- Close to eight o’clock last night UPS delivered a surprise package from Google. For being one of the first to partake of their Project Fi wireless service, they sent a Christmas present which was a Lego kit to make my own phone charging stand.
- I have no idea how it happened, but I got on Fellowship Church Pastor Ed Young’s email list. In my Inbox yesterday was a message from him saying you can now stream his content on Netflix.
- The last story on the ‘CBS Evening News’ last night tugged on my heartstrings. I thought it was just going to be another one of those mushy “pay it forward” stories, but this one was a little different. A mother with two young children was at a grocery store and rang up a bill of $200 when her card was declined. She was planning on going home to get another card, but a young man behind her paid the bill, wouldn’t take “no” for an answer, and just asked that she pay it forward. A few days later she was able to track him down at the gym where he worked and talked to his boss saying, “I just wanted the manager to know what kind of a beautiful person they get to work with.” It was then that the manager informed her that he died in a car accident.
- I’d like to express my thanks to all of you that took some time to provide me with some smoking tips, they are all appreciated.
- Congress loves Hitler – Since 1996, the earliest date Capitol Words’s database goes back to, House representatives and senators have said the word “Hitler” 1,771 times—an average of 7.7 times a month.
- Ted Cruz’s campaign website is offering a 20% discount if you use promo code CYBERCRUZ where you can buy these items.
– $87 Football Jersey
– $25 Onesie
- TIME – Percentage of various college majors still living at home with their parents
- Disney Frozen themed plane getting unfrozen
- Oklahoma Wesleyan University President Dr. Everett Piper: ‘This is Not a Daycare. It’s a University!’ – “A liberal arts academy is about learning. It’s not supposed to be a place to suppress controversial ideas,” Piper said. My point was to challenge my own industry — to look my academic peers in the eye and say: ‘We’ve caused this.'” Piper, who has been the president of Oklahoma Wesleyan since 2002, said in his post that if students “want to be enabled rather than confronted, there are many universities across the land (in Missouri and elsewhere) that will give you exactly what you want, but Oklahoma Wesleyan isn’t one of them.”
- Buzzfeed – A Woman Is Sharing The Awesome Story Behind Her “Bad” Looking Birthday Cake – A Michigan woman is getting a ton of attention on social media after she shared a heartwarming encounter with a grocery store bakery employee with autism.
- Buzzfeed – This Guy Gave Public Enemy A Lift To Their Gig In His Ford Focus
- Last night Jimmy Kimmel introduced Bono as “the lead singer of the U2s”.
- This Shot of a Diving Kingfisher (Bird) Was 6 Years and 720,000 Photos in the Making
- Bearded as every – New York Times – David Letterman, Even Retired, Keeps On Interviewing
- What’s in a name? – Michigan’s Jake Butt wins Big Ten tight end of the year
- Deep South Edition – Today’s dose of ‘MURICA!
- Here are all the original Star Wars trilogy vehicles to scale
U.S. Legality Driving Map
These are just a few of the most frequently Googled questions Americans have about driving. However, in the US there’s no simple answer – it depends on which state you are in.
To bring you up to speed, we’ve mapped the answers so you can see what is against the law and what isn’t in each state.
JustPark.com – Is It Illegal To Drive…?
Here are a few examples, but I left out some of the additional details they provide at the bottom of each graphic that helps clarify several things:
Superman Unmasks Batman in New ‘Dawn of Justice’ Teaser
I’m not sure what’s up with Batman’s trench coat looking attire, and he sure does look stocky.
So Batman is really Daredevil, and he can see! Whoa, that’s a plot twist.
On Reddit, I found an interesting discussion about how Ben Affleck is wearing black makeup around his eyes and then it’s gone in the reveal. That’s one of the first rules when you wear the Batman mask, you always paint the area around your eyes black so your skin doesn’t show.
Someone actually spotted this mistake in Batman Returns, something I’ve never noticed before. At the 2:15 mark, Michael Keaton is wearing black makeup, and then eleven seconds later when the cowl is removed, it’s gone. The video below should be cued to that exact spot.
