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Apopka, Florida — A new assault rifle manufactured by Spike’s Tactical in Apopka, Florida has become available for public purchase.

The Spike’s Tactical Crusader is a new version of the AR-15 assault rifle and has the Bible verse, Psalm 144:1 is laser etched into the magazine. The Bible verse says, “Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.”

“Right now and as it has been for quite some time, one of the biggest threats in the world is and remains Islamic terrorism,” said Ben “Mookie” Thomas, spokesman for Spike’s Tactical, who is a former Navy Seal and former Blackwater security contractor. “We wanted to make sure we built a weapon that would never be able to be used by Muslim terrorists to kill innocent people or advance their radical agenda.”

The Crusader features a shield with a cross on the left side of the lower unit, while the safety selector markings feature the words, “Peace” for safe, “War” for semi-automatic, and “God wills it.” On the reverse side of the safety selector are the Latin translations of those words, Pax Pacis, Bellum, and Deus Vult.

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Bag of Randomness for Tuesday, September 8, 2015

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  • Took that picture as we drove by Fellowship Church this weekend as they are promoting their special Quarterback series (promo video included in link) with guest speakers Tony Romo, Troy Aikman, and Ryan Tannehill.  The roof has a gigantic inflatable novelty football on top, and the front lawn had what looked like four regulation sized goal posts (two are pictured) and giant profiles of each quarterback.  If their goal was to get my attention, mission accomplished.
  • We ate at Hutchins BBQ on Labor Day and I saw a group of senior citizens wearing Trump 2016 shirts and a few of those “Make America Great Again” hats.
  • While driving to Hutchins we drove on what looked like a fairly new six-lane street that had streets signs with a cyclist on it telling us to share the road.  You’ve heard me rant about cyclists on a busy road before, so what went through my mind was if they were building a new road in an affluent area, why expand it by just a little to included a dedicated bike lane.
  • CBS11 interviewed a few TCU girls about a fake Uber driver in their area.  Each stated they use the service at least one to three times a day.  Sometimes the wealth and advantage certain young folks have amazes me.
  • She will never confirm this, but I’m pretty darn sure WifeGeeding went more than 48-hours without a bath or a shower this weekend.
  • During last night’s game at halftime between The Ohio State University and Virginia Tech, there was a Virginia Tech commercial that featured a girl wearing black workout gear running bleachers.  It seemed like she was supposed to be famous but I couldn’t place her, do any of you have any idea who she is?
  • The program guide had that game scheduled for 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM.  The fourth quarter didn’t even start until 9:45 PM.  I don’t understand why the networks always label theses games for three hours when that hasn’t happened for probably well over a decade now as the game has changed.
  • I posted something about this not too long ago, but I think this is a better write-up – Every NFL player and stadium will be equipped with RFID sensors and receivers, respectively, this football season, allowing the league to track fine-grained location data for every play.
  • I saw KMart Christmas commercial this weekend.  Technically it may be a commercial for their layaway program, but it was Christmas themed.
  • Looking forward to see what Stephen Colbert will bring tonight for his first “Late Show”.  His hair isn’t as coifed as it normally is, which I think is a subtle change to show he’s different than the Stephen Colbert character he’s most known for playing.
  • Spoilers – Inside the secret tests of Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’
  • Tom and Jerry and Micky stood out – If Cartoon characters got old
  • Lawyer claims Williamson County Texas Commissioners want Baptist employees only
  • Petition: Pass Federal Law Mandating Public Officials Be Sworn In On The Constitution Not The Bible
  • If you need something to make you smile this morning, check out this GIF of a toddler going through an obstacle course.
  • Buzzfeed – Teens Are Using Fake Calculator Apps To Hide Photos From Their Parents
  • FreegalMovies – Freegal is a streaming video service from your library. All you need is your library card number and some libraries utilize a PIN. Freegal offers access to thousands of feature films and television episodes from major content providers. There is no software to download as the service is browser or app based, like popular services you may have used before. Access to Freegal is limited to patrons of subscribing libraries, while in the United States.
  • DallasNews.com – The last Southwest Conference season was 20 years ago. It was an awkward one – Things that stood out because I forgot about them or never knew:
    • In most respects, 1995 was an image improvement from the previous year — when A&M finished 10-0-1 (its only blemish being a tie with 1-9-1 SMU in San Antonio), but was ineligible for the title and bowl consideration due to NCAA sanctions.
    • Instead, Tech, Texas, Baylor, TCU and Rice were declared co-champions with 4-3 conference records, with the Red Raiders advancing to the Cotton Bowl on the “last appearance” rule. They hadn’t been since 1939. Rice hadn’t been since ’57, TCU since ’58.
    • Lubbock, has always been one of those strange and tough places to play – A&M fell at No. 7 Colorado in its third game and two weeks later saw its 29-game SWC unbeaten streak end in Lubbock, 14-7.
    • Rice had lost to Baylor in the first SWC game, on Oct. 15, 1915, so for symmetry the Owls scheduled their 1995 finale against Houston 90 minutes after the Texas-A&M kickoff.  The Cougars pulled out an 18-17 victory. Afterward, a fan was escorted to midfield to turn off Rice Stadium’s lights, symbolically closing the curtain on SWC football.
  • Somewhat recent Tweets of interest:
    • @dpbrugler – The AP poll ranked ASU 15th in the top-25 and left out Texas A&M. Yet Vegas favored the Aggies over ASU. Those guys in the desert know.
    • @bagofnothing – On this Labor Day let us remember Jesus’ sacrifice as he led those animals on the Ark to cross the Delaware to fight Santa Anna
    • @junior_miller – Art Briles: great coach, freaky hair. http://t.co/pFA3Pu8I0Q

