Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, August 5, 2020

A lot of folks are questioning why President Trump is doing these interviews as of late. To him, as long as he gets good ratings, he’s all in.

Gold medalist Katie Ledecky demonstrates how to swim the length of a pool without spilling a full glass of chocolate milk. This is part of a new “got milk? campaign and I’m sure it will be a new social media trend.

Not to be outdone, Australian Olympian Susie O’Neill did this.

‘Who’s the Boss’ Sequel in the Works at Sony

Danza and Milano will reprise their roles as father and daughter Tony and Samantha Micelli. The new take on the show, which is in the early stages of development, will follow Samantha’s life as a single mother — who’s now living in the same house where the original was set — and her relationship with her dad, who’s now retired.

Judith Light and Danny Pintauro, who also starred in the original, are not yet attached to the new project but may be brought on board. The fifth member of the core cast, Katherine Helmond, died in 2019.

A person named Matthew Broyles recently wrote a piece for Medium about his hometown of Weatherford and the current events regarding the Confederate soldier statue. It resonated with me.

WifeGeeding took the dogs to the vet yesterday. OtherDogGeedingII isn’t too keen when it comes to car rides and I think it shows.

Yesterday was the 27th anniversary of that time Robin Ventura charged the mound to fight Nolan Ryan. I forgot about this stat I found in this old CNN clip. I bet his adrenaline was pumping after that fight.

I forgot Ryan was 46 at the time. I was in high school when this happened and knew he was exceptionally old for a baseball player, but not that old. I probably would have guessed he played up to 44 years of age. Speaking of which, I’m only 44 for a handful of weeks and now have an even greater respect for what Nolan (yes, we’re on a first-name basis, it all happened after a snow monkey incident) did.

Kevin Kennedy was the manager at the time, he’s about seven years younger than Ryan. I forgot Pudge was catching the game and also forgot their careers briefly overlapped.

Photographer Captures Side-By-Side Portraits Of Famous Historical Figures And Their Direct Descendants

Getting ready for the series required much more than a few phone calls. Not only did Gardner carry out in-depth research tracing the direct descendants and verifying their lineage, but he also created sets with painstaking attention to the smallest of details. In the end, however, all of the hard work paid off. Sourcing the period costumes and props created such authentic backgrounds, they look like something straight out of a history book. Gardner even carefully analyzed the lighting in each original portrait and patiently recreated them as closely as possible, using all kinds of gear and techniques.

Napoleon (Left), 1812 And Hugo De Salis (Right) The Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandson Of Napoleon

I’d like to know what this football field is like, I’m guessing just decently maintained pasture.

Nurse Ratched is back, this time played by Sarah Paulson. This trailer has one quick flash of a scene that may be uncomfortable for some folks. The new series arrives on Netflix on September 18.

You didn’t ask for it, but here’s an Eighties montage.

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Bag of Randomness for Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Do justice, love kindness, walk humbly, please.

My employer switched to another healthcare provider. It was all a bit short notice as our insurance cards haven’t been mailed, so I printed out my new insurance info to give to the pharmacist when I went to get a few refills yesterday. To be honest, I wasn’t looking forward to this, that whole transition from one health insurance provider to another has proved messy in the past. But this time, I was quite surprised. The pharmacist informed me the new insurance company already contacted them and provided her with updated information.

There were a lot more boats checking out the Dragon splashdown than I initially thought.

Jacksboro, of all places, is building something record-breaking and out of this world.

Want to walk on the moon? Head to Jacksboro for a high-tech, out-of-this world journey – The installation is scheduled to open in the spring of 2021 and will set a Guinness World Record.

Like Neil Armstrong first did 51 years ago, visitors to the old Jacksboro ball fields will soon be able to walk on the lunar surface. At least, an enormous image of it.

The company, called Back to Space, plans to build a 25,000 square-foot map of the moon on the unused land.

The map is called The Lunar Landscape and Gorton says, once complete, it will set the Guinness World Record as the biggest map on earth.

Here’s What It Looks Like Inside A Tire When You Drive

Alabama high school principal in “Can’t Touch This” parody video about COVID-19

A great take on fatherhood and I love the advice he gives towards the end about getting right with yourself. I’d just add that in a lot of cases, you never get 100% right with yourself, but you got to at least be making the effort.

