Bag of Randomness for Friday, June 23, 2023

 

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Bag of Randomness for Thursday, June 22, 2023

  • I had dinner with a wonderful person last night. And, I’m not just saying that because she may be checking out the blog today.
  • I’ve had a hard time coming up and finding material for this blog, lately.
  • He’s Deeply Religious and a Democrat. He Might Be the Next Big Thing in Texas Politics. – James Talarico confounds Fox News hosts, fights the culture wars by quoting scripture, and has fellow Democrats talking about his statewide future.
  • I’m a day behind everyone else on this story as it was all over the place yesterday. One reason it made the rounds is because of the clever headline, Spare relationship causes awkward split
    • To set it up…Women’s bowling is a big deal at Stephen F. Austin University, “Women’s bowling is the only sport at SFA to win a national title after the university moved up to NCAA’s Division I. The bowling team was the NCAA champion in 2016 and 2019. The bowlers finished as runner-up in 2015 and 2022.”
    • The assistant bowling coach (a male) is married to the head bowling coach (a woman). He cheated on his wife with a student and was fired.
    • He says some wild things, such as:
      • “I knew it was kind of a no-no, but there’s not a rule saying it can’t happen,” Steve Lemke said. “There’s not a law saying I’m going to go to jail for doing something like this. There’s nothing in stone. I guess it’s just an ethics code, like we frown upon it, but there’s no rule, there’s no law broken.”
      • “It didn’t have anything in detail,” Steve Lemke said of the text. “It was just about how amazing I am, basically, in general perspective.
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Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, June 21, 2023

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Bag of Randomness for Tuesday, June 20, 2023

  • Honestly, didn’t everyone see this Titanic missing submarine thing coming?
  • I chatted with a girl who said she was secretly in love with Mineral Wells. That made me smile.
  • I saw The Flash over the weekend. It was my kind of movie as I’ve kept up with all the studio political stuff and could guess some of the surprises, but a few had me, and when that happens, it’s great.
  • Texas has always been pro-business, but not so much pro-worker – As Texas swelters, local rules requiring water breaks for construction workers will soon be nullifiedGov. Greg Abbott approved this week a law that will eliminate city and county ordinances like Austin and Dallas’ mandated water breaks.
  • I need to get out more – Loneliness and social isolation linked with a higher risk of early death, study finds
  • Germany will pay Holocaust survivors across the world over $1 billion in 2024
    • $888.9 million total in funding will go toward home care services with an additional $105.2 million going toward survivors; “increased” needs
    • A one-time payment each year until 2027 toward more then 128,000 recipients of the Hardship Fund. Survivors will receive €1,250 ($1,365.88 in U.S. currency) per person for 2024, €1,300 ($1,420.51 in U.S. currency) for 2025, €1,350 ($1,475.14 in U.S. currency) for 2026 and €1,400 ($1,529.78 in U.S. currency) for 2027.
    • Germany also extended funding for Holocaust education until 2027. There will be €38 million ($41.52 million in U.S. currency) toward education in 2026 and €41 million ($44.80 million in U.S. currency) toward education in 2027.
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