Printing Money

The NFL is printing money: "ESPN is paying $1.1 billion annually over eight years to broadcast the Monday night games. NBC has a six-year, $3.6 billion deal for the Sunday night package. CBS and Fox are paying a total of $8 billion over six years for the rights to Sunday afternoon games. DirecTV agreed to pay $3.5 billion for a five-year extension that runs through 2010." Throw in ticket sales, suite sales, licensing, and product sales and there is a ton of cash involved. With that much cash floating around, I'm not sure the players are being paid enough.

If The Picture Below Creeped You Out . . .

. . . do not watch this 10 second video.

This Is Not Star Jones....I think

Picture source.

Napoleon Dynamite

Soundboard.

Random

When You Get Caught Between The Moon And New York City

Kill me now.

I'm Insane

Now.

Funny Bit

There's a great funny bit going on in the Internet world: Whenever you see a photograph that is widely circulated, the geeks "photoshop" it - meaning they take the image and trick it up. Take, for example, I posted a pic of a USC cheerleader a week ago. It has been "photoshopped" here. Warning: could be offensive.

Local News Coverage

Here's a link to a Channel 11 story and video on the fundraising for local volunteer fire departments.

Someone Stop This Woman

Have you kept up with the latest Oprah Spotlight? She put some spare guy's book on her Book Club (and, of course, it sells a krillion copies). Then we find out that most of this "memoir" of a recovering drug addict is made up. Larry King gets the author on his TV show and Oprah calls in to defend him. Sheesh. Of course, she gets lots of hate mail and . . . (drumroll, please) . . . she changes her mind. So, she fires up the cameras and gets the author back on the show so she can call him a "liar" in front of zombie fans. I can't stand that woman. And, today, all she gets is glowing reviews.

What Happened To That "Trickle Down" Stuff?

Amazing stat: The average family income of the top 5% of Texans is $203,174 The average family income of the bottom 20% of Texans is $14,724 That gap is the 2nd largest in the nation (we are behind Arizona).

This Explains . . .

. . . why I still get nervous during voir dire (the jury selection process).

I'm Going To Rant Again

Million Dollar Baby is on HBO for the millionth time this week, and I'll repeat what I've said a hundred times: The Movie Sux. And I've finally decided it's not the poor script, the ridiculous dialogue, the stupid fight scenes (it's BOXING not the WWE), or the Shawshank Redemption rip-off of the Morgan Freeman voice over, but it's the absolutely horrific acting. Clint Eastwood was awful and Hilary Swank was terrible. And it won an Academy Award.

Finally

Time Magazine reported this week, and the White House has admitted, there are photos of Bush and indicted soon-to-tell-all lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The Blog has found one. .

Lest We Forget

Chipotle Mexican Grill

I kinda like this place (there's one in Watuaga and in Southlake - not sure where else). It went public today on Wall Street with its shares skyrocketing. I was more surprised to learn that it's owned by McDonalds.

A Good Aggie?

The Sparest . . .

. . . of sparest birthdays is today. Andrew Ridgeley, formerly of Wham!, turns 43.