8.01.2008

I'm Back From The Dark Side Of The Moon

Originally written on Friday morning . . .
  • As I'm typing this, I know I won't be able to immediately post it because Blogger has flagged my little Blog as being a possible "spam blog". They actually have to have a human review it before I'll be able to publish again.
  • I'm pretty sure the government is behind this blatant censorship
  • My DirecTv went out yesterday and I spent the entire evening without live television. I almost went insane. And I began to plan my weekend for an extended outage. (Prior TIVO recordings, DVDs on hand, Netflix on demand, Hulu). But it was working this morning.
  • Someone wrote the other day that Star Wars had the roman numeral "IV" in its title when it was released. I look it up. Nope, it didn't
  • One of those girls in the pic above is 18 years old and will be a cheerleader for the New England Patriots this fall.
  • I think digg.com is extremely overrated.
  • We have a "heat advisory" until 7:00 p.m. on Monday? (per WBAP)
  • The most violent So You Think You Can Dance clip ever. (Or it could be called "Faceplant Friday.")
  • The Man jacked with Snoop Dogg's tour bus outside of Dallas yesterday and arrested two of its occupants for marijuana possession. Marahoochie on Snoop's bus? I'm shocked. Absolutely shocked.
  • Since I had no live TV I put on as background noise the four hour recorded Today Show from that morning. Eventually, three hours into it, Kathie Lee Gifford appeared. Oh, my. Talk about television anthrax. She is unbearable.
  • Mark Cuban lost an arbitration with former coach Don Nelson yesterday and has to pay over $6 million. But look at this quote from Nelson's lawyer: "It was not so much a defeat of Cuban as it was an ass-whipping." That's a bold statement.
  • It didn't take long for the jury to find the defendant guilty in the Intoxication Manslaughter case in Fort Worth I've been following. Punishment, which could be up to 20 years in prison and as low as probation, will be assessed by the jury today. I don't think the Defendant has any criminal history. That type of decision is so tough because the defendant didn't intent to kill anyone. Some people get drunk and hit a curb. He hit an occupied car. I would never vote for it, but I bet the jury picks 12 years
  • I saw about 40 army tanks on a train between Rhome and Decatur this morning. Freaky.

33 comments:

Anonymous said...

glad to have you back, bg.

Anonymous said...

uh, not so fast....... the blog opens, then an evil box with a red X comes up to tell me internet explorer cannot open to site, some abortion issue. I finally got to it back door I think through firefox. Anybody else got this problem? oh yeah it 's happening on jarhead' blog too.

For something as amazing as the internet to malfunction in such sophomoric ways leads me to but one conclusion!!!!!!!!!!!


There is no hope for humanity

RPM said...

I accurately predicted a Snoop Dogg bust the day I heard he was coming to town.

He's one of the uppity ones.

I think The Man is still dogging you BG. I had to post from my PDA. I kept getting a fatal error from my PC.

Anonymous said...

Barry,

Mark Cuban must have seen your post. See the Wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_blog

"The term splog was popularized around mid August 2005 when it was used publicly by Mark Cuban..."

There is also an error message that won't let the blog load. However if you hit your stop button on the IE browser before the pop-up appears, you can see the blog.

Anonymous said...

any talk of the C&K (Captains&Kings), will bring immediate attention to those who monitor the world wide web..beware!!!

Anonymous said...

good news story on yahoo news this am , Obama opposes repairations and apology to blacks...interesting...???

Anonymous said...

so let me get this straight..ROBOTS shut us down..hmmmmmmm..??

Anonymous said...

looks like PRESIDENT OBAMA is pandering to whites, he knows that no matter what he says he's not going to lose any black votes, but this "new" position on reparations for slavery will certainly get him more white votes...big changes on the way..!!

Anonymous said...

i think my family deserves reparations more than anybody. back in the 1850's before the civil war my great great great great granpappy was on a cattle drive, herding cattle up the chisum trail...gggggpappy always rode flank on this drive and as a result he breathed in so much dust and cowshit particles that somehow this caused our genepool to contain very high amounts of bullshit..we have suffered this bullshit gene for over 150 years and i think it's time for americans to repay us makes sense to me..!!

