trump was on CNN’s homepage. I’m not saying it is, but it has a photoshop element to it, his head seems too large for his body.
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Bag of Randomness for Tuesday, September 13, 2016

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