Your Bag of Randomness for Tuesday, January 21, 2025

  • It was odd for President Trump to take the oath without putting his hand on that stack of Bibles his wife was holding. The night before, Lee Greenwood stated in an interview that it might be a special inaugural edition of the Trump Bible that was being sold. Can you imagine how much Conservatives would flip out if a Democrat did that?
    But I thought The Onion had a good take on it.
  • It was a good thing Melania Trump wore that hat to keep the sun out of her eyes inside the Rotunda of the Capitol. Madam First Lady, you do you. The outfit you wore at your husband’s first inauguration was exquisite. That outfit yesterday was a costume. Ivanka Trump’s daughter, Arabella Kushner, wore an impressive outfit. I mean this as a compliment: if her outfit were white it would look like something Princess Leia or Padmé Amidala would wear. Of course, Senator Fetterman was an embarrassment.

  • When I checked the White House’s webpage at noon Eastern, it started with a video welcoming back President Trump.
  • Elon Musk Is on Track to Become a Trillionaire in Two Years
    • As the wealth of the world’s richest people accelerates at a faster pace than previously predicted, the global charity expects to see at least five trillionaires within a decade.
  • Half the College Football Championship audience in the stands wore a noticeable green that neither team wore on the field. Notre Dame is funny like that.
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Your Bag of Randomness for Monday, January 20, 2025

  • I love the way, at the end of the Bills vs Ravens game, Lamar Jackson immediately ran to Josh Allen and congratulated him with a warm smile.
  • Surely, all of America is rooting for a repeat of Super Bowl XXVI, with Washington playing Buffalo. If you’re not, that simply means you hate freedom, democracy, puppies, kittens, and affordable prescription medicine for senior citizens.
  • I mention this memory during every inauguration. I felt sick at school and my father came and got me. It just happened to be inauguration day. Surely it was Bush’s, but I think it was Clinton’s for some reason. Anywho, I’ve made it a tradition to watch everyone since. When Dubya was sworn in, I started a tradition of taking a screen print of the White House’s website at 11:59 Eastern and then at noon Eastern to see the updated website. One year, the incoming president wasn’t sworn in until a few minutes after noon, and his administration’s website went up right after he said the oath.
  • On March 4, 1925, nearly 100 years ago, President Calvin Coolidge was inaugurated for a second time. Coolidge’s inauguration was the first broadcast live on the radio, with 22.8 million listeners.
  • In a lot of ways, I hope President Trump proves me wrong on a lot of things. While I wish him the best, as with all presidents, I want him or her to be held accountable and faithful to the Constitution. I don’t feel like Trump did that in his first term. While liberals aren’t happy, there seems to be better acceptance of things than in his first terms. Going into his first term, there were so many unknowns about how he would handle things and what he would do. Now, we as a country are used to him and expect a certain amount of “chaos.” Again, I fear he won’t uphold the Constitution, going as far as working things out so that he serves a third term. Again, I hope he proves me wrong, or Father Time will have a role to play. One thing is for sure, he’s reshaping America, and the world better gets used to a new style of American exceptionalism.
  • I do like the tradition of President Reagan started, leaving a note on the desk in the Oval Office for the incoming president. I thought President Trump ended the tradition, but I have found sources that say that he did indeed leave a letter for Biden. However, President Biden is in the unique position of writing a letter — if he so chooses — to Trump, his successor and the predecessor who left a note for him. This will mark the first time that a president who has received a letter from an outgoing president may well be writing a letter to the same person who’s the incoming president. Other presidents have written a letter to their successor, but it wasn’t always delivered on inauguration day or sentimental. Jefferson’s inauguration was on March 4, 1801, and John Adams wrote him the following letter about two weeks prior and didn’t attend his inauguration:
  • I wonder if most people know actor James Tolken for Top Gun or the Back to the Future movies. I’m going to go with Top Gun because his character is commonly quoted, for instance:
    – Son, your ego is writing checks your body can’t cash.
    – And if you screw up just this much, you’ll be flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog s*** out of Hong Kong.
    – Bulls*** ten minutes. This thing will be over in two minutes. Get on it.I mention him because I was surprised he was still alive at 93 years of age. He recently “recreated” a Back to the Future scene with Michael J. Fox.

  • And since I’m talking about Top Gun actors who are now in their nineties, I might as well mention that Tom Skillet, who played Viper, is still kicking and is actually an Air Force vet who served in Austin. He now helps veterans returning home after their military service.
  • The quack doctor who treated President Garfield after he was shot was Doctor Willard Bliss. “Doctor” was his birth name, so I guess he’s technically Dr. Doctor Willard Bliss. Not only did he treat Garfield’s wounds with unsterilized fingers and instruments after the shooting, but he decided to feed the President rectally when he lost his appetite. I’m serious. It was also a technique used by the CIA.
  • The Girls Gone Bible girls were trending because of their opening prayer at the pre-inauguration Trump rally. Here’s a segment, but their full seven minutes here.

  • The greatest invention of all time has often been credited to the wheel, but this guy makes a strong argument for string in this short video.
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Your Bag of Nothing for Wednesday, January 15, 2025

  • I caught a bit of a break yesterday. I’ve mentioned some problems and concerns with the Chevy Bolt I purchased and the undisclosed prior damage. Thankfully, the dealership is trying to make right and loaned me this Alpha Romero with just a little over 2,500 miles while they work on my car. It drives a lot different than my old Nissan Leaf. I forgot what it’s like to ride, much less drive a luxury sports car. I was so scared to drive it off the lot since the service employee was anal, documenting every little possible mark. I’m amazed at how smooth it drives and how surprisingly comfortable it is, especially for a car sitting so low to the ground. I’m not used to the impressive acceleration, and when I turn on a dime, I don’t feel the sensation of compensating by leaning in the opposite direction. The stereo sounded great, much better than I expected. And I cranked that sucker up. Oddly, the max volume level is 38. That’s odder than 11, I suppose. And yes, I was rocking to Celine Dion and singing at the top of my lungs because, for the first time in a long time, I was really, really, really enjoying myself. I can’t recall the last time I felt so giddy. When you go without nice stuff for a while and then get a taste of it again, you sure do notice all the little things.

  • Thomas Edison was so upset with his son’s ineptitude in business that he paid him $35 a week to use a different name (Jr to then use Thomas Willard). The senior Edison then set him up on a mushroom farm with the hope that he would eventually become self-sufficient. Instead, Thomas Jr. wound up in a sanitarium.
  • Millionaire who wants to live forever stops taking longevity drug over concerns it sped up aging

  • Incredible footage by a KTLA helicopter at the badass firefighters working their asses off to contain the new fire that flared up last night in Jurupa Valley

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    — WuTangIsForTheChildren (@wutangforchildren.bsky.social) January 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM

  • Rep. Derrick Van Orden: “We are closer to World War 2 than we have been in my entire lifetime.”

    (Who wants to tell him?)

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    — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM

  • Republican Uses Misspelled Sign During Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing

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