Baptist News

I noticed that the pastor of First Baptist Dallas appears to be headed to the First Baptist of Jacksonville, Florida. I found these two tidbits interesting: (1) Under former Pastor W. A. Criswell, First Baptist became the largest congregation in the Southern Baptist Convention and at one time had 26,000 members. The church and its private school occupy six city blocks. The membership is now about 10,000, according to Associated Baptist. (2) Associated Baptist Press said the Jacksonville church has 28,000 members and covers nine blocks of the downtown area.

Ok, My VERY Last Olympic Ceremony Thought

Wait until you hear 19 year old Shaun White speak. (He's the so called "Flying Tomato" - he's a snow snowboarder). I think he's a guy. Maybe.

My Last Olympic Ceremony Thought

Ok, the Games are in Italy. They speak Italian in Italy right? So what in the hell are these American pop tunes being played as the various country teams walk into the stadium tonight? My head just blew up when (and I am not making this up) the team from Mongolia walked into the stadium to the music of "Video Killed The Radio Star" (the first video ever on MTV). I'm insane now.

Edit: I have been redeemed. At 9:22 p.m., minutes after I wrote this, Bob Costas said: "Interesting that all the nations are marching in to the accompaniment of a seemingly random collection of 80s American pop tunes".

I'm Doing This To Impress My Next Blind Date

I Hate Ann Coulter

I wouldn't even take her to Casa Torres if she paid. And this certainly doesn't help our potentially failed marriage: On Friday, February 10, the rock star of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) was none other than Ann Coulter. Before an overflow crowd of at least 1000 young right-wing activists, Coulter took her brand of performance art to new heights."I think our motto should be post-9-11, 'raghead talks tough, raghead faces consequences.'" (This declaration prompted a boisterous ovation.)

Then I stumbled onto this fake pic and my life was good again.

Stolen Thoughts From The Radio

As I fall asleep (although I'll probably go club hopping after midnight) watching the opening ceremony tonight of the Winter Olympics in Italy, I pondered this thought: Why do I/we no longer care about the Olympic Games? (1) The downfall of the Soviet Union and East Germany has a lot to do with it. We have no one to hate (which is half the fun of living). (2) We are saturated with SPORTS and the novelty of seeing sports on TV everyday died about 10 to 15 years ago.

You"ll Never Guess Who This Is

Answer.

Compassionate Conservatism

Say you are a city worker in New York City making $27,000 a year. (Which probably doesn't go very far in New York). Let's also make you a six year employee. Add to the equation that you occasionally play a game of Solitaire on your computer. Add the fact that the billionaire Republican Mayor happens to see that game of Solitaire on your computer screen. Result? The mayor just fired your butt.

My Vote For Funniest High School Kid

From the Update this morning regarding whether DHS should be an open or closed campus at lunch: DHS junior Dan Decker gave a different reason, however. “School is like a prison,” he said. “Our lunch off campus is like our hour in the yard.”

And Here's Some Salt For Your Wound

Garth Brook's will be on the cover of Parade Magazine on Sunday with this cover: "She Was Always The Woman I Loved"

Time Waste

Sketch Swap.

I Think . . .

. . . I've got more questions for the father than I do the mother. Story here.

Ladies, Take That Bra Off

"A 26-year-old Bridgeport woman is sentenced to 15 years in prison for biting a Palo Pinto County jailer back in August.Tiffany Jo Bond was being placed into a holding cell at the Palo Pinto County Jail when the incident occurred. Bond was instructed to remove her underwire bra during the booking process after her arrest on a Wise County probation violation. Underwire bras are outlawed for female inmates in most jails because the wire can be removed and used as a weapon or tool. According to testimony at the trial, Bond bit the male jailer on the hand when he tried to assist two female jailers during a struggle. Bond testified that she was high on Methamphetamine and Hydrodone when she fought off the jailers." Source.

Can We Look Away From A Traffic Accident?

A helicopter is filming a police chase and an SUV crashes, flips, and you can see the passenger fly out and then get run over by on coming traffic. Watch the video here. (Severe horror warning!! Don't you dare click on the link and then chew me out for posting it.) This was actually sent to me by a frequent courthouse visitor.

Bono Kisses HollaBackBaby

I Don't Understand

Everyone knows Bill Clinton's big lie of "I did not have sexual relations with that woman", but while browsing Newsweek last week, I learned (buried on p. 41) that President Bush said this on April 24, 2004 in Buffalo, New York: "Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so. It's important for our fellow citizens to understand, when you think Patriot Act, constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what is necessary to protect our homeland, because we value the Constitution." I couldn't believe our beloved President would lie to us like that. (At least until I found the statement on the official White House web site - it's about halfway down). Someone please explain to me why lying about sex is sooooo much worse than lying about violating the Fourth Amendment? And why hasn't the "liberal media" covered this story like they jumped all over Clinton? I would like to have the facts reported so that I could decide.

I Don't Know Why I Like . . .

. . . Usher's "Yeah" so much. (Sorry, he was Showtime tonight and the thought just popped in my mind).

Weather Rant

One thing that drives me crazy (and I'm getting closer to the edge all the time), is weathermen/weatherwomen telling me what the "high" is going to be for tomorrow. Take for example tomorrow (Friday). You'll hear various newscasts tell you that the "high" will be 52 degrees. BUT, that "high" will come at 6:00 a.m. with the temperature dropping towards the the 30s for the rest of the day. Translation: We're gonna freeze our booties off. Telling me the "high" is going to be 52 doesn't tell me a thing. One exception to this rule is Channel 8's Troy Dungan (at least for today). But, I still will never forgive him for being absolutely clueless as I watched him on live TV as the tornado hit downtown Fort Worth a few years ago. He was fixated on a storm headed towards Grapevine and had no idea what was going on.