Your Bag of Nothing for Wednesday, October 16, 2024

  • I felt like an idiot at trivia last night, and it’s all because I’m 49 years old and don’t know proper etiquette. I hate it when I’m ignorant. It was my turn to leave the table and turn in our answer. So, I stopped eating and placed my napkin on top of my burger and fries, something I was taught long ago at a picnic to keep my food warm and bugs from landing on it. When I returned to my seat, my food was gone. I asked my friends where my food went, and they said the napkin was on top, which is the universal sign that you have finished eating, so our server took it. When I’m at trivia, I’m a slow eater since it’s a long evening. Three-quarters of my burger and half a plate of fries were still left. I bussed and waited tables for four years and was unaware of this etiquette rule. I felt like an idiot and bummed I didn’t have leftovers to eat for my next lunch. I said nothing, not wanting our server to feel awkward for doing her job. At the end of the evening, our trivia captain was nice enough to give me a ten-dollar gift certificate, which was part of our team’s prize for placing in the top three the previous week. I just feel like a dummy.
  • Artificial Intelligence Raises Ukrainian Drone Kill Rates to 80% – Ukraine has been called the “test lab for the future of war” nowhere more so than in the development of the technology and military use of drones, with a million UAVs to be fielded this year.

According to articles in TIME magazine and the UK’s Forces News military issues website the leap forward that AI has provided Ukrainian drones has increased their hit rate from below 50 percent in 2023 to nearer 80 percent this year. Much of this is put down to the impact of AI software provided by the US based company, Palantir – who TIME has dubbed the “AI arms dealer of the 21st century.”

However, the critical edge comes from the ability of the AI to “learn” and for Ukrainian operators to “train” the software further it is said that SAKER can now distinguish Russian soldiers simply by their uniforms, their weapons and equipment and even by the way they move after being “fed” countless videos of Russian operational forces.

A man with three penises has been discovered in only the second-ever documented case of the ultra-rare birth defect.

Student researchers at the University of Birmingham Medical School in the UK made the “serendipitous discovery” while dissecting the donated body of a 78-year-old man — who may have gone his whole life without being aware of his “remarkable anatomical variation”.

The patient, a white male around six feet tall, appeared to have normal genitalia on external examination, but dissection revealed “two small supernumerary penises … concealed within the scrotal sac”.

The film censors were repulsed. Matt Damon was confused. Audiences couldn’t get enough. Two decades after ‘South Park’ creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone brought their outrageous vision to the screen, Chris Edwards gets the inside scoop on one of the most offensive comedies in movie history

 

 

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Your Bag of Nothing for Tuesday, October 15, 2024

 

  • I had four eggs left in the refrigerator that were one day past their expiration date, so I thought I’d use them to cook dinner for BoyGeeding and me. However, I noticed I also had a box cake mix, one month past the expiration date, in which the recipe required three eggs. For about two hours, I debated on what to do with the eggs. If I went the cake route, I’d have one leftover egg, but I debated using all four eggs instead of the required three. Ultimately, I decided it was best to have scrambled eggs for dinner.
  • I don’t think there’s been enough talk about how Russia is influencing the current election with misinformation on social media, especially when it comes to hurricane response.
  • Last night, The Manning Cast had Will Arnett and Jason Batement. They briefly mentioned the University of North Texas and the filming of Necessary Roughness on campus. I haven’t seen the movie in forever and forgot Batemen was in it. All I remember is Scott Bakula and, of course, Kathy Ireland. Eli remembered the team was named the Fightin’ Armadillos.
  • Rex Ryan was also a guest. I knew his father won a Super Bowl ring as Mike Ditka’s defensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears, but didn’t know he earned another by coaching the defensive line for the Jets in Super Bowl III.
  • Barbara Eden is still alive at 93 and still makes an occasional public appearance. She claims to be a descendant of Benjamin Franklin.
  • Granted, they are both separately married with families of their own and nine years apart in age, but for the sake of our nation and to save humanity’s future, we need Bridgit Mendler and Jonny Kim to collaborate and bless the world with a next-gen human. Huge. Quickly. Both are overachievers, and I don’t think you can claim one is more successful or accomplished than the other.

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Your Bag of Nothing for Monday, October 14, 2024

  • There was a lot of build-up to the Red River Rivalry since it’s the first year it was played in the SEC. While I’m pleased with the outcome, it was a rather dull game. I’ve seen blowouts more entertaining. Oklahoma had early opportunities to control the game, and I thought Texas was done for. But the Sooners couldn’t make anything off those two early turnovers.
  • The Texas Longhorn quarterback started his college career at The Ohio State University. It must be neat to tell others you got to experience two of the greatest college football rivalries as a player, even if he didn’t play in the game. For those who don’t know, The Ohio State University plays Michigan every year, and it’s considered a big deal. Though, we know it’s not as cool as the Red River Rivalry since it has a neutral field and is played during the State Fair of Texas.
  • As long as I’ve been a fan of the Texas Longhorns and Red River Rivalry played near my residence at the neutral site of the Cotton Bowl during the State Fair of Texas, you’d have thunk I would have at least attended the event one time. I hope to change that next year, though I’m not looking forward to things like this. I don’t take advantage of the opportunities laid before me, which is something else I hope to change.
  • Steve Sarkisian started his post-game press conference eating a Fletcher’s corn dog from the State Fair. Talk about a man who has really turned his life around. I thought there was no recovering from getting fired as a head football coach for being drunk at meetings. He gives me hope my life can look better, and I really appreciate how upbeat and positive he is or appears to be.
  • Dua Lipa puts on a Longhorns football jersey performing in Austin this weekend to the pleasure of the crowd. She seemed to enjoy her week in Austin, even country dancing with an older gentleman in a bar. I wonder if he had any idea who she was.
  • Something that is easily overlooked, but a detail I appreciate is that the 50-yard line has opposing team colors.
  • A center hikes the ball and catches a touchdown pass. Here’s a better angle that shows how impressive the catch was.

