I was a big fan of the X-Files. Apparently, it was announced in March last year that Ryan Coogler (Apollo, Black Panther) is doing a fresh reboot of the series. I missed the memo on that one, but I’m intrigued. But what was so great with the original series was the chemistry between the co-stars. I found out about this in this new Chris Carter article. It sounds like Carter no longer has any creative control, so it’s similar to what George Lucus is going through with Star Wars and Disney. The article also mentions how Fox initially wanted a Pamela Anderson type to take the role of Scully. In retrospect, that’s hilarious.
A lot of schools are canceling classes for the solar eclipse. That’s not happening at the school BoyGeeding and DaughterGeeding attend. But they will get to go outside and view it, and will be provided with protective sunglasses. In case you want to read the email about it, here you go.
I’m not posting this for political reasons; it’s the AI aspect that interests me – ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza – The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties
With the eclipse approaching in less than a week, over half of U.S. cities along the eclipse's path are fully booked for the night of April 7th according to data from @airdnapic.twitter.com/SLVpyKu2Oe
I need to focus more on the journey than the destination.
Ah, I love presidential history and trivia. I play on a trivia team with three close friends on Tuesday nights in Grapevine. If you follow the trivia league on social media, they will give hints to two questions. One was about the election of 1876. That was a really fascinating election, and here are my five most interesting tidbits about it that make it one of the more interesting ones in our nation’s history:
Grant was going to run for a third term, but the House (233–18 vote), passed a resolution declaring that the two-term tradition .
It was the second of five U.S. presidential elections in which the winner did not win a plurality of the national popular vote.
Tilden won 184 electoral votes to Hayes’s 165, 185 votes necessary for a majority. To settle things, Congress created a commission to avoid a constitutional crisis.
To date, it remains the election that yielded the highest voter turnout of the eligible voting-age population in American history, at 82.6%
As of 2024, this marks the only presidential election in which both candidates were sitting governors.
The sister of murder victim Ruby Garcia said she and her family were home watching live, in disbelief, as former President Donald Trump told an audience in Grand Rapids that he had spoken with “some of her family.” “He did not speak with any of us, so it was kind of shocking seeing that he had said that he had spoke with us, and misinforming people on live TV,” Ruby Garcia’s sister, Mavi Garcia.
I’m surprised that someone who has been in the business as long as he has and held the title of Chief would be this sensitive. Not only did he walk out, but he felt the need to share it publicly. Surely, he’s heard a variation of this joke a thousand times. I held off on posting this, thinking it was a bad April Fool’s joke. But maybe I should cut him some slack. We all have our off days.
I went to the dentist a few weeks ago. The hygienist asked “How can you keep your job when you’re wrong 100% of the time.
So at least your record is better than mine. BTW, I walked out and told them I would return when I could see a different hygienist. https://t.co/FfvLghHkbs
Even though Holy Week has passed, I thought this would be interesting for people of the Christian faith and something they could add to their children’s programs next year.
First, you should know that the traditional number of stations was reduced from fourteen to eight (Christ falling happens once, meeting His Mother and the women was removed, etc.). This was more conducive to the sensory experience and the amount of space we had to work with.
Now, to transition to something totally different. The comments in this tweet were interesting, but I don’t know why the poster wanted to single out men for their answers. I’d like to know how women would rank these. https://twitter.com/NoDMsPerfavore/status/1774931787614916988
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TwitterX really wasn’t much fun yesterday. I usually like April Fool’s Day jokes, but it seemed like everyone yesterday thought they were pulling one over everyone, which was blatantly obvious.
I wasn’t a fan of the Texas Department of Public Safety sending me a text at 10:45 PM last night to remind me that my vehicle registration would expire in three months. It’s a legit text, I’m not being scammed. I received an email notification earlier in the day. I don’t mind the text; I’m just surprised they would send one out so late in the evening.
After watching Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune came on. I had not been a fan of the show since childhood, so I planned on changing the channel, but the introduction caught my attention. Oddly, the gameshow announcer introduced Vanna White and actor Jared Leto. Then he nonchalantly jumped into hosting, “All right, everybody, grab those devices; it’s time to give away some money. A $1000 in our first toss-up, the category is on the map.” The show then continued as normal, cutting back to regular host Sajak as if nothing had happened. I couldn’t find anything about it online until later in the evening. It was just an April Fool’s joke, which I thought was pretty solid. But, it was not as solid as the April Fool’s Day 1997 when Sajack and Alex Trebek switched hosting duties. I forgot that Pat and Janna played as contestants. It must be odd being a contestant on the show you host.
I’m rediscovering my love for the night. I’ve always been more of a night person than an evening person. But, when I married a morning person who was always early to bed and early to rise, I did my best to convert. I was told by her and many others I didn’t need to go to bed at the same time as my then-wife, but I thought that was important and something to build on. I loved those conversations as our day came to an end.
The design and style of the Texas Rangers World Series rings are exceptional, but the size of it makes them gaudy.
I can’t remember if Rangers fans pointed out that as they went undefeated on road trips during the playoffs, all the teams they beat spelled out ROAD – Rays, Oriels, Astros, and Diamondbacks. I think someone did point it out in November. No matter, it’s a pretty cool feature of the Rangers championship ring, and using the first letters of the opposing team’s logo was a nice touch. Here’s a video that explains the reasoning behind all 19 elements that make up the gaudy World Series ring.
An inventory check on Air Force One after Mr Biden’s visit to the US west coast in February found several items were missing from its press section. Branded pillowcases, glasses and gold-rimmed plates are among the items that have allegedly vanished from the jet.
Bruce Springsteen was on last night’s Curb Your Enthusiasm and was better at acting than I expected.
It’s hard for me to accept that 1984 was 40 years ago. To me, 40 years ago will always be the Fourties or Fifties. It’s not that I don’t want to accept it, or anything like that. I bet one day, it will finally sink in.
I predict that Texas State Representative (D) James Talarico will win a state-wide election. My guess is he’ll be the next Texas governor or Senator. Not only is he a current member of the Texas House, but the 34-year-old is fulfilling a passion project by going to seminary. I guess you can do that when you don’t have a spouse and a family. https://twitter.com/kirkacevedo/status/1774438287694062044
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