Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, February 7, 2024

  • I spotted these stickers in the red light district, um, I mean, at a red light the other day. I couldn’t make out the writing on the bottom, so I searched for them on The Google. The first result amused me, considering the message of the above stick and what I entered in the search field.
  • Christians: if your favorite political party causes you to not love your neighbor or enemy, your party is standing between you and Jesus. – @PrestonSprinkle
  • Sometimes I eat white powdered donuts for breakfast. Specifically, Hostess donnettes. When I do, it brings back a warm memory of a very young DaughterGeeding dropping her jaw in awe as I put a whole donnette into my mouth. She then called to her mother and said, “Mom! Dad just put a whole donut into his mouth and swallowed it.”
  • @ItsSamG – It’s kinda cool and not at all superstitiously terrifying that the last time the Chiefs played the 49ers in the Super Bowl it was also a leap year and then a month later we had a pandemic that messed up our lives for years and years
  • Sticking with the macabre Super Bowl thoughts, here’s Joe Buck: “I do not have any desire to be there. There’s going to be some story, there’s gonna be something that happens because it’s Vegas and it won’t stay in Vegas. There’s gonna be a big something that happens. I don’t know what it is. I have no idea. That is going to be a mess, in my mind.”
  • I’ve been concerned about President Biden as of late. When he speaks, he sounds softer and his words aren’t as sharp as they use to. I’m not saying he’s in mental decline (like most of my readership), but audibly his words are not as crisp and clear as they use to be. I haven’t seen anyone else point that out, but I’m sure I would if I peaked in conservative circles.
  • This person with a Ph.D. in English griped about what she believes to be a misuse of an apostrophe, only to misuse an apostrophe when she referenced the music awards show in her next tweet.
  • When I first saw this statistic the Cowboys won their second Super Bowl and I thought no team would catch up in my lifetime.
  • Not a job I would want to have. Talk about hazard pay.

  • I can’t decide if the inside of the Raiders’ facility looks like something out of 2001: A Space Oddesy or Space Balls.

  • I’ve written my concerns about how the Sphere isn’t managing itself well when it comes to booking future artists and events, but whoever is managing the stuff on the outside is doing a great job.
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Bag of Randomness for Tuesday, February 6, 2024

  • One thing that stood out to me when I was in Las Vegas was the USB charge ports on some of the slot machines. That’s some smart thinking. I’m sure a lot of gamblers talk themself into staying longer just to get a fuller charge. Or, for anyone about to leave for a flight, what better way to pass the time than to get your phone fully charged so you can watch something on your phone during your flight.
  • You typically don’t see bodyguards carrying a shotgun. Also, I couldn’t help but notice how big Miley’s hair is. I’ve seen it somewhere else recently. I have a feeling big hair is going to make a comeback, and I’m not sure how I feel about it.

