Bag of Randomness

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  • I guess that settles it once and for all, God prefers ‘Cheers’ over ‘Frasier’.
  • Super Bowls are fun.  God bless America.
  • I pains me to say this, but congrats Pat, you earned it.
  • Without a doubt, the dumbest play call in the history of the Super Bowl, and whatever happens in the future, will be that decision to pass instead of giving the ball to Marshawn Lynch or letting Wilson do a QB sneak.
  • @ESPNStatsInfo – Marshawn Lynch had 5 previous runs from the 1 this season and had scored only one touchdown.
  • Seattle’s offensive coordinator, if you trace the bloodlines far enough back, you’ll find he’s related to the military advisor that told Napoleon to invade Russia during the winter.  He’s also related to the political advisor that told Nixon breaking into Watergate was a great idea without any consequences.  On the other side of his family, you’ll find out he’s related to the guy that came up with New Coke.
  • Boston has some great sports fans, and that city has a ton of championships when you look at all their professional teams – that city is spoiled and don’t even know it.  It’s always bugged me that at a Super Bowl victory parade they will start chanting “Yankee’s suck!”.  I “get” it’s a Boston thing, but it would tick me off as a football player winning the championship and hearing a baseball chant at my victory parade.
  • Kurt Warner lost a Super Bowl to Tom Brady and the Patriots, which was the start of Spygate, so it must have stung at least a little bit presenting the Vince Lombardi to them.
  • Does Robert Kraft have Super Ring cufflinks?
  • Remember Richard Sherman, well done is better than well said.  Which I believe is attributive to Benjamin Franklin.
  • Temping picture of the Day – Losing hurts, but not as much as breaking your arm on your first interception.
  • At kickoff, there didn’t seem to be a lot of flashbulbs going off like we’ve seen in past Super Bowls, and I attribute that to people using smartphones instead of cameras.
  • I felt there were several dad-themed commercials during the Super Bowl this year that actually were positive and didn’t portray them as irresponsible bumbling idiots.
  • The Chevy commercial that blacked out didn’t bother me, but it sure did give people something to complain about on Twitter, which GM wanted.
  • I thought the Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel commercial was clever.  I also got a kick out of the Pierce Bronson Kia commercial.  Just the thought of such a distinguished looking man like Bronson driving a Kia, James Bond, is funny.  Granted, Kia has upped their game over the years, but, you know.
  • The Snickers commercial with Danny Trejo and Steve Buscemi was funny, but I can’t decide if I liked that one better than the Walter White one.
  • WifeGeeding was doing what she does best, being a supermom and a superwife.  She let me and my buddy watch the game while she bathed the kids and put them to bed.  Right before halftime she put the kids in the bathtub and came back to sneak in a little more of the game only to see the Nation Wide commercial of the kid drowning in the bathtub.  That was an odd bit of timing.

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  • Katy Perry owned it.  It may not have been the best halftime performance, but it sure was entertaining.  I think only a few small parts may have been lip-synched, and I could have done without Missy Elliott, but she needed a distraction for a costume change and to get harnessed into that NBC The More You Know shining star and for the stage to get reconfigured.
  • I got a kick out of some Detroit Lions fans tweeting about Katy Perry’s entrance on a lion – “The Lions finally made it to the Super Bowl!”
  • For those of you into Katy Perry Nazi Shark humor.
  • For the ladies – One of those guys in the shark suits has a great set of abs.
  • Loved how the shark mouths were singing with the song.
  • I was so happy to hear Oakland Raider and Dallas’ own Tim Brown finally made the Hall of Fame, as well as Charles Haley.
  • A small group from our neighborhood went to Top Golf on Saturday night.  I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but when it comes to social engagements, I start to tense up before the event.  Thankfully, the company couldn’t have been more fun and we all had a blast.  As I right handed person, I’ve always felt more comfortable batting and golfing using my left side.  But yesterday I decided to try swinging right handed and was much better.  I don’t know if I want to get rid of my left handed clubs, but I want to experiment more with the right handed variety.
  • ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ interviewed Patricia Arquette and she stated that her father was such a fascination with Civil War, she was actually conceived on the Gettysburg battlefield.   Union side in case you were curious.
  • Our pastor, like most others, uses PowerPoint during his sermon.  I was thrown for loop when I saw “Amalgam of Easter Religions?” in reference to hope.‏  But it turned out to be a typo as he verbally said “Amalgam of Eastern Religions?”.
  • Dale Hansen isn’t a churchy kinda guy, but at the end of his sports segment last night he said he attended Friendship West Baptist Church with a friend to listen to Pastor Freddie Haynes, someone he always wanted to hear preach.  Hansen said, “I don’t care what your religion is, I don’t care if you have any religion at all.  You owe it to yourself to hear Pastor Haynes at least once….. I have never heard anything like it, and I did not leave as I arrived.”
  • Serious question, why would someone display their license plate like this?