  • Duncanville beat Desoto 42-20. But what made the game so interesting is that of the 44 starters who played, at least 27 will go on to play Division I football. The talent on the field tonight is absurd. How do you acquire all that talent at two schools?
  • The Cowboys sure did stink, but the good news is I hear they are looking at this new receiver during the bye week.

     

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    But it looks like the Chiefs have already picked her up.

  • Texas middle school cheerleaders suffer first and second-degree burns after ‘punishment’ from coach
    • The girls were told to do the bear crawls and crab walks for a mile, but most weren’t able to continue after two laps due to the pain, some even got physically sick from it. The girls said the punishment happened on Wednesday afternoon at around 2 p.m. One of the parents went to the track to check the temperature that afternoon and said it was at least 125 degrees.
  • Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, Bill Clinton walks into a McDonald’s. I’m sure he didn’t order anything for himself. After open-heart surgery he vastly changed his eating habits and I believe is totally vegan. He said the change was hard, but he wanted to interact with his grandchildren one day.

  • Shaq recently asked Mark Cuban why he  sold the Mavs, and this is the most detailed answer I’ve heard Cuban give. As famous and public as he is, you hear and see nothing about his wife and kids. I admire how he protects them. However, I am curious about where the 18—and 21-year-olds are going to college and what they plan to do as adults.
  • TikToker buys $5,000 worth of coupons to eat and drink at the State Fair of Texas
  • For the first time in its 147-year history, Wimbledon will be removing line judges from all of its courts during the tournament. The All England Club announced last week that from the 2025 championships onward, electronic line calling (ELC) will be used after it was successfully tested in 2024. ELC will replace the line judges who call “out” or “fault” during a match.
  • SNL’s first skit from commercial break was about an unfaithful wife named Kelsey. They hit a little too close to home. Not only was I watching it as it aired, cracking up at the coincidence, but I immediately received texts and Twitter DMs instructing me to tune in.
  • Secret tomb found under ‘Indiana Jones’ filming location in Petra

    At the heart of the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, carved into pink sandstone cliffs, lies an elaborate monument known as the Khaznah, or the Treasury. And buried beneath that edifice, archaeologists recently discovered, is a tomb with at least 12 human skeletons and artifacts that are estimated to be at least 2,000 years old.

    If you are a fan of the movie, as am I,  you may appreciate this image and its description.

    Within the tomb beneath the Treasury, archaeologists found a ceramic vessel resembling the Holy Grail.

    If you ask me, it looks like the cup a carpenter would use.

  • CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota recently lost her husband of 23 years to pancreatic cancer, and wrote this article: 5 things not to say to a grieving friend. I disagree with so much of what she wrote, but I also understand everyone deals with grief differently.
  • He’s a mentally unstable genius. This feat is truly amazing. “A skyscraper went into space, returned to Earth, and parallel parked” I like this recording of the event better, but there’s cursing.

  • This is some very impressive camera work.

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Your Bag of Nothing for Friday, October 11, 2024

  • Here’s something I forgot to mention earlier this week about Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia’s on-field interview after upsetting No. 1 Alabama. After thanking God and his team, he talked about how the NIL made something like that possible. It’s just interesting to hear an athlete credit an off-the-field business function after such an inspiring win. But he’s not wrong.
  • When voters say they are concerned about the economy, I think they really mean the cost of living. Those are two different things, but I suppose they’re related, but I’m all about the specifics.
  • The TICKET won the Marconi award for best major market station or something like that. I want to be happy for them, but it seems like it’s justification for getting rid of Dan and Jake. Speaking of Jake, here he is talking about his stint in rehab.
  • Oliver Stone’s Dallas – Plenty of films have been shot in Dallas, but no director chose the city as often as Oscar winner Oliver Stone. Earlier this month, he returned.
  • Last night, the 49ers played the Seahawks in Seattle. That made me think of a BagOfNothing reader who moved from this area and lived there for a while before his family was able to make the move. I bet that was a tough thing to do, to live in a new city without knowing anyone, and your family is half a country away. Heck, adjusting to the time zone would be torture enough. But I’ve always admired the love he has for his family and how he was able to keep them together. This is how good of a dude he is. When I had one of my back surgeries, he brought me lunch from my favorite BBQ place and dropped it off. He must have spent an hour driving alone just to do that.
  • “Weird Al” Yankovic Wants to Host ‘SNL’, Says He’s Never Been Asked
  • Teachers, parents defend Boulder teacher accused of drawing penises on papers, yearbooks
  • Officers seize bag with ‘Definitely not a bag full of drugs’ printed on it – and it was full of drugs, Police Bureau says
  • Ethel Kennedy, human rights activist and widow of Robert F. Kennedy, dies at 96

    My goodness, she’s suffered through a lot of very unfortunate family deather, and she’s a Kennedy by marriage, not by blood. So, including both her husband and brother-in-law, who died by an assassin’s bullet to the head, she endured these tragedies:

    • Her father, George Skakel, a wealthy coal magnate, and mother, Ann Skakel, were killed in an airplane accident in 1955. Her brother died in a plane crash in 1966. Her son David died in 1984 from an accidental drug overdose, and another son Michael died in a skiing accident in 1997. Her granddaughter Saoirse Kennedy Hill died of an accidental overdose in 2019, and another granddaughter, Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, drowned with her 8-year old son in a canoe accident in 2020.
  • A personal invite for Collin Allred via TikTok to Wichita County. I don’t see how he can’t turn this invitation down unless he’s out of state for work reasons.
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