- Gene Upshaw, the widely criticised head of the NFL player's union, has died this morning at the age of 63. I only had a handful of football playing cards when I was a kid but his was my favorite since it was so intimidating (and I found it here.)
- The Dallas Morning News has an article today that almost half of all Texas school districts are considered "property rich" and therefore must send funds to the state to be redistributed to "poor" school districts. I'm pretty sure that Decatur, Bridgeport, and even Boyd are considered "property rich." (Someone might want to check that out.)
- We don't say "therefore" in regular conversation very often. That's a good thing.
- Both of my across-the-street-neighbors have bought new cars in the last month. I'm watching a regular arms race going on as they try to keep up with each other.
- My annual run in the Thanksgiving Turkey Trot is three months away.
- I've got a buddy who doesn't wear headphones when he jogs because he "wants to be closer to God." I understand that.
- Watching Usain Bolt run the 100 and 200 meters (setting world records in both) is absolutely amazing. As Craig Miller of The Ticket said this morning, in light of all the steroid use in Olympic history, "Please let this be real." It looks like it is.
- Bolt is also 6'5" which makes him freakish wonder.
- And did you see the female Muslim sprinter from Bahrain run the 200 meters last night with the historic Muslim head dress? Pic here from a different event. Before you laugh, realize she looks absolutely "normal" to millions of people in this world.
- One of my close friends swears that Muslim women wear thongs underneath all that garb. I pretend that's true.
- Man, where did all these skimpy outfits come from for female athletes in the Olympics? I don't remember them being this way at all. And, as an example for educational purposes only, I bring you a Russian pole vaulter.
- In one of the comments last night, someone pointed out that Channel 8's Dale Hansen said this about the women's final volleyball game that was played in the rain: "They should have had a $5 cover charge with a two drink minimum."
- I mentioned last week that the Texas Flag was stuck on top of the flagpole at the courthouse. It was fixed within 24 hours.
- You'll hear a lot about the execution of Jeffrey Lee Wood by our fine state tonight because he was found guilty not as a triggerman, but as an accomplice. Everyone is calling that unusual (and it may be) but weren't all of the Texas Seven sentenced to death for the killing of one officer? Certainly most of them were accomplices to the killing instead of the actual killer.
- I always hit the snooze button twice. And I always fall back asleep both times.
- I'd be all for Joe Biden as Obama's running mate. Not that I know all that much about him, but he's the only one who has ever impressed me during the hearings of the judiciary committee whenever a Supreme Court nominee is grilled.
- One of my buddies (who is older than I am) told me that he just got his first tattoo. He jokingly said that it gave him "instant bad boy credibility."
- We certainly have tricked up ages of "majority" in the United States. 18 years old to go to war (and die), 18 to vote, 21 to drink a beer, and (in Texas) 17 when you are considered an adult for criminal prosecution purposes. I'll quote former Minnesota Governor Jessie Ventura who said ten years ago, "I don't care what age you pick, just make the rules the same for that one age."
- There are newspaper vending machines in Dallas that take debit and credit cards. We need that around here.
- When I saw the newlyweds get out of the limo last weekend at the Gaylord Texan, I tried (briefly) to start the "slow clap." But the person I was with gave me the evil eye.
- Funny: Michael Phelps T-shirt.
- Edit: Men's 400 Meter results (which includes Baylor's Jeremy Wariner) that was just completed are here.
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41 comments:
Be careful Barry. Some of these girls look really young. Lawyers can get away with whatever they want....just like us teachers!
The Russian Pole Vaulter's outfit is somethng else, therefore it makes my pole vault
I have heard a lot about lowering the drinking age to 18 since that is the age a person can enter the military. I guess we need more plastic flowers along our highways in Wise County. I went to a funeral a couple years ago for a 17 year old who was drunk and hit a tree near Cottondale. He had several kids with him who were younger than himself. If the legal age for purchasing and drinking is lowered to 18, then the 18 year old kids will provide it to their circle of friends who may be younger than themselves, just as 21 year old drinkers now provide it to 18 year olds. You will hear of more 14 to 16 year old teenagers dying drunk auto wrecks. Yep, I think I will open a plastic flower shop in Decatur if the drinking age is lowered.
Joe Biden is an arrogant, pompous, self-serving grandstander. If you like plagiarists, hair plugs, and priggish politicians, then Biden is your man!
A few months ago, I read the book "Kabul Beauty School" - and learned so much about Muslim women. Because they are forced to be completely covered, they do indulge in more feminine clothing, make-up and jewelry underneath. They do it for themselves...because they have precious little that differentiates them.
The "slow clap" is a big player with me.
My dad played football with Gene Upshaw at Texas A&I. He had nothing but good things to say about him. R.I.P.
hey barry why don’t you put a post about the lazy commissioners not releasing the burn ban. its been a long time now and there are lots of people that need to burn brush. but there to lazy to get together and release it even though days like today and tomorrow would be perfect to burn and take any worries of grass fires away. the lady at the sheriffs office (who by the way was probably the most polite public servant i’ve ever talked to) said people are calling all day asking about it. glad that the commissioners have better things to do than to think about there voters. also related note. have you ever tried to get any of them on the phone. virtuously impossible. two of there phone lines don’t even work.
