Bag of Randomness for Monday, September 26, 2022

  • Do automobile manufacturers even provide a manual window option anymore?
  • I’m sure it’s been over a decade since I physically inserted a key into an automobile door to unlock it.
  • I don’t know if I’ll ever get used to football players wearing pants that are cut off above the knee.
  • I’m upset with someone. Their favorite team lost this weekend. I take joy in their displeasure.
  • From watching CBS Sunday Morning, I learned that Sigourney Weaver’s father created the Today and Tonight Show.
  • I keep getting correspondence from the University of Michigan, as if I’m an alumnus. I just wish I knew what they thought I majored in.
  • Young folks love wearing hoodies in hot and humid Texas weather, and I just don’t get it.
  • 97.1 KEGL To Flip To Sports/hot Talk
    • The station will rebrand as “97.1 The Freak” and former “1310/96.7 The Ticket” KTCK afternoon host Mike Rhyner will be a part of it.
    • The Freak – featuring a lineup that sources say will include Rhyner, Eagle holdovers Ben Rogers and Jeff “Skin” Wade, former 105.3 The Fan host Jeff Cavanaugh and Ticket refugees Julie Dobbs and Mike Sirois – is expected to debut next week, likely Friday.
  • Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said his Republican peers are hesitant to criticize former President Donald Trump because if they do, Trump “turns around and punches them in the face.“
  • James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader – James Earl Jones plans to step away from his role as the voice of Darth Vader, but a Ukrainian startup could help keep Jones’ legendary voice alive
  • I get easily annoyed when pay kiosks, especially from fast-food type places, ask if I want to include a tip. I’d be really annoyed if I got this in a restaurant. An additional tip?!
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Bag of Randomness for Thursday, September 22, 2022

  • I attended my first church small group. I brought cookies and pumpkin scones to express my gratitude. They all welcomed me with open arms. The group filled with retired folks, and the joked how my age will bring the average age of the group down. One of them had a lot of questions about my mother and her Eastern faith. It was interesting talking about my mom for so long. It felt weird, and then I realized it’s been forever since I talked about or told stories about my mother. It was nice.
  • The group kept talking about my favorite pizza joint that I stopped there on the way home. I haven’t been since the separation. My ex taught the owner’s son and has always been extremely cordial with me, I was embarrassed to show up. But, he welcomed me with open arms and lent me some advice.
  • When someone tells me, “Aren’t you over that yet?” I think what I’m going through isn’t something to “get over”, it’s something to work through.
  • Family is not everything.
  • I’m going on my forth or fifth date with the same girl I had that five-hour dinner tonight. It’s pretty cool she wants to start a non-profit.
  • Boys and men experience more social isolation than girls and women, study finds
  • Several things still trigger me. I think trigger responses are about our bodies attempting to protect us from threats, not being weak.
  • Both took office when they where as old as dirt – Joe Biden’s approval rating is at the same level as Ronald Reagan’s in the run-up to the Republican president’s first midterm election.
  • “I have no patience with the extreme rightists who call everyone who disagrees with them a Communist, nor with the leftists who shout that the rest of us are all heartless money-grubbers.” – President Eisenhower
  • How about less “But didn’t you see the red flags?” And more “I see how hard you were trying to be loved.”
  • White House slams Ted Cruz for touting infrastructure project he voted against
  • If I understand this correctly, Joey Votto plays first base for the Cincinnati Reds, but is out for the season due to injury. Well, it appears he spent some time in the stands just being nice to the fans. That’s cool.
    • On Wednesday night at Great American Ball Park, Votto made his way through the crowd wearing a Larkin jersey during the first few innings to visit with fans and pose for photos. He was heard during the broadcast telling fans “thank you” a lot.

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Bag of Randomness for September 21, 2022

  • Who knew a photo of then Prince Charles with a beard standing next to Johnny Cash existed. It’s easy to see why he chooses to be clean shaven.
  • If you are one of those who know the conflict of being lonely and wanting people near, but also being tired and feeling like you don’t have enough in ya to do anything other than get by, just know you aren’t alone.
  • I’ve posted this before, but I’m posting it again as it seems timely. England has not had a king in a long time. To find someone who performed for the last King of England isn’t as hard as you think. Thirteen-year-old Julie Andrews sang for King George VI in 1948.
  • While watching the state funeral for Queen Elizabeth, it just got me to thinking about how funerals are viewed across the globe. As the Queen’s car traveled, people were throwing flowers at it. In the U.S., that could be seen as offensive. When I was in California for a cousin’s funeral, other cars would honk at us on the highway as we rode in a limousine. It was later explained to me that was a way of showing respect and empathy. When we watch funerals in the Middle East, you often see loud crowds of people carrying the coffin. In some cultures, it’s best to remain stoic, while in others they openly wail. Then you have customs. In Asia, white is often worn as a sign of mourning, while in the West black is the custom.
  • The wreath placed on Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin has flowers from her 1947 wedding
  • Not too long ago, viewers wouldn’t notice this detail because the service wouldn’t have been broadcasted in HD – Viewers left shocked after spider crawls across Queen’s coffin during funeral

    Wouldn’t it be neat if the spider was radioactive and it bit the Queen turning her into Spider-Zombie-Queen?
  • Don’t make someone else the hero of your survival story. After all you’ve been through, you deserve the credit.
  • Ana de Armas Visited Marilyn Monroe’s Grave Before ‘Blonde’ to Ask ‘Permission’ to Play Her
  • Don’t cook chicken in NyQuil: Dangerous social media challenge spurs warning
  • This was everywhere yesterday.

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