Bag of Randomness

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  • The Emmys had a real fun and loose vibe to it this year.  I don’t remember the BBC having so many nominations in previous years.  If I’m bummed about anything regarding winners, I wanted ‘House of Cards’ to at least get one win.  And I was actually surprised that ‘Breaking Bad’ went out with such a bang, but it was well deserved.
  • The “In Memoriam” and transition to Billy Crystal speaking about Robin Williams was eloquently done.  Crystal seemed like he was going to break down a few times.
  • I’ll often tell DaughterGeeding “You don’t need [such-and-such], you just want [such-and-such]”.  Yesterday I heard her yelling that at her brother when they were fighting for the same toy after he said he needed it.
  • After cleaning out the lint in the dryer exhaust pipe, our clothes are drying at a significant faster rate.
  • A great point was made by a friend during an email exchange regarding the Simpsons marathon.  While the shows are fun and entertaining, we may be enjoying them more because it reminds us of where we were at certain points in our life when we first saw them.
  • A friend I haven’t talked to in over a decade will coach his first high school football game as a varsity head coach.  I regret not keeping in touch with him other than a Christmas card, so I sent him a handwritten letter yesterday telling him I’m proud of him and wishing the best of luck.
  • Yesterday Dan from The TICKET talked about lightning hitting his house which killed his HDTV.  He thought he lucked out since he bought the additional insurance on the HDTV, but there’s a lightning clause.
  • Try before you die – A business in Japan will let living souls try on makeup, outfits, and coffins for their future funeral.
  • Matt Damon accepted the ice bucket challenge, but instead of using clean water he used toilet water.
  • I learned from Reddit that the average toll to pass through the Panama Canal is $54,000, and the most expensive regular toll fee is US$375,600.  Wikipedia
  • Aaron Paul had a ‘Breaking Bad’ scavenger hunt.  You’ll never guess who was waiting at IHOP.
  • And I thought the NFL was a bunch of stiffs – The NHL wasn’t happy with Krusty the Clown vomiting into the Stanley Cup
  • WifeGeeding was talking to a friend yesterday about her daughter’s first day of school.  It was kind of a big deal because she transferred to a new high school.  She got sent home because her shorts were too short, something she could get away with at her old high school.
  • GIF – A cockatoo‏ pulling Milk Bones out of a box and feeding a large dog.
  • GIF – A cute dashcam moment
  • GIF – This horse is not camera friendly
  • NYTimes.com – The Brazilian Bus Magnate Who’s Buying Up All the World’s Vinyl Records
  • Vanna White started on the ‘Wheel of Fortune’ turning letters back in 1982.  It wasn’t until 1997 that all she had to do was touch box for the letters to appear.  That’s a 15 year run of turning letters, and 17 years of just touching them.  So yes, she’s now been revealing letters by touch longer than she had turned them and I just find that interesting.
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