Bag of Randomness for Tuesday, December 01, 2015
- I couldn’t find any enticing Cyber Monday deals yesterday.
- I’ve noticed more and more women wear boots that extend above the knee. I thought those kind of boots were reserved for comic book characters and the kind of girl Julia Roberts portrayed in Pretty Woman.
- The current electric bill is $84.00, down from 147.00.
- I recently posted a New York Times article about Chinese real estate investment in North Texas that was published on Nov 28, 2015. Yesterday, the Dallas Morning News posted a story on the same topic. Shouldn’t the local news be ahead of this before a New York paper or national news? This isn’t the first time I’ve seen a story about North Texas published elsewhere and our local media play catchup.
- Ted Cruz’s campaign website is selling a Ted Cruz-themed ugly Christmas sweater for $65. Naturally, it comes in red, and a 2XL will cost you an extra two bucks.
- Their best guess is that they were trying to escape North Korea – Over the past two months, at least eight wooden boats have been found in the Sea of Japan on or near the coast, carrying a chilling cargo — the decaying bodies of 20 people, Japan’s coast guard told CNN. All of the bodies were badly decomposed and “partially skeletonized” — two were found without heads — and one boat contained six skulls, the coast guard said.
- Business Insider – I tried In-N-Out and Whataburger side by side — and it’s obvious which one is better
- Buzzfeed – 15 Of The Most Expensive Pictures In The World
- Today’s dose of ‘MURICA!
- GIF – Shopping in Texas
- TIME – Hulu is opening a replica of Jerry Seinfeld’s Upper West Side apartment from Seinfeld in Los Angeles to ring in Festivus, the satirical holiday celebrated on the show.
- In other Seinfeld news – The ‘Seinfeld’ cast made touching videos for a terminally ill fan
- Your Snapchat Selfie Can Actually Raise Money for AIDS Prevention on Tuesday – Bono’s AIDS-fighting organization (RED) is partnering with Snapchat to offer three special photo filters on World AIDS Day Tuesday, an international effort to show support for people with HIV and raise money for organizations fighting AIDS. Every time a user sends a Snap with a (RED) filter, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $3 to the organization’s fight against AIDS.
- Meet Access, the Google Unit That’s Taking On Comcast and the Rest of the Cable Biz
- Each State’s Education Compared To Its Foreign Country Equivalent
- If you are a fan of ‘Mad Men’ and like spy gadgets, then you might like this Lucky Strike spy camera.
- @WTHRcom – JUST IN: David Letterman to donate his set, other memorabilia to @BallState for “Dave Letterman Experience” #DaveatBallState
- This picture is about a week old, but Letterman looks like Santa with that crazy beard.
- American Airlines has had some bad press of late. First, a family was flying with their dog from Seatle to Mississippi, but the dog ended up in Hawaii. Perhaps after an investigation, they’ll find the dog orchestrated all that to get some sunshine. And then, one of their flight attendants assaulted a flight marshal.
- Rolling Stone – The Oral History of the ‘Wayne’s World’ ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Scene
- If you are a fan of Gordon Keith’s writing, then you’ll appreciate this piece about him and his craft. This part stood out, When I told Gordon today about his win, his first reaction was that he was so glad the “Shell of a former self” column was honored. He said, “It was the last little thing I really made for my mom.”
- Apple has a new Christmas commercial in which Andra Day starts singing “Someday at Christmas” and then Stevie Wonder joins in. It stops me down everytime and I feel there’s a bit of magic in it, but I’m worried that it will be overplayed and I’ll end up being annoyed by the tune.
- ‘”It’s not what’s under the tree that matters. It’s who’s around it.” 🎄 #CharlieBrownChristmas
- I love how the ‘Fargo’ recap starts with, “Erstwhile on Fargo.” I also thought they had great use of the split screen in a scene in which it wasn’t needed to indicated something about a particular character.