Bag of Randomness

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  • The town of Van got hit by a tornado recently and WifeGeeding called to check up on her family that lives there.  To her surprise, she found out her uncle is the mayor.  It seems one of the biggest problems at the moment is keeping sight-seers away.  Here’s one interesting tidbit about the town, all the streets are named after states and trees.  State named streets all go in one direction (east and west) and tree named streets go in the other (north and south).
  • DaughterGeeding has really surprised me with what she’s capable of doing the last three days.  I caught pouring herself milk from a gallon jug and not spilling it.  She stacked several items on top one another in order to reach the garage door opener button in the garage, which is scary, but she wanted to get us ready to go for church by saving us the trouble of opening it ourselves.  And now she can open and close the car door all by herself (those things are heavy to move for a kid), but she makes sure her brother is properly buckled in before she buckles herself.
  • With all the rain we’re getting as of late I decided to mow the lawn yesterday just because there was a moment of dryness.  But man, I sure wish our friends out in West Texas could get some of the stuff hitting us.
  • I use to be open to that rumor of Prince Henry not actually being the son of Prince Charles, but after looking at this Buzzfeed picture of Henry, there’s too much of a resemblance to Chuck for him not to be his son.
  • I bet the NFL wouldn’t have come down as hard as they did on Tom Brady if he would have been more cooperative with the investigation, something I wasn’t aware of until yesterday.  Many will want to compare Brady’s suspension with the original Ray Rice suspension for knocking out his wife with a punch.  I’m not sure how I feel about that, but I will say the NFL has certainly learned its lesson.
  • This potty training confession had me laughing pretty hard.
  • I found this old article on Reddit yesterday and I guess it’s why I prefer eating out so much – Why Do Sandwiches Taste Better When Someone Else Makes Them?
  • As we approach the ‘Mad Men’ finale this Sunday, I have a feeling we won’t be seeing any more of Joan and Pete.  I think creator Matthew Weiner wrapped up their storyline.  In that regard, I doubt we see Betty and the kids, though I wouldn’t rule out a Don and Sally conversation.  Something I’m sure we won’t find out but still has me wondering, who will die first, Betty or Glen Bishop who will be fighting in Vietnam.
  • The new ‘X-Files’ mini-series will debut with a special two-night event beginning Sunday, Jan. 24 at 10 p.m.  Hopefully it will stay on Sundays, it just wouldn’t feel right if it was on any other day of the week.
  • The character Maester Aemon in ‘Games of Thrones’ is supposed to be 102-years-old.  The actor that portrays him, Peter Vaughan, is just about that age at 92.  They sure are rolling the dice on how long he’ll actually be around for filming.
  • I passed a Google Maps car going through Coppell yesterday.
  • Today’s dose of ‘MURICA!
  • An Australian is a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader.
  • Houston Chronicle – Iconic Texas bars you need to visit
  • An article about the legalities of space.
  • ‘E-Book Backup’, A Photocopied Hardbound Edition of a Kindle E-Book
  • Buzzfeed – This 18-Year-Old’s Tongue Is So Long She Can Lick Her Elbow and Eyeball
  • Buzzfeed – Here Are The Pixar Easter Eggs You May Have Missed
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Hidden “Cact-Eye”

The City of Paradise Valley, Arizona (population: 12,820) is so concerned with keeping its newly deployed license plate reader (LPR) system a secret that it has installed dozens of fake cactuses with the cameras mounted inside.

The wealthy Phoenix suburb has been reticent to explain why the cameras are necessary. Fox 10 News, a local television station, reported earlier this week that the Paradise Valley Police declined to comment on the installation of the devices.

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