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- Others have already said it, but pitcher Tim Lincecum of the Giants (who was on TV last night) looks just like that kid from Dazed and Confused. (And there was a scene in the movie where he was a pitcher.)
- Bud Kennedy asked last night if it is appropriate to start an article about four women vying for two political positions with the sentence, "Four ladies. Two seats." I thought it was kind of clever.
- Brooke Hogan in a bikini.
- I attended a middle school band concert last night. It finished up in less than an hour so a didn't even gripe much. (But I didn't expect to hear "Funkytown".)
- Saw a guy that showed up in jogging shorts and a white T-shirt. He wasn't poor, just oblivious.
- Worse that Rick Perry may be Lt. Governor David Dewhurst whose commercials invoke Nancy Pelosi's name and say we must "repeal Obamacare." Repeal? Our Lt. Governor votes in Congress? I know why they put stuff like that in the commercials but it's shameful.
- This "So You Want To Go To Law School" video has been popping up over the last couple of days. It's kind of inside humor.
- Commercials are promoting the next Glee episode which will focus on The Rocky Horror Picture Show - a film I've never had even the slightest bit of interest in.
- Dallas Republican Congressional candidate says the idea of a violent overthrow of the government should be "on the table." The outrage is expected but, like it or not, that idea is always on the table for every government on the planet.
- The family kitten will suck on my shirt like she's nursing. Weird.
- No offense, but why does breast cancer get so much more publicity than every other type of deadly cancer? (Chico is having a "pink out" tonight at its game, and First Financial in Decatur is serving pink lemonade today.)
- Later today, I'll be taking the longest road trip with kids in the car that I ever have in my life. I think I'll download "Holiday Road" before we take off.
- Bad timing. A jury convicts a Fort Worth man of murder. Last month, the Fort Worth Court of Appeals reversed the conviction based on the doctrine of "factually insufficient" evidence. A couple of weeks later or so, in a different case, Texas' highest criminal court holds that the "factually insufficient" doctrine is dead. The Fort Worth Court of Appeals (who still had jurisdiction for a few more days) then withdraws its opinion yesterday and upholds the conviction. Talk about an emotional roller coaster for the Defendant.
- And get this: If you are a defendant who had your conviction overturned for factually sufficient evidence in the past, you're safe. (Like this doctor who was tried for murder in Fort Worth.)
- The Rangers must win tonight. I have a bad feeling about a Game 7 regardless of Cliff Lee.
- Edit: If you're a fan of Antoine Dodson, you'll love this.
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WOW, Nice Pic...Might need to start hanging out at the Library..
Today's pic is Greatness! I would definitely check her out and keep her well past the Due Date!
Road trips: Maybe that is why you should have an SUV with twin DVD players so each child could watch a movie of their choice. Also a big SUV because soon you will have to haul their friends around with them and sometimes friends go on trips with their friends.
As long as politicians make factually true and reasonably accurate claims, their ads don't bother me. (I simply don't watch television.) If you're only recently outraged by political ads, then you likely don't know anything about Johnson's "Daisy Girl" or MoveOn.org's "Bush/Hitler" spot. Too bad, because those who remember the past are voting in November.
Re: Kitty on T-Shirt - "I have nipples, Barry. Can you milk me?"
Rocky Horror. Never understood it. And am really, really, really happy that I haven't. (Umm, and the same goes for Glee, honestly.)
When you hear a political candidate of any party talking about violent overthrow of the government, STAY AWAY.
Commenting about possible saturation of "pink" is like asking someone to do a business analysis of whether or not the County should get out of the EMS business... STAY AWAY.
RE: Lincecum - "It would be a whole lot cooler if you did."
I agree that a violent overthrow of the governments for every nation should always be on the table. In the case of the United States, we now have a president and congress that are refusing to represent the majority of the citizens. As in the case of Obama's health care, the people told their representatives that they opposed it but the people were not represented. Public opinion polls and people yelling at town hall meetings had no effect on the position that their represenative took in the vote. The loyalty of the congress, as with you Barry, was to their political party rather than to the majority of the citizens.
The attorney general of Texas has filed a suit against the health care legislation that was passed by a congress that did not represent. He stands firm and should. It may take leaders at the state level to defeat a dictatorial government rather than a representative one. If it continues and voting does not work or is corrupted, then violence may be the only answer.
Our congress has evolved into a non-representative branch of government.
good looking girl, looks a little like Misty Anderson.(don't google her up if you're at work. NSFW)
I would rather imagine the emotional roller coaster that the murder VICTIM was on as they were being killed!
Breast Cancer gets sooooo much pub because a. so many women are @ a heightened risk for developing it due to Hormone Replacement Therapy that large drug companies pushed for over four decades (selling "replacement" estrogen made from horse piss to women going through the change) and because the cure many times involves whacking off a breast, a horribly disfiguring procedure that leaves many women understandably so self conscious their sex life is irrevocably damaged. Additionally, breast cancer, unlike, say prostate cancer in men which is usually described as a slow moving cancer, metastasizes rather quickly, thus resulting in a higher incidence of death.
