Bag of Randomness
- I failed to mention that for Christmas, WifeGeeding gave me a pocket calendar full of giftcards. The giftcards corresponded to a date circled on the calendar for a date night she planned throughout the year. She even went as far as already having a sitter scheduled for each date. Last night was the first of those dates, a simple trip to the movies. We watched The Imitation Game and both really enjoyed it.
- I also forgot to mention that we gave our mail carrier a Christmas treat, and she was nice enough to give us a hand written thank you note.
- The Fox pregame show had Jimmy Johnson go out to fish market and reenact a play with market workers wearing football jerseys and throwing a fish in place for a football. It sounds really stupid, it is really stupid, I was thoroughly entertained.
- Here’s a fun little read/quiz for you longtime DFW folks – it’s easy to name the current sports anchors of our local stations, but can you the name the person they replaced? It was harder than I thought.
- A great picture of Troy Aikman back in 1983 at Jimmy Johnson’s Oklahoma State Football Camp. It’s funny the guy next to him ended up being his lineman, he was pretty tiny back then.
- I’ve been listening to the new NPR podcast Invisibilia. It was this article about a twelve-year-old boy that basically became a vegetable, but was aware of everything around him, and then twelve years later coming out of it. But I was really disappointed they didn’t go more in depth about what happened after he “woke up”. The second podcast was about fear and I learned that about 400 people have a genetic disorder in which they are incapable of feeling fear. They talk about one woman with this fearless gene and he experience of once being held at knifepoint and at gunpoint. That “disorder” also reminded me of an episode of “House” and Tony Dungy’s adopted daughter, both had a rare disorder in which they are unable to feel pain.
- The Dallas Observer has another article about Gwyneth Paltrow’s love for Dallas (which I’m suspect of), but this one is about a blow dry bar called Blo Blow Dry Bar. I had no idea such a thing existed and if I heard this in conversation would have considered it some kind of joke.
- Speaking of that paper, with the Marvel Experience Tour in town, they turned into the Daily Bugle and wrote about a Hulk sighting at Parkland Hospital.
- A female Christian blogger stated to feel conviction and decided to stop wearing leggings to keep men from lustful thoughts. This seems like something the girls at Hardin-Simmons would do when I was a student. Seriously, it was a common thing to hear that they were “dating Jesus” instead of them trying to commit to a relationship or go on a date. I have a feeling things haven’t changed that much.
- The X-Files could be coming back
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Six-year-old asks Neil deGrasse Tyson, “What’s the meaning of life?”
Though many will disagree with his answer, I was impressed with how graceful he was and how quickly he was able to answer it. I thought it was quite touching when you see him get down to the kid’s level to connect with him.
When you read the YouTube description you see that young Jack is a huge fan of Tyson, even asking his pediatrician if it’s possible to change his skin color so he could one day be a black doctor.
When asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, Young Jack always gave the same peculiar reply. From the age of two until about the age of five, Young Jack wanted to be… a black doctor. With tremendous enthusiasm, he told anyone and everyone who would listen. When he told his pediatrician this—when he asked his pediatrician if we could make him black—the kindly white-haired woman peered at us over her bifocals with an air of disbelief not frequently displayed by medical professionals. Young Jack and I both, you see, have the approximate complexions of hospital sheets. I quickly explained Young Jack’s affinity for the PBS Program NOVA, and especially for its frequent host, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Tyson’s doctoral work is in the field of astrophysics, but he is a doctor. He is also black. Knowing not-too-much about astrophysics, and nothing at all about race, Young Jack nonetheless knew what his ideal future would hold; when Young Jack grew up, he wanted to be Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Fox Business Delivers Stupidest Super Bowl Report Possible
http://youtu.be/imelMAUm40s
Fox Business Network attempted to report on Super Bowl ticket sales today with threats that “the NFL is expecting record-low attendance.” That’s not true, but somehow what reporter Elizabeth MacDonald went on to say got even stupider.
MacDonald tried to trace recent Super Bowl attendance trends to the popularity of the teams playing, claiming six-figure attendance four years ago was due to the Green Bay Packers’ and Pittsburgh Steelers’ involvement. She then projected the popularity of teams in the running for this year’s Super Bowl, and how that might affect attendance. Here’s the thing, though: only one number factors into Super Bowl attendance statistics, and that number is STADIUM CAPACITY.
Every Super Bowl since the inaugural edition has sold out. That includes this year’s edition, which at roughly 72,000 seats would make it the 13th-lowest-attended Super Bowl ever—not even close to the record. Fox Business alleges a “report” that the NFL is “bracing” for record-low attendance, but never cites this report or where it came from. MacDonald finally questions whether the Super Bowl “will break even the 70,000 fan attendance level it’s been trending at.” Given that the NFL mandates a minimum of 70,000 seats, we’re pretty sure they’ll hit that number.
To top it off, host Maria Bartiromo suggests Super Bowl attendance may be declining because of Super Bowl parties.
[Fox Business]
h/t to John
Update: As a commenter below notes, Fox Business’s ticket price numbers are way off, too. They claim ticket prices range from $800 to $1,900; StubHub’s cheapest ticket is currently more than $2,000, and the most expensive tickets are in the tens of thousands.
Credit LiberallyLean.com
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