Your Bag of Nothing for Friday, September 13, 2024

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Your Bag of Nothing for Thursday, September 12, 2024

  • A lot of people know that Michael J. Fox wasn’t the initial choice to play Marty McFly. But, I didn’t know there was footage of Ben Stiller reading for the part.
  • When I first read this headline the other day, I thought it was referring to something that happened over a decade ago.
  • One overlooked fact of why U.S. soldiers did so well in WWII was that they didn’t put them in boot camps and send them right over. In this short clip, avet talks about all the different and many, many months of training he went through, even though he was eager to get over there and fight.
  • The Hardline was talking about Monday Night Football and said they don’t know anyone who watch’s the Manning Cast. I thought that was odd because the day before I was telling my friends at trivia I wish Joe and Troy didn’t do MNF because I only watch the Manning Cast. After a weekend of “traditional” announcing I enjoy watching something different and like the insights the brothers bring from playing QB.
  • I know it’s now where near the first of April, but here’s an old April Fool’s video of MLB adopting the use of aluminum bats for a season. For you Rangers fans, our old manager Buddy V makes an appearance. I always consider him “my manager” as he’s the first one I remember and grew up with.

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Your Bag of Nothing for Wednesday, September 11, 2024

  • The title card of last night’s Daily Show cracked me up: The First Presidential Debate, Again –  Now With 50% Old Man.
    • Jon Stewart said something I think most conservatives (and liberals) would agree with, but maybe I’m wrong. “We generate so much wealth, why do we distribute so inefficiently?“
    • Stewart had Steve Balmer on as a guest who was promoting a fact-based statistical website. Balmer really put his foot in his mouth, and Stewart playfully called him out on it when he innocently used a Twin Towers analogy literally a few minutes before the date changed to September 11th.
  • She chummed the water, and he took the bait. Many times, instead of directly answering a question, all she did was say something to bait him. And, he was hungry. Biden gave one of the worst debate performances in history. Trump: Hold my beer.
  • The worst thing he could do post-debate is to walk into the spin room. Wait a sec, he did what? Well, at least Taylor Swift hasn’t endorsed anyone yet. Whoa, wait?
  • @Kenny_Mayne – I get the folks who got conned and stay conned. I get the racists…
    I get the money only Republicans who want their tax cuts.
    I don’t get the uncommitted who are none of the above who can’t see him for what he is.
  • I made a post yesterday, but many of you may have missed it. I mistakenly scheduled it to post later in the day instead of my usual one-minute after midnight. Sorry about that.
  • Democrats, be sure to thank President Biden for doing the right thing and dropping out. But you know what, I’m still scared Trump is going to pull this one out.
  • I heard on the radio yesterday that it was Joe Perry’s birthday. Joe Perry is the well-known guitarist of Aerosmith. But I always confuse him with Journey’s original lead singer, Steve Perry. I think I do this because Steve Perry is the lead singer of Aerosmith. Thankfully, I don’t confuse these male musicians with Rick Perry.
  • I saw a cologne named Creed. That made me think of Apollo Creed, and I wondered if the fictional character had his own line of cologne, would he name it Creed or Apollo because both are great names?
  • I was researching various things about the framing of our Constitution, and one thing I’ve read numerous times stood out this particular time for some reason. It was the “Three-Fifths Compromise” at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. This agreement allowed Southern states to count three-fifths of their enslaved population for the purposes of apportioning seats in the House of Representatives and Electoral College votes, giving the South greater political power without extending rights or suffrage to the enslaved people. So, the North had a larger voting population because of its free citizens, but the South wanted to use its enslaved population to bolster its political representation, even though those people were not allowed to vote. It just bolstered my thinking of wanting to get rid of or modify the Electoral College system. I like something like Ranked Choice Voting (RTC). RCV contests feature a ballot on which each voter ranks the candidates according to their preference. Once all votes have been collected, election officials apply established tabulation rules to identify the winner or winners.

  • This is probably my favorite scene of James Earl Jones as Vader. It’s the first time in the trilogy you can hear the human being behind the monster come out and Jones nailed it
  • Y’all know I love presidential history, and I’ve stated before how it’s a goal of mine to visit all the presidential libraries. I think I even made a post about wanting to work in one and a recent job search. Anyway, I’m getting to know a girl through one of the dating apps. I didn’t put anything about my love of presidential history in my profile, but we broached the topic, and then she said this. Keep in mind that my comments are in the dark bubble. I know they aren’t, but I can’t help but think my friends are behind this, trying to prank me with a fake profile. After all, he profile was deleted the next day.
  • I respect the Michigan band; they could have totally welched on that bet.

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Your Bag of Nothing for Tuesday, September 10, 2024

  • Carlsbad Caverns National Park rangers call out ‘world changing’ impact of dropped Cheetos bag

    • “At the scale of human perspective, a spilled snack bag may seem trivial, but to the life of the cave it can be world changing,” the park said in its post about the garbage found off-trail in the Big Room. “The processed corn, softened by the humidity of the cave, formed the perfect environment to host microbial life and fungi. Cave crickets, mites, spiders and flies soon organize into a temporary food web, dispersing the nutrients to the surrounding cave and formations. Molds spread higher up the nearby surfaces, fruit, die and stink. And the cycle continues.”

  • Part of my morning ritual is to visit Woot.com. When they first started, they had a great gimmick of only selling one item a day, and if they sold out, too bad. They have now expanded that to one item per day per several categories and then some. Yesterday, I saw a tire lock and had two thoughts. One, they are much less expensive than I would have thought. And two, while I don’t need one, surely I can find a need to justify a purchase.
  • On October 1, 2024, Jimmy Carter will become the first US president to turn 100. Dead or alive, he’ll still be a 100.
  • Here’s a Twitter video of the future of Rolls Royce with autonomous driving.
  • Wholesome, me thinks.
    @rustonj♬ original sound – Ruston Jones

  • Personally, I don’t think this is a good idea.

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