Bag of Randomness for Friday, January 5, 2024

  • I just thought that was a photoshop both sides of the political aisle could laugh at.
  • If you were a local wrestling fan in the 80s, in particular of the Von Erich, you’ll enjoy this GQ article.
    • ‘The Iron Claw’ and the Dallas Only the Dead Know – How the tragic saga of the doomed Von Erich clan—the inspiration for A24’s new wrestling drama—mirrors the story of Dallas, a boom town that can’t grow fast enough to shake the ghosts of its past.
    • I got a kick out of this part about the author, even if he misspelled Emmitt’s name:
      • I’m the son of a Philadelphia Irish sports zealot and—forgive me father—when I was a guest at a Cowboys game, I bought Cowboys gear for my then-infant son and snapped up a Michael Irvin shirt for myself. I hit the Emmett Smith shimmy in a hallway. I regret nothing.
  • Christopher Nolan’s Peloton Instructor Slammed One of His Movies During a Workout, Told the Class: ‘That’s a Couple Hours I’ll Never Get Back Again!’
    • The Oscar nominee did not disclose which film it was, but clearly the Peloton instructor had no idea Nolan was in his virtual class that day.
  • Most Republicans think Donald Trump is a person of faith. We asked why –
    More Republicans see Trump as a ‘person of faith’ than as ‘religious’

    • Registered voters were asked whether they considered a list of political figures to be people of faith, including Trump, President Joe Biden, former Vice President Mike Pence and Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney. Trump was the top choice for Republicans, while Biden was the most common choice for Democrats. Pence topped the list for independents.
    • Sixty-four percent of Republicans said Trump was a person of faith, up from 53% in October. Pence, at 56%, came in second.
      • Church attendance isn’t necessarily indicative of a person’s faith or personal relationship with a greater power, but I’m curious to know how many times Trump attended a church service since leaving office.
  • These drone shows are getting more impressive.

  • Pa. woman’s community service requirement again requires her to wash police vehicles
  • Congressman Dan Crenshaw slams Fox News host for insider trading claims – The Texas republican went off on conservative pundit Jesse Watters, suggesting the host “pees sitting down.”
  • Texas GOP lawmaker says he will not support a border deal because it would help Biden politically
    • “Let me tell you, I’m not willing to do too damn much right now to help a Democrat and to help Joe Biden’s approval rating,” Nehls told CNN. “I will not help the Democrats try to improve this man’s dismal approval ratings. I’m not going to do it.”
  • Elvis to Make Comeback With London AI Show
    • I guess I wouldn’t consider myself a fan, but Elvis has always fascinated me. He never performed outside of North America and only left the United States for a concert tour three times. Those stops were in Canada, all in 1957. With that in mind, I find it interesting that this thing is opening up in London.
  • How Google is using AI to help one U.S. city reduce traffic and emissions
    • Google’s new Project Green Light system uses the company’s vast maps database and AI to optimize traffic lights around the world. The system suggests changes and city engineers then decide if they want to implement them. “We had one case where we moved four seconds from a north-south street to an east-west street for a particular time of day, so then that can help reduce some of that stop-and-go traffic,” Laura Wojcicki, an engineer at Seattle’s Department of Transportation, told CBS News.
      • This story reminded me of two moments in my life. My family and I were inside a cab growing through downtown San Antonio hitting almost every red light. In the military, my father did a lot with road construction and the like. He talked about how the city needed to resynch or adjust their traffic lights so that traffic would flow better and save commuters time.
      • When I was a college kid living in Abilene, a friend I went to church with timed all the lights on Ambler so he never had to stop on his way to church on Sunday morning. Basically, he would drive ten miles over the speed limit at every other light, while driving ten miles under the speed limit for the others.
  • Physically, he’s like a real-life Batman.
    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FzPBD_XEYes
  • This is a pretty cool military boat/sub.
Posted in Personal | Comments Off on Bag of Randomness for Friday, January 5, 2024

