Your Bag of Nothing for Monday, October 28, 2024

 

  • I was so happy things worked out so that BoyGeeding and I could watch the unforgettable ending of Game 1 of the World Series. I fondly remember watching Kirk Gibson’s iconic home run with my father, and I have a feeling BoyGeeding will carry the memory of Freddy Freeman’s HR much the same way.

    Yup, in a sea of Dodger blue and Yankee blue, one person behind home plate wore a red MAGA hat. Fans speculated she was a plant as she never lifted her head up from her phone the entire game. Hey, I get it; it’s her First Amendment right. But we are down to single digit days until election day and the political environment is toxic enough. People are escaping to sports to get away from the real world for two to three hours. It’s a selfish act and shows you are inconsiderate of others. And this might sound strange, but if it were a black hat that blended in, I would feel differently about it.
  • I’m not sure when the Dodgers started to play I Love LA after a win but I love it. Yeah, I’m definitely rooting for the Dodgers this time. Speaking of LA, that place will do just fine hosting the Olympics. All of this was going on Friday night without a hitch. What an amazing city with all those major sports venues.
  • Pete Rose died on September 30, 2024 and there’s yet to be a funeral. Personally, I think burials or cremations should happen within two weeks, preferably less than a week.
  • I love AI.

  • I’m convinced I can do this with Coca-Cola.

  • I suppose this is the start of a new chapter in my life—a letting go of the past, a small, uncertain step towards an unknown and unpredictable future. May the Lord thy God help me, for I have no idea what I’m doing and lack a compass and map for this journey we call life.
    I believe I’ve mentioned the tall dude before. He’s the ninth-ranked offensive guard in the country and will be a freshman at the University of Oklahoma this fall.

     
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Your Bag of Nothing for Friday, October 25, 2024

  • The Army and Navy service academies both have undefeated football teams. Yesterday, I learned they can’t partake of NIL, making their undefeated records even more impressive. I also learned that with all the college conference changes, they are both in the same conference. Their annual rivalry game is considered a non-conference game. However, depending on their win/loss records and conference, there can be a scenario in which they would play each other again the following week. That brings up all sorts of questions regarding tradition and the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy (CIC Trophy).
  • Speaking of the Army-Navy game, I left a message on the Hardline Helpline about it last night, referencing that it’s never called Navy-Army and that we should never hear the Red River Rivalry called the OU-Texas game. It just doesn’t flow or sound right. And yes, I ended it in typical Helpline fashion using that word that starts with a Q.
  • Why did villains in silent movies always tie women to train tracks? I mean, of all the options, why a train track?
  • What is a sports equinox? Here’s when MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL will come together in 2024 – Oct. 28, 2024, will be the 31st sports equinox in history.
    • Oct. 28, 2024, is one of the rare dates on the sports calendar that will feature professional baseball, football, basketball and hockey games. From the World Series to Monday Night Football to the NBA and NHL seasons, there is action across the board.
    • The first one occurred on Oct. 17, 1971, with a World Series Game 7, 12 NFL games, three NBA games and six NHL games. Nine sports equinoxes occurred between 1971 and 1980, another fell on Oct. 27, 1985, and then it was 16 more years before another one happened again on Nov. 4, 2001. There has been at least one sports equinox every year since 2015, including three in 2022 and one in 2023.
  • Stacey Williams, the former Sports Illustrated model who accused Donald Trump of groping her in 1993 with Jeffrey Epstein witnessing, is originally from Dallas. At least, that’s what her Wiki page said.
  • Reading this was maddening. It proves McConnell has no spine and is nothing but party over country.McConnell says ‘MAGA movement is completely wrong’ and Reagan ‘wouldn’t recognize’ Trump’s GOP
  • “I’m not at all conflicted about whether what the president did is an impeachable offense. I think it is. Urging an insurrection and people attacking the Capitol as a direct result … is about as close to an impeachable offense as you can imagine, with the possible exception of maybe being an agent for another country,” said McConnell.

  • He called the rioters who entered the Senate chamber, “narcissistic, just like Donald Trump, sitting in the vice president’s chair taking pictures of themselves,” adding it was a “shocking occurrence and further evidence of Donald Trump’s complete unfitness for office.”

  • McConnell also expressed support for special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump’s actions around the 2020 election and the insurrection. “I think it was the single most – in a category by itself – of how wrong all of it was and there’s no doubt who inspired it, and I just hope that he’ll have to pay a price for it,” said McConnell. “If he hasn’t committed indictable offenses, I don’t know what one is.”