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CDWkEkLhACf/?utm_source=ig_embed

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Bag of Randomness for Monday, August 3, 2020

At some point, we all bought a blank VHS or cassette tape for the very last time and probably didn’t realize it.

Trump said he was going to ban TikTok, but the man also said he was going to build a border wall and have Mexico pay for it.

I can’t get over how much Adele has changed.

https://twitter.com/StevenTDennis/status/1289763166814117888?s=09

My father would have turned 97 years old yesterday.

What’s up with military accidents as of late?

Army investigating after one tank fires on another at Fort Bliss, injuring one soldier

The Prime Minister of Finland (she’s on the right) got married over the weekend. They are both 34-years-old.

Texas lifts tampon ban at bar exam after complaints over discriminatory policy

Tampons and pads are no longer contraband at the upcoming bar exam for aspiring lawyers in Texas.

Pausing a practice that critics called retrograde and discriminatory, the state’s board of law examiners said in late July that test takers will be allowed to bring feminine hygiene products in clear plastic bags with them to the grueling, multiday exam that’s needed to obtain a law license. It’s unclear if the policy will remain in place for a later exam, in February; the board’s executive director, Susan Henricks, said the board doesn’t know the “conditions” under which the test will take place due to the pandemic.

Test takers previously could not carry menstrual products into the exam. But Henricks said the items were provided and that the only intent was to “operate the examination fairly and securely, not to discriminate unfairly against any person or group.”

HBO has an interesting documentary on the mental health challenges that Olympic athletes face named The Weight of Gold. I thought the post-Olympics letdown, the winding down of interviews and appearances, and for some not needing to workout anymore was the most interesting.

A White filmmaker held up a Black Lives Matter sign in Harrison, Arkansas, and here’s what happened

Over 100 Houston Doctors Slam Rep. Dan Crenshaw For “Spreading Dangerous Disinformation” On Coronavirus

“The COVID-19 pandemic should not be a partisan issue — that’s why even Governor Abbott is finally stalling the reopening process and implementing the mask mandates that he unwisely blocked just two short months ago,” the medical workers, who are primarily women, wrote in the letter, which is first being reported on by The Intercept. “Dan Crenshaw, on the other hand, has spewed lies for the past four months — minimizing the threat we face and spreading dangerous disinformation for self-indulgent headlines.”

Doctors rarely ever make such pointed political statements, but the urgency of the coronavirus crisis — and the real harm caused by disinformation spread by elected officials — prompted the Houston-area physicians to speak up, especially as Republicans in the state continued to promote large, indoor gatherings against the advice of public health experts.

A couple of random sunflower field photos.

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Bag of Randomness for Friday, July 31, 2020

WifeGeeding bought some Nesquick for the kids recently. That brought back some good memories. I remember mixing it into my milk as a kid when it was called Nestle Quick and came in a tin box. A round lid was on top of the box and sometimes it could be a booger trying to get into it. I can vividly remember my late mother teaching me how to pry it open with a spoon, that the “trick” was to place it between the smallest gaps. It might have been the first physics lesson I was taught. I can also recall mixing it and then getting another scoop with a wet spoon and the funky gathering that would take place.

‘Success Addicts’ Choose Being Special Over Being Happy – The pursuit of achievement distracts from the deeply ordinary activities and relationships that make life meaningful.

Interactive map – Where US citizens are allowed to travel to this summer

Trump has basically made us toxic to the rest of the world.

Stephen McDaniel killed and dismembered his neighbor. Forgive me if I’m not using the correct legal margin, but during questioning or his interrogation, he keeps eerily still for about two hours.

Also eerily creepy is how loquacious he was in this live television interview, acting as if he was a friend of the deceased and helped with the search party, then shuts down (around the 1:20 mark) when the reporter reveals her body was found hidden inside a dumpster.

Take a closer look inside the BT Sport studios as boxing returns in unfamiliar circumstances after the COVID-19 pandemic. You can hear every punch and every instruction…

https://youtu.be/jYFS0dbqyrY

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