6.12.2008

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts



- I bet being a Storm Chaser is a boring job 99% of the time
- I don't remember this reporter at Channel 8 from years gone by but hubba hubba. (Scan to bottom - and thanks emailer.)
-Remember that Fort Worth church that had the controversy about whether to allow gays to have their pictures submitted as a couple for it's Directory? Well, first the pastor got kicked out and now the Southern Baptist Convention is considering booting the church from its membership.
- Three of the top five "Most Powerful Celebrities" as ranked by Forbes are African American: Oprah, Tiger, and Beyonce. Maybe the key to success is to have a tricked up first name.
- I finally began watering my lawn yesterday. Probably should have got on that a little quicker.
- Funny random pic of Florida Gator fans.
- Every time I see one of those pack of Skater Boys in Decatur, I expect to see a busted skull any second.
- The nut host on KLIF this morning was advocating the death penalty for those guilty of Intoxication Manslaughter. "Does intent really matter?" he asked. Sheesh. And his listening audience, based upon the callers, have to have the lowest IQ of any talk show. (Wait. Exclude me from that last statement.)
- I really haven't followed the R. Kelly trial which is apparently headed towards the jury. I think I tuned out after those crazy "in the closet" songs.
- I think I'm getting a pimple. That's not supposed to happen anymore.
- Sean Hannity blamed the high gas prices on the Democrat controlled Congress yesterday. My head almost blew up.
- People are crazy. I mean really crazy.
- Super Target is 20 times better that Super Walmart.
- In the Grand Scheme of Things, the accidental death of four Boy Scouts is simply wrong. (And I think there was an electrocution death(s) a couple of years ago at a similar Boy Scout gathering.)
- Seems like we'd be seeing more high-definition DVDs by now.
- The Wise County Jail is back in the business of housing out-of-county inmates. As of yesterday, we were holding 61 "visiting" inmates at a charge of $34 a day.
- Pat Tillman book update: That lady seems to think that all the questions should be easily answered about the cluster that caused the death of her son. As with all clusters, ain't gonna happen. Yesterday I read where she was angry that an army investigator suggested she'd never be satisfied because she's was an atheist and, thus, could not be at peace with death. That royally pissed her off, but that might have been an accurate assessment.
- Extra Tillman tidbit: Jon Krakauer, who authored Into Thin Air and Into The Wild, approached Ms. Tillman about writing a book about the incident. I guess that didn't pan out but it would have been great.
- Still haven't been to the new Best Buy in north Fort Worth. But I noticed there was a Cheddar's right by it. (And a Hobby Lobby but I've never been in a Hobby Lobby.)
- One of my favorite Bill Murray movie scenes.
- Edit: Forgot to mention that I had a few home grown tomatoes delivered to me yesterday. (Thanks, Beck.) Finally, I've turned this blog into a profit machine.