Anonymous said...

Wow. The jury picked 13 years. Good job, Barry.

Very sad situation for both families.

Anonymous said...

something crazy goinon on the scanner..just walked in so i'm not sure yet, but something is upp!!!!! more to follow...

Anonymous said...

pr4411 domestic disturbance..lots of people involved..mtf..

Anonymous said...

off 380E near roadside park.

Anonymous said...

sounds like some white girl got her ass kicked by some messkins..

Anonymous said...

Your comment about tanks. The issue nobody is talking about is the repair or replacement of the equipment in Iraq. The sand has ground most of the equipment into junkyard metal.

Anonymous said...

12 years for killing someone, a police offier, or anyone for that matter.....So he will, more than likely be out in 4 to 6 years, just a guess. So by the time he gets out of prison, Officer Freeto's kid will not even be driving, and will still be without a Dad....But the asshole who chose to drive drunk will be able to go back to work, visit his family etc...........I don't understand the thought of the jury!!!!!

Anonymous said...

You were close I think the guy who killed the police officer got 13 years.

lovelit said...

Whew, glad to hear it was a blogger thing...I was getting ready to throw my laptop out the window, then call Embarq to tell them why I'd thrown my laptop out the window. And letting the masses know about the splog squabble via your profile info...smart.

Anonymous said...

9:31, Obammy already made his millions so he doesn't need the money. This guy is more all over the road than one of Barry G's clients.

Anonymous said...

Barry, I thought an ambulance chaseing lawyuh would already have a police scanner. You need two. One for your house and one for your truck. The one in the truck would keep you informed as to where you are going. As to the poor pitiful loser that got 13 years, you made it sound like he just got a little buzz and bumped a car. He KILLED someone. Could you please post his bio so that we can feel sorry for him and make him out to be a victim?

Anonymous said...

Just as Barry stated previously, the guy could have hit a curb and only gotten a DWI, or what usually happens, they make it home without incident. Because he happened to have an accident where someone was unfortunately killed, why should his punishment be worse? And, Officer Freeto parished because of the fire- not neccessarily because of the accident. It is terribly sad. But this 22 year old kid who's now going to prison for at least 6.5 years (he has to serve at least half because of the deadly weapon finding)will miss out on much of his 17 week old sons childhood.

As I said earlier, very sad situation for both families. Just because he wasn't a "lucky drunk driver" doesn't mean he should be punished more. I'm sure the majority of 1st time DWI's end in probation.

Jarhead said...

Jiffy Pop on the left.

Anonymous said...

So have you downloaded lots of stuff with DirecTV video on demand -- or do you need a geek to set it up for you?

Denney Crane said...

"I almost went insane."

Since when did you begin believing you were sane?

Anonymous said...

I saw a southbound train going through Alvord about 2 weeks after 9/11. It had over 100 Bradleys, Hummers and tracked artillery vehicles on it. I had a chilling feeling come over me. I remember thinking, WOW, we are going to kick Bin Laden's ass. Too bad we still can't find the SOB.

Anonymous said...

it's sure not because of W's efforts to find his sorry ass, they are hiding him out in pakistan, their pres is afraid of his own shadow..

Anonymous said...

Kathie Lee Gifford - an old cheerleader - will she ever grow up?

Anonymous said...

I'm a seaman and I'd like to lick their Naval Bases.

Anonymous said...

Big time bust- less than 2 ounces o weed

Common Sense said...

Hey 12:08....how about NOT drinking and driving?

Would that make sense?

Anonymous said...

10:30- No.

Anonymous said...

Hey, 12:08, Hilburn will miss out on 1/2 of his 17-week old son's childhood, but Freeto's little girls will miss their dad the rest of their lives. Hilburn chose to drive drunk, and he chose to create a baby knowing he may be going to prison. Freeto had no choices here. I just wish they'd send all drunk drivers to prison, not just the ones that kill cops.

Anonymous said...

I would lick their toes