Bag of Randomness
Monday, January 12, 2026


To pass a little time, I decided to see what was on Netflix. The first thing that appeared was the limited series His & Hers, and since I’ll watch almost anything with Jon Bernthal, I decided to give it a try despite knowing nothing about it. I had no idea I was going to binge-watch the entire series, all six episodes, and while the twist ending doesn’t quite land like The Sixth Sense, it does more than stick the landing, and you won’t see it coming.

In short, it’s a “who-done-it” set in a small Georgia town.


This TIME article argues for hosting data centers in space.

Data Centers are Lousy for the Planet. Should We Move Them to Space?

  • In the U.S., data centers burn through more than 4% of total annual energy consumption, says the Pew Research Center—a figure that is expected to grow by more than 130% by the end of this decade. And all that power generates a lot of heat. A large data center campus can throw off up to 100 megawatts of waste heat, sufficient to power 100,000 homes.
  • Even before the AI boom, in 2021 there were 8,000 data centers of various sizes worldwide—a number that has leapt to 12,000 in just the past five years. More than 30 countries are home to AI data centers. The U.S. leads the pack in data center count at 5,426, according to the World Economic Forum. The next closest country, Germany, has 529.
  • When it comes to energy creation and heat dissipation, space is a very sweet place. Put your data-processing satellite in just the right orbit and you will have constant exposure to sunlight—which solar panels can convert to bottomless energy. And position your radiators on the shaded side of your spacecraft and you can simply dump any amount of excess heat into the vast, -250°F environment of space.

And, you’re right. It would take a lot of them, and the trouble of getting them all up there.


Real estate developer Thrive Living is preparing to construct the first Costco with apartments in South Los Angeles.

  • The complex will have 800 apartments, 184 of which will be allocated for low-income households.
  • The Costco downstairs will have 185,000 square feet of shopping space.


As a lover of U.S. presidential history, I’m looking forward to reading this book featured in TIMEHopefully, I’ll soon be employed and can actually afford to purchase it.

What I Witnessed Working In the White House for 37 YearsGary J. Walters is a former chief usher at the White House and author of “White House Memories.”

Of all things, this tickled me, and totally doesn’t surprise me.

In 2006, I saw President George W. Bush take a bike ride around the State Floor. The bike had been a gift from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan. It was a fold-up bike of a new design. The president immediately got on it and rode it down the Cross Hall.

Oh, and here’s a random bit of presidential history trivia I learned just recently.

One assumes it was a coincidence that Lyndon Baines Johnson and his wife, Claudia, better known as Lady Bird, both ended up with the initials LBJ, but it was certainly intentional that both their daughters and one of their many dogs continued the trend. Lynda Bird Johnson was born on March 19, 1944, and Luci Baines Johnson followed on July 2, 1947. But I didn’t know that their dog also had the same initials, Little Beagle Johnson.

Granted, the Johnsons had several beagles, and not all of them had the initials. On June 15th, 1966, President Johnson‘s beagle was accidentally run over by the White House limousine in the driveway of the mansion.

The dog, according to the President’s deputy press secretary, Robert H. Fleming, was chasing a squirrel, ran between the front and rear wheels of the car and was struck.

Lynda Bird Johnson, the President’s older daughter, ran into a meeting the President was having with the chairmen of House committees to tell him of the accident. She was in tears.

In addition to House chairmen, Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara were with Mr. Johnson when he got the news from his daughter. The President was holding a briefing session with his visitors on the Vietnam and North Atlantic treaty problems.

The President was reported to have said to an aide: “We are having a sad time at the White House tonight.”

Newsmen first heard of the accident in Lincoln, Neb., where the President’s wife told reporters after being told herself by a Secret Service man. She said the news was the kind “that makes you feel like you have been hit in the stomach with a hard rock.”

Mr. Fleming said that the limousine chauffeur, believed to be an Army driver from the White House motor pool, was driving very slowly but a rear wheel crushed the dog, killing it instantly.

When the Johnsons came to the White House in 1963 they brought two beagles, Him and Her. Her died after swallowing a stone while playing on the White House lawn.

President Johnson played daily with Him, as he had with Him and Her. It was this pair that Mr. Johnson lifted to a standing position by their ears on April 27, 1964, stirring national criticism from dog fanciers who disapproved of this form of beagle handling.

And in case you were wondering, yes, it was the same limo JFK died in. I’m serious.


The D-FW metro sales accounted for 38% of the state’s luxury home sales More than 5,400 homes in Dallas-Fort Worth sold for over $1 million between November 2024 and October 2025, according to a new Texas Realtors report.


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