Sunday Overnight Open Thread - December 29, 2024 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings, and welcome to the fifth and final Sunday of December. Thanks for stopping by. You have a lot of options when it comes to where to spend your time. The fact that you chose to be here says, well, umm... Anyway - glad you're here!

Jimmy Carter 1924 - 2024

Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States, dead at 100

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States and a former peanut farmer whose vision of a "competent and compassionate" government propelled him into the White House, died on Sunday, according to local media. He was 100.

The news was announced by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Sunday. Carter's death follows the passing of his wife Rosalynn on Nov. 19, 2023 at the age of 96 with her family by her side at the Carter home in Plains, Georgia, just days after she had been admitted to hospice care.

The late former president himself had entered hospice care in February 2023. Carter survived for years after he had a "small mass" removed from his liver in early August 2015 and later that month announced he had liver cancer that had spread throughout his body.

Although I was just a young Doof in elementary school, I did live through the Carter years and do remember them. It was not a prosperous time in America.

Former / future President Trump has nicer words than any I care to muster up.

The Simpsons got it right

Christmas Wrap-up

Christmas 2024 has come and gone. Hopefully Santa treated you well and you aren't too deeply in debt from treating your loved ones well. Before we look ahead to the New Year, here are 2 stories to help us close the book on Christmas.

Perhaps some of you Hordelings in the Dallas / Fort Worth area saw this?

Best Holiday Light Show in the Sky Wins Guinness World Record With Dazzling 5,000 Drone Christmas Display

To celebrate the holiday season, Sky Elements provided some happy drone news by creating the largest swarming light show ever to have flown in the United States.

Set to music, the light show created massive motion-filled scenes that captured the spirit of the holidays—a Thanksgiving turkey, a winter wonderland scene, a gingerbread village, and, of course, Santa’s sleigh with reindeer.

Making the holiday a little more magical in Mansfield, Texas, 4,981 drones lit up the sky to ring in the season.

Perhaps some of you Hordelings in the Northern Virginia area saw this?

Owl Flies Down Chimney And Perches on Top of Family’s Christmas Tree

Twas the week before Christmas, and perched on the tree was an magical visitor as wise as can be…

It came down the chimney, but wasn’t named Santa, a majestic barred owl dropped in unexpected.

Savannah Burgoyne was at home with her young children in Arlington, Virginia, when she first saw the bird fly through her living room and land atop the tree—and a finer tree topper you’ll never find.

The ONT would like to note that both of these occurrences took place within reasonable distance of widely attended annual MoMe events. Draw your own conclusions.

2 interesting ideas for queueing things up to synchronize with the stroke of midnight on January 1.

Celebrate with Lieutenant Dan

The ONT can not speak to the accuracy of the timing. Best to check for yourself.

Celebrate with Phil Collins

The ONT tested this with the album version of the song. Seems as though Mr. Collins tweeted inaccurate information back in 2017. Verify for yourself, but the ONT recommends 11:56:19 as the time to start the song if you want the iconic drum riff to be heard exactly at Midnight (3 min, 41 sec mark of the song).

This doggo's effort is pathetic. The ONT recommends the pooch make a resolution to train with Piper, AOSHQ resident fitness advocate.

pic.twitter.com/bPt8mZUHOb

— Doglover (@puppiesDoglover) December 27, 2024

Speaking of pathetic efforts. Check out this resolution from "Tampon Tim" and his wife.

Set those resolutions now, people. pic.twitter.com/WqGBwfRMkj

— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) December 29, 2024

What a choice he was for Veep. How did the Dems lose? It remains such a mystery.

DJ Doof – Disco (and adjacent) Version

Disco, Punk Rock, New Wave, and Soft Rock (now called Yacht Rock) were prevalent during the Carter era. See - I found something nice to say about the 39th president.

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