Bag of Randomness

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  • If it wasn’t for the season pass feature on my DVR, I’d miss ‘Better Call Saul’ every week.  I do like how Jimmy or Saul’s brother is played by someone that was in one of my favorite ‘X-Files’ episodes, which ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Better Call Saul’ creator Vince Gilligan was a big part of.  I also get a kick out the opening of each ‘Saul’ episode as each one is different.  You know, we never got to see Jessie Pinkman’s aunt, who died of cancer and gave Jessie her house.  I wonder if Saul will end up representing her at some point in this prequel.  Oh, and that place Mike dined at after his shift sure did have a Pulp Fiction’ feel to it.
  • Last night’s ‘Saul’ S&H Green Stamps.  I remember seeing those around our house in Mineral Wells and I was a young little Geeding.  For the longest time, I actually thought those were food stamps since they were related to grocery shopping.
  • It just feels too early to move our clocks up an hour this weekend.
  • ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ had a great segment about the Yellowstone National Park winter caretaker who has been doing the job for 42-years.  If you ever saw The Shining, it’s kinda like that, but he’s alone and sane and lives in a small cabin without any television.  You can view or read about the segment here.
  • One of my more frequent, thoughtful, and favorite commenters was curious as to the latest on the Baker Hotel renovation in my hometown of Mineral Wells.  I had no idea so I had to look it up and found something about ten days old and something else from Sunday.  It seems like the largest investment partner, Dallas-based Civitas Capital Group, a “5B foreign investment component”, backed out thinking not enough jobs would be created.  However, a new 5B foreign investment component partner, Florida based Pathways, has stepped in and now they are waiting for the Department of Immigration’s approval for something which can take about nine to twelve months.  Part of me thinks restoration will never see the light of day, and sometimes I wonder if that would be best, though in my heart I want it to happen.  So right now they are a year behind their initial start date, but hope to start in 2016.
  • Speaking of Mineral Wells, Kevin Rahm, who was born there and is most known for his role in ‘Mad Men’, is doing a guest spot on CBS’s ‘Madam Secretary’.
  • When it comes to chores in the house, I’m usually the bathroom cleaner.
  • WifeGeeding has a friend that lives in the area and works for Exxon, but Exxon may be sending her and her family to Dubai for a permanent assignment.
  • It’s National Pancake Day, which means you can get free pancakes at IHOP today.
  • The TICKET is diversifying from talk radio and will be starting its own local music show.  The show will be called The Local Ticket and will debut on Sunday, March 22 and will run in a two-hour time slot each week from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m
  • I mentioned how dark a Superman/Batman cartoon was the other day, this dark comic involving Toy Story figures reminded me of it.
  • Pentagon’s $55 billion mystery plane is secret, but debate on cost is appearing – The article also has two great graphics showing the number of B-1B, B52, and B-2 bombers are currently in use and their age or years in service.
  • Tempting GIF of the day – Kissing a cobra
  • Katy Perry is now selling a Left Shark onesie.
  • Today’s dose of ‘MURICA!
  • Cadaver book tidbits:
    • After a beheading, the victim is conscious for roughly ten or twelve seconds before the brain loses its blood supply.
    • The guillotine is named for Dr. Joseph Ignance Guillotin.  He didn’t invent it, just lobbied for its use because at the time he felt it was more humane than hanging.
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Bag of Randomness

