StumbleUpon

I think this is great. A quick download creates a little toolbar on your browser with a "StumbleUpon" button. You click it and it takes you to a random website that you are probably interested in (you set up a checklist of interests in the beginning). Some screen shots and explanations are here. You can go straight to StumbleUpon here. I messed with a little this morning and I think it is great. Really great. That button just stares at you daring you to push it.

Random Weather Thought

I was of high school age on April 10, 1979 when a violent tornado hit Wichita Falls. I remember that night my family in Bridgeport went across the street to the neighbor's storm cellar (remember those?). When the wind kicked up that night, everyone was gun shy because of what had happened in Wichita Falls earlier in the day. I stumbled across the page of photos of the damage cause by the storm. Fascinating stuff.

"That's Where I Draw The Line"

CNN had a special on tonight about racism in America. This woman from Vidor, TX made the program. She discriminates against blacks but, it seems, not against cheeseburgers. Lots of cheeseburgers.

I Triple Don't Know

I Don't Know

I Was Able To . . .

. . . snap this picture of a table ornament - a blatant establishment of religon - at the Wise County District Clerk's office. I'm calling the ACLU! They'll have an injunction slapped on 'em as quickly as you can say Kwanza.

UCLA . . .

. . . has something called an "Undie Run". That's "undie" as in "underwear." I refuse to link to it.

Strangest Headline In The History Of Ever

Story.

Getting Ratings By Being Holier Than Thou

Dr. Phil Kicks "Bumfight" Producer Off The Show

This is so weird - it happened a few days ago. Dr. Phil has some guy on his show who produces "Bumfights" - videos of homeless people doing violent acts for money. Dr. Phil starts the show with a pre-packaged video segment of excerpts from the videos then, after the thing is clearly about over, dramatically says "Stop the tape." Then, it gets stranger. The young producer of "Bumfights" is sitting on stage dressed as Dr. Phil - complete with a bald head. Then Dr. Phil kicks the guy off stage because "I don't want to talk to you." Then Dr. Phil turns to the audience and says, "I'm sorry. I just watched that footage and it is despicable and I refuse to publicize it." What? This show isn't live is it? Didn't he make a decision to publicize it by airing it?

Elf Yourself?

www.elfyourself.com It really works. Place your face (or someone else's face) on a dancing elf and send it in an email. Uh, is that the Sheriff?

Father Pansa Pansza?

It looks like a priest from Wichita Falls has been removed of his duties after a possible sexual offense in the 1970s. He apparently served in Bridgeport and Decatur based upon a Fox 4 News report tonight. (The Star Telegram has the story here. It reads: "He has served as pastor at St. John the Baptizer church in Bridgeport, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary church in Decatur and St. Mary church in Jacksboro.")

The Star-Telegram Was Bi-Polar Today

Both articles appeared today. (But the cutting and scanning was sooooo not worth the effort.)

A Pee Wee Size Mike Singletary

(That's a linebacker reference for you non-1980s-Baylor-Fans). Sidenote: Check out the huge size of the kid not involved in the play - he can be seen a second before the video ends. (It's short - about 13 seconds.)

Look out!

I didn't get a picture of it, but I'm pretty sure I saw a camera set up along the highway to catch speeders in Rhome a second ago.

Barney Got Me A Thinkin'

Decatur resident and good guy Barney Williamson wrote a Letter to the Editor to the Messenger last week. Barney had fallen in a parking lot of the Decatur Post Office and was almost was run over by a car that was backing up. As he wrote, "The back end of her car moved directly over my head. I was looking up at the bottom of her car. I couldn’t roll out of the way, and there was no way I could push myself away from the car." But a man, who he does not know and cannot identify, got the attention of the driver and stopped a possible catastrophe. But what got my attention was this from Barney: "I have prayed many times in the past 24 hours. I have thanked God for His intervention, for permitting me to live a little longer. I thank God for those people, for THAT MAN. I wish I knew his name. I wish I could tell him personally how truly thankful I am." This got me thinking about God's intervention. I guess in Barney's scenario he (and perhaps most) believe that God stepped in and put the mystery man in a position to save Barney's life. But to believe that also means that you believe God had no role whatsoever in placing Barney in the parking lot at that moment, in that piece of ice being on the sidewalk, in Barney slipping on that ice, or Barney being alone when he fell. It's as if God is generally "hands off", letting the world go in its own natural course, but only intervenes when he sees fit. Which gives rise to some troubling questions when we read about accidental deaths (like the one Barney avoided). In those situations, did God choose not act? Did he see a tragic death about to occur but simply didn't intercede? And the converse question must also be asked: Does God ever set the wheels in motion for the "accidental" death to occur? I think about stuff like this a lot.

I Think I Have Repressed Memories . . .

. . . of my brother doing this to me when we were kids.

Top Grossing Movies for 2006

Link. Man, Pirates of the Caribbean was a money machine.

Baby Beyonce

I laughed at this the first time I saw it a couple of years ago. First watch this 10 second clip of Beyonce doing some booty shaking in the "So Crazy In Love" video and then watch this clip from America's Funniest Home Videos. Triple good times.