Random Baseball Highlight

Last night. Bottom of the 10th. Behind by 1. One man on base. Two out. Full Count

Rhome Connection

http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_hawkins_0503.c22c2e85.html

Thanks emailer Bud.

Barry (from mobile)

"Well, So They Say."

This guy's voice made me stop down this morning as I was eating my low fat egg roll and skim milk. I put it on the YouTubes for your viewing pleasure. Good times.

He Without Sin Cast . . .

For about five years now, those convicted of DWI (even those first time offenders who are worthy of probation) have been subject to a DPS "surcharge" of $1,000 per year for three years. That's over and above any criminal punishment for DWI -- it's an "administrative fee" that the idiots at DPS impose. Your penalty for not paying? DPS will suspend your license.

So why my brief rant? Because the champion of that law, State Rep. Mike Krusee, a Republican from Williamson County, was arrested this week for DWI.

Funny Line

From a story about The Ticket v. ESPN Radio in the ratings:

More Injustice

I'd like to apologize to the more sensitive in the audience for the last three or four pics of scantily clad women. (How'd that Jacksboro one get in there?) I don't want to be the Larry Flynt of Wise County, but I've got to throw up another one because there's some more injustice in the world!

I've never been so much for women's rights as I am at this moment. Amen.

Edit: Emailer Brad sends in this revised pic for the John Ashcroft Types of the world. Gold, sir.

A Reader Submitted Friday Afternoon Pick Me Up

Jacksboro Morning

Edit: Not to get all 8 Country Reporter on ya, but the drive is truly beautiful this time of year. About as green as you can get. Probably not as cool as the drive in the Fall but it's close.

Random Friday Mornng Thoughts

- Heather Hays said, "Not!" as a joke last night on Fox 4. And reporter Krystle Gutierrez is one attractive pregnant woman.
- I have to replace a leaking "coil" on my air conditioning unit at home - the part of the unit that is in the attic. They tell me this is going to be expensive.
- But the repair guy was fascinated with my iPod Shuffle. He had a question as to whether or not the music you can get off the Internet is "free".
- More proof that the kid who tried to cash the $360 billion check offers more proof that he's not that bright: "Authorities said Fuller also had a gun and marijuana in his possession at the time of his arrest."
- Holy crap: Did you see the babies being dropped 50 feet into the sheet in India? Don't know why. Don't have video. It was on Fox 4 last night. Me watch lots of Fox 4. Edit: Thanks to commenter for pointing out the video is here.
- Dallas had a Double Double last night. Two separate murders where two people died in each incident. Some anchor on Channel 5 just said one of the situations was probably "a drug deal gon bad." Why don't they ever report on the good drug deals?
-Barbara Walters says she had an affair with the first black Senator in the 1970s - Edward Brooke. I don't want to think about Barbara Walters and sex. Unless I'm really lonely.
- The jury is deliberating in Fort Worth on the case that I wished I had followed more closely: Wife falsely yells, "I'm being raped" (or words to that effect) and the husband shoots and kills the guy. She lied. She wasn't being raped. So she is being tried on a manslaughter charge ("recklessly" causing the death of another.")
- Matt Lauer is in Praslin, Seychelles this morning. Maybe I do have a man crush on him.
- I think I finally fixed my computer problem at the office. After running every spyware fixer I could find, I finally found a an obscure fix on an obscure computer nerd message board: Copy and paste some computer script and run it. I'll be danged, it fixed it. But now my Outlook Calender is in military time. I can live with that.
- Bar exam passing rates for last February.
- The movie Ironman, opening today, is getting phenomenal reviews.
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We've Got An Injustice In This Country Going On!!!

While the country is awash in female teachers crossing what some conservatives refer to as "boundaries recognized by a decent society", this fine educator has lost her job for simply having another job.

Don't worry, baby, daddy's coming!

Edit: A reader sends in this new teacher sex scandal. (Small pic at bottom)

From The High Sheriff

Bank robber in custody and enroute to the wc jail. Texas Ranger and wise county investigators arrested steven clinton ward. Born in 1957 at jps hospital in ft worth. More in a minute Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

That Was Quick

I was offered free tickets to today's Ranger game, but I passed. (My baseball apathy has already kicked in.) Anyway, I checked in on it a second ago and was surprised to see it was already over. According to the box score, it took 2 hours and 10 minutes to play.

A Different Kind Of Pick Me Up

Trust me. (Fixed)

K-Bobbed

Thanks Emailer.

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

- It seems Mark Cuban fired Avrey over the phone. Stay classy.
- Fox 4's Megan Henderson looks extremely hot this morning. (And there are new T-shirts with her image on them.)
- The trooper killed in East Texas (and who left behind a five month old baby) was shot (allegedly) by a former cop.
- The commercials for the ant killer, which try to recreate youtube videos of projects gone bad, are not funny and poorly produced.
- Fox 4 just told me there are now 40 million Hispanics in the country (or 15%). In Texas, they make up 36%. This will be the last day those numbers/percentages are that "small".
- Today is the five year anniversary of "Mission Accomplished." Uh, not so much.
- Speaking of W, did you see his Jessica Simpson joke yesterday as the NY Giants visited the White House? He had that weird smirk which we haven't seen in a while.
- I've begun to watch In The Valley of Elah. So far, it's great.
- I'm 80% through with the 30 hour audio book, The Fountainhead. I don't think I "get it."
- LBJ's presidential recordings from 1968 will be released today. If you've ever heard excerpts of some of the previous releases, give 'em try. He was smooth but, man, he could bear down on someone to get what he wanted.
- Saw a brief moment of Deal Or No Deal last night. That show is like a bullet to the brain.
- Matt Lauer is in Istanbul, Turkey. (But the intro of Meredith, Al, and Ann screaming "Where in the world is Matt Lauer?" is getting very irritating.)
- Don't see any updates in the Star Telegram about the bad wreck yesterday at the Devon Energy plant.
- I almost ran over lawyer Mike Simpson on the courthouse square this morning.

Shed A Tear For The Salad Wagon

An emailer writes: "they are knocking K-Bobs building down, where are the pics Barry?"

"Let's Hug It Out"

That agent-guy from Entourage has a hot girlfriend.

Kill Me

As my office computer got some virus again. Ugh. But . . . I got a call from Fox 4's Phil Alvarado (sp) who is in town doing a story on high diesel prices and some of the old pumps can handle the pricing. And . . . An emailer just told me that Avery Johnson has been booted as the Mav's coach. While . . . The Cotton Bowl will be played on January 2, 2008. (Edit: Uh, did I get that year wrong?) But I haven't gotten around to looking to see what day of the week that is. Good-bye 10:00 a.m. kickoff. Moreover . . . can anyone cash a check for $380,000,000,000 (And as they said on Channel 5 this morning "and zero zero slash one hundred.")