Bag of Randomness
Tuesday, February 3, 2026

A text I received from one of my closest friends who’s a Baptist pastor.

I can’t put into words how much it bugs me that he didn’t crop out his shoe at the bottom of the photo.

This is a good opportunity to repost this old story about the plot next to the JFK assassin.

All about Nick Beef – Mystery from the grave beside Oswald’s, solved | For the last 15 years, this curious name has vexed the obsessive assassination buffs who make regular pilgrimages to the Oswald plot here in Fort Worth.

The Trump Administration exempts new nuclear reactors from environmental review

The Trump Administration has created an exclusion for new experimental reactors being built at sites around the U.S. from a major environmental law. The law would have required them to disclose how their construction and operation might harm the environment, and it also typically required a written, public assessment of the possible consequences of a nuclear accident.

Nixon thought no one over the age of 40 should be able to run for a U.S. House seat. He also believed no one over the age of 70 should be in Congress.

Per The Dallas Morning News: Between 2014 and 2023, Dallas saw an average of nearly 14 fatal motor vehicle crashes annually per every 100,000 residents, according to a recent analysis.

I haven’t read the Texas Monthly article, but I’m just going to guess it’s about what’s ailing most Americans: affordability.

Texas Education Agency moves to correct 4,200 errors in Bible-infused elementary school curriculum – State Board of Education members criticized the publishing errors and postponed their vote on the agency’s request until their next meeting.

Republican board member Audrey Young, who chairs the board’s instruction committee, said Friday that her committee has seen a high number of corrections before, but not “in the 1,000s, plural,” she said.

Four other publishers that submitted correction requests, for comparison, reported a combined 16 errors.

I didn’t know that Ken Starr represented Epstein and became friends with him. Baylor sure knows how to pick outstanding leadership. It’s also interesting that Epstein had a liking for James Dobson’s counseling approach.

Jeffrey Epstein recommended reading James Dobson – julieroys.com |An article by Christian psychologist James Dobson caught the attention of millionaire financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Aggies aren’t handling the new Texas Monthly cover story well. The imagery is certainly provocative to anyone near and dear to College Station. The article is long, maybe too long, but definitive. So I could read it later, I printed it as a PDF using the “Reader Mode” function, but it was still 41 pages. However, I thought I knew a lot about Aggie history, but I learned a lot more. Especially how much of an honor it was for the male student body to dress up as women before they allowed females to enroll.

Interestingly, most of the old photos of their campus were attributed to the Hardin-Simmons University library.

And to try to stick the landing, Texas Monthly is offering its help.

Two Memphis City Council members are facing criticism after posting social media videos questioning whether last week’s snowfall in the Mid-South was real.

In separate posts, Yolanda Cooper-Sutton and Pearl Eva Walker suggested the snow may not be natural. Both referenced melting ice with a lighter as part of their claims, sparking backlash and widespread discussion online.

Memphis has some interesting characters. Remember that story I posted about two summers ago when I visited Graceland and the Lorrain Motel? I bought a postcard to send to a friend. After writing a message and addressing it the next morning, I put a regular postage stamp on it. On the way to St. Louis, finding a Post Office or mailbox for outgoing mail was harder to find than expected due to construction. Frustrated, I walked into a bookstore and asked if they would be kind enough to put the postcard in their outgoing mail. They absolutely refused and weren’t polite about it. It was nothing but a postcard with a stamp on it, but they were treating me as if I were trying to trick them into mailing a pipe bomb or anthrax.

Keep an eye out for any Murray State games and his 20-year-old French freshman. A little research tells me he already played a bit of pro basketball in Europe, which doesn’t disqualify him from college play.

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