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  • Happy Texas Independence Day, y’all.
  • I’m not putting much effort into this post I’ve just finish all thirteen episodes of season three of ‘House of Cards’.  It’s simply a phenomenal show and I love the ability to binge watch and get completely lost in a different world for a weekend.
  • I don’t know what happened, but something has caused all my scheduled posts for the last week to not post on time, but I think I may have fixed the problem.
  • That’s it, no more brisket for the rest of this month, it’s for the good of my heart.  I succombed to eating at Hutchins BBQ again this weekend.  The owner even recognized me and chatted my ear off.
  • While eating out the other night we ordered white milk for the kids, so when we were first handed this we thought they gave us chocolate milk.
  • A GIF of me jumping on a snow-topped trampoline feeling like I was ten-years-old and having the most fun I’ve had in decades.
  • It was really late one night this weekend, probably close to 1:30 AM, I took a break from binge watching ‘House of Cards’ and let the dogs out in the backyard.  There was this genteel feeling outside with all the snow.  It was night time, but it so bright with all the snow, and it was unusually but peacefully quiet.  I was so caught up in the moment I didn’t want to spend it alone, so I softly woke up WifeGeeding and told her we should take a walk.  At first she thought I was joking, but then she saw I was serious and we took a nice stroll around the neighborhood, just the both of us, and held hands the entire way.  It’s a moment I hope I never forget.
  • SisterGeeding owns a Leonberger, they’re huge and gentle dogs.
  • Always living in Texas, it just seems weird watching news reports of people up north having an oil truck stop by to fill their home tanks so they can heat their homes.  I don’t think I’ve been in a house in which it wasn’t heated by natural gas.  Every house has a gas line that’s run to it, just like a water line or electrical line, so it’s continuous and there’s no need to refill anything.
  • It was fun while it lasted – My local grocery store no longer carries Citrus Cooler Gatorade.  It was brought back for a limited time by Gatorade to honor the company’s 50th anniversary and their first spokesperson, Michael Jordan.  It was his favorite flavor.  I had hopes they’d keep it around.
  • If I owned any floor from Lumber Liquidators, I’d be pretty concerned after watching last night’s ’60 Minutes’ segment.  Basically, there may too much formaldehyde used in their floors that can affect your health.
  • I talked to a deacon at the massive Prestonwood Baptist Church.  He said they have more than 220 deacons, I think the actual number is 225.  They serve for three years, take a year off, then serve again as an active deacon.  Wash, rinse, repeat.
  • The character of Spock meant a lot to me when I was a child.  As a half-white and half-Asian little boy, I thought I was the only one that was “weird” like that, then I found out Spock was half-human and half-Vulcan.  Shatner stated he couldn’t make his friend’s funeral because of a prior charity commitment.  I think he really loved Nimoy, and could have made the funeral, but just couldn’t emotionally bring himself to attend the funeral, somewhat similar to when David Spade chose not to attend Chris Farley’s funeral.
  • This is what a cheeseburger looks like on the International Space Station.  Tortillas are used in place of a bun or bread because crumbs will break off, float away, get into things, and damage stuff.
  • Buzzfeed – These Are The Most Popular Panties In Your State – I really doubt the multicolor satin boudoir bodysuit is most popular Texas, it may be in GeedingManor, but not in the entire state.
  • I had a feeling during our local Ebola scare that Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital was negligent in properly educating their staff on proper procedures and protection and were on a massive PR campaign getting on ’60 Minutes’ and making sure all their staff had the same story.  Now, one of the nurses, is suing the hospital for just that and invading her privacy.
  • Here’s the latest Wikipedia:Top 25 Report, which is the 25 most popular articles for the week, though it’s behind a few weeks.
  • One of the founding editors of the political blog Wonkette, Ana Marie Cox, wrote a piece coming out as a Christian –  Why I’m Coming Out as a Christian
    I’m not scared that non-believers will make me feel like an outcast. I’m scared that Christians will.
  • Skydiver rescue: Dramatic video shows moment man suffered seizure during freefall
  • Ikea’s new furniture can charge your phone, no wires necessary
  • Today’s dose of ‘MURICA! – Wisconsin high school opens new, $662,000 locker rooms
  • I’ve never eaten boiled peanuts, but they were mentioned in ‘House of Cards’.  I bought some at the grocery store yesterday but haven’t tried them yet.
  • I will not give away any ‘House of Cards’ spoilers, so here are my spoiler-free thoughts for season three:
    • Placed advertisements annoy me, and the ones by Microsoft for their phones and Samsung for their device sharing feature is almost over-reaching.  There’s also product placement by Apple but it’s not as noticeable since all their products have a unique design and just seem like a part of everyday life.
    • There’s noticeable green screen use when Underwood is at the Resolute desk in the Oval Office or looking out the window.
    • Underwood seems to have gained some weight, perhaps that’s due to the stress of his new job.
    • News or celebrity type cameos are a bit too scripted, so they don’t come off as their regular selves.
    • I read somewhere that there will only be four seasons of this show, with 13 episodes per season.  So that will mean a total of 52 episodes, the same amount in a deck of cards.

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