  • But he does know what he’s talking about:“Trump is appealing to people who haven’t been as successful as other people and providing an excuse for that, that these more successful people have somehow been cheated, and you don’t deserve to think of yourself as less successful because things haven’t been fair,” he said.
  • I wonder what prompted Helen Mirren to say this; it seems so random:
    • “I always say it’s so sad that Kurt Cobain died when he did because he never saw GPS as it’s the most wonderful thing to watch my little blue spot walking down the street. I just find it completely magical and unbelievable,” she said.
  • True in 1984, true today in 2024, or at least, should be.
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Your Bag of Nothing for Thursday, October 24, 2024

  • It’s been a crazy busy week.
  • Last night, 0-6 Kennesaw State, a 27-point underdog, stunned 5-0 Liberty University 27-24 for its first-ever win versus an FBS team. It couldn’t have happened to a better school. Well, maybe one other.
  • 53 years after the race, NASCAR awards victory to Bobby Allison
  • Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy Says Only One Thing Is Driving Roster Retention Right Now
    • “Player retention is based on money,” Gundy told the media on Monday. “I’ll give you an example. If you’re playing on our team and we go 3-9 and right now you’re making $12,000 and we say, ‘Hey, if you come back we’ll pay you $250,000.’ What are you gonna do? Player retention is probably 90% built on money right now, not other things. It’s changed.”
  • Employee’s homemade meal blamed for mass food poisoning at Maryland seafood distributor
  • I had an epiphany yesterday. I realized I often confused actors Terence Stamp and Malcolm McDowell. A little research tells me I’m not the only one, and it’s pretty common. It didn’t help that Malcolm McDowell played a guy called Terrance on Entourage.
  • Elite Texas Quarterbacks Spreading Throughout College Football
    • The state of Texas producing great quarterbacks is as commonplace as the state producing great brisket. But even by already high historical standards, the current group of college QBs who grew up playing under Friday night lights in the Lone Star State is remarkable.
    • The article is about a week old, but these tidbits still hold true:
      • Twenty-eight percent of the current starting QBs in the Power 4 conferences are from Texas, including six each in the Big 12 and SEC.
      • Twenty-three percent of the top 100 nationally in passing yards per game are from Texas, including nine of the top 22. Twenty-five percent of the top 100 in pass efficiency are Texans.
  • I don’t expect any of you to be able to attend, but I just wanted to let you know that now that I’ve completed all my confirmation classes at my local Episcopal church, my confirmation will take place this Sunday at the 11:00 a.m. service. The Cowboys play in the evening game, so there shouldn’t be any sports scheduling conflict.
  • How elderly dementia patients are unwittingly fueling political campaigns

More than 1,000 reports filed with government agencies and consumer advocacy groups reviewed by CNN, along with an analysis of campaign finance data and interviews with dozens of contributors and their family members, show how deceptive political fundraisers have victimized hundreds of elderly Americans and misled those battling dementia or other cognitive impairments into giving away millions of dollars — far more than they ever intended. Some unintentionally joined the ranks of the top grassroots political donors in the country as they tapped into retirement savings and went into debt, contributing six-figure sums through thousands of transactions.

  • A lot of young folks don’t know, and older folks don’t remember that a college football all-star team would play the defending Super Bowl champions. Here’s Walter Payton as a college all-star playing against the Steelers.
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Your Bag of Nothing for Tuesday, October 22, 2024

  • I’m really proud that the city leaders of Mineral Wells put that sign up. It’s an homage to the past. You can read a brief history of Mineral Wells and Crazy Water here.
  • After the Musers are off the air, I listen to a Florida radio show until Why Today Doesn’t Suck. Here’s something I never thought someone would have to do. They talked about how many people in their neighborhood decorated their houses for Halloween before the hurricane, only for them to take down the decorations before the storm was forecasted to hit and put them back up again when it passed.
  • I like how the tour has been revamped to make it more interactive and take advantage of technology.
  • Strange timing – Virginia Head Basketball Coach Tony Bennett Announced He’s Retiring. 20 Days Before The Season Starts
  • Politico – The Very Real Scenario Where Trump Loses and Takes Power Anyway –
    If Trump overturns the 2024 election, here’s how it could happen.

    The answer, according to lawmakers, congressional investigators, party operatives, election officials and constitutional law experts, goes something like this:

    — He will deepen distrust in the election results by making unsupported or hyperbolic claims of widespread voter fraud and mounting longshot lawsuits challenging enough ballots to flip the outcome in key states.

    — He will lean on friendly county and state officials to resist certifying election results — a futile errand that would nevertheless fuel a campaign to put pressure on elected Republican legislators in statehouses and Congress.

    — He will call on allies in GOP-controlled swing-state legislatures to appoint “alternate” presidential electors.

    — He will rely on congressional Republicans to endorse these alternate electors — or at least reject Democratic electors — when they convene to certify the outcome.

    — He will try to ensure Harris is denied 270 votes in the Electoral College, sending the election to the House, where Republicans are likely to have the numbers to choose Trump as the next president.

  • If you are a fan of The West Wing, you’ll appreciate how Martin Sheen morphs into President Bartlett and recites from memory at a Harris campaign event. You’ll also see his two former co-stars sense the moment of greatness and pull out their phones to record it.
  • The only thing wrong with this is the University of Houston’s classification. Otherwise, it’s spot-on and inarguable.
  • This clip would be better if the kid’s helmet had a ram horns decal like the LA Rams (and the Mineral Wells Rams did once upon a time.).

  • Here’s a 9/11 clip I’ve never seen before. The shop owner saves the woman’s life, and once she realizes it, she thanks him profusely.

  • I hope this makes you smile; it did me.

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