Bag of Randomness for Thursday, June 30, 2022

  • Even though my LiveJournal account has been defunct for a very long time, I received an email from them congratulating me on having an account for 18 years. That means I’ve been blogging for 18 years total. I believe my first post on BoN was on 08/15/2005. So, yes, I was blogging even before there was a BagOfNothing.com.
  • I know of one person for sure who found that first blog and read through every entry as well as what’s on BoN. I regret some of the things I’ve written over the years and my views and opinions have evolved.
  • Bermuda has no fresh-water springs, rivers, or lakes. Residents have traditionally derived their fresh water using white washed rainwater roof catchments, and associated storage tanks.
  • I’m surprised former President Trump doesn’t utilize his iconic jet and helicopter, even if he’s living in Florida.
  • The precursor to Monopoly was The Landlord’s Game, which was created by Elizabeth Magie and her plan backfired.
    • The game was created to be a “practical demonstration of the present system of land grabbing with all its usual outcomes and consequences”. She based the game on the economic principles of Georgism, a system proposed by Henry George, with the object of demonstrating how rents enrich property owners and impoverish tenants. She knew that some people could find it hard to understand why this happened and what might be done about it, and she thought that if Georgist ideas were put into the concrete form of a game, they might be easier to demonstrate. Magie also hoped that when played by children the game would provoke their natural suspicion of unfairness, and that they might carry this awareness into adulthood.
  • Companies Who Donated to Co-Sponsors of Texas Abortion Bill Revealed
  • Sen. Ted Cruz is feuding with another Sesame Street Muppet over vaccines
  • In Texas, state-funded crisis pregnancy centers gave medical misinformation to NBC News producers seeking counseling
  • I received confirmation for our tour of the Pentagon next week. Don’t expect to see any pictures on this blog, as this easily stood out in our confirmation:
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