Bag of Randomness

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  • I have childhood memories of watching the television show ‘Hunter’ with my father, which starred former NFL’er Fred Dryer.  So it was a delightful surprise to see Dryer in last night’s ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’.
  • I hate the feeling of feeling used or being taken advantage of, and I feel like Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu did just that, speaking in front of our House and Senate with just two weeks to go before his country’s election.  Perhaps it’s worse we let him.  But I will admit it was good political theater, and I got a chuckle seeing Senator Ted Cruz sitting in the front row, as if he took the extra step just to make sure he could be seen fully supporting Israel.  It was akin to a news reporter doing a live scene at a remote location and a child doing goofy things on in the background to try to impress his friends.
  • If I were to rank national figures I’d be disappointed in, General David Petraeus would for sure make my top three.  Five days before he became head of the CIA, he gave his mistress notebooks with classified information.  He gets away with just a slap on the wrist by taking a plea deal, anyone else would get jail time.
  • Speaking of disappointments, I’m disappointed in Hillary Clinton for only using a personal email account for government correspondence as Secretary of State.  It’s unprofessional and a security issue.  As someone who works for a government agency, it’s preached to us not to use our government email for anything that isn’t work related and to encrypt any attachments, and I’m on the bottom rung of the ladder as opposed to being fourth in line of presidential succession.  I’m sure as a former First Lady and Senator, her personal email probably already has some strong security behind it, but this just reeks of unprofessionalism.  It reminds of when Sarah Palin was using a Yahoo! email address (gov.palin@yahoo.com) for some government business as governor.
  • Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, announced Tuesday that his panel would join in an investigation of Clinton’s email use. – And yet his official congressional business card lists a GMail email address.  It’s so bush league, so amateurish, when someone lists a webmail email for their professional email serving as a government official or representative of a company or organization, especially when they have the means to make their email look legit.  Otherwise, you come off looking like a Nigerian prince spamming your Inbox.  Anyone can simply create an email address from GMail or Yahoo and pretend to be someone they aren’t, but not anyone can create an email with the domain of a specific company, organization, or government agency – that domain at the end of an email helps legitimize that the owner of the email is authentic.
  • Out of curiosity I went to Congressman Chaffetz’s House website to see what email he has listed, but it turns out you can’t contact any member of the House by email as they make you verify if they are your elected representative on their contact page with the following message, “Regrettably, I am unable to reply to any email from constituents outside of the district.”  However, you can email (contact form) any senator on their webpage, even if they are not your elected representative.
  • Speaking of government emails, one of my work email addresses ends in “.gov”.  The other day LiberallyLean wrote, “the last thing I want is an email account that ends in .gov.”  I almost sent him an email from my .gov address as a joke, but realized that would be a stupid thing to do and no joke is worth losing my job over.
  • To my surprise, CBS11 reporter J.D. Miles is now following me on Twitter.  It’s a toss-up between him and Bud Kennedy of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for who’s my most famous Twitter follower.  Maybe Sean Bass of The TICKET, or meteorologist Lynae Miyer of KVUE in Austin.  I doubt any of these folks actually read this blog, and it’s a wonder why they even follow me.
  • GIF – Toilet fear come true
  • Cedar Hill Police Spoof Matthew McConaughey’s Lincoln Ad
  • Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles is 56-years-old and looks amazing.  She recently sang karaoke of one of her band’s songs.  And here’s a GIF of her telling us to walk like an Egyptian with her sultry eyes.
  • I don’t think I’ve seen a pitbull so large, this one is 175-pounds and that head is HUGE.
  • College basketball recruiting news – Arkansas sent its entire team to watch its top recruit
  • Some Massachusetts cemeteries have had to halt burials in the snowbound state
  • Anytime I hear the name of this restaurant, my first thought is of Josh Hamilton and not seafood – Two-story Truluck’s with 90-seat bar is now open in Uptown
  • Tonight on TBS is Conan’s show he filmed in Cuba.
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