There Better Be Somthing To This

Or Matt Drudge becomes nothing more than a political hack (assuming he's not reached that status already.)

He always follows up the "Developing . . . " headline (which I normally love) to a story he writes himself - something that is very rare. But if he throws out crap like this, he better be right.

Channel 8 Gets Video Of General Lee Chase

Uh, accuracy regarding the status of the Evil Doers in the car? Not so much. As earlier reported here today, in what is certain to result in my first Pulitzer Prize, the occupants were captured this morning.

Uh, I Predict A Firestorm

Story.

Hurricane Harbor tried to pull this off about 10 years ago but backed down.

Music, Death, Love and Grocery Stores

I've thought a little more about Dan Fogelberg's death this week and, although a lot of his work was corny, I always loved a Same Old Lang Syne. The lyrics are here. It's about old lovers that run into each other in the grocery store. They miss each other but realize the flame isn't quite the same.

Met my old lover in the grocery store
The snow was falling Christmas Eve
I stole behind her in the frozen foods
And I touched her on the sleeve
She didn't recognize the face at first
But then her eyes flew open wide
She went to hug me and she spilled her purse
And we laughed until we cried.

Of all the break ups I've had in my life (and Lord knows they are too many to count), I remember listening to those lyrics shortly after high school when my relationship with a (relatively speaking) long term girlfriend ended.

Oddly, for me at least, a similar song came out a few years ago. John Mayer's Comfortable. I remember embracing the song as I entered into yet another soon to be failed, yet important, relationship:

I just remembered that time at the market
you snuck up behind me and jumped on my shopping cart
And rode down . . . aisle five
you looked behind you and smile back at me
crashed into a rack full of magazines
they asked us . . . if we could leave.
Can't remember . . . what went wrong last September
though I'm sure you'd remind me, if you had to
Our love was . . . comfortable and . . . so broken in.

I'm not sure this has a point other than I just realized that a couple of my important past relationships are tied to songs that involve grocery stores.

I'm never going for food again.

Santa, Baby

Muriel's Wedding

Another film someone told me I should watch which I finally got around to.

Verdict: I think I like it, but I'm not sure. Quirky. Odd. Yeah, I guess I did.

Fun to see Rachel Griffiths in a role before she became somewhat famous in "Six Feet Under." And the Abba music, which is the core of the movie, is pretty funny especially in light of the Friday Dance Off video I posted a couple of weeks ago at the Neiman Marcus party.

And I have an odd habit: I turn the subtitles on whenever a movie has a dialect which is anything other than Native Texan.

"Hello, I'm Making $175 Dollars"

In 1956, Johnny Cash performed in the Sportatorium in Dallas (where they used to 'rassle before they tore it down) for $175.00 You can get the signed contract on Ebay for substantially more than that.

General Lee Update

The two guys and one girl who evaded the PO-lice yesterday were arrested early this morning after checking into a hotel in Decatur. In a scene out of a movie, the original driver of the General Lee walked out of the elevator as officers with Decatur PD were talking to the manager at the front desk. It was kind of like when Butch was at the red light in Pulp Fiction and saw Marsellus Wallace standing in front of him.

He Said "Christ!"

But, man, the Republican establishment sure isn't embracing this guy. Sean Hannity can't go a single day without bashing him. Somethings up!

Questions

- Is there just one set of "Rhome apartments"?
- Who complained?
- And the complaint was made to whom?
- Who is responsible for fixing the problem
- Why is there no heat?
- Should Pete Rose be in the Hall of Fame?

The Female Readership Holds Its Collective Breath

Link.

The following from Seinfeld comes to mind.

ELAINE: did something happened?

GEORGE: Well, Tony.. took a bit of a tumble

ELAINE: his face, did something happen to his face?

KRAMER: well it all depends on what you mean by.. happen

GEORGE: he..he's alive

KRAMER: yeah

ELAINE: what happened to his face, tell me, what happened to his face

GEORGE: Well you see he slipped, and he landed on a kinda of a..

KRAMER: rock

Very Random Thought

I ate at the Cheesecake Factory in Southlake tonight - The place is almost "opulent" in appearance with a little bit of a Vegas feel to it.

The menu is huge (probably 12 pages but with 6 pages being advertisements - what's up with that?). Someone told me today "they have a ton of things on the menu which means that none of it is good." Hmmmm. Not sure about that. I went with the Jambalaya which was a little bland. Good. But bland.

And the portions are ridiculously huge.

Oh, and here's the random restaurant thought: Does Steak and Ale exist anymore?

From The Mail Box

From an actual letter I received today from an inmate who I do not represent: I wold like to talk to you and need legal advice and I want to file a lawsuit against Wise County for being in violation with USA Jail Standards and Health Codes for one million dollars. Also I want to file a lawsuit in rank from [the] Health Department to the President of the United States of America for one hundred thousand dollars for not doing their job . . . . That's right W, I'm coming for you.

Monday Afternoon Pick Me Up

The General Lee Was On The Run

Looks like we had a police chase this morning that ended up with a car plowing into the LBJ Grasslands and catching fire. Three occupants, two male and one female, then hot footed it away. They are still on the run.

Developing . . .

Edit: We're bringing in a helicopter with an infrared camera. Good times.

Edit: The pic is a little generic, but that is an actual DPS vehicle getting involved in the action this morning.

Random Thoughts

- I had to go to Denton this morning. I don't think I've done that in a very long while.
- About a 1/4 mile from the old courthouse I saw about 40 guys that appeared to be Hispanic standing around waiting anxiously. There was no question that it was a spot for employers to drive by to get day labor. But it was kind of sad seeing so many people that wanted to work but didn't have a job
- At the driver's license hearing, I saw a lawyer who absolutely no idea what he was doing. (For you criminal lawyers out there, he asked openly what "HGN" stood for.) He even had his client there to testify which is an absolute no-no at the hearing. Felt sorry for the kid/client.
- On the way back an 18 wheeler drifted into my lane by about two feet before he looked up and jerked it back. I have robbed death yet again.
- Speaking of . . . Dan Fogelberg has died. I liked Dan Fogelberg
- The Today Show's Ann Curry was going to bungee jump this morning. I promise I did not have negative thoughts.
- Brian Westbrook downing the ball on the one yard line yesterday was the smartest and most anti-ego move in the history of ever in the NFL

I've Seen That . . .

. . .pink #9 jersey for sale in an Albertson's in Fort Worth. Really.

"I've Been Everywhere, Man"

I can't say that its the greatest video in the history of ever, but it does mention Bridgeport and Jacksboro which is enough to get posted.

(Thanks to Paul by email.)