Bag of Randomness for Thursday, January 4, 2024

  • Katt Williams was trending last night. I knew the name, but really didn’t know anything about the comedian and sometimes actor, so I pulled up his Wiki page. I read that he had eight children, and automatically slotted him as a promiscuous man with a lot of baby mamas like Nick Cannon (12 and soon to be 13 kids with six women) or Shawn Kemp (seven children with six different women.). But then I read on and saw that of those eight children, seven were adopted. I then proceeded to eat some humble pie.
  • I first heard the term “humble pie” during my junior year in high school. It was for a vocabulary test in Coach Jennings’s English class. That test also included the words “stoic” and “epitome.” Coach would always give an example of how to use the words in a sentence. For “stoic” he said, “Tom Landry was very stoic, he had an expressionless face.” I sat next to Charles Franklin. We used to make fun of Troy Aikman for not playing the complete season of his rookie year (which was four years earlier) because he broke a finger on his non-throwing hand. The Cowboys won only one game that year. It was against Washington. That’s right, Aikman didn’t win a single game in his first year. It’s funny the things you do and don’t remember.
  • Are we sure that’s not really Don Knotts?
    https://twitter.com/Sheckyi/status/1742217983127167058
  • Father says his daughter’s car (well, the trim) is melting in the driveway. Honda says it’s not covered by warranty
  • You know where this story is going, but I wonder why they needed so much in case – ‘It smelled so bad’: Pennsylvania couple recovers $3,550 after dog eats cash
  • Here’s a Twitter thread of college football bowl game helmets customized for the bowl the team was playing in. They claim the first time it happened was in the 1982 Cotton Bowl with the University of Texas. I would have thought it happened way before that.
  • So that’s how they did it. But then again, what was I expecting?
    https://twitter.com/JoePompliano/status/1742606064984428638
  • Here’s a longer version of the video with audio. You can tell that one guy in the suit hasn’t thrown many punches in his life. It looks like he didn’t know what to do and was throwing punches because he knew he would never have an opportunity like that again. One thing is for sure, he tired out quickly and then just got out of the way.https://twitter.com/bagofnothing/status/1742702926550683686
  • Elon Musk ranted about DEI on Twitter. Mark Cuban replied having a lot to say about the matter.
  • A Trump/Haley ticket just makes too much sense for it not to happen.
  • Sometimes politicians flip-flop on an issue just to garner votes or make the most of an opportunity. I don’t think that’s what Christi is doing. There’s a lot I disagree with Christi about, but overall, I like him and wouldn’t mind if he became president. That’s certainly not going to happen anytime soon.

  • Dogs for the win.

Posted in Personal | Comments Off on Bag of Randomness for Thursday, January 4, 2024

Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, January 3, 2024

  • I’m disappointed with myself for forgetting to post this gem. Heck, I even had a tab open so I wouldn’t forget. Jason Whitlock is an insufferable media personality. For instance, last year he released a two-hour video questioning if Michelle Obama was transgender, and  expressed a dislike of the Nineteenth Amendment stating that granting suffrage to women destroyed the principle of “one vote per household.” In his Twitter bio, this is how he describes himself:

    “Christian. Growth requires Sacrifice. Ignorance, Perversion, Pride, Ingratitude & Cowardice thwart Sacrifice. Fearless”

    On Monday, he makes the following post on TwitterX, morally judging ESPN for placing inappropriate sexual-related ads on their website. But what he failed to realize, and this is amazing considering he works in the industry, is that he gets ads based on his search history. Every now and then one of my readers will do the same and contact me. Some feel they are being kind by pointing out to me what I may not realize is displaying on my website. Others chew me out for placing those ads. As much as I like to engage with my readers, most of the time, I simply ignore them.

