Bag of Randomness

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  • I’m happy the Cowboys now have a winning season, but I still fear the rest of December.
  • I wonder how many of us actually remember getting the Sears Wish Book and flipping through it with glee.
  • Melissa Joan Hart sure does love her some Wal-Mart.
  • CBS Market Watch – The Chinese economy just overtook the United States economy to become the largest in the world. For the first time since Ulysses S. Grant was president, America is not the leading economic power on the planet.
  • Cowboys fans, set your DVR to record the NFL Network for 8:00 PM tonight as the Roger Staubach episode of ‘A Football Life’ will air.
  • I wonder how many people actually understand the concept of a grand jury and how it’s part of our legal system.  Sadly, I didn’t know anything about it until David Letterman stated he had to testify before one back in October 2009 which made me look it up.  Actually, after looking it up I needed a bit more detail and asked a former DA for an explanation.
  • This Wikipedia article states that flashing your headlights to warn of a speed trap is protected by free speech in some states but not in others.   Texas isn’t mentioned and I can’t find any info on our state’s status.
  • I saw lots of reports of Ticketmaster having problems processing presale U2 tickets.  They offer a crazy VIP package which guarantees seating in the first 15-rows, a stay at the Ritz Carlton, shuttle to and from the venue, a pre-show reception with food and beer and wine, a backstage tour, and other stuff for about $1,300.  One of my close friends brought up the idea of going to one of the Phoenix concerts, checking Hoover Dam, and camping.  I’ll all for it except for the camping (and not buying the VIP package).  God made houses for a reason.
  • Out of 120 U.S. cities, Rapid City, S.D., has the most unpredictable weather – Dallas does come in at number ten, and just because I know it’s like nails on a chalkboard to Barry, now seems like a good time to state that if you don’t like the weather around here, just wait a minute.
  • Crazy suicide in Dallas – Witnesses tell CBSDFW they saw a man scribble something in Spanish on his van. He then tied one end of a rope around his neck and the other end around a fire hydrant. The man then drove off, decapitating himself.
  • I’m not sure if this website will work on a mobile device, but it shows you the distance and how long it would take to go from the Earth to the moon and then to Mars, if Earth was represented by being just ten pixels wide.
  • Thumbs up – Krysten Ritter Is Jessica Jones in Marvel’s New Series for Net
  • Paris, TX has their own version of the Eiffel Tower, but it has a cowboy hat on top.
  • Today’s dose of ‘MURICA!
  • There Are 328 Human People Named “Abcde” in the United States
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