Bag of Randomness

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  • Yesterday’s local news: storm, storm, ebola, storm, storm
  • A CBS11 reporter actually reported back that Big Tex was still standing after the storm, as if we were all worried about him.  Yes, I understand him burning down was our 9/11, but unless he gets ebola there’s no news there.
  • When the Mavs were losing to the Heat in their first NBA Finals appearance I remember telling a coworker how much I couldn’t stand Dwyane Wade.  He asked why I told him it’s because he gets all the calls, and then he tells me I shouldn’t be mad at Wade, but at the refs.  He may not know it, but that moment replays a lot in my head and now makes me focus where my anger or frustration should be directed.
  • In the seventh grade I had a devout Christian teacher explain what GD meant.  I’m not sure how we got on the topic, but she stated that one is not damning God, but telling God to put something to damnation.  So if you say GD to a person, you are telling God to send that person to Hell, or if you stub your toe, you are telling God to send that pain or moment to Hell.  From that moment I’ve been fascinated with etymology.
  • I’m not saying this is the case for everyone that gets offended by GD, but I tend to think a lot of those folks who make a fuss about it are looking for an opportunity to stand up for Christ and showcase they are a Christian.  It’s my understanding that God is pretty powerful and can defend himself, perhaps a better weapon would be grace, which doesn’t mean you have to like the term.
  • Dolly Parton has a free service called the Imagination Library – Each month, from the day the child is born until his/her fifth birthday, a carefully selected book arrives at the mailbox.
  • According to this article, Fuzzy’s Tacos is testing a pancake taco made with a flour tortilla dipped in pancake batter and filled with egg and bacon or chorizo.
  • I can’t remember if I mentioned it, but the kids are really into Tom & Jerry.  Last night one of my favorites came on, the one where Tom is an opera singer singing Figaro.  The other one I really like is when the house floods and they rig the freezer to turn the flooded house into an ice skating rink.
  • I don’t clear out my cache and cookies as often as I should.
  • Washington Post – The U.S. government has decided to save some of its old nuclear weapons that were scheduled for disassembly next year to determine whether they could be good for blasting earthbound asteroids.
  • We gave the new NBC romantic sitcom ‘A to Z’ a shot and we think it’ll be pretty solid.
  • Jerry Seinfeld gave an anti-advertising rant at an advertising awards event.
  • What It’s like to Fly the $23,000 Singapore Airlines Suites Class
  • And it was yet another Thursday night blowout – @darrenrovell: CBS is paying $39.2M per Thursday Night Football game this season. They pay $11.5M per NCAA Tournament game (split w/Turner)
  • GIF – How paper clips are made
  • U2’s Thickening Ecclesiology
  • Buzzfeed – The place that inspired Disneyland
  • AllOfGarden.com – On September 8th, I purchased a Pasta Pass, and immediately realized my life’s goal. For the 49 days of Olive Garden’s Never Ending Pasta Bowl™, I will consume nothing but food obtained through that fine establishment.
  • ‘Better Call Saul’ music video to air Sunday during final night of ‘Breaking Bad’ binge
  • There really shouldn’t be any debate on this, but the coolest aircraft of all time has to be the SR-71 Blackbird.
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