Bag of Randomness for Thursday, January 11, 2024

  • The best rumor I heard last night regarding Nick Saban’s retirement was that Steve Sarkisian was going to replace him at Alabama and take Arch Manning with him. Now, wouldn’t that be something? The next UT/Alabama game would be circled on every college football fan’s calendar. It is a little funny that before Sarkisian was hired at Texas, there were strong rumors of Texas trying to hire Saban. The best part of that rumor was how they were trying to sell the job to him. Basically, it was said he was enticed by his agent saying he’ll never surpass Bear Bryant as the greatest coach at Alabama, but what he could do was go to Texas, win a national championship, and be known are the only coach to win national championships at three different universities and therefor the greatest in college football history. True or not, I like the story.
  • Who’s older, Nick Saban or Mack Brown? That’s a bit of a trick question, both are 72, with Brown being born in August and Saban in October. One man has been comfortable with his hair color naturally changing to gray and white for quite a while now and the other continues to dye it a ridiculous color.
  • I remember talking to my a very politically conservative MIL who, when asked what’s the most important trait of the USA, answered capitalism. In that same conversation, she also stated college football coaches were excessively overpaid and all that money should be going to public schools, which didn’t support her earlier argument of capitalism. But, I digress. Anywho, I thought of that conversation when I read the following yesterday:

  • I remember my dad once half-seriously telling me that if I became a mortician, I would never run out of business.
  • I don’t know much about Hunter Biden other than his sordid past. But yesterday he pulled the rug out from MTG (who likes to show photos of his reproductive organ, and may have sent them to minors). As soon as she started talking, he walked out, baiting the reporters and cameras outside. All the major cable networks had started carrying the hearing live when he walked in and sat for about ten minutes. When he left, he took away her only chance of having national airtime. The networks cut away from the hearing while his lawyer made a statement to the cameras outside. Had Biden stayed, MTG would’ve had five minutes of uninterrupted airtime on Fox, CNN, MSNBC, etc. I doubt it was his idea, but it was honestly a brilliant political play.
  • I think I’ll just stick to the traditional Big Mac, though I wasn’t aware the chain has done a burger overhaul – McDonald’s is bringing the Double Big Mac back to US menus.
    • Unlike the previous version, this Double Big Mac highlights McDonald’s overhaul of its core burger offerings, which includes softer buns, adjusting its grill settings for a better sear and improving how the cheese melts. Big Macs, in particular, are getting more sauce.
  • That time David Letterman lost $100 to Cybill Shepherd who threw a football into a trashcan by banking it off a wall. I have it qued up for you. If you watch until the 2:39 mark, Dave has one of his all-time best one-liners. If you skip to the very end of the clip, you’ll see Dave, Cybill, and Joe Wyoming all successfully throw a football into a moving NYC taxi. Cybill (yes, I’m on a first-name basis with her) was a great guest. Here’s the time she walked out with nothing but a towel on and sat through the entire interview that way. You’ll notice this was during a time when Paul would not play any music when a guest walked out. That’s right, music wasn’t always played when a guest walked out to Dave’s desk. And one more Cybill fact, she dated Elvis and taught him how to, uh, orally take care of her.
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Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, January 10, 2024

  • Barry over at LiberallyLean posted a New York Times article that referenced a marijuana dispensary in New Mexico just across the Texas border in El Paso. Texans get a discount on Texas Tuesdays. But as most Texans know, just possessing a small amount of it in Texas is illegal and the punishment can be severe. For instance, in Texas, possession of marijuana under two ounces is still punishable by up to 180 days in jail and up to a $2,000 fine. Possession of marijuana between two and four ounces is still punishable by up to one year in jail and a $4,000 fine.It would be easy for Texas law enforcement to wait at the border and nab a Texas buyer driving back home. But what I found interesting is the business opportunity that creates. New Mexico.

    For now, Texans mostly just turn around and go home. “The recreational tourism part of it hasn’t really hit at all,” said Robert Ardovino, the owner of a local restaurant, who also offers vintage Spartan trailers from the 1950s for overnight stays by the mountains, under the desert stars. He, too, was looking into opening a dispensary and maybe, one day, a consumption site.

    Now, that’s an interesting business opportunity. I guess that’s similar to when Texans drive to Oklahoma or Louisiana to gamble and stay overnight in a casino hotel. Border states make a lot of money from the sinful of Texas.

    All of that got me wondering about this scenario. Let’s say my friend Tony and I drive to that New Mexico dispensary. Tony buys the smallest amount of edible he can, consumes it, and throws away what he has remaining while still in New Mexico. Cannibus is now inside of Tony but I’m totally clean. I drive us back to El Paso where we stay at an Airbnb. There is no cannabis on either of us. But, of course, there is cannabis inside of Tony that is being digested. Tony is never high in public, but he starts to feel high (and hungry) an hour after we get back from New Mexico inside the Airbnb. Tony cuts himself while slicing a watermelon. The wound is bad enough that I have to drive him to the ER. On our way to the ER, I get pulled over for speeding. For whatever reason, the officer knows where we’ve been and what’s inside Tony. Can Tony be arrested for possession because it’s inside his body being digested?

    And, let’s say while talking to the officer, Tony stresses out to the point he vomits in the car. There is now a small amount of undigested cannabis on the floorboard. At that point, can either of us be arrested for possession?

  • The Secretary of Defense really did his nation a disservice by not notifying his boss that he was going to be hospitalized. I understand wanting some privacy, but it’s not like he’s managing a Wendy’s.
  • It’s absurd he’s still closely tied with that or any university.

  • I’m a big fan of The Lincoln Project and follow them on Twitter. They recently asked, “When’s the last time you guys think Trump went to a gas station to fill up his car?” Funny thing, just the other day I ran across an old picture of Trump (presumedly) pumping gas. I guess because it’s being sold at an auction at the end of the month.
  • The Ticket plays a commercial plugging an upcoming John Mulaney show. In the spot, the comedian makes fun of people who send an iMessage text or start a FaceTime session from an email address. He thinks is a very strange thing to do. I guess you have to count me amongst the strange. I don’t have an iPhone, but I do have an iPad. It’s the same situation for BoyGeeding and GirlGeeding. For a while, the only way for me to communicate with my kids was by using the iPad, and none of us had a phone number.
  • I had no idea it comes so “packaged.”
    https://twitter.com/EvanKirstel/status/1744252662747471927
  • A website that sells toilet paper to help you cheer on your team but wipe away their opponents. I guess it would be funny to invite a Packers fan to watch the game with me this weekend and set these up in the guest bathroom with nothing else to use so they are forced to use these.

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Bag of Randomness for Tuesday, January 9, 2024

  • When it comes to placing a wafer on the NCAA football championship, never bet on the team wearing purple.
  • This is one of the most impressive dunks I’ve ever seen. Look at how high he is when he is stuffing the ball through the hoop. At his highest (not in the still pic), his are above the rim. Some folks have commented that he got that high by using a defender as a step ladder, but I do not see it.

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