Bag of Randomness

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  • I’m proud of that Cowboys team and thankful they made this season so much fun, it certainly wasn’t unexpected in preseason and after the San Francisco game.  I’m hopeful Witten and Romo and some of the others I view as dedicated hard workers with a pure heart for the game will finally win a Super Bowl, but that window sure is closing.  And that’s one thing that college football will never provide you, that John Elway or Michael Strahan moment of the old veteran fighting each year, getting ever so close, and then finally reaching that mountain top at the end of a long journeyed career.
  • As I’ve said before, I don’t blame the outcome of a game on one play or one call.  The Cowboys should have held on to an eight point lead and capitalized on other opportunities.
  • “That call” is going to overshadow DeMarco Murray fumbling.
  • Dez Bryant is the king of making an impactful great catch towards the end of game only for reply to rule it incomplete.  Of course there was yesterday, and then there was that time his pinkie was out of bounds against the Giants.  Either way, I still support the use of replay, the rules of interpretation just need to be refined.
  • There’s been a pattern of teams like the Cowboys not doing so well the next season.  Gulp.
  • Regarding major roster changes for next year, unless Jerry goes back to his feeling loyal to his players days, I don’t see DeMarco back, but instead Adrian Peterson taking his place.  I also see Weeden gone as the backup and beefing up the defense.
  • Personally, I don’t think Dez let the ball hit the ground.  When I look at the replay from the angels that the officials were provided, it isn’t clear that the ball actually hit the ground.  Perhaps it’s my Cowboys shaded glasses, but I thought Dez’s forearm prevented the ball from hitting the ground.  I don’t think the ball was right on top of his arm, but a bit on the side but enough to be off the ground. Or if the ball did hit the ground, I didn’t see that the replay found it conclusive, and if it isn’t conclusive, then you stick with the ruling on the field.  C’est la vie.
  • I wonder how things would have been handled logistically if the Cowboys had to play a home game yesterday and the College Football Playoff Championship had to be played the next night at AT&T Stadium.  I’m guessing a lot of people working overnight.
  • Gregg Doyel (@GreggDoyelStar) – Peyton Manning outside locker room. His tiny son in a tiny Broncos 18 jersey comes running. Bawling. Peyton on a knee. Hugging.
  • While going on an ill-advised McDonald’s run Saturday night I heard Sporting News Radio state that because Ohio State’s semester has not yet started, unlike Oregon, their football team can hold unlimited practices before the championship game.
  • Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) – Oregon graduation rate for all students: 67% For the football team? 54% (H/T @hollyhacker)
  • Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) – Ohio State graduation rate for all students: 83%. For the football team? 64% (H/T @hollyhacker)
  • Since the great Brent Musburger isn’t doing the College Playoff Championship Game, I’m going to explore the ESPN Megacast options, in particular the Film Room, Sounds of the Game, Spider Cam, Student Section, and Data Center.  It should be a fun experiment in viewing.
  • I often hear the phrase the “everyone puts their pants on one leg at a time”, but sometimes I’ll sit on the edge of my bed and will actually put my pants on two legs at a time.
  • I hope the NFL Network will do “A Football Life” episode on Bob Hayes and Hollywood Henderson one day.
  • I doubt I’ll get it, but I’ll prefer a Seattle and Indianapolis Super Bowl.
  • When it comes to talking to your kids about the birds and the bees, it’s going to be different for each family and each child, but a reader sent me this PDF of a children’s book that’s no longer in print that you might find very helpful.  I think it’s extremely well done.
  • Hobby Lobby candles recalled for potential fire hazard
  • Senator Ted Cruz appointed to oversee NASA in Congress – The senator is on-record denying climate change and has regularly pushed for government cutbacks – Well, he does represent a large percentage of them that work in Houston at the Johnson Space Center.
  • Remember Terry Jones, the Florida pastor that organized a Quran burning event that caused such an uproar that even then Sec of Defense of Defense Robert Gates phoned him asking to cancel the event?  He’s now running a freedom french fry stand in a mall.
  • I recently found out that Demi Lovato’s mother use to be a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and rocked quite the perm.
  • The ‘Mythbusters’ special on ‘The Simpsons’ was much better than expected, and I like the new format without the trio of Grant, Tory, and Kari, though I know a lot of guys will miss the eye candy.
  • Fourth-Grade Girls Accused Of Plotting To Kill Teacher With Hand Sanitizer
  • GIF – A Batman matador has a bad bull experience
  • For $5000, Chevy Will Let You Assemble Your Corvette Z06’s Engine Yourself
  • Saudi prince: $100-a-barrel oil ‘never’ again
  • I was glad to see Kevin Spacey win the Golden Globe for his role in ‘House of Cards’.
  • It’s nice to see Michael Keaton get rewarded and it was touching to hear him refer to his real name and acknowledge his parents.
  • That George Clooney can give a good heartfelt speech, the Robin Williams mentioned tugged at my heart strings.
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Surprise Pregnancy Announcement to Husband in a Photo Booth

These two love photo booths. A ton. It’s a tradition that they can track back to their first date. Now they can’t walk past a booth without stopping. But this time was different and he wasn’t expecting the surprise his wife had planned for him.

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For those who have been asking, I actually started taping my iPhone to the front wall of photo booths to capture video of our silly faces a few months ago. That way he wouldn’t be suspicious when I was finally able to share the happy news.

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