Hey, You Looking At My Girl?

Melee disrupts private rodeo "FORT WORTH - A brawl involving up to 100 people armed with sticks, pipes and bottles broke out at a private rodeo Sunday night in north Fort Worth, police said. An off-duty Fort Worth police officer working security alerted police to the fight that started about 10:30 p.m. in the 1600 block of N.W. 35th Street. The crowd dispersed quickly when more officers arrived, said Lt. Dean Sullivan, a police spokesman. At least one person was arrested." If you can't trust a bunch of cowboys to behave at a private function, who can you trust? Source: Star-Telegram

And He No Longer Gets The Giggles When He Gets Tackled

Ricky Williams, who bolted from the Miami Dolphins last season, has returned to the team and offered an apology. He faces a four game suspension for violating the NFL's drug policy. Williams, who has always been a fan of marijuana, claims he no longer smokes the wacky weed. Miami fans will forgive him so long as he averages four yards a carry. I suspect he will average exactly 4.20 yards.

I Want My .....

The MTV Video Award nominees were announced today. Nominated for Best Male Video are: 50 Cent for "Candy Shop," (one girl pouring chocolate on another girl) Kanye West for "Jesus Walks," (Jesus should never be associated with these videos) Beck for "E-Pro," (never saw it) Usher for "Caught Up," (a rapper who understands the white man) and John Legend for "Ordinary People." (boring video, good song) For Best Female Video: Amerie for "1 Thing," (never saw it) Mariah Carey for "We Belong Together," (good song, not sure about the video) Gwen Stefani for "Hollaback Girl," (weird but good) Shakira for "La Tortura" (thumbs up because she has a flat stomach) and Kelly Clarkson for "Since U Been Gone." (thumbs down for strained attempt to be sexy)

Is That All You Got?

What if someone came to you ten years ago and said this: "I have a great idea for movie. Let's have this guy contract cancer and almost die. Then let's have him fully recover and win the Tour De France seven times (although no one has ever won it more than five times). And then, to spice it up, let's have him leave his wife and hook up with a rock star. And, let's add this for good measure: Let's make him a Texan and give him a great last name like 'Armstrong'". No one would have believed it.

But Do They Dance?

Since so little is known about prospective Supreme Court judge John Roberts that the press began last week to look into the views of his wife. Some thought a gold mine had been found when it was discovered she was a member of the oddly named Feminists for Life - a group that opposes abortion. Hey, if she is pro-life, so must he! Right? Well, not exactly. More study revealed that the group also opposes the death penalty. And we all know that the conservatives are in love with executions. Now if she were a member of the Junior League, then we would be on to something.

It's 100 Degrees So . . .

The Dallas Cowboys open training camp this week, and the first high school and college football games are less than 50 days away. The Bridgeport Bulls are ranked #8 in the state, and the Texas Longhorns are predicted to exorcise that Sooner demon and win the Big 12. Both are dicey propositions. And it can't all start soon enough.

I Didn't Even Know There Was A Yuan

China announced this week that it will revalue its currency (the yuan) for the first time in a decade ending the fixed peg to the US dollar. This was very big news in economic circles. I have no idea what it means and I have too much Tired Head to try and find out.

Wow

Yesterday, London police shot a man dead who they later said was "directly" linked to this weeks minimal terroristic attack. Today, they announced that they were mistaken. He was shot dead for simply running for a train. Absolutely unacceptable. And when is it the "terrorists win"?

Mr. Smith Would Have Gone to the Poor House

Wow. The current total of the bank accounts of Gov. Rick Perry and Carole Keeton Strayhorn for the upcoming governor's race is as follows: Perry: $8.8 million Strayhorn: $7.0 million If the common man wishes to run for the office, it would be Adios M0.......

And You Think Losing The Bridgeport - Decatur Game is Depressing

How would you like to be Head Football Coach Mike Robinson. He took over a 3A program five years ago and put together a 40-17 record. For this season, his program is listed in the top 15 of Dave Campbell's Texas Football poll. Sound good? Don't be so fast. He happens to be the head football coach of Wilmer-Hutchins High School, a school so mismanaged that it was disbanded last month by the State of Texas and its superintendent was indicted. All the students (and football players) are now being dumped into the Dallas Independent School District. (The school's web site is still in existence - proudly proclaiming its mission statement of: "to provide an exemplary education". ) The state ranked Wilmer Hutchins Eagles, in the blink of an eye, simply do not exist any more.

Get Ready for a Big "?" To Form Over Decatur

From the Dallas Morning News: "Wise County residents, be on the lookout for Sacha Baron Cohen aka hip-hop journalist Ali G . . . . At least two listeners called 'The Ticket' . . . on Thursday afternoon to report that Mr. Cohen, the star of Da Ali G Show on HBO, was standing on the side of U.S. Highway 380, trying to get a ride to Decatur."

What Fourth Amendment?

The Patriot Act is renewed by the House and the New York Police Department announces they will engage in "random" searches of those that use the subway. If you don't want to be searched, then don't use the subway. I do not like the way things are headed.

That Is One Big Garage Sale

Ebay announced it's earnings today for the second quarter of this year. For those three months, it had revenues of $1.09 billion (with a "b"). In 1996, Ebay's total revenue for the entire year was just $372,000. Who would have thunk.

The Crazy Stuff I Watch Sometimes

I had a discussion the other day with an elected Wise County official over whether "Team America - World Police" was liberal bashing or conservative bashing. I felt pretty confident that is was conservative bashing since it was produced by the makers of South Park. Of course, since I hadn't seen the movie, it made it a little tough to discuss. So I went an rented it. After being duly shocked by the puppets in, uh, intimate relations (you have to see it to believe it), I still wasn't sure who was being bashed more. Then I heard a piece on NPR's "On The Media" where a reporter had interviewed the South Park creators. They had said "We hate conservatives, but we hate liberals more." It kinda makes sense to me now. (But the Pat Robertson crowd would not like the movie.)

And Their Thong Underwear Wasn't Showing Either

The Baylor Lady Bears, who won the women's backetball national championship earlier this year, visited the White House on Tuesday - and they were dressed prim and proper. There was a tad bit of a scandal earlier this week when the Norwestern women's lacrosse team made their Oval Office visit - with many of the girls wearing flip flops. (OK, I admit this was just an excuse to mention "Baylor" and "national championship" in the same sentence).

Who Will Captain That Rocket Ship?

From the Dallas Morning News: "Coach Mike Leach said he will wait until a week or so into fall drills before deciding which quarterbck will get the majority of practice snaps. Senior Cody Hodges appeared to have edge coming out of spring practice and will have to hold off redshirt freshman Graham Harrell and sophomore Phillip Daugherty." That's Bridgeport's Phillip Daugherty.

Where Have You Gone Joe DiMaggio?

It's odd to me that Aikman, Irvin, and Smith will be inducted into the Cowboy's Ring of Honor all at the same time. Texas Stadium is 34 years old (wow) and there are only 12 current Ring of Honor members. So Jerry decides to lump three special ceremonies into one? I don't get it. I was there when Tony Dorsett and Randy White were inducted at the same time, and I thought both were getting a raw deal having to share the spotlight. Although I must admit that I kind of belittled the ceremony by betting my date that White would say "I tell you what" at least 10 times during his induction speech. I won.

Keep Away From The Trash Can Punch

"DECATUR MIXER — The Decatur Chamber of Commerce will hold a mixer today from 4 to 6 p.m. at Curtis Mortgage Inc., 1705 Farm Road 51 South in Decatur. For more information, call (940) 627-3107." A mixer? Who with? The Tri-Delts?