- I wrote a Bag of Randomness for yesterday but forgot to publish it, so today you get a two-for-one deal.
- October 26 Is Official Texas Chicken Fried Steak Day – Celebration that started in Dallas spreads across the state
- Small Montana firm lands Puerto Rico’s biggest contract to get the power back on
- For the sprawling effort to restore Puerto Rico’s crippled electrical grid, the territory’s state-owned utility has turned to a two-year-old company from Montana that had just two full-time employees on the day Hurricane Maria made landfall.
- There’s a bit of a local tie with this story. When you go to the company’s website it provides two phone numbers with a 214 area code for the media to contact.
- I watched some of the World Series last night. Fox played a lot of U2 music before commercial breaks. I like the thin outline of the strike zone Fox provides. I had no idea outfielders use a cheat sheet, or a card they carry around, to tell them where to position themselves when a certain player comes to bat.
- I enjoyed every single second of how the Dodgers used Vin Scully for the ceremonial first pitch. It might be my favorite sports moment of the year, I smiled the whole time.
CHILLS. Vin Scully throws out the first pitch with some help from Fernando Valenzuela. #ITFDB https://t.co/HhMcHShkGX
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 26, 2017
- Jenna and Barbara Bush Reveal the Bush Family‘s Favorite GIFs
- Former President George H.W. Bush’s spokesman released a statement strongly denying a sexual assault charge yesterday.
- “President Bush would never — under any circumstance — intentionally cause anyone distress, and he most sincerely apologizes if his attempt at humor offended Ms. Lind.“
- My first reaction was there was no way this could be true. I know he’s always flirted with the Houston Texans cheerleaders (pic1, pic2) and there were times I wondered where his hand was placed (pic1, pic2). And there was that pic of a girl in a bikini sitting in his lap I simply laughed off. But now a second woman has accused him of sexual assault and also said the former president joked his favorite magician was “David Cop-a-Feel”. Now Bush’s spokesman released a second statement which wasn’t as strongly worded as the first.
- “At age 93, President Bush has been confined to a wheelchair for roughly five years, so his arm falls on the lower waist of people with whom he takes pictures. To try to put people at ease, the president routinely tells the same joke — and on occasion, he has patted women’s rears in what he intended to be a good-natured manner. Some have seen it as innocent; others clearly view it as inappropriate. To anyone he has offended, President Bush apologizes most sincerely.
- Andrea Mitchell of NBC News (and wife of Alan Greenspan) tweeted support for the former president. In case you are wondering, Greenspan is 91 and she’s 70.
- Presidents Obama and Trump were both in town this week, and Bush43 lives here, that’s a lot of presidents in one week for Dallas.
- Armchair Conspiracy Theory – Trump is allowing the JFK files to be released to finally prove Senator Ted Cruz’s father was Lee Harvey Oswald’s accomplice and Cuba was complicit, which would destroy relations with country again and make Obama look bad for re-establishing relations.
- I know there’s a possible serial killer in Florida but did they ever find the Scranton Strangler? I don’t think there’s definitive proof he’s been captured.
- United Airlines is selling passenger plane seats, like literally, you can take them home. At a later date, you can buy an airplane window, tail number cutouts, and other items.
- Because of the recent death of Robert Guillaume, I thought of his show ‘Benson’, in which he was a butler to a governor, which lead me to wonder if our governor has a butler. Surely, not all governors of each state have a butler, right? It just sounds a bit pretentious and I have a feeling some governor mansions just aren’t mansion enough to warrant one.
- I had a weird dream in which I met the LiberallyLean.com guy for the first time. He appeared at my front door on Saturday morning with two tickets to the Texas/Baylor game at Waco and said, “Let’s go,” nodding his head in the direction of his running car parked curbside.
- Karate Kid sequel series: Ralph Macchio, William Zabka reunite in BTS photo
What Should Have Been A Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, October 25, 2017
- The random political idea which I haven’t fully thought through and may not be constitutional – After leaving Congress or the presidency, all persons are prohibited from obtaining employment but will be provided with a lifetime pension. The only exception to any earned income would be related to book sales or teaching positions.
- The website NoOffenseOrAnything.com will send an anonymous email to anyone you think has bad body odor, bad breath, dandruff, or bad table manners but too afraid to confront them about it.
- Here’s a Facebook page in which UPS drivers upload pictures of dogs they encounter.
- Perhaps the most impressive house I’ve ever seen.
- When Nancy Reagan was in high school, it was possible to get a varsity letter in posture.
- Sometimes people talk about the opportunity to go back in time and talk to your younger self. The concept is nice, but I’m pretty sure any wisdom I gave to my younger self would just bounce off.
- GIF – The smoothest landing a duck ever made. I think a duck is my spirit animal, they can walk, fly, and swim.
- @BeschlossDC – Rejected 1945 plan for post-World War II Pentagon, with center tower addition:
- Netflix needs a “Not Interested” button.
- Today’s Attempt at Humor – I once stayed up all night trying figure out where the sun went. Then it dawned on me.
- GIF – Lions like to hug
- Random driving tip – If you miss a turn, don’t try to fix it on the spot, take it as a mistake, keep moving forward and find a reasonable way to get where you are going.
- ESPN has ended its partnership with Barstool Sports after airing just one episode of a new late-night talk show, “Barstool Van Talk.”
- Mercedes-Benz Stadium roof, audio problems to be fixed by spring, leaders say
- Among the most notable issues is the stadium’s roof—which was supposed to dramatically open in just a few minutes—and complaints of poor acoustics. According to 11Alive, those issues won’t be fully addressed until well into 2018. The roof operations, or lack thereof, initially resulted in the delayed opening of the stadium as engineers attempted to calibrate the massive “petals” that make up the structure. The roof has been opened twice for games at the stadium, but now will remain closed until automation is complete.
- Bill Murray Stole the Show as David Letterman Accepted the Mark Twain Prize
Toby did it.
If your visiting kin this weekend in East Texas, then you should check out the Alba-Golden Sweet Potato parade on Saturday at 10:00. Nice small town gathering.
The Vin Scully first pitch ceremony was brilliant. I wish I had taken more time to appreciate his work while he was still active. My favorite broadcast call from him in recent years was the one where he told the story of Jonny Gomes being attacked by a wolf as a child, all while never missing a step in calling the action on the field.
The Karate Kid sequel series sounds an awful lot like the plot to Karate Kid 3.