Your Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, July 31, 2024

  • My trivia team placed third last night. At the end of the evening, the wait staff gave everyone a check but me. The waiter explained that the enchiladas I ordered were a new menu item, and she didn’t like how they looked when I was served my food, so my meal was free. That was unexpected, I didn’t think anything looked off nor did I complain or make any comment. I kinda felt bad, but still made sure to leave my waiter a nice tip.
  • Hearing the rest of the country complain about how hot the summer has been is weird. For a Texas summer, it hasn’t been that bad. But, I may have just jinxed us as we are about to enter August.
  • I know the goal isn’t to sell tickets, but I bet there are regrets about not putting Caitlin Clark on the team.
  • It’s interesting how low attendance has been at the Cowboys training camp. Finally, fans have accepted reality.
  • I’m not fond of the new onside kick rules the NFL is implementing this year. I understand the goal is player safety and all, but man, this is drastic.
    • Onside kicks are illegal before 4th quarter
    • Teams must be losing to kick an onside kick
    • Teams must announce their intention to kick an onside kick ahead of time
  • The J. W. Westcott II is a boat based in Detroit, Michigan, and is the only floating ZIP Code in the United States. A moving ZIP code, that’s interesting.
  • Little things I’m grateful for: I can eat basically whatever whenever I want. There’s a California woman who has 100 different allergies and is restricted to eating just 13 foods
      • “The 13 foods I can eat are white fish, turkey, green beans, zucchini, cucumber, lime, dates, grapes, raspberries, pears, chia seeds, water lily seeds and olive oil,” she said.The art of #waterpolo from an underwater perspective
  • Speaking of allergies, my grass allergies have been getting the best of me as of late.
  • Political armchair pundit time: A great post by the Harris campaign if they aim to show which candidate is more compassionate.

  • Our national mascot, the bald eagle, has been replaced by Snoop Dogg.

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  • I regret not watching a single rugby game, and I wonder if this will go down as one of the greatest last plays in Olympic team play history. Granted, it wasn’t for the gold, but it was for their first medal. And this was well said, ”

    “In rugby, we say we’re just passing through the jersey and making the jersey better,” Maher said. “And that’s always been my goal: to make this jersey better, not just for me but for the other girls who are going to come into the program.”

    And could the timing of a new league be any better? It’s too bad there’s no Dallas team. Though a quick search found a handful of professional women’s rugby teams in the area.

    • On Wednesday, April 10th, 2024, the women’s rugby union in the U.S. took its first step towards professionalism with the announcement of the creation of Women’s Elite Rugby (WER). WER will become the first professional women’s rugby union competition in the U.S., offering women the opportunity to earn a living wage while playing one of the fastest growing global sports.

 

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