Connections

Once upon a time, I was watching the learning channel on a Saturday afternoon, and a rerun of this show called "Connections" was on. See what I'm talking about on youtube here. The premise is exploring technology and seeing what causes in history which seem unrelated actually are related.

So I was having a chat with my brother, who is en route to Omaha, Nebraska to pick up a friend at the airport. This is a little farther away than the expected airport in Sioux Falls.

Wikipedia's article on Omaha lists the city clerk as one Buster Brown.

Buster Brown is also a cartoon character from the early 1900s.

This character was named after vaudeville child actor Buster Keaton.

Buster Keaton was well known for wearing pork pie hats.

The pork pie hat had a resurgence in popularity after Gene Hackman’s character Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle wore one in The French Connection, a film released in 1971.

Gene Hackman does the voice of Lowe's Hardware Commercials.

Lowe's is based in Moorseville, North Carolina.

Mooresville is also known as Race City, USA for its 60 NASCAR teams based there.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. resides in Mooresville.

AMP Energy is on his car.

AMP has Taurine in it.

Urban legends surrounding the source of taurine have included bull urine extract and bull semen. While it's true that taurine is found in both sources, it is not the source of taurine in the pharmaceutical or food industry.

Another Urban Legend indicates that carjackings happen frequently in broad daylight in Omaha Nebraska.

So there your have it, we've gone full circle back to Omaha. Wasn't that fun?

Matt