Your Bag of Randomness for Monday, July 29 ,2024

  • Here’s a random thought: the Olympic cauldron should be one gigantic scented candle.
  • I really appreciate Paris taking a big risk of not having a traditional opening ceremony in a stadium. Sacrifices have to be made. I’m sure there’s nothing like a flag bearer bearing their flag and hearing their country announced as you enter the stadium is a moment like no other. So, that’s a loss, but making it accessible to the whole city and utilizing all the landmarks was neat. I love watching the opening ceremony when the Olympics are held outside of the U.S. I learn and get exposed to so much. It’s still hard to believe that a city like Atlanta and Salt Lake ever hosted the games.
  • Something else that surprised me about the opening ceremony was how much they utilized athletes and artists of other nations. You’d think it would open with a French citizen, but they chose Lady Gaga, an Italian-American. And as much as I like Snoop Dogg, I don’t understand why an American non-athlete gets to carry the torch in Paris. Speaking of which, I’m still amazed at how concerned everyone was when he first got popular about his influence on young people and society and now he’s beloved and welcomed with open arms.  That gives me hope that one day, someone might actually think positively of me.
  • One thing that was very noticeable to me was the performers’ diversity, everything from race or ethnicity to body shape.
  • When I was in high school, my church’s youth group took us to Burger’s Lake in Fort Worth. It’s a spring-fed chlorinated lake with a sandy beach and all sorts of fun stuff. Visiting it is like going back in time to the Seventies. I fulfilled a small dream and took my family there in 2015. To my surprise, I learned Janet Jackson visited it with her crew last week. I’m just trying to imagine how shocked I’d be to be visiting and then seeing a childhood icon. She was playing in Fort Worth at the new Dickeys Arena, and to my surprise, tickets were still available the day before the concert.
  • Sunday school was thought-provoking. We analyzed Psalm 1 and studied its parallelism, saying one idea in two or more ways or making a statement and then restating it in a different way. You know, a Psalm will start off with “Great blessings belong to those who…”
    – Who are not ____, Or are not _____
    – Who don’t ____, Instead, ____.
    The last part of the class was spent as if we were the psalmist and writing out our own Psalms using parallelism. It was a challenge for me, but hearing everyone else’s was very interesting. Some were very personal, but they all were creative and beautiful in their own way. I was impressed with what everyone came up with. It just really stuck with me.

  • The best pickleball you’ll see today. Impressive.

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