I'm Pretty Sure . . .

. . . the use of cages is always a sign of bad parenting.

Now This Explains My Trouble With Women . . .

. . . because I made the exact same tape last week! Edit: The Comments have been deleted. Let's reel it in a bit folks. Reel it in.

Stuff People Will Never Know

At John Roberts confirmation hearing today, there was an odd scene. Cameras caught Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) working on a crossword puzzle during the day. But when it came his turn to speak, he became emotional and "seconds after asserting that 'a super-legislator body is not what the court was intended to be,' " he paused and wept." Those are the politicians that drive me insane. And need to be voted out of office. There will come a day when honesty and candor is all that voting public cares about. (By the way, I found this picture on his official web site. Sheesh.)

Horrible Stories Buried In The Newspaper

What makes news and what doesn't? I found the following on page 9B of the Morning News: "A 79 year old woman died from injuries she suffered after a teenager stuck her Saturday with his SUV, according to Grapevine police. Lois Lorenzano apparently walked behind the gray GMC Yukon as the boy . . . was backing up in a parking lot . . . . No charges have been filed." There is a growing, and stupid, trend in this state to file criminal charges when an individual never intended to harm another individual. I hope the prosecutor in this case leaves well enough alone. It's an accidental tragedy. Let's call it that.

Crazy Stuff

A half an hour before the Monday Night Football game tonight, we had a couple of crazy incidents. First was a fight between Falcon Kevin Mathis and Eagle Jeremiah Trotter - both were ejected (video is here - and I've never seen a referee throw a flag before a game). Second, after the fight, the two teams met in the middle of the field and a brawl almost started (video here).

We Knew She Shouldn't Have Gotten Drenched At the MTV Awards

Kelly Clarkson's concert tour has been delayed because of bronchitis. As we blogged about earlier, she was involved in a wacky lets-get-soaking-wet on stage performance at the MTV awards a couple of weeks back. Coincidence? Probably.

An Incredible Story . . .

. . . with a very sad ending.

Time Waste

Back by popular demand. (Drag her with your mouse to get her "unstuck").

nip/tuck

I love this show (as I work my way through the second season on DVD). I'm always one season behind on television. Then again, I like anything that makes me do a double take and say "Did I just see what I think I saw?"

Big Bag Of Nothing

The confirmation hearings over Supreme Court nominee John Roberts provide little, if any, interest to me. It's a time for grand standing and sound bits from Senators. It's a time for vague but intellectually honest answers from Roberts. Nothing will be learned, and no Senator will change the way he intends to vote as of today. Oh, for the days of Anita Hill. ------------------------- Edit & Update from Slate scorecard below:

• Senators acknowledging that Roberts is really, really smart: 18
• Republicans ranting about judicial activists: 7
• Republican Senators exhorting Roberts not to answer any questions more complicated than Roberts' choice of hair-care products: 6
• Senators referring to God and/or angels: 5 (Three of them Democrats)
• Senators offering grim estimates of John Roberts' extraordinary life expectancy: 4 (ranging from 25 to 40 years)
• Senators fretting about the constitutionality of microscopic tags that can be implanted in a person's body to track his every movement: 1 (Joe Biden, D-Del.)
• Senators referring to court decisions that limit congressional powers:4
• Senators referring to pregnancy, abortion, or choice: 5
• Senators referring to the failure of federalism and Katrina: 2 (Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Ted Kennedy, D-Mass.)
• Senators who cry: 1 (Tom Coburn, R-Okla.)

Let The Poor Kid Sleep

Listening to Kanye West? The Dixie Chicks? Talk Radio?

Mattie's Restaurant . . .

. . . on the square in Decatur is mysteriously closed.

I Think I'm Scared To Drive On The Highway

Random thought after checking the Update this morning: can we have a little more auto carnage?

Random National Security Thought

You know, the hurricane didn't cause