Bag of Randomness for Thursday, January 25, 2024

  • I’m looking forward to Monday nights, Jon Stewart is returning to The Daily Show:
    • The comedian, who during his 16-year run as host of the Comedy Central program established it as an entertainment and cultural force, will return to host the show each week on Mondays starting February 12, Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios announced Wednesday. Stewart, who returns as the 2024 presidential election season heats up, will also executive produce the show and work with a rotating line-up of comedians who will helm the program the rest of the week, Tuesdays through Thursdays.
  • If I were Barron Trump, for Halloween, I’d just wear a red shirt with the “The” on the front and be the Red Barron.
  • I remember thinking ill of Pete Carroll when he left USC for the Seattle Seahawks. At the time, it appeared USC was about to be penalized for things he was responsible for and he left before they could be enforced, leaving his successor to deal with the ramifications. I feel like that’s what Jim Harbaugh is doing to Michigan.
  • Here’s one way to look at how college football has changed. Michigan, the national champs, will lose the following starters (and that’s before any portal departures):
    • • Starting QB • Leading Rusher • Leading Receiver • Starting LT • Starting LG • Starting C • Starting RG • Starting RT • Leading tackler (LB) • Starting DT • Starting EDGE • Starting EDGE • Starting WILL • Starting CB • Starting Nickel
  • When was the last time the Ravens hosted the AFC Championship game? Per Peter King, not since the very first AFC Championship game.
    • So now the Ravens move on to host the first AFC Championship Game in the city since, well, the first AFC Championship Game. True fact. The AFL and NFL merged in 1970, birthing the AFC and NFC. And in January 1971, John Madden brought his Raiders to Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium to play the Colts … and the Indianapolis Colts weren’t a gleam in anyone’s eye back then. Baltimore 27, Oakland 17, with one TD pass by the great Johnny Unitas. To Ray Perkins
  • Barry, over at LiberallyLean.com, posted this Gallup chart which really bugs me. The negative numbers are literally in the green. Green is typically used to promote growth and things in the positive. Damn media.
  • The U.S. Embassy in the UK with some diplomatic tea humor.
  • I sense the discussion in the country is shifting from who will win in November to how we will protect democracy and voting from a candidate who is at war with the country.
  • Our governor, or someone running his social media, decided to reply to a tweet that they thought belonged to an actor, but it’s a parody account (that last name is the car company, and on the owner’s profile page claims to be from pretend city Parody, TX), one I’ve been following for a while.
  • Since I mentioned that Twitter account, let me post something from it. Trump’s lawyer told the judge she was sick, so the trial got delayed, yet she was spotted at a Trump victory party because that kid posted a picture he took with her. That kid is learning a hard lesson many folks in Trump’s first (and hopefully only) administration learned the hard way. A top three rule in politics is, you gotta ask, what have you done for me lately?

  • I’ve felt like this election cycle is going by pretty fast for the Republicans to find their presidential nominee, that 2024 is seeing a faster dropoff than in previous election cycles. It turns out I’m right, and this article has a chart, though not a great one, that compares this election cycle with previous ones.
  • Charles Osgood died earlier this week. He was a great host of CBS Sunday Morning and brought a grandfatherly charm. The ex and I discovered the program, which I like to describe as NPR for television, at the start of our marriage. I was tempted to send her a text about him, but that’s a boundary she made clear. But I miss the little stuff like that which comes in a relationship, and I wonder and hope that I can have something like that again. Oh, and copulation.
  • I don’t remember if I mentioned this or not, but one of my recent dates told me how excited she was that in a few months, she was going to become a grandmother. While I was happy for her, that was an instant turnoff. I don’t want to have a grandma girlfriend. My kids are still relatively young, they aren’t even in high school. Realizing people around my age (48) are becoming grandparents is a bit jarring, a huge coming-of-age moment. Speaking of coming-of-age moments, Tiffani Thiessen celebrated her 50th birthday this week by posting this on Instagram.
  • When I had disposable income, Woot.com was the fifth website I would visit as part of my morning routine. I’ve always appreciated their creative and quirky sense of humor. For instance, I saw something called the “Pointless Price” and wondered what that was.
  • Religion News Service – A Southern Baptist leader hid decades of abuse. Will his fall doom SBC abuse reforms?
  • An Oklahoma youth baseball coach has been arrested for raping a little girl & exposing her to HIV. He was drunk at a friend’s house, went into her daughter’s room, and then raped her. The mother held the pedophile at gunpoint and called the cops.
  • Take this as you will.
    https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/1749915271048143272
  • Close call.

  • https://twitter.com/TheFigen_/status/1750264413775397186
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