Nice pic today. I'd like to show her my book worm.
Name that roadkill always a good travel game for youngsters!!
greatest video ever
Barry said:
Worse that Rick Perry may be Lt. Governor David Dewhurst whose commercials invoke Nancy Pelosi's name and say we must "repeal Obamacare." Repeal? Our Lt. Governor votes in Congress? I know why they put stuff like that in the commercials but it's shameful.
And that offends you??? Good Grief man! Grow a set and maybe the kitty will stop sucking on you.
Very nice pic this morning.
Respectfully,
The Secret Police
956 - Without downplaying the horror and tragedy of breast cancer, I disagree with part of your argument. Prostate cancer has a higher death rate than breast cancer. The breast cancer public relations campaign is simply much more effective than any other. As a result, breast cancer research receives a disproportionate share of funding from the National Cancer Institute, more than the deadlier and more common -- but apparently less sympathetic -- prostate cancer.
Our government tax dollars get sent to NPR at the rate of $420 million this year. And they act like that to Juan Williams?!?!? I home the reality sits in soon, and the funding is taken away!!!
Thank god you said the kitten sucks on your shirt and not Kat, THAT would have been weird.
9:21am... if the situation becomes as you describe, (which I disagree with, but not germane to this), then its simple. VOTE THEM OUT.
Anytime someone starts spouting off about overthrowing the gov I wonder if they are just angry that their party/candidate lost in the last election. Its a democratic republic. You ARE NOT guaranteed to be fully represented in our gov. You ARE NOT guaranteed to like our gov. But I think its a heck of a lot better than alternatives.
Seriously... what do you honestly think YOU can do to overthrow the gov? Finite actions please...
sign me as a depressed conservative.
I just voted for Rick Perry. All the commercials of him glaring sternly at the border made me raelize this is gonna be HIS TERM.
Save the "Ta-Tas!! Can you imagine the jokes we would make if they were doing all that for testicular cancer...
Only you would CARE about the murderer's emotional feelings. I am a little more concerned about the victim's family's emotions. They are probably wondering if justice is going to be served.
Typical liberal defense. I wonder if you would feel like that if your family member was murdered.
WK - best check your data before posting. Your second chart indicates that there are more deaths from Breast Cancer (41,300) than Prostate (30,200). Additionally, and i understand you can make statistics do just about anything you want to make them do, statistically speaking, a breast cancer survivor has an 86.4% chance of making it five years, which drops to 65% if the time frame is extended to twenty years. On the other hand, a prostate cancer survivor has a 96% chance of making it five years, which only drops to 81.3% with a similar extension of time. Both Cancers kill too many people, but it looks as if breast cancer kills more for a longer period of time.
benbest.com/lifeext/causes.html
Dewhurst is running for US Senate in 2012. Kay Bay, who repeatedly said she will resign, will not. She can't let go and is already out making red meat partisan speeches. So there will be at least Dewhurst, Kay Bay, and possibly Dallas mayor Tom Leppert, and possibly many others running in the R senate primary. After Kay Bay's drubbing in the last primary for governor, she doesn't scare anyone off anymore.
Barry, while you were getting married you missed the Texas lawmakers/Anderson Cooper "terrorist babies" interviews with Representatives Anchia, Riddle and the next day Congressman Grohmert. They are hilarious, especially Debbie Riddle.
Mike, I understand your depression!
We have to start throwing the rascals out, wholesale, and start anew, and throw them out again, and again until the message is delivered. We need problems solved, with honest solutions based on "doing the right thing" as opposed to what it will get me.
It ain't happening becuase of party loyalty.
On December 21 2012 the End is Comin and I hope me and her are too.
So what is more important to the cancer questions: Balls or Breasts?........well, both, of course.
On this blog.....it is pretty obvious, healthy breasts are of extreme importance, to our blog author.
Hey Barry, you are past fifty - had a prostate exam?
Learn to bend over. At least you do not have to "look" at the doc while he is probing - women do. Ask Mrs. LL.......
LINDA CHAVEZ-THOMPSON FOR LT. GOVERNOR!!! She was a hard working lady in the field and moved up, not a silver spoon in the mouth politician.
1220 - I have to answer rather pedantically, so apologies in advance. I looked at the death rates for the top ten cancers for both male and female from 2002-2006. The death rate for prostate cancer was 25.6 deaths per 100,000. The death rate for breast cancer was 24.5. Thus my claim that the death rate for prostate cancer was higher than that for breast cancer. It's simply an unmassaged number from the CDC.
Your data link for the year 2002 contradicts the CDC website I linked to. The CDC data for that year indicate prostate cancer had a higher incidence per 100,000 than breast cancer (169.9 to 128.1) and a higher death rate (28.2 to 25.6.)
I'm not defending the data -- if I've made a mistake reading the charts, point it out and I'll gladly own up. Mine was a good faith effort to get to the real numbers. That research was what I based my conclusion on, and it matched up with the NY Times article, so I felt confident sharing it. (Sorry my response was so long, I didn't have time to write a shorter one.)
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