Bag of Randomness

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  • I had a question about our neighborhood power outage and decided to text the neighbor I’m most comfortable with.  Instead of sending a new text, I scrolled through my text history and replied to it.  After he politely answered my question I felt comfortable enough with him that I started to include some dark humor.  I got a strange reply and then it dawned on me, the reply I used to text my neighbor was a group message.  The rest of the night was spent eating some humble pie and hoping I didn’t offend anyone.
  • I stopped watching professional wrestling sometime after Hulk Hogan and Randy ‘The Machoman’ Savage teamed up.
  • After seeing how we’ve botched the whole Ebola thing, I can totally see how a zombie outbreak is plausible.  I use to watch those movies thinking there’s no way the zombie virus could spread at that rate because we would contain that stuff in an instant.
  • I’ve gotten my Charlie Brown/Snoopy carved pumpkin to last longer than expected by spraying it with a bleach and water solution everyday.
  • Alton Brown is a culinary genius when it comes to teaching and showcasing food, but he seems like a jerk.  At one point he had a set of rules on his blog regarding fan engagement.
  • I’ve never been a fan of pickles.
  • The other day I was trying to figure out what’s the biggest waste of money, like something you spend money on but doesn’t really fulfill a purpose or extra money spent on something that’s not needed.  Decorative pillows came to mind, and so did vanity plates.  I know vanity plates serve a purpose, but you are spending extra money for no other purpose other than vanity when you could just have standard less expensive plates.
  • I’ve never worn anything from Oscar de la Renta.
  • As cool as the Navy Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds are, it’s a waste of taxpayer dollars.
  • Say goodbye to the magnetic strip on your credit/debits cards and hello to chips – Obama signs “BuySecure” initiative to speed EMV adoption in the US
  • Today’s dose of ‘MURICA!
  • Peter King mentioned the inspiration for this Peyton Manning picture is this Wilt Chamberlain photo.
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Bag of Randomness

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  • For reasons you won’t believe, I injured my foot enough to necessitate a trip to an ER facility.  Upon arriving and providing my name, I had to answer an Ebola questions about my symptoms and travel history.  After the doctor diagnosed there was no fracture but some tendon issues, I jokingly said, “Whew.  So you’re saying it’s not Ebola.”  He cracked up, and since it was rather slow, he went into detail about what was all going on.  One point he made that I don’t think anyone else has even considered was that even the family of Thomas Eric Duncan that lived with him in an apartment hasn’t even shown symptoms of the virus.  Think about that, he was symptomatic with uncontrollable bodily fluids in a cramp environment and the people around him aren’t even infective, so chill Dallas.
  • The ER I went to was one of those new facilities that’s not part of a hospital and just specializes in urgent care.  There wasn’t any wait time, they gave me a CD of my x-rays, and put all my paperwork in a nice folder.
  • When I was in my ER room I could hear the nurses at the counter talking.  A cheerleader was brought in for an injury and was taken to x-ray, but she was apprehensive about the x-ray because she wasn’t sure if she was pregnant and didn’t want to talk to her mom about.
  • It was bath time and could hear both kids saying they had to use the toilet really bad, so I quickly head to the bathroom to control the situation and the saw that the kids worked things out on their own – both were sitting on the toilet seat facing the same direction and taking care of business.  It’s nice to see that they can share.
  • I attended a birthday party for a little girl in which “Happy Birthday” wasn’t sung because the birthday girl has a fear of the song.  The party also started at 10:00 AM and as a non-drinker, I was surprised at the number of beers people were drinking.  I thought there was a general rule that “it’s too early to drink” unless you are tailgating or something.  One mother let her child suck on an empty beer bottle which seem a bit weird to me.  I know the alcohol content was nil but it made me uncomfortable.
  • At that party I was speaking to two other fathers I really didn’t know all that well and one was commenting about the children gathering candy from the broken pinata and pointed out how one boy just wasn’t quite getting the concept, somewhat playfully poking fun at him.  The other guy politely pointed out that was BoyGeeding and the guy making the comments just kind of fell silent and avoided eye contact from me for a bit.
  • For some reason A-Rod was at the Cowboys game standing in the tunnel and Tony Romo almost ran him over, seriously.
  • I loved yesterday’s Cowboys win, but it’s still just October and they have only won just one division game.  And even though it’s October, I’m glad there’s not as much pink being floated around by the players.  I’m all for breast cancer awareness, just now how Susan G. Komen distributes their funds.
  • It bugged me that Fox didn’t air enough of the final play of the game, you could just barely see the Cowboys offensive line do the Landry shift in the victory formation.
  • ‘The Romo Spin’ that he uses to evade sacks works because he spins away from the line of scrimmage.  Most quarterbacks instinctively run towards the line of scrimmage and defensive linemen instinctively jump that way when chasing them, and Romo is able to use that to his advantage.
  • The reason for the Cowboys’ success this season has to be because they no longer play “Sweet Home Alabama” at home games.  For seasons they’d play that and it would always bug me because there’s no connection to Alabama.
  • TCU would be a top four ranked team if they would have won that nail-biter a few weeks ago along with this weekend’s blowout.  Speaking of TCU, I had no idea that they called many places homes – Fort Worth, Thorp Spring (near the frontier of Comanche and Kiowa territory), Waco, and then back to Fort Worth.
  • Something that has always bugged me about college football – rankings.  A few weeks ago TCU had a number nine ranking and they lose to a number five team.  A better ranked team should beat a lesser ranked team.  So even though that happens, despite a tight game, TCU still moved down in the rankings which doesn’t make sense, they should have stayed in the same spot or even moved to a better spot since they played a higher ranked team so well.
  • Something that has recently bugged me about college football – games last too freaking long.  There’s no reasons why it should take over four hours for a game to be played.  The evolution of the passing game and the implementation of the spread in the majority of programs is a major part of it, but I just feel exhausted watching one game.
  • Redbook thinks Cindy Crawford’s 13-year-old daughter looks a lot like her mom in her modeling days.
  • Scientifically, What Is the Worst Way to Die? – I read somewhere that the last sense to go is hearing, which is creepy, as you just lie helplessly without any feeling or vision as you fade away.
  • I feel like if Trickle Down Economics worked, there wouldn’t be a need, or a want, to raise the minimum wage because earnings would have trickled down.
  • We got a letter in the mail stating the electricity in the neighborhood would be turned off from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM tomorrow for some kind of upgrade work.  Since I work from home, this puts a kink in my workday so I think I’ll just take the day off and do something with WifeGeeding and BoyGeeding when GirlGeeding is in preschool.  I just don’t know what to do.  And because I know there’s a long power outage set for a specific time, thoughts of some kind of wild Oceans Eleven scheme are going through my head.  I’m also trying to figure out if the food in the fridge and freezer will spoil.
  • That Dallas Cowboy that got busted for stealing underwear and cologne is now going to endorse an underwear company.
  • When alphabetizing things, I usually have to recite the alphabet instead of just being able to place them in the correct order.
  • Buzzfeed – A Photo Of A Woman In A Homemade Hazmat Suit At The Airport Has Gone Viral
  • How Landlocked Dallas Once Tried to Become a Port City
  • How The Most Successful People Poop At Work
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OU football chaplain arrested on drug, larceny charges

The chaplain for the University of Oklahoma football team was arrested on Wednesday after he allegedly lured a man from his house by offering a bogus vehicle test drive and then stealing prescription medications while the man was gone.

Kent Bowles, 45, of Norman, who also serves as regional representative for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a national sports ministry, was arrested on complaints of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, larceny, concealment of stolen property and obtaining cash or merchandise by bogus check or false pretenses.

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