  • Hear me out on this. Jerry Jones should sweet-talk and hire Bill Belichick as the new defensive coordinator and then sweet-talk Mike McCarthy into being okay with it. Then, if the team underperforms during the season, fire McCarthy midseason and promote Belichick. Or, if they don’t advance to the Super Bowl, then McCarthy leaves because he would have just finished his contract and Jerry could simply promote Belichick. Could Jerry talk Bill into this? Sure. What else does Belichick have to do without a team to prepare for and get ready to coach for next season? Belichick won’t know what to do with all this upcoming free time.
  • I didn’t particularly like his speech, but I’ve been thinking a lot about what Jay-Z said at the Grammys. How I’ve heard it said many times but when he said it, it registered, “I was once told the loudest person in the room never gets heard.“
  • A few more thoughts on the Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs performances at the Grammys.
    • I poke fun at modern country music a lot and consider it the Special Olympics of music. I don’t know Combs well at all, but I don’t mind his kind of country music. He covered the song because his father had Chapman’s cassette in his Ford truck and he heard it all the time as a kid. So, when you see him look back at Chapman with such respect and admiration, you can tell it’s authentic and must be a surreal experience for him.
    • I love how her face lights up as soon as the audience reacts when they realize it’s her.
    • When I was a kid and the song first came out, I made fun of Chapman’s look. To be blunt, I thought she was ugly. But three words crossed my mind when I saw her Sunday night, “Wow, she’s beautiful”
    • It’s not the same magnitude as Whitney Houston covering Dolly Parton’s I’ll Always Love You but that thought crossed my mind.
      https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1754318040890757205
  • A month before David Letterman stepped down from late night, he invited Tracy Chapman to sing Ben E. King’s classic Stand By Me. It’s very much worth a listen four minutes of your day, especially if things are a bit hectic.
  • Confession, regarding that last bullet. Instead of typing “Ben E. King” I first typed “Ben E. Keith.”
  • The NFL is going to have a game in Brazil next year? Well, I guess if the world’s version of football is going to invade the U.S. we are going to invade the world with our version of football. Think of it as modern-day colonialism.
  • I can’t recall if I mentioned this or not, but I was curious where U2 was staying during their Vegas residency. The Venetian would make the most sense as it is the closest and associated with the Sphere. But, I learned they actually fly back and forth from LA to stay in the homes they have there. I’m not sure if the band are environmentalists, but that wouldn’t help the image.
  • Maybe it shouldn’t have surprised me that an ancient ivory dildo was found in the stuffed seat of Louis XV’s armchair which was in storage at a local convent on a science museum’s webpage. Maybe the unique detail found on the tip shouldn’t have surprised me, or that it can simulate ejaculation. But, the cloth bag was a nice touch.
  • Out of all the things I felt most uncomfortable with regarding the previous bullet was my use of “webpage.” After typing it, it just felt like a very outdated term and made me question whether I should have used another word or phrased the sentence differently. But, I didn’t want to spend any mental anguish over it and preferred writing several sentences about my turmoil because it felt simpler.
  • I can’t get over the defender’s head. He totally fell for a fake shot that looked as slow as molasses. Then, Jokic did what he always does, drive the paint liking like he plays in flip-flops. Someone pointed that out to me about his play once and I can’t unsee it.
  • The first thought that went through my mind was the Branch Davidian Compound and how modern-day equivalents probably have these up and running. But I will admit, I’m impressed with the engineering. It kinda makes me think of what Walter White rigged up in the series finale of Breaking Bad
    https://twitter.com/KrumelsBunker/status/1754264827315269766
  • I was such a huge Joe Montana fan when I was a kid. You also know I’m a hopeless romantic. This made my heart swoon. Oh, how I miss trying to do things to show another how much I love and think of them, and I wonder what it feels like to be the unquestioned recipient of such love.

  • Along that same line:

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Bag of Randomness for Monday, February 5, 2024

  • Three big moments at last night’s Grammys. No matter what Taylor Swift fans will tell you, the most iconic was Tracy Chapman singing in public for the first time in nine years with Luke Combs. Swift announcing a new album might be the most remembered. And the most overlooked will be the arrest of Killer Mike, who I’m sure most of you aren’t familiar with. He won three Grammys at the pre-televised portion of the show and then was arrested. At the time of this writing, rumor has it was for something small, and LAPD couldn’t wait until he left the ceremony or met him at his hotel room.
    https://twitter.com/EZRideryoyall/status/1754317628661768555
  • Give me the Texas summer anytime over a harsh winter. I can’t imagine having to dig in snow just to find your car.

  • There are some words, no matter how hard I try to say them correctly, always come out wrong and sound like a similar word. Such is the case with syphilis and Sisyphus. I actually have a photo of the postage stamp of Sisyphus made in error from season four of Fargo hanging on my wall. When I first heard his story, I thought I feel what he feels every day.
  • I’m not a fan of subscription services, but I’m sensing that’s where our culture or free market is heading.
  • Uh, this heavily bearded and muscular guy (YouTube, language and modesty warning) being interviewed claims he rarely wipes his bottom because what he produces is “perfect.” But he did shower after a case of diarrhea.
  • Trauma doesn’t make you stronger. It makes you traumatized.
  • I’m on to Apple’s guerilla marketing. It’s a little on the nose.

