Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, June 22, 2016

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  • One of my anniversary gifts from WifeGeeding was a surprise lunch at Hutching BBQ in Frisco. I took the day off so we could spend some time together. The last couple of times we had BBQ were at subpar places with terrible brisket, and this is our favorite. The last time we went to Hutchins they were closed for a private event, so it’s been something we’ve been craving. As we got close to our destination and I recognized where we were heading, I told WifeGeeding I appreciated the gesture but Hutchins is closed on Tuesdays. She thought I was kidding and didn’t believe me until we parked the car and noticed the lights were off inside. The poor thing felt terrible (but I’ll be sure to make it a source of jokes for years to come). We then decided to drive a half-hour away to the McKinney location and had to wait in line for a good 40-minutes.
  • Her second gift to me was a surprise trip to the National Video Game Museum in Frisco. I came close to buying a modern version of the Intellivision which had all the games already in it, but I wasn’t sure if it came with those plastic inserts which went in the numbered controllers and informed you what button did what.
  • My gift to her were Dixie Chicks concert tickets.
  • One lesson I thought I’d have to teach my kids but is no longer a concern is how to start a car when the engine is flooded. Modern cars no longer have that problem.
  • While watching the ‘Person of Interest’ series finale, a man named Lionel was riding on a train, which made me think of Lionel Trains, which made me laugh, which lead me to remember the time rocker Neil Young was on Letterman talking about how his investment group bought the toy train company and his love for the product
  • Part of the ‘Person of Interest’ finale storyline took place in the New York Federal Reserve which reminded me of the time I was locked in a room all by myself in the Fed for about half an hour. One of my college classes took a New York field trip, and the dean of our business school used to be a vice president for the Federal Reserve, so he was able to arrange a special tour. Our class was in this one particular area full of financial and monetary artifacts and while everyone shuffled along, my attention got wrapped up in one display and some related reading material next to it. I thought everyone was an aisle or two over but they actually left the room and the tour guide locked the door. Luckily for me, a security guard found me and when I was returned to my group, everyone stated they had no idea I was gone. I tend to go unnoticed quite easily. Remember, I don’t function well with crowds or relating to people.
  • The local news mentioned we had a Strawberry Moon last night. The last time that happened was in June 1967 and won’t happen again until 2067. A Strawberry Moon happens when there’s a full moon on the summer solstice and got its name from Algonquin tribes singling the time to gather fruit, such as strawberries.
  • Some of you made some great points about Dallas District Attorney Susan Hawk stating if she were sick with a physical ailment rather than a mental one, the public would be hailing her courage. For a while, I totally agreed, and then after some thought felt different about it. For such a job, her mind (and mental health) is her primary tool; but if she had cancer, her mind and emotional well-being, for the most part, wouldn’t affect her performance. If Bruce Springsteen was battling cancer or depression but his vocal cords were no longer to function properly, which is his primary tool, I’d expect him to stop performing because he could no longer properly function as a singer. That’s probably not the best example or comparison, but I think you get what I’m trying to say.
  • Danke Schoen! “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” is finally getting an official film soundtrack
  • This story of a mom posting a picture of her three-year-old daughter standing on a toilet got a lot of attention yesterday. The mother was curious as to why her daughter was standing on the toilet, and the girl stated it was what her pre-school taught her to do during an active shooter drill. Per the mother, “At that moment all innocence of what I thought my 3-year-old possessed was gone.”
  • Donald Trump’s 27-year-old press secretary used to be a model and was featured on the cover for Gossip Girl books.
  • Trump has an Evangelical Advisory Board. One member is a Hardin-Simmons graduate, Jack Graham – Senior Pastor, Prestonwood Baptist Church.
  • The Texas Tribune – Platforms Reveal Common Ground Between Texas GOP, Democrats – Medical Marijuana, Toll Roads Funding, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Campaign Finance, Space Exploration
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Bag of Randomness for Our 13th Wedding Anniversary

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  • The traditional gift for the 13-th wedding anniversary is lace.  Hey now…….
  • Regarding that last picture, later that night we both got locked out that room with just our robes, I think it has something to do with one of us getting ice. But thankfully we were in the Adults Only part of the Grand Floridian.
  • Yesterday was exhausting. It was a very busy day at work, we closed on the refinancing on our house, fought traffic (two accidents and plenty of construction) to have dinner with the grandparents in East Texas, and somehow came home with a bunny. His temporary name is “Buno”. As in, “Bono”. As in, the lead singer of my favorite band, U2.
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  • If I had any scene control, I totally lost it all yesterday.
  • The man from whom we received the bunny grew up in Azel and it turned out we may have actually competed against each other as he played guard and I was both a defensive end and linebacker. He seemed bitter saying we played dirty, especially my friend that was born with one arm. Well, one arm just wasn’t fully developed and grew only slightly past the elbow. He would often put the nub in your hand and wiggle it, which freaked a lot of folks out. He was a lineman and used the nub, from time to time, to work up inside the face mask and target the neck/throat area to gain an advantage. That friend was quite impressive, he could bench over 200 pounds by balancing a regular barbell with his one fully developed arm. You baseball fans may remember retired major league pitcher Jim Abbott, and my friend was very similar to him when it came to baseball when it came to throwing. He was also one heck of a shot putter.
  • “Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.”
  • Every time I hear Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer” I changed the lyrics to “Hold me close, Tony Danza”.
  • If I heard Corby Davidson of KTCK The TICKET correctly yesterday, he and current Dallas Distract Attorney Susan Hawk used to take baths together around the age of three. She is now in inpatient depression treatment for the third time, and Davidson stated he sadly thinks she needs to step down from her role as it seems she’s unable to fully commit to it.
  • Buzzfeed – 15 Fascinating Facts About The “Battle Of The Bastards”
    – There was a lot less CGI than you’d think!
  • J.J. Abrams and Tavis Smiley are making a show about Michael Jackson’s ‘last days’
  • Google will help your self-diagnosis with new symptom search
  • Benjamin L. Corey – Confession: I Think I’m Becoming A Calvinist
    • Corey has been hard on Calvinists for a long time, so it’s interesting to see how one can evolve over time after constructive debating, researching, and praying over such a thing. When it comes to faith and challenging a long-held belief and then slowly opening up to something different, one can feel a lost of identity, but in reality, I call this growth and letting God out of a box that man decided to build and place him in. God is bigger, and so is theology, than one would like to believe.
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