  • Hallowed Be Thy Name Brand: The Religious Consumerism of Megachurch Pastor Joel Osteen | VICE
  • While watching the Adam West Batman movie I was curious about the actress that played Catwoman.  I had no idea she was a Ms California and Miss America.
  • Someone, please, put this image on a XXL t-shirt and send it to me.
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  • My allergist called yesterday to give me my food allergy lab results.  I have a mild allergy towards clams, which I’ve never tried so that’s the least of my concerns.  However, I’m pretty darn allergic to yeast.  That doesn’t mean I have to go gluten free or that I have Celiac disease, or that I have to give up things with yeast entirely, but I will start to modify my diet as I’ve suffered from most of these symptoms for as long as I can remember thinking it was just a part of life.
  • In speaking to my allergist, I found that being intolerant and being allergic are two different things.  I’m not allergic to lactose, but I am lactose intolerant.
  • And yes Mr towski, I have checked out FoodAllergy.org.  The website is helpful, I just wish it specifically addressed yeast as it does with a lot of other items.  But hey, y’all can’t be all things to all people.
  • Yesterday I finally spent the $100 Visa gift card I won from the Halloween costume contest at work.  It was used on a new recliner.  While making payment, U2 started to play from the overhead speakers, which was a good sign.
  • Perhaps my favorite scene from ‘The Office’ because it plays off Michael Scott’s long hatred of Toby.
  • The Musers on sports radio 1310 The TICKET had David Feherty on as a guest earlier this week and referenced an interview he did with former President Bill Clinton.  Feherty is a funny guy and has a nice casual interview style on his show, so I decided to watch the interview.  The reference on the radio lead me to think the interview was recent, but it was actually filmed before the last presidential election.  It was the first time I heard Clinton expand on that famous photo of him shaking hands with Kennedy.  He said the handshake was just pure luck because everyone was seated in alphabetical order by state, and being from Arkansas, he had a front row seat as Kennedy only shook a few hands.  Clinton went on to say that when he was president, he made sure to shake hands and take pictures of all the Boys Nation representatives just in case things worked out for them.
  • Yesterday was Texas Muslim Capitol Day and during a speech outside the capitol in Austin, a native of Michigan commandeered the podium and attempted to claim the Capitol in the name of Jesus Christ.  My first thought was of something a religion professor from Columbia said at our church.  He said that we as Christians give the terrorists victory when we allow hate in our heart for people of a different faith.  If that lady looks familiar, it’s because she gained a lot of online fame for her views on Monster Energy drinks and their connection to Satan.  The seriousness in her face about Monster is both humorous and frightening.
  • Yesterday on The TICKET Lesley Visser shared a fun story about Super Bowl XXX that I never heard.  The night before the Super Bowl, Larry Brown was in a room with Troy Aikman, Emmit Smith, Michael Irving, Deion Sanders, and I think a few others.  Deion was complaining how Disney doesn’t award the Super Bowl MVP enough cash, and after some back and forth with others in the room, they all decided to put money in a pot, and who ever wins the MVP would get the cash. Yeah, I know, pretty cocky team, right?  As you know, lowly and overlooked Larry Brown was the MVP and his teammates couldn’t have been happier for him.
  • It was interesting watching Norm interview Visser on the webcam the station has running this week.  Those two have a real connection, holding hands and hugging, and she gave him a total of three pecks before she left.
  • BaDD Radio had Icky Woods on and you couldn’t help but fall in love with the guy.  I forgot that when he did the Icky Shuffle it was only at home games.  After football he actually sold meat door to door, which makes that GEICO commercial a tiny bit more relevant.
  • The case for Charles Haley that’s presented to the voting members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame has always been made by the San Francisco representative.  I have a feeling if it was made by Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News, he’d already be in.  Gosselin will be making the case for Jimmy Johnson tomorrow.
  • Tom Brady idolized Joe Montana, so it must hurt to hear that Montana thinks Brady is behind deflate-gate.  But what stuck out in the article was that Montana referenced Troy Aikman:  Troy [Aikman] and I were in the back saying, ‘Dang, we weren’t smart enough to think about air pressure,’ ” said Montana. “Because he couldn’t throw in the rain, neither could I. We should have thought about that earlier.”
  • Marshawn Lynch use play in the same division as the Patriots for about three years, so I think Belichick has an idea of how to take him out of the game and leave it all on Russell Wilson’s shoulders.  I can see Belichick studying the Green Bay and Dallas games to see how to rattle Wilson.  For those reasons, I give the Pats a three point edge on the Seahawks.  But man, I sure do want a Seahawks victory.
  • Shania Twain in a Troy Aikman jersey
  • Disney now has a Latina princess who will make her appearance on the Disney Junior channel.
  • Live Map: Where Dallas Police Are Now
  • Yes, there will be a Buddy Holly hologram. And he will tour Texas next year, then the world
  • To Hike Rent, Landlords Swap Plain Walls for Exposed Brick
  • You can earn $13,000 a year selling your poop – You just need to be really healthy.
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