Random Thoughts Thread

[Uncle Ted]

Doesn't really deserve a thread, but I thought this was interesting:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/01/15/377589757/boy-says-he-didn-t-go-to-heaven-publisher-says-it-will-pull-book

Turns out that Alex Malarkey's story is a bunch of malarkey!

So Alex hasn't financially benefited from the book... where is the money going? I guess the boy's father:

Beth Malarkey, Alex's mother and caregiver, is divorced from Kevin Malarkey. She told the Patheos website that she was troubled by the book, and pointed to a blog post she wrote about it last April.


"It is both puzzling and painful to watch the book 'The Boy who Came Back from Heaven' to not only continue to sell, but to continue, for the most part, to not be questioned," Beth Malarkey wrote at the time. She said her son had not benefitted financially from the book.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/15/alex-malarkey-boy-who-came-back-from-heaven_n_6483432.html

Given that he is not financially benefiting from the book he had no reason to continue the lie.

[old_gregg]

That soldier that I recently hired to work for my team? He brought in a whole bunch of MREs for his lunches. He said they are leftovers from his training exercises. Crackup.

he must be doing it for show because MREs are foul

[Blueintheface]

Walking Dead was pretty good this season. I think the writers are getting better.

Bump. Excited for this to start again.

[Dwight Schr-ute]

he must be doing it for show because MREs are foul

I believe it's spelled "fowl."

[Katy Lied]

Smith's Grocery sells a bakery item that is half donut, half croissant. I like them better than donuts; less sweet and more yeasty bready. The Smith's at Fort Union calls them "cronuts." The Smiths at Millcreek calls them "dossants." I think Smith's Corporate needs to call a Correlation Meeting.

[TripletDaddy]

Smith's Grocery sells a bakery item that is half donut, half croissant. I like them better than donuts; less sweet and more yeasty bready. The Smith's at Fort Union calls them "cronuts." The Smiths at Millcreek calls them "dossants." I think Smith's Corporate needs to call a Correlation Meeting.

No way, a cronut?? That sounds really clever. Are they good?

[Jeff Lebowski]

lol.

[CardiacCoug]

I'll admit to never having heard of a cronut before Katy's post.

I asked my wife about it and she of course has known about cronuts for a couple of years and named about ten places (including a Maverik station?!) where one can buy a delicious cronut.

[CardiacCoug]

KL and I missed this thread I guess.

http://www.cougarstadium.com/showthread.php?67544

[TripletDaddy]

I'll admit to never having heard of a cronut before Katy's post.

I asked my wife about it and she of course has known about cronuts for a couple of years and named about ten places (including a Maverik station?!) where one can buy a delicious cronut.

Not that it matters too much but there is only one place you can buy a cronut. And it isn't here in Utah.

[falafel]

Man, MarkGrace is going to be really pissed he missed this.

[TripletDaddy]

Man, MarkGrace is going to be really pissed he missed this.

I texted him

[Donuthole]

I might be the only person in the Western world who doesn't find those Jimmy Fallon lip synch battles to be chuckle-worthy, let alone funny. And I'm cool with that.

[UteStar]

I might be the only person in the Western world who doesn't find those Jimmy Fallon lip synch battles to be chuckle-worthy, let alone funny. And I'm cool with that.

You are a terrible person with no sense of humor. They are lip syncing!! Good stuff. Cmon.

[smokymountainrain]

I might be the only person in the Western world who doesn't find those Jimmy Fallon lip synch battles to be chuckle-worthy, let alone funny. And I'm cool with that.

The Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart performance might have been the worst one they've done. I did enjoy the a cappella "We Are The Champions", however.