I think that if a person is old enough to make the decision on whether they want to defend their country and possible die doing so, they should be old enough to decide whether or not they want a drink. As for younger kids drinking due to a lowered age limit, it's not any different than it already is, they're still finding a way to get it with the age limit being 21.
Ahh, the slow clap.....I wish you could see it more in real life. Might lighten everybody up a little.
OK so lets raise the age for military service to 21..NO PROBLEM..! that would be fair.
I really hate when you hit the snooze and you fall asleep and then dream that you are actually awake and doing all your morning stuff and next thing you know your 15 minutes late because you thought that you were already awake but you were really dreaming that you were awake.
The End
Let's raise the military age to 35 and end all wars.
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It seems you have been at the Gaylord Texan alot lately.
Did you see the Michael Phelps T-shirt at the bottom?
Do you have any tattoos?
I like the age of drinking at 21. Do all men still have to register for the draft?
no lets raise it to fifty and just talk about fighting and f***ing..!!
Let's end all wars, povertyism, racism, global warmism, stupidityism, deflated tiresism, capitalism, the war on drugism, and all ism's. Hurry, Obammy. Save us Oh Annointed One.
I guess you could lower the drinking age for military personnel only. If you want to drink at 18 you have to join the military!
The only problem with the, "old enough to die for their country" mantra?
Troops are under constant adult supervision.
We should still laugh, because she absolutely looks "ridiculous" to MOST of the world.
11:34, We must not end Hopeism and Changeism. Those are the only two we should keep.
1138 that ain't a bad idea..!!
I wouldn't have joined the military at 18 if I hadn't been drinking.
12:06, Under constant adult supervision?
You've obviously never been in San Diego on a Saturday night.
You do the slow clap. She tackels people outside the courthouse. I guess you both have your faults.
Barry, how neat that the flag got fixed on the courthouse lawn.
I think you have connections in high places.
:-)
The slow clap is only done by geeks that so desperately want to seem cool. It's pathetic. You might as well wear a golf shirt with the collar flipped up in back.
Still not supposed to be drinking RPM. And anyway, the reference was to combat but, you made a good point as usual.
If that girl in the bottom pic was here right now, she'd be getting a good old fashioned toe lickin'.
Speaking of hair and politicians I saw a photo of James Traficant this morning for the first time in a while- the dude still creeps me out. That nearly HAS to be a sign of mental illness.
We should do away with all age limits. Period. Drink, smoke, have sex, get married, what ever. It's a free country and we have too many rules.
If you can pass a driving test at 14 then you can drive. If you want to work at 12 and someone will hire you - go for it. Let parents decide what they want their kids to be able to do. While were at it do away with minimum wage. If I want to $2.50 and hour and I can find someone dumb enough to work for that then great. Why should the government tell me how much I have to pay someone?
2:21, there are rules because of people like yourself who would pay someone $2.50/hour if you could get away with it. There are rules because some parents are too stupid to advice their children on anything, drive around Decatur at 11:30 at night and count the number of 10,11,12 and 13 year old kids you see just screwing around because their parents don't care. There are rules for 14 year olds not to drive for the mere reason, I have not meet a fourteen year old kid yet who is mature enough to be behind the wheel and make a wise decision. Yes I know, they are mature when they are in your presence but when they are with friends or by themselves is the problem and peer pressure doesn't help. I agree with the too many rules part but some are necessary so others are not taken advantage of.
The best slow clap is in Rudy which, coincidentally, also has the best chant.
"Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy." ~ Rudy.
And what is wrong with me paying $2.50 if people will work for that? No one is holding a gun to these workers head. If they don't like what they are making then they should get a better job. I worked for minimum wage for three months when I was 16 and knew I could do better and I did.
A business has to make money to survive. When minimum wage went up all your fast food places raised their prices to cover their extra expense. The people like me who don't work for minimum end up paying more. By the way those fast food places also cut back on the number of employees working so we also get to wait longer for our food.
And for your information I pay my employees $2-$3 above minimum (starting) because I want the better employees.
I got the slow clap once.
Y'all forgot Islamism.
I was reading an article on Gene Upshaw and of course that he was black in charge of a major union. I wish as a country we could start talking about the color of people's skin. He was a good union head or a poor union head, period.
In Obama’s case, I fear he has a hidden agenda after setting in that church for 20 years. If race didn't matter to him he would not associate with people like Rev. Wright.
How come you always seem to get the slow clap from fast girls?
One of life's little mysteries.
You also forgot televism.
Heathenism, scatalism, prostitism, homoism, addictism, politism.
lowering the drinking age to 18 would make my life a lot easier.
short story: a couple of years ago there was a foreign exchange student from italy that went to school here. she told us that in italy they can drink at 14 or 16 i cant remember but that it wasnt a big deal to drink alcohol to her anymore because she can buy it whenever she wants and usually has a glass of wine at dinner with family.
if the drinking age was lowered it would probably have the same effect as a person who just started driving: at first they're really pumped about it then after the 1st month or so its not a big deal anymore.
heck yes the flag got fixed....the judge reads the blog too, and when he doesn't his kids do!
"poor onion head" Hee-hee
i'm thankful that you can't get the slow clap using the slow hand.......DOUBLE FAKE ERIC CLAPTON
speaking of the update, i saw where the school district bought land next to the dump for its new school. get a wiff of that, baby!
good times.
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