Bag of Randomness for Tuesday, August 11, 2015

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Bag of Randomness for Monday, August 10, 2015

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  • Two of Lou Holtz’s Notre Dame football players were enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame over the weekend.  I wonder what’s the most players a college coach has had enshrined in the Hall of Fame at one time.
  • @RickGosselinDMN – The two Notre Dame HOFers (Bettis & Brown) combined acceptance speeches ran 64:59. The 5 other HOFers combined for 45:09.
  • The Hall of Fame Speech Junior Seau’s Daughter Couldn’t Give – My heart just crumbled when I saw Seau’s mother uncontrollably weep once her son’s bust was revealed.
  • In Tim Brown’s speech, he stated the jacket was made by Haggar, and briefly talked about his relationship with the Haggar family in Dallas.  Per Haggar’s Wikipedia page, they provide jackets for several key things:
    • “Official Provider of the Gold Jacket to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinees since 1978”
    • “Official Clothing Partner and Provider of the Hockey Hall of Fame Jacket”
    • “Official Provider of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Jacket”
    • “Official Provider of the Alumni Jacket to the NFL Alumni Association”
    • “Official Provider of the Alumni and Ring of Honor Jackets of the Dallas Cowboys”
    • “Official Provider of the Alumni Jacket to the Miami Dolphins”
  • The son of Haggar’s founder is part of one of the funniest presidential phone recordings.  LBJ called him to order six pants, the best he’s ever worn, and talked about his bung hole and belches.  His lack of manners always cracked me up.
  • I forgot Brown finished his career in Tampa.
  • If there’s one thing I enjoyed about the ‘True Detective’ finale, it was the death scene in the dessert.
  • GIF – A woman had the best of intentions of helping to put out a fire.
  • Dallas mayor saves choking woman at local restaurant
  • You Can Buy an Entire Old West Party Town in Texas for $400K
  • Bill Murray to Appear in ‘Ghostbusters’ Remake
  • The First Teaser For HBO’s Sci-Fi Western ‘Westworld’
  • Woman Runs London Marathon Without a Tampon, Bleeds Freely to Raise Awareness
  • Buzzfeed – A Guy Gathered Volunteers To Paint An Old Man’s House After Teens Called It Ugly
  • Adorable dog GIF of the day
  • Big Houses: Cool pools for the summer: 20 stunning pools at D-FW homes on the market
  • While reading this article about the owners of Pecan Lodge, I can’t help but think they are just really good, salt of the Earth kinda people, especially with this answer:
    • With all of that attention and hard work that you’re putting into this barbecue, is it a little infuriating — even the tiniest bit — that Dallas is still really not part of this national conversation about Texas barbecue. It’s all about Franklin’s (in Austin), all the time.Diane: No, not at all. Aaron has earned that spot. He’s the real deal. He and Stacy are really good, really hardworking people. That’s not hard for us. Who cares? It’s a win for Texas. We have good barbecue in Austin, in Dallas, in some little small town. It doesn’t matter. It’s a win for the state over all.I think a lesser person might be bitter about that, or jealous, or whatever.

      Justin: The way that I look at it is that this is a really hard business to be in. If we’re successful and someone else is successful, good for them. I’m happy for them. The last thing you want is for someone to go into this business and fail. It’s devastating. We barely made it through the first year, and I don’t know that you could call it making it in the second year, but it did start to turn for us then. I don’t want to see anyone go down.

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Something for local wrestling fans who have two hours and forty minutes to spare

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFRGSgAyztY

This DVD spends a great time explaining… what made WCCW so special, both inside the ring and outside of it. Unfortunately, the saga of WCCW is one of the saddest in wrestling history. The story of WCCW is directly tied to the story of the Von Erich family. At one time, David, Kevin, & Kerry Von Erich were the biggest stars in the business. The family encountered many tragedies that saw Kevin as the only remaining brother out of the six sons of Fritz Von Erich. The Von Erich’s were not the only wrestlers t

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