  • Here’s something else I forgot to write about yesterday regarding Jimmy Johnson’s induction into the Cowboys Ring of Honor. One of my favorite players on his team was Kenny Gant. I liked him because we were similar in size, so that gave me a small bit of hope of making it in the NFL, and he did a “shark dance” before kickoff. It became a popular local bit, and even some foam shark hats were sold. Well, here is Gant on the field for Jimmy’s induction ceremony wearing one of those foam hats. Speaking of foam hats, I’ve always loved them, and wish they would make a comeback. Not that I would wear one, but I like seeing others wear them in the stands.
  • Burger King Employee Who Went 27 Years Without Missing a Day of Work Buys First Home Thanks to Donations
  • Vietnam Pledges Human Rights Reform by Year 2099
  • U2’s New Single Is On The Rise Again On The Billboard Charts
  • With the new year, a lot of new laws come into effect. Here’s a notable one I wish was standard across the nation – Illinois will withhold funding from schools and libraries that attempt to ban books. – It’s the first state in the nation to enact such a law.
  • https://twitter.com/gakingmusic/status/1741862654245744799

  • I was feeling a bit sympathetic for this college kid at first, but then I saw his user name, which made me think he was happy it happened and he’s benefitted greatly from it.

    Maybe he can help console this kid since his favorite team is going to be playing against LSU a lot more often.

 

Posted in Personal | Comments Off on Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, January 3, 2024

The First Bag of Randomness for 2024

  • I very much wanted to make a post yesterday, but one thing after another popped up.
  • Back in my day, adults would start the new year by accidentally writing the previous year on something called checks.
  • Friendly reminder with the new year starting, there are many people trying to make adjustments to their lives. Let them. Let people show up to the gym, let people eat what they choose, let them succeed, let them fail, let them live their lives without your commentary.
  • I sure hope 2024 is going to be a good year. It’s a leap year, so we have one extra day of suffering or thriving through it, and I’d much rather be thriving.
  • At halftime of the Sugar Bowl, I thought the Longhorns stood a chance. Then, I checked Twitter and saw this:
    This guy is such a cancer. It all started with his father helping to assassinate JFK.
  • Also spotted at the Sugar Bowl.

  • It’s interesting that the University of Texas’ greatest football head coach and current football head coach both were the head coach of Washington before their tenure at Texas.
  • Maybe this will cheer up some Longhorn fans.

  • The instrumental of U2’s latest song, Atomic City, can be heard on the ESPN broadcasts of the college football playoff when they go to commercial.
  • If I have to see that commercial of Derek Jeter driving home in the rain to see his family I’m going to take hostages.
  • I’ve never heard of a good reason why college football is better than the NFL.

  • More supporting evidence on why the NFL is better than college football.

  • An act of football grace, Jimmy certainly didn’t have to save Jerry on this. It tells you he’s totally passed all that crud.

  • All of Jimmy Johnson’s NFL on Fox friends were in Dallas for the Ring of Honor ceremony, despite having to be in LA for the show the next morning. Man, he was emotional, and so thankful for all his friends, family, coaches, and players who were there.

https://twitter.com/NFLonFOX/status/1741511881871745501

  • Well said.

  • For anyone familiar with the last penalty called during the Lions vs Cowboys game.

  • Genius!

https://twitter.com/LasVegasLocally/status/1741885482349551891

  • Something is up at WFAA Weather.

  • I’m not crying. As stated above, the mountain cedar is high.

https://twitter.com/TheWaveDealer4/status/1741692283521827018

  • I was impressed with Steve Sarkisian’s. There was a lot I assumed about the guy and was surprised I have a lot in common with the man. I did some research and found the following:
    • Because he played QB at BYU, I thought he was Mormon. Nope, he’s always been Catholic.
    • Cher’s (yes, that one, the only one I’m sure you know) maiden name is Sarkisian, but they aren’t related. I am also not related to Cher.
    • I knew he battled alcoholism, but didn’t know one of the contributing factors that led to it was his divorce. There’s something I haven’t shared with y’all that I battled after my divorce.
    • His children are half-Asian, as am I.
    • He was married for 18 years, and the youngest of his three children was 12-years-old. I was married for 18 years and my two children were close to that age.
    • He’s remarried to a woman of color. I’m, well, not remarried or dating, but I do know women of color.

https://twitter.com/MillenPolitics/status/1741285167786869165

Posted in Personal | Comments Off on The First Bag of Randomness for 2024