    https://twitter.com/overtime/status/1754322459460063613?t=ZpCSC67McWYc1N-e6h6qtw

  • I would have thought they would have gone for more – Michael Jordan’s championship sneaker collection goes for $8 million at auction
  • A funny tweet I read recently – I’d like to thank @taylorswift13 for finally making a practical “if a plane leaves Tokyo at 11:30” problem that students will care about.
  • I’m not sure why, considering the venue and all, Bono told a recent crowd to Put your fkn phones down for a minute. The boys from The Ticket will be going to see U2 at the Sphere this week as they are in town for the Super Bowl. I’m looking forward to hearing their review.
  • Jennifer Lopez lost a chunk of her hair (extensions, I’m sure) during her SNL performance.

  • Masturbation abstinence is popular online. Doctors and therapists are worried
  • I thought the mood would have been more festive. I bet the reason they didn’t land the championship game was because of the lack of public transportation in Arlington.

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Bag of Randomness for Thursday, February 1, 2024

  • Dallas, Texas (2001 vs. 2021). I feel old.
  • Texas AG Paxton sues cities over marijuana decriminalization
  • I’m sure most of you will take this the wrong way, but when I read this, it got me to thinking.
    • Evangelicals get upset about Christians who attend queer weddings because it publicly “affirms sin” but I have yet to see them mad about Christians who attend someone’s 2nd, 3rd or 4th wedding… Something scripture would call the sin of adultery.
  • Houston County Schools to install bathroom cameras; parents express concerns to school system
  • Las Vegas driver with 19 tickets who killed bicyclist could get probation
  • The world will have its first trillionaire within a decade, but poverty won’t be eradicated for another 229 years, report finds
  • Yesterday, LiberallyLean posted some hot sports opinions about coin flip tosses“Coin flip talk: I distinctly remember that before any NFL game that the ref would tell a player to “call it in the air” for the initial coin toss.  Now they have the player choose heads or tails before it is flipped. That seems wrong.”I believe I know the history of this, and it involves a girl in my Sunday school class and her father who was a member of the church, an NFL referee.Here’s what started it all. On Thanksgiving 1998, the Steelers and Lions were heading to overtime. Overtime rules were different then, and involved a coinflip. Referee Phil Luckett explains the coin toss rules and tells Jerome Bettis to call it in the air. He distinctly says, “Tails.” But, Luckett said “heads” was called. The Lions instead got the ball and kicked a game-winning field goal 3 minutes into overtime. The NFL quickly changed the coin-flip format to prevent similar disputes. Now, instead of calling the toss while the coin is in the air, the team captain chooses heads or tails before the coin is flipped and the referee confirms the selection before he flips the coin. Luckett took a lot of heat and was later involved with two other controversial calls. One is the Music City Miracle “lateral.” You can read about the other one on his Wikipedia page. I believe there’s another one involving him and a receiver bumping into each other on a crucial play. I felt bad for the man and his daughter. So many people in the nation were calling him an idiot and I bet the family didn’t like the attention. Twitter wasn’t a thing back then. For the longest time, I thought her father had one of the coolest jobs. If my dad had that job, I’d probably be boasting about it. But then in an instant, everyone in the nation is making fun of or hating on the man you admire and love. I imagine despite the love and respect she had for her father it was hard to go to work and social events in the short term with everyone knowing who her father was and what he was responsible for. I did a little searching on what he’s doing today and it appears he does some speaking engagements, which I’m sure are interesting to hear.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsznFZv-wBs

  • San Angelo Live – Governor Abbott’s Initial Salvo in the 2024 “Revenge Primary” was a Dud
    • “Governor Greg Abbott’s first move in the “revenge primary” campaign, aimed at replacing Texas House representatives who oppose his private school voucher initiative, resulted in defeat for Abbott’s chosen candidate.”
  • I’ve got it cued up for you (4:04 in case it doesn’t work), but literally, you cannot get closer to Bono.
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