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Bag of Randomness for Labor Day 2015

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  • Somewhere in Wise County a lawyer is thinking he’s the hardest working man in the blog business.
  • I promise this will be the last time I talk about turning 40, I’m sure you’re sick of it by now, and I can’t blame ya.  And by now, I’m finally over any baggage that came with it.  But some cool things happened over the weekend that were birthday related and I wanted to share.
    • Because I was away last weekend on my actual birthday, my closest friends wanted to do something for me the following weekend.  So they came down on Friday and had a surprise waiting for me.  Originally we were just going to eat in Fort Worth and watch the Rangers game at a sports bar, but they upped their game.
    • This is how fortunate I am when it comes to these friendships:
      • One of them I’ve known since kindergarten because we were in the same class.  We roomed together in college and after college, twice.  Our first job out of college was at the same company and we worked a row apart from each other, and we maintain close contact today.
      • I’ve known another since elementary school and also roomed with him for a short stint in college.  Right now he’s the interim executive pastor and the university pastor at the church we all attended while in college.
      • Another I’ve known since the eighth grade and his father was our pastor who later officiated my wedding.  I never roomed with the guy, but he did attend college with me and the other two.  He’s the head pastor at a church in our hometown of Mineral Wells.
      • I’ve known this last friend before I even knew him.  He was someone I always saw working in the grocery store in my hometown, but since he lived in another town close by, I never actually got to know him.  One day I spotted him in college and no one has made such a stronger effort to keep in touch and be supportive through his actions.  And no other person has been more loving towards my family.
    • My friends aren’t perfect, they don’t always say or do the right things, and they frustrate the hell out of me because of this and that and that and this.  And I know I do the same to them.  But we all have substance with one another, and with substance, you have an unshakable bond and understanding that can’t be replicated. They were all present for both of my parent’s funerals and my wedding, and they made time to celebrate my 40th birthday with me.  We’re all adults with families and careers, so our lives are busy.  The two pastors are in a very busy part of the year, they both have four children each, and both traveled somewhat far just to hang with me for an evening.  I recognize the sacrifice from all four of them, and I’m touched they accept me for just being Keith.  You only know a version of me from a silly blog, they pretty much know all the good and bad because they’ve witnessed it for decades.
    • Once the entire gang arrived at GeedingManor, we all hopped in my SUV to drive to Richardson.  You know what makes a man feel good?  When you clean the vehicle so well the day before, one of the friends asks if it’s new.  But if the kids didn’t have a Cheez-Its war, I wouldn’t have cleaned it so well.  Orange crumbs on gray/black upholstery is a challenge.
    • The plan was to first eat at Pappasito’s and then to the surprise location.  Pappasito’s was too busy, so I talked the gang into going to one of my favorite places just around the corner, Haystack Burgers and Barley, which is owned by a fellow Hardin-Simmons alumnus and a place I’ve written about many a time.  When we walked in, I told the owner that I brought in four guys from HSU and they told him it was my birthday, but he didn’t seem to care about either of those things.  One of the Baptist pastors insisted on paying for my meal, which I reluctant agreed to, but I made sure to pick up my own alcoholic beverage out respect for his generosity and his faith.
    • After dinner, they instructed me to drive down a long dark road.  I didn’t have a clue what where we were going or what we were going to do, but the neighborhood started to get questionable and they were throwing some good old man jabs my way.  After getting lost a few times, we finally made it to our destination.
