- My loyal BagOfNothing reader who writes for SNL told me to be watching Weekend Update because his tailor-made joke for me made the cut, and he told me I would know it when I saw it, without question. It’s gotta be this one since I turn half a century later this year and often reference that I’m half-Asian (Vietnamese). Touché. Well played. I’m honored, really. It should be queued up to the joke, but if not, it starts at the 9:50 spot. (Updated and fixed)
- I think this Giants rookie should just be looking for another number, but good on Simms.
- I got into a conversation about the Pearl Jam song Jeremy. Many local folks are surprised to learn it’s a local story that happened in January 1991 at Richardson High School. The song is about the tragic incident when a freshman student named Jeremy took his own life by firing a .357-caliber Magnum into his mouth in front of a room full of other students in his morning English class. Many were astonished to learn that the school stayed open and classes continued throughout the day instead of sending all the students home.
Many just chalked it up to 1991 being a different time, that things were handled differently back then, and mental health wasn’t a priority. Well, as someone who was a high school student in 1991, I’d like everyone to consider it’s not so much that, but that the world wasn’t as connected as it is now. In 1991, no student had a mobile phone, and only a few had a pager, of all things. There was no internet or social media. It was a lot harder to get in touch with parents, most of whom would have been at work. Each parent would have to be contacted by a landline phone. Not to mention, if you decided to just send the students home, more than likely, no one would be at home to monitor or take care of them after such a tragedy. No one took into consideration the logistics of making all that happen with safety as a priority in 1991. Really, the best option back then was to keep the students on campus and be mindful that they are in the middle of a traumatic situation. While the article says classes continued, I highly doubt lesson plans were followed for the rest of the day. - I’m sure most of you are familiar with this photo of a US Air Force officer who was a Vietnam POW reuniting with his family. It always tugged on my heartstrings.
However, do you know the sad story behind the photo?
Recently, the daughter in the photo running to hug her father was interviewed about the photo. It’s actually quite touching. She has a copy of the photo hung up on her wall and even brings out the clothing he wore as a POW. Heck, his slippers or flip-flops are made from the tires of his wrecked aircraft. The segment focuses only on the positive side. The veteran is still living, but is a dementia patient, around 92 years of age.
- I hope this is true.
There is a horse named Tom who has a dramatic strategy of avoiding work, he plays dead whenever someone wants a ride
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) May 2, 2025
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Tommy Tuberville says his wife’s homestead exemption established his residency in Alabama, but election records show both of them voted in Florida after that. And that’s only the beginning.
— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) May 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
