Your Bag of Nothing for Monday, January 6, 2024

  • The holidays are behind us; let us all rejoice. As Labor Day is the unofficial end of summer, the last game of college football is my marker for the unofficial end of the holidays. However, over the years, they keep moving the day deeper into January. The game is on January 20 this year, so I may have to find another marker.
  • I watched a good portion of the Golden Globes. It seems everyone liked Nikki Glaser. You could certainly tell how much Demi Moore’s win meant to her as she rose above the notion of just being a popcorn actress. The most wholesome part of the evening may have been Colin Farrell thanking Carolina in craft services and her thoughtfulness. For the longest time, I couldn’t stand Farrell, but he’s grown on me.
  • Some girl’s dating profile stated she was reading a book called Let Them. Curious, I researched the book and author. Intrigued, I downloaded the Kindle book sample. After reading that in one sitting, I bought the book and read a lot of it over the weekend. A handful of times, I implemented the technique, and I think it made life a bit more pleasant. It falls along that saving I’ve been focusing on, “Acceptance is the answer to all my problems.”
    • The Let Them Theory is a step-by-step guide on how to stop letting other people’s opinions, drama, and judgment impact your life. Two simple words, Let Them, will set you free from the exhausting cycle of trying to manage everything and everyone around you. It’s time to build a life where you come first—your dreams, your goals, your happiness.
  • A few weeks ago, a friend asked if I was watching anything on any of the streaming services. I wasn’t, but for some reason, that made me think I should have been, so I started to watch Loudermilk since I’m a fan of Ron Livingst0n. If you like his Office Space character, it’s him but grown up, a music (rock) critic who leads a group similar to Alcoholics Anonymous in Seattle. One of the Farrelly brothers created it, but the other brother directed several of the episodes. I loved it. Sadly, Loudermilk consisted of only 30 half-hour shows. So, I needed something else to watch. Since the show paid homage of the popularity of how Ron Livingston and Kyle Chandler look alike. Those two really should play brothers in a movie; they are only two years apart in age.

    Being a fan of the Chandler, I decided to start watching Early Edition, an hour-long CBS show from the Nineties that ran for four seasons. It’s about a man who gets tomorrow’s newspaper a day in advance at his front door (along with a cat)  every morning, no matter where he wakes up. It allows him to prevent tragedies and help people in Chicago before they happen. Using his unique foreknowledge, Chandler’s character dedicates himself to changing potential future events and saving lives, all while wrestling with the moral complexity of altering destiny. Sadly, it’s not streaming anywhere, so I have resorted to alternative means to watch it.

  • This will upset a lot of people, but I can’t fault Jerry for getting the most out of life and taking advantage of an opportunity laid before him. The clip is actually a bit longer, and I don’t know why the OP didn’t include it. But here’s the full version but with lackluster quality.

  • Outraged by the January 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell the police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter Joshua Kaplan – The Militia and the Mole
    • He penetrated a new generation of militia leaders, which included doctors and government attorneys. He sent ProPublica a massive trove of documents. The conversations that he secretly recorded give a unique, startling window into the militia movement.
  • I predict this will be the next big trend. You saw it here first.

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