I Love This Moment

But having "Bevo" (a longhorn) and "Boomer" (a horse) introduce the starting lineups cheapens the whole thing.

Edit: I take no joy in The Evil Empire starting out conference play at 0-2 or losing their last 4 conference games. Really. Ok, maybe a little. But this game was much closer that I thought - and Texas might want to bench Jamaal Charles until he learns to hang onto the ball.

Quick Hit

OK, maybe baseball can be a little cool. The game winning home run by Manny Ramirez last night was a monster. And him posing after the fact was just gold.

And did you see the crazy bugs attack the players in the Yankee game?

On This . . .

. . . my favorite football weekend of the year, I'm up before dawn to take place in something called the "Wellness Challenge" sponsored by the local hospital. There are such events as "obstacle course" and "track relay". My goal is to not get hurt. My dream is to go back to bed right now.

Edit: I almost died on an obstacle course. And some of the events were a bit odd:

Edit: I forgot my promise. Photo is copyrighted by Allen Williamson. All rights reserved.

August Fatal Wreck Update

94 mph with a .12 blood alcohol concentration is a very bad combination.

Story.

Helpful Hint For Latoisha

If you want to defend yourself against "Compelling Prostitution" charges on Fox 4 News, try not to wear a very low cut top with a hand print on the front. I'm just saying.

I Know . . .

. . . this will interest maybe five people (if that), but if you want an MP3 of the Foo Fighters covering "Band On The Run" by Paul McCartney and Wings, here ya go. Good stuff.

And Another

Story. One of these days we'll have a teacher sex scandal and a motorcycle crash all in one story. I'd probably post that.

You Have As Many Questions As I Do

I'd heard and written about this before but saw the newest info over at bagofnothing.com:

America's first year-round outdoor ski and snowboard park is scheduled to open in the fall of 2009. The project is located within close proximity to the Dallas and Fort Worth area within easy access to the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, between the Alliance Airport and Texas Motor Speedway.

More here and a promotional video on youtube here.

Cheesy . . .

. . . but not bad. Someone combines footage of Tony Romo's mad scramble last week with a song by Fountains of Wayne. Link.

I Hate . . .

. . . when things happen I don't understand. Especially magic. I'm pretty sure that magic has something to do with the Devil. Like a Ouija Board (that my dear mother banned me from playing as a child.)

Anyway ( stay with me here), last night I'm watching Lou Holtz on ESPN do one of his weekly "pep talks" to a random team he picks. The speeches are silly and uninspiring. But the guy is so crazy, that I can't take my eyes off of him.

At the end of the speech Lou pulled out a newspaper, tore it up, and then .......... see it for yourself.

(Sidenote - He did have this funny line: "Happiness is nothing more than having a poor memory. If you can't remember what happened yesterday, you feel pretty good today.")

Predictable "Justice"

The Fort Worth Court of Appeals releases its opinions every Thursday. Yesterday the criminal defendants went 0-9. It's like that every week. If you think the appellate process favors defendants, you are very wrong.

My Obsession Continues

Was in Jacksboro all morning. But a faithful reader emailed me the story of yet another motorcycle death last night.

Kelly Clarkson . . .

. . . will beat us down on Thanksgiving at halftime during the Cowboys' game. If she sings, "Since You Been Gone" one more time, I'll throw up my turkey. But the Cowboys put her in front of the cameras today at Valley Ranch to promote the performance. That's her on the right in case you were confused.

Source: Star Telegram.

Hey, Now

Texas AG Is Pimpin' Himself

News has come out that 14 sex offenders have been arrested for "illegally" using MySpace.com. But the Texas AG's office is using it as a campaign commercial by (1) sending out a press release, (2) having the arrests made by his investigators and then taking full credit as the headline - above - from his state web site shows, and shockingly (3) putting up the video of the arrest of all 14 people on the web site.

His Your taxpayer funded web site showing this shameless self promotion at your expense is here.

Wreck

The Update is reporting 114 being shut down at 51 due to a fatality. WBAP as referred to it as a Semi/Automobile wreck. Anybody know anything? I'd send my news crew out to cover it if I had a news crew. Edit: WBAP reports the highway was reopened around noon.

Want To Rethink That?

This dealership got in a little bit of trouble for this ad.

Thursday Morning Pick Me Up

And I almost got killed in a traffic accident this morning. My heart is still racing.