I Almost Forgot Happy 31st . . .

. . . to the hottest lady on the planet. And if you've never seen her catfight with Teri Hatcher in 2 Days In The Valley, go rent it. And for the greatest make up job in the history of ever, you need to see her in Monster. And for the mother lode of pics of her, see here.

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Name The Last Time You Saw The Phrase . . .

"U.S. Congresswoman holds up a possum"?

From the MySpace page of Dallas' new "Ghost Bar"

Something doesn't look quite right. (Source)

I've Missed Britney

Remember When Gas Was Just $2.50 A Gallon?

Me At Lake Bridgeport This Weekend

I Hate To Say It, But This Looks Pretty Funny

Maybe Baseball Isn't So Bad

Jennifer Lopez.

I'm Calling the ACLU!

We're Full - Per The Austin American Statesman

More Hatin' On Madden

I know I've gone football intensive, but this one interests me. (Here is the video clip). Most Cowboy fans remember when Barry Switzer decided to go for it on 4th and 1 against Philadelphia in the mid 1990s. The Cowboys were so deep in their own territory that if they failed to get the one yard, then Philadelphia would certainly kick the game winning field goal. The Switzer moment was famous because Emmitt Smith was stuffed for no gain. Luckily for the Cowboys, the two minute warning occurred before the ball was snapped. The officials nullified the play and the Cowboys got a do-over. Unfortunately, and this was the idiotic part, Switzer went for it again - and Emmitt got stuffed again. But I like the clip because it shows what an idgit Madden is. The rule is simple: If the two minute warning (that is, if the clock rolls down to 2:00) before the ball is snapped, the play should be called dead. In this case, the clock rolled down to 2:00, on the next second the ball was snapped, and on the next second the officials blew the whistle because of the two minute warning. Madden goes nuts because the whistle wasn't blown before the ball was snapped. Of course, that doesn't matter. The key is that the clock hit 2:00 before the ball was snapped. And to think he is a Super Bowl winning coach.

I'm Not Fascinated by the Pregnant Gal . . .

. . . but "Nine months of gestation in 20 seconds" is pretty cool.

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Random High Brow Thought

After being inundated all week long with news about the NFL Hall of Fame Induction ceremony (primarily of Troy Aikman but also of Rayfield Wright), this thought pops into my mind: What an incredibly shallow society we are. There are people all over America, Texas, and Wise County that bust their butts for the betterment of mankind. Whether they be social workers, teachers, doctors, lawyers (yeah, some of us spend a ton of time helping the poor), pastors, CPS workers, - and the list goes on and on - we will give national TV and radio coverage, as well as multi-page newspaper spreads, to someone that . . . uh . . .played football very well. That's what we honor. That's what we cherish. And, hey, I'm a football fan.

At Least He Wasn't Called "Lumpy"

I'm not a NASCAR fan but I did get a kick today, prior to the race, of Tony Stewart calling Carl Edwards the "Eddie Haskell of NASCAR" and Edwards calling Stewart a "moron." The quick youtube.com clip is here. The NFL needs more of this kind of stuff.

I Caught A Little Bit Of ESPN's X Games Last Night . . .

and a thought occurred to me: Where does one learn to do a trick with a motorcycle? I mean, that learning curve would appear to be expensive and dangerous.

This Completely Screws Up My Schedule

From the Morning News: "Ohio State announced it has agreed to play OU in a home and home series in 2016-2017."