Friday Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Who knew that Joe Biden destroying the Keystone XL pipeline his first week in office was just a warmup act to destroying the Nord Stream pipelines. Basically he was practicing on the Canadians... On Tuesday night Joe Biden had his State of the Union address and LeBron James broke the all-time NBA scoring record. Which event were the average Americans least interested in? Toss up?... In medieval times there were some who believed that Satanist kissed the anus of a cat to show their devotion to the dark lord (seriously). Having learned that - now I won't be able to see Sam Smith or Madonna without picturing  them kissing the butthole of a cat... Is it just me or do you also find it strange that The Da Vinci Code has been turned into a play. Think it could be Springtime for Hitler funny if they made it a musical... Are hope chests a remnant of the past or do I just run in the wrong circles? Only times I’ve seen a hope chest in the wild - they were used at the foot of a bed to store extra comforters or blankets... Reportedly Iowa's Offensive Coordinator Brian Ferentz will have to have the team average 25 points a game next year in order for him to keep his job. Iowa only topped 25 points 3 times last season. Wonder if any Big 10 teams who get big leads on the Hawkeyes will allow a bunch of garbage time TD's because of this? Sure all the other Big 10 teams would prefer Iowa keep Ferentz as OC instead of getting someone competent... Today’s obscure word for the day is Lucubation - meaning laborious or intensive study. Now try to work that into a conversation this weekend… Facebook's name change to Meta really hasn't gone the way investors would have like. Reportedly Mark Zuckerberg is considering another name change in response - this time to New Coke... The Reality Testing Method would be a good name for a blog or Substack account... Historical fact that may only interest me - the first automobile exported from the US was built by Ransom Eli Olds and it was sent to India of all places. Ransom went on to found Oldsmobiles... When I was a kid watching Saturday morning cartoons (remember those) always liked the Super Friends but even as a kid I knew the Wonder Twins were lame. As a kid I wondered if they could turn into anything they wanted why didn’t they just turn into other super heroes? Form of Superman - shape of Wonder Woman. It would be like turning a pawn inro a queen in chess on demand. As an adult I think it would have been cool if one of them turned into Jesus - form of the Son of God. Let’s see any super villain beat that! Also as an adult I still find it cool that Ted Knight was the narrator… As always, if anything made you think or smile, please Subscribe (it's FREE), hit the Like button, or share with others. Thanks for your support...