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There’s no way I could walk this thing
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Bag of Randomness for Monday, September 28, 2015
- This week started off a bit magical, and if all goes to plan, it should end that way as well. I’ve mentioned DaughterGeeding has been interested in sunrises as of late, but unable to actually witness one because it happens during our commute to her school. Well, on Sunday, I woke up early (you have no idea how much I value sleeping in) just to watch the sunrise with her. There’s not a good place to view one in our yard or neighborhood, so got the ladder and we both climbed on top of the roof to witness her first sunrise. It was a great father-daughter moment, one that I will remember for the rest of my life, and one I hope she can remember until at least lunch time.
- In the evening, I got to enjoy the ‘Super Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse’ with WifeGeeding.
- Bob Sturm set his DVR to four hours to record the TCU/Tech game, and that still wasn’t enough time.
- If there’s a ranked team going into Lubbock, it’s always worth a watch. TCU is using duct tape and fishing lure to keep their injured plagued defense together, Tech played their hearts out, and it was one entertaining spectacle, almost made legendary if that last play lateral extravaganza would have gone ten more yards.
- The Longhorns seem to have a bunch of moral victories to build on, but their kicker and punter need to up their game.
- GIF – Donald Trump debating himself – I laughed at first, but the longer it kept going, the funnier I thought it got.
- GIF – It’s nice to see Trump, Ben Carson, and Jeb Bush get along
- GIF – Boredom saved this kid’s life
- The ’60 Minutes’ piece on Trump last night was pretty underwhelming.
- There’s a new Peanuts movie coming out, and it looks better than one might think. Their website gives you a chance to turn yourself into a Peanuts character. This person made versions of his favorite television shows. Personally, I liked the x-Files version.
- Before Ahmed’s fame: fantastic inventions and a fight with authority
- “When you’re happy you enjoy the music. When you’re sad, you understand the lyrics.”
- For those of you that live in Texas and would like to look up a daycare center’s history which including violations.
- Texas high school kicker bounces extra point off ref’s head, through uprights
- New high-speed rail route may serve Arlington, DFW Airport
- Today’s dose of ‘MURICA!
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Pope Francis to Release Pop-Rock Album ‘Wake Up!’
The Vatican-approved LP, a collaboration with Believe Digital, features the Pontiff delivering sacred hymns and excerpts of his most moving speeches in multiple languages paired with uplifting musical accompaniment ranging from pop-rock to Gregorian chant. Wake Up! arrives November 27th, with the iTunes pre-order now available with an instant download of “Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!”
On Wake Up!, Pope Francis speaks to the listener in Italian, English, Spanish and Portuguese over 11 tracks to address issues like peace, dignity, environmental concerns and helping those most in need. For the album, the Pope’s powerful messages were placed in the musical hands of Wake Up!‘s producer and artistic director Don Giulio Neroni.
Full Article: Pope Francis to Release Pop-Rock Album ‘Wake Up!’ | Rolling Stone
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Bag of Randomness for Friday, September 25, 2015
- When you consider how much John Kennedy’s Catholic faith was a concern in a presidential election about 55 years ago, that is quite an amazing picture as every person in that picture is Catholic.
- I always heard that House Speaker John Boehner could be set toA tears easily, but I just brushed it off as one of those things people just try to exaggerate. Then I watched the beginning of the Pope’s speech, and right after he said “land of the free and the home of the brave” in his opening remarks, the Speaker just broke down.
- As old as Pope Francis is (78), I’m a bit amazed at how well he gets around with just one lung.
- When the Pope is in town, this is what a locked up mailbox looks like.
- For over twenty years, I would go to sleep with the television on set to a sleep timer, and I was very thankful that I married someone in which this habit doesn’t bother her one iota. But for the last eight months or so, I’ve been listening to podcasts while trying to fall asleep. Recently I listened to Penn Jillette on Alec Baldwin’s “Here’s The Thing”. In this episode, Gillette, a well-known atheist, talks about how well religious people have treated him, and how as a kid in his youth group he would ask his ministers many questions which lead him to become a non-believer. His parents were devout, but his mother ended up as an atheist at 85. That whole segment starts at the 5:43 mark and ends around 10:15. Baldwin does drop one GD, in case you are sensitive to that sort of thing.
- A Bible lesson from a friend – Teaching: Is the Bible True? Is It Authoritative?
- @jeffpearlman – On Yom Kippur, and why—despite no real faith in God—I keep attending services
- Yesterday I installed a solar powered motion detector light on the side of the house, high above our master bathroom window.
- The Angry Birds movie trailer was released this week and the movie will hit theaters in May 2016. I think they are at least two years too late on maximizing the potential of that that fad.
- Buzzfeed – Netflix Has Found The Binge-Watching Point Of No Return – Notables: ‘Breaking Bad’ – Episode 2, ‘House of Cards’ – Episode 3; ‘Mad Men’ – Episode 6
- YouTube – Guy scares bear from out under his deck, the bear looks at him straight in the eyes and leaves a goodbye present.
- Local youth sports news – When a little league coach turned to shut down a heckler at a girls’ basketball game, she knew he was an off-duty police officer, but she never imagined she’d end up facing a year of jail time.
- I heard on the radio that tomorrow is National Public Lands Day, so that means free entrance to national and state parks. So if you Texans ever wanted to climb any of the Guadalupe Mountains, hike Big Bend, or explore Fort Davis, it won’t cost you anything but time.
- Matthew McConaughey’s brother gets year supply of beer for naming son Miller Lyte
- Redskins Thank All 7 Fans for Sending Them Off to New York
- An interactive graphic that shows you how many years you probably have left to live.
- Dang, Woody Harrelson Looks Pretty Great As LBJ, Too – Two LBJ’s movies hitting theaters? There’s a term for this, twin films.
- The Verge – Steven Soderbergh might be making an interactive movie for HBO –
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