    • Escape Expert has five escape room themes or concepts with a series of challenges in which you solve puzzles and crack codes to open a series of locks to more challenges in hopes of escaping within an hour.  My friends booked the Secret Vault experience.
    • You first enter an orientation room and I felt sorry for the three girls, all about twenty-two years of age, that were stuck doing this challenge with a bunch of thirty-nine-year-old men and one forty-year-old.  I’m sure they were hoping for some attractive men closer to their age, but they were troopers and really cool.  Later, some guys wearing University of Alabama stuff, in for the game at AT&T Stadium, arrived but they were part of a different experience.  Right when they walked in I yelled, “WAR EAGLE!” but they were such good-natured dudes, they just laughed and we all just started chit-chatting.
    • I don’t want to give much of the experience away, as I don’t want to hurt the business or ruin the experience for anyone.  But basically, there were a lot of combination locks to unlock after solving riddles and clues to lead to each combination.  You had to do a lot of counting, basic math, and use a lot of observational skills to hunt for clues on walls, inside books, and a few other things.
    • I loved the experience.  It felt like we were back in high school and college again, being competitive but leaning on each other.  Since college and marriage, I don’t think we’ve had a chance to interact in this way, so it was great to get these old feelings again.  I’m also happy we got teamed with these girls because they were uber chill, super friendly, helpful and pretty darn clever.
    • For a lot of the challenge, I wasn’t feeling particularly useful.  I’ve always been in awe of how my friends are able to grasps concepts quickly and move on to the next thing, and that I never could keep up.  But right when we were all stuck with time getting close, I found the second to last combination lock which gave us the clue to unluck the one lock on the door.  Since it was my birthday, they gave me the honor of opening the last lock to allow us to escape the room.  We weren’t actually locked in the room, that goes against city code, but it was a box that had a red timer that stopped the countdown clock which stopped at 6:29.
    • After the challenge, they give you all sorts of stats of how you compared to past teams regarding total time and each challenge, and they even break some down to the sexes.  After the debrief, we got to take a team picture.
    • And just like that, the night was over.  Everyone had to get back home to their families for a busy weekend, and I was left with a terrific memory with my closest friends for my 40th birthday.
  • I was impressed with DirecTV’s service the other day.  When I wanted to take advantage of the Equipment Protection Program I’ve been paying for regarding a dying DVR I wanted to replace (instead of an upgrade b/c I didn’t want to commit to a contract for new equipment), the first rep said that couldn’t happen and so I requested to close my account.  The rep I was transferred to said there wasn’t a need to close the account and she could easily send a replacement DVR, but it would take three to five business days, which I didn’t have a problem with.  However, they actually overnighted the DVR via FedEx, which was most impressive.  But then again, I did get an email the next day stating I committed to a two-year contract, which resulted in another call, and thankfully they worked everything out.
  • Wild staring Reese Witherspoon came on HBO, and since I did my climb I thought I’d give it a watch.  It wasn’t as good as I expected from the reviews and the Oscar nominations, and I surprised with the amount of nudity by Witherspoon.  Usually, the more established the actor, the less nudity, and I’m not sure it added that much more to the movie.
  • Pottery Barn’s $4,000 Millennium Falcon Bed
  • Today’s dose of ‘MURICA – Number of US babies being named after guns on the increase
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