Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, April, 10, 2024

  • I stopped at Kohl’s to look at their suits. Not only did I not like anything they had, but they were more expensive than I expected. A relatively good suit will cost around $400 bucks, including tailoring. So, I thought I could get out of there with something for around $180. Nope. It looked like I couldn’t get out of there with a suit for less than $260 buying matching separates. I ended up buying a decent suit at K&G (tailoring included) for a little over $200, and they threw in a few doodads like a garment bag to store the suit, a lint brush, and a wooden tie hanger. In retrospect, I should have just gone to Mens Wearhouse. Even though George Zimmer is no longer associated with the company, because of his old tagline, “You’re going to like the way you look. I guarantee it,” I usually end up happy with what I buy there, even if I’m not thrilled with the price.
  • Today, I learned that Men’s Wearhouse, Jos. A. Bank, and K&G are part of the same company, Tailored Brands.
  • I’m astonished Zimmer never did any voicework for a cartoon like Larry King. Gosh, can I date myself anymore with a sentence like that?
  • Final eclipse thoughts:
    • The fact that solar eclipses happen at all is a numerical and cosmic coincidence. It just so happens that the sun is approximately 400 times larger than the moon. And it’s also 400 times more distant from Earth. So when our moon passes in front of the sun, it can completely obscure it. If we were a bit closer to the sun or the moon was a bit further away from us, we wouldn’t have total solar eclipses. The moon would be too small to block out the sun completely. There are between 145 and 167 moons in the solar system, depending on how you count them, but none of them produce such perfect eclipses as the Earth’s moon. No other moon in the vast expanse of the solar system has these properties.
    • Now, take this a step further and imagine this from the future after establishing contact and relationships with aliens from other planets. The astronomers of the future will discover that other planet eclipses can never measure up to the ones on Earth. Any space-faring aliens would want to visit Earth on tourist trips to see the lunar eclipse. Or, maybe aliens already visit us during a total solar eclipse and we just don’t know it.
  • Lenny Kravitz is 59 years old. I believe he’s throwing around 135 lbs. He’s also wearing leather pants to work out.

    For this video, fast-forward to 0:50 to see the avalanche. These folks were beyond lucky to be in that tunnel at that specific moment. If Barry sees this, I’m sure he’s thinking about the Butterly Effect.

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