- I didn’t know Dallas was getting another fancy bridge, this one is being built by the same folks that build Spaceship Earth in EPCOT. I added that last nugget for one loyal reader.
- ‘Modern Family’ always has a good Halloween episode.
- Shaq called Tim Duncan “Old Man River Walk” the other day which I thought was pretty funny.
- I’m surprised Christians aren’t easily offended when people use their faith to try to get business, it all seems pretty close to setting up shop on temple grounds.
- There’s a lot of retouching that goes on in a L’Oréal Garnier commercial (Vimeo).
- I was watching the ‘CBS Evening News’ coverage of that rocket explosion in Virginia and they interviewed a store owner who had a busted window resulting from the explosion how far the store is from the launch site. He said, “As the crow flies, probably seven or eight miles.” That was the first time I heard of the phrase “as the crow flies”. From the context I understood the meaning, but I had to look it up to see if it was actually a popular saying.
- I haven’t seen ‘The Daily Show’ use on University of Texas reference since they’ve been shooting from Austin all week. Good for them for not picking low hanging fruit.
- NFL-themed burgers hit London diners, including a Cowboys BBQ burger
- I don’t think I watched but half an hour of the entire 2014 World Series.
- The story behind that ’10 hours of walking in NYC’ viral street harassment video
- When I saw this picture of Phil Collins holding a Bowie knife I actually thought it was a scene from LOST, like John Locke holding a knife.
- Today’s dose of ‘MURICA! – The U.S. takes home another World Series.
- @darrenrovell – Giants sponsor Virgin America gave passengers on flight 717 from Dallas to SF rally towels to watch game with
- Justin Long was on ‘The Late Late Show’ last night and did a killer Marty McFly impression.
- The driver’s seat is front middle – After 70 Years, a Forgotten Concept Car Is Finally Coming to Life
- I caught the ESPN ’30 for 30′ on Brian Bosworth:
- Most of my thoughts about him comes from a ten-year-old’s perspective. I remember a lot of friends getting his haircut in elementary school, only a few got the dye job to go with it.
- A lot of the show is focused upon him visiting a storage locker full of his football past with his teenage son. Bosworth does a lot of reflecting and crying over bad decisions, and he often refers to relationship he had with his father saddened how hard he was on him and how he wished he could have pleased him more. All of that encouraged me to be a better father and made me really start to feel for the man. He goes on to say that Barry Switzer was really the father figure in his life, specifically he says, “Barry Switzer eclipsed any male figure in my life.”
- I had no idea he was a local product, Irving MacArthur specifically. Speaking of local stuff, Dale Hansen gets considerable air time.
- At one time he was a very straight laced, well mannered, and somewhat shy kid.
- After he lost a girlfriend to a Texas Longhorn he developed a strong hatred for the university, and “The Boz” was born when a reporter asked him about the school and he went on a long rant about the school color, head coach Fred Akers, and the city of Austin.
- It was funny seeing the OU coaching staff all wearing polyester maroon pants, and it made me wonder if we’d ever see the likes of such things on the sidelines again. It also made me miss how old jerseys looked, how they were just netted/meshed without sewn numbers and letters, but some kind of iron-on material.
- It was a bit weird watching Mack Brown talk about his days at Oklahoma since so many must associate him with UT. Brown was the offensive coordinator at OU during Bosworth’s time.
- The Boz was a combination of Prime Time Deion Sanders and Dennis Rodman, so you can say he was ahead of his time.
- I never thought Bo Jackson’s touchdown run over him was all that impressive. Well, maybe it was impressive, but I tend to think the lore of it is bigger than the actual event. Bosworth was able to bring him down and he wasn’t put on his back.
- I guess he was really the first big time athlete to get busted for steroid use.
- In his rookie year in Seattle he called out John Elway before a game and the Denver fans bought a whole bunch of Boz Bozo t-shirts. But here’s the kicker, those t-shirts were made by Bosworth’s company.
