Your Bag of Nothing for Friday, May 9, 2025

  • Now that the new Pope is from Chicago, I can’t stop picturing a packed St. Peter’s Square at night. The lights cut out, the crowd hushes… then suddenly — BOOM — the Chicago Bulls intro music blasts through the speakers. A spotlight hits the balcony, and the announcer booms:

    “Aaaaaand now… from Villanova University (seriously)… wearing white and red… number 14… POPE LEOOOOO!”

    Can somebody make this happen using AI, please? For now, I’ll have to settle for this.

  • I know formally he’s Pope Leo XIV, and his birth name is Robert Francis Prevost, but how cool would it be if he just went by Pope Bob? It’s hard for me to ignore that his middle name is(was) Francis. And when I come across that name, this is the first character I think about.
  • Pope Leo should wear a white Villanova hat at all official functions during March Madness. I can only imagine how pissed Notre Dame fans are that the first Pope from the United States graduated from Villanova. In case you were wondering, he was a math major.
  • Made me laugh: *Camera pans to a group of fans outside of the Vatican in Pope jerseys, going nuts even though most of them haven’t heard of the pick before last week*
  • It was pretty cool seeing Pope Leo’s brother being interviewed shortly after the announcement. What an amazing, unique experience that he got to experience.
  • I see a lot of non-Catholics complaining that this isn’t a big deal. I, for one, am just happy that my Catholic brothers and sisters have something to be happy about and feel some joy in such a chaotic world.
  • The world missed having a Catholic U.S. President and an American Pope by four months. I’m pretty sure most of the world is feeling a bit of USA fatigue.
  • “We should be grateful to the Lord to now be blessed with having an American on the world stage who embodies good and not evil.”
  • “America now has both the pope and the antichrist”
  • I bet a lot of people will start watching the Jude Law HBO series The Young Pope, which is about the first Pope from the United States. I enjoyed watching it, but know it’s not for everyone.
  • Tom Cruise will be in Dallas on May 22, visiting local theaters for his Mission: Impossible film. When I watched Born on the Fourth of July for the first time earlier this year, I read about the making of the movie since most of it was filmed in Dallas. Cruise seemed to have really enjoyed his time here when he was a young actor.
  • Dallas-Fort Worth is sinking faster than any other inland U.S. city – Study shows
    Dallas and Fort Worth are sinking at a rate of 4 millimeters per year due to groundwater loss
  • A firing squad tried to shoot a prisoner in the heart. They missed, autopsy indicates

  • Trump Organization Admits President Still Controls His Business In New Filing – Donald Trump can lie to the American public, but the Trump Organization has a harder time deceiving authorities in Britain, where private companies face greater disclosure requirements.


  • There’s a lot going on here. I think it’s a new trend for the bridesmaid to hand the groom provocative boudoir-type polaroid photos of his bride getting ready.

    In the second video, you have the Cowboys’ home stadium in the background, and the groom is assisted in putting the finishing touch on the end of the ceremony. Who cares about the height difference? I just care that they love each other.

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