- A little close to home: A body was found in Sunset over the weekend. Turned out to be a store clerk from the tiny little town of Scotland, Texas, and the arrested suspect is from Bowie.
- Everyone tells me that Montague county (that's where Sunset is located) has a reputation for being extremely racist. (But talking of race gives me Tired Head after the last few posts.)
- That may have been the most pleasant August day on Saturday (weather wise) that I've ever experienced.
- From Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News: "College football is a strange game. It hands out the finest pastries for free, then charges for the crumbs. Witness the season openers for Texas and OU.The Longhorns will host Florida Atlantic on Aug. 30, while the Sooners will host Chattanooga . . . For only $29.95 a pop, you can watch a game the networks deemed unworthy [to show on TV for free.]"
- Hey, now.
- In the Olympics, why are all the country's names that appear on the jerseys written in English (even the countries that don't speak English)?
- I ate at Rockfish in that Southlake Town Center this weekend. It's really good but be warned of the limited seating area. (I'm not sure how they can sell enough food to pay what has to be a very expensive rental fee.)
- I like looking at all the high tone folks walking around shopping in Southlake. But I did see one guy with tennis shoes, short, a belt, and suspenders. I'm pretty sure he was from out of town.
- The pecuniary value of a gold medal is $89
- I ate German food in Muenster this weekend. I'm pretty sure it wasn't fat free. And did you know that red cabbage doesn't look like cabbage at all?
- I paid $3.45 for gas this morning. But I had the huge Beat Down of having one of those "super flow malfunctioning pumps." You know the kind - it shoves gas in the tank so fast that it keeps backing up and shutting down the automatic flow.
- My office's cleaning lady is always here on Monday mornings while I write this stuff. The sound of a vacuum cleaner this early in the morning is not-a-good.
- I'm interested in Jeremy Wariner in the 400 meters. Former Baylor guy. Former gold medal winner. He ran in the prelims last night and won, but I didn't see it despite the fact that the Morning News said he would run at 8:00 p.m. (he didn't).
- I'm watching Funny Games (a movie) and I have no idea when or why I put it in my Netflix queue. ("Anna (Naomi Watts) and George (Tim Roth) are enjoying a vacation with their son when a pair of sadistic young men, Paul (Michael Pitt) and Peter (Brady Corbet), breaks into their cabin and holds the family hostage.") So far it's pretty weird and pretty good.
- Yeah, it's early, but the Cowboys may be reading too much about how great they are.
- I actually played a very small role as a prosecutor in Tarrant County case that eventually led to a high profile wrongful conviction case. The Star Telegram has the story here. (Although I sat at the counsel table, I played a minuscule role at the trial and I'm not "the prosecutor" referred to in the story. And, to further distance myself, I didn't know anything about the "tattoo note" since I didn't take part in that witness interview.) But, man, it bugs me to have even been associated with such a thing.
- This will only make sense if you were watching women's gymnastics at the Olympics at 9:02 last night. Germany's Oksana Chusovitina has got to be a guy.
- One more gymnastic thought: I think I've figured out why Alicia Sacramone has been struggling. Home girl is gettin' a little chunky.
- I finished the The Shack, but I don't know what I think. There were some great moments (How can God be disappointed if he knows exactly what are choices will be?) and then there were chapters which were completely incomprehensible.
- I like the name "Low Land Gorilla."
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You are right about Germany's Oksana! She is 34 years old but looks definitely like a man!!
edit...."are" should be our.
If he knows what our choices will be....why give us a free will?
Remember when we used to get out of Skool early for stuff like the Circus and Fat Stock Show?
I bet there'll be a GAY day in the future.
U mean "same sex day"...right...cuz everyday is gay day....we just don't get out.
I'm a believer in the literal truth of the Bible, so was not prpared for The Shack. Luckily, someone I implicitly trust recommended it and it definitely pointed out my man-made hang-ups about God without compromising my belief in scripture. I challenge you to do some follow-up on the author and what inspired him to write the book and see if that doesn't answer some questions, especially Papa not being a father figure.
English is the 'official' language of the world by default since you can't get anywhere in the sciences or business without it and is required for shipping and aircraft.
More importantly? It is an official language of the UN and EU.
It is considered the first global language in the history of the world.
It is ranked third in the world for usage by native speakers.
CHINA is surpassed only by India for total number of English speakers.
So, English is effectively the official language of the world but,not the US pretty trippy huh?
PS on the English language bit I just found out which may answer your question- It's the official language of the IOC.
Freestyle gymnastics is ridiculous anyway- it's like judging ballet.
I think I've read somewhere that when they drug test the athletes they test for the 'right' hormones.
English is not the official language of 7-Elevens or Quickie Marts.
Vacuum cleaners suck! Big time!
I'm just sayin'
I think Sunset used to host Klan rallies.
I've always heard that Bowie had a sign saying, "N-----, don't let the sun set on you in Bowie."
I know there was a lynching and all the black residents were forced to leave town.
Today, English is the "official" language.............everywhere except the USA
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maybe you put that movie on your netflix so that you could get off to Michael Pitt. That's why I put it on mine.
Just a thought.
Elton John sang Don't let the sun go down on me but he wasn't black or nothin.
I read the article on the wrongful conviction case. Sad, sad, sad how someone in power can ruin someone elses life. They ought to lock up the people who changed the rules to work in their favor. Barry, I really would like to know how often this stuff happens and how can be?
Alicia Sacramone is HAWT!!
Why is it ok to to say some woman looks like a man? Is that not just as bad as racism? Just because they do not fit your mold? How about it Barry? Personally, I think it is worse than racism. Oksana is a nice lady who moved to Germany to get treatment for her son who had cancer.
Should not he U.S. jerseys be in both English and Spaninsh? I wonder why the self-check outs at Walmart are only in English or Spanish. My grandmother's native language was German and I can converse in it. Lived over there for a couple of years. Why are the Spanish speakers the only ones who get a choice? All the folks who passed through Ellis Island learned English. Oh, they were legal. That must be the reason.
The big reason why products and services are labeled in English and Spanish in the US - MONEY. In case you haven't noticed, this country's culture is driven by marketing and sales. Spanish speaking people may or may not be here legally, but they certainly are spending money. Otherwise, why would any compnay invest all that money on labeling in 2 languages?
Maybe, when our ancestors came here, the marketing machine hadn't figured out how to capitalize on the new imigrants. Think about it.
All that girl needs is somebody to give her a good old toe lickin' and drive that boat for her. Huh, what do you know I'm qualified for both- her lucky day I suppose.
OK >>>Pecuniary is a little too fancy...Had to look it up.
hey, now. lessclothes.com! brilliant!
You bite your tongue about Sacramone.....Smokin' Don hawt!!!!!
If you'd read your posted "inferior blogs" you'd have seen that I discussed "Funny Games" over a month ago...coulda had a heads up:) Creepy ick.
My ex once referred to me as a "Low life gorilla" I didn't like that name.
1248 i thought elton john sang "don't let your son go down on me" ain't that right..??
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