- The 100 hurdles with Lolo Jones hitting hurdle #9 was compelling stuff last night. (Good story and photo here if you don't know what I'm talking about.)
- I'm still wondering what has happened to the Fox 4 traffic helicopter? Chip Waggonner has been in studio for about three weeks now. He looks depressed.
- Government waste is one of the few things that drives me nuts.
- You don't see much of the great Christian Aguilera since she had her baby. That makes me very angry at that baby.
- I had self-checkout chaos yesterday at the grocery store when I tried to buy tomatoes. Since there wasn't a bar code, I had to weigh them. Then, for some reason, it asked for "quantity". I pressed "4" since I had four tomatoes. (Made sense to me.) Then $16.87 showed up as the purchase price with the command of "please bag item." That was enough for me to ask for help.
- I listen to NPR's "This American Life" podcast from time to time. Sometimes it's great. Sometimes it's awful.
- It looked like a thunderstorm camped out over Alvord last night.
- I had known, but forgotten, that Houston has no zoning laws.
- The video that was going through all the tubes of the Internets yesterday.
- Paid $3.39 for gas this morning. That's still too high.
- I had a tag on one of my dress shirts that I got from the cleaners yesterday that simply read "torn". That is not a good tag.
- That Jamacian sprinter Usain Bolt is a freak. And I had never heard of him before this week.
- Silence of the Lambs was on HBO last night. Man, that thing is great no matter how many times I've seen it. (And I remember seeing it for the first time in a theater by Hulen Mall.)
- Eight days until Baylor v. Wake Forest. I can't believe it.
- If you start smiling when you hear the phrase, "Boom goes the dynamite" then you'll be interested in who just got a job in Waco.
- Christina Applegate told Good Morning America that she had a double mastectomy to combat her breast cancer. No jokes about that. Hope she lives until she's old and gray. I'll always be in love with Kelly Bundy.
- Note to commenters: I don't think scatological humor is funny.
- When I was in high school, I visited my brother in college one time for a few days. Since I had some time to kill, I went to the Baylor library and discovered they had archives of newspapers on microfiche. I spent hours looking up old stuff by threading that film on a machine as big as a desk. That seems like the Stone Age now. And I recall I didn't have to show an ID - I just walked in and started rummaging around.
- Cubs fan catches baseball in his beer cup and still drinks it. You kind of want to see that, don't ya?
- I like a shot of orange juice within two minutes of waking up. After that, I don't really care for it.
- I was able to run my normal outside jogging route yesterday with no problem. A few days ago I had had to stop due to the heat but part of me thought, "What if I can't do this anymore?" Fear now conquered.
- Edit: McCain's new radio ad. Mighty big talk from the party that spends money like a drunken sailor.
- Edit: An emailer sends along a link for the latest political cartoon from JibJab.
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44 comments:
Oh My GRANDMA!!!!WHAT A GREAT BODY YOU HAVE..!!
dang BG you sound kinna pissed off this mornin..you ok..??
would somebody please explain scatological humor to me like i'm a 4 year old...!
just add 50% vodka to that oj and that will help you conquer your fears from now on.
This woman looks like an aging porn star (but has a nice body)!
I would love a liberal like Barry to define what he thinks government waste is––I consider things like welfare and federal afterschool programs as government waste.
I'd be willing to bet if the US started selling wheat and corn to the arabs for over a hundred dollars a bushel you would not pay 3.39/gal for gas.
Damn she's got the old lady hands going on... Boom kinda sounds like ole Andrew R at a ribbon cutting...TaaTaaTaaToDay Junior....
That Lolo Jones mishap was a heart breaker. I felt horrible for her. It was like that 'agony of defeat' moment on wide world of sports.
That wind surfer guy is an idiot and I feel kinda bad because I did laugh outloud when I saw his body flying around like that.
McCains' ad is like the pot calling the kettle black, oh wait, maybe I can't use that expression in this case. Sorry. It's like he's saying, "Ya, we spend alot, but he plans on spending alot more than I do."
Is that your new Office Sexualtary or somethin?
Orange Juice upsets my stomach.
I like Applegate, too. Her new show is great! She's funny.
The Fox 4 traffic helicopter was grounded because it was costing too much in fuel. It is now in the hangar having it's tires inflated to the proper pressure.
The McCain latest political ad?
Are you out there Wordkyle?
(from Wikipedia) "Toilet humour or scatological humour is a type of off-colour humour dealing with defecation, urination, flatulence, vomiting and other presumably disgusting bodily functions. Public reference to bodily functions is taboo in many cultures. This genre also sees substantial crossover with sexual humour, such as penis jokes."
Sounds like somebody discriminates against certain forms of humor. Therefore, you, sir are a humorist, but refer to yourself as having lawyer butt. That term should be reserved for the scatologists. Don't be surprised if a large crowd gathers outside your office to protest. Scats unite!
Me loves me some Kelly Bundy!
Christian Aguilera?! Never heard of him
orange juice first thing in the morning. I'm with ya, bro! Greatest thing for low blood sugar
Self-Checkout is a beating, but not so bad once you get the hang of it. The worst part is waiting behind somebody that doesn't have a clue. Like yesterday when some moron in front of me couldn't figure out how to look up tomatoes...uh, never mind.
original faithful B1
When I was a kid if a baby sneezed mom would always say,"Scat cat, your tails in the gravy."
I always thought it was kind of funny.
Can't disagree with criticism of politicians who spend too much of our money.
What Republicans don't advocate is a new Global Tax (which Obama introduced in the Senate) for us to pay to the United Nations. Obama is for the redistribution of wealth, all right -- America's wealth to other countries, with nothing in return.
From comments that he's made, it's clear that Obama thinks that Americans have too much of everything, and he intends to "help" us give it away.
Christina Applegate is to be commended for her courage to have that surgery and then coming out publically and talking about it. She deserves a lot of credit, especially being in her profession.
Didn't she star in the Porno flicks Cuffed & Stuffed and Hung Jury?
I would still marry Christina. Does that make me a good guy?
Dude, you gotta start drinking apple juice or somethin'- everybody knows OJ kills.
I would even lick her toes.
The chick is Hawt! in a skanky kinda way...
And I feel less like a perv looking at her than the semi-adolescent pics sometimes posted.
How about this quote from that goofy, straw-hatted okie, Toby Keith...."And I think he's(Obama)the best Democratic candidate we've had since Bill Clinton."
Well, there ya go.
Looks like the chugger had a chubby...or maybe just some (base)balls in his britches.
Oh Barry, Barry, Barry. What are we going to do with you my friend...its the 110 meter hurdles...I love you.
Double Fake Norm Hitzges
Actually, it is 100 meters.
I'm just sayin.
"Frito....Frito.....you're fired!"
Double Fake Norm Hitzges
Call Standard Insurance.
(lady in the picture)
She is a dead ringer for my 3rd Ex. Caution, she's nuttier than a Corsicana fruitcake.
Barry, is the old blonde your new secretary?
Can she type and turn on a computer?
She kinda looks like that white Mexican hooker you had in Cabo last year.
"Chopper Chip" no longer winging it, but still trafficking in freeway jams
08/20/08 10:58 AM
By ED BARK
The higher costs of flying high have led to a forced landing for D-FW television's last airborne traffic correspondent.
"Yes, Chip Waggoner is reporting from the ground now," Fox4 news director Maria Barrs confirmed Tuesday.
She declined further comment, but sources say that budget concerns are the overriding issue. Although they've recently dropped somewhat, hefty fuel costs are the latest bottom-line worries for stations that also have to feed gas-guzzling satellite trucks in pursuit of various live shots throughout North Texas.
Waggoner, who dubs himself "Chopper Chip" on the station's myfoxdfw.com web site, has been operating solely out of the studio since earlier this month. He's primarily featured on Fox4's early morning Good Day program, where fellow travelers Alexa Conomos (WFAA8), Tammy Dombeck (NBC5) and Teresa Frosini (CBS11) have long been helicopter-less.
Some Fox4 viewers have noticed the grounding. In an August 9th comment on Waggoner's Fox4 blog, "ProudAmerican" asked, "Why are you in the studio instead of high above the metroplex? You are not going to capture those high speed persuits (sic) in a studio. Get back in the air!"
After returning from vacation, Waggoner replied on Aug. 18th, "I'd love to ProudAmerican. I really would!"
All four major D-FW television news providers still regularly deploy choppers on an as-needed basis. A day seldom goes by without a blazing building crying out for an overhead shot.
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Uh, WordKyle, that "Obama is for the redistribution of wealth, all right -- America's wealth to other countries, with nothing in return" statement? I see. You mean like Iraq, which enjoys a multi-billion dollar budget surplus while we drown in debt? I guess the difference there is that we're getting lower oil prices and political stability in the region and making huge strides in the GWOT in return. Oh, wait...
uh, 250, I mean, like, Iraq is part of the war on terror, like maybe you've heard of it? Agree or disagree with the war in Iraq, it was at least an American decision. (Speaking of stability, when was that last Islamic terrorist attack on American soil? Oh, right, seven years ago. On 9/12/01 Americans would have considered several years without another such attack a miracle. You can thank George W. Bush.)
Obama's legislation would force Americans to pay a percentage of total GDP -- a tax -- to the United Nations (almost $900.000,000,000.00 over the next thirteen years,) which they would redistribute as they saw fit (after stealing what they could. See "oil for food" scandal.) That's almost a trillion dollars above and beyond what we're already giving to other nations in foreign aid.
Simply put, Obama wants to take money from Americans and give it to foreign countries. That doesn't seem to have made its way into his campaign speeches. But he has made several comments indicating that he believes that Americans enjoy too much prosperity, and should be forced to give some of it up to "chosen" other countries.
I wasnt going to comment here as someone is always without fail ragging on my poor 'STRUCTURE and Spelling" But I cant let this one go by without saying somthing!
I lived In the Middle east for many many years....They are all RAG heads few are smart but in genral most are still 1000 years behind the times! And truth be told dont wish to have the modern conveniounce that we have all grown accustom to in our everyday living! We are the infedel and they wish to do us in! We as Americans have No bussiness being there in the middle east NONE what so ever! I mean no disrespect to any serving there or those whom belive we are doing the RIGHT thing! I speak of what I know due to the FACT I lived there many mnay years! I assure you things will never change and we are throwing multi billions at something that wont ever take root and grow as we would love to belive it will! Stop with this spending of our vaulable $$$ and help those of our own Nation without Homes and needing help @ rhis Time...think about how the devistated area's of the hurricane katrina could have been re-built with what has been spent on this ludicris WAR I can assure you that with what has been spent in IRAQ New Orleans could have been built to resmnle that of DUBIA! Hell I'd rather see a Poor person holding one of those sighns be flat givn a HOME than spill one more drop of American blood on that SHit hole of a Desert IRAN IRAQ or Afganistan! Enoguht already bring home and rebuild this Nation into somthing GREAT and A place others Will RESPECT!!!
If Obammy redistibuted wealth to the world, would any of it trickle down to his brother that lives in a shanty in Kenya? An uppity millionaire really cares about his own, doesn't he?
439 - With all due respect, at least one of your premises is wrong. The Iraq war has not deprived New Orleans of aid.
One article shows that the federal government has spent at least $127 billion to rebuild New Orleans -- this works out to about $425,000 per New Orleans citizen. $24 billion has been used to build houses and schools, repair damaged infrastructure, and provide victims with a place to live. If there is not enough housing, then the corrupt Democrat city and state governments in Louisiana are to blame.
As for the rest, I will bow to your apparent knowledge of the Middle East mentality. Historically, however, they seem to have responded to the use of force (e.g., Spain circa 1085 AD.)
All having nothing to do with Obama's plan to extra-tax Americans so the United Nations can give American money away (after stealing its "fair share.")
"Chip Waggonner has been in studio for about three weeks now. He looks depressed."
And yet I was so happy to be in the studio. Actually, you are right, he's not happy about being grounded for the time being. Maybe chopper gas will go down in price and he can go back up soon.
If Obama is such a nice person why is his brother living in a 5 foot by 8 foot shack in Africa? If he wants to help someone, he can start with his own money and spend some on his own family. He won't because he is a typical Democrate. The Italian newspapers picked up on this one. The America news media will hide this one.
EL CID!
NOBAMA!
PROVE IT!
... A DUCK!
(Somewhere out there the Double Fake Original Faithful B1 is laughing)
Don't all blacks live in huts in Africa?
if'n i moved to africa would i then be an american-slash-african...???
careful how you say "slash" when in africa !! DBL FAKE MACHETTE MAN
New Orleans except port, limited commerce facilities and support for same never should have been built in the first place and to spend billions to rebuild is foolish.
You don't have to be an engineer to understand NO amount of money you spend there will make it safe from water when parts of the city are as much as 10 feet below sea level. This is compounded by the fact it is also actually SINKING.
100 billion plus spent and counting and New Orleans could get hit as bad or worse than Katrina any time nature feels like striking.
There's a political problem alright with the federal money spent on rebuilding and that is we have wasted a nickel toward the effort.
"In 2006, Louisiana voters overwhelmingly adopted an amendment to the state's constitution to dedicate all revenues from off shore drilling to restore Louisiana's eroding coast line. Congress has allocated $7 billion to bolster New Orleans' flood protection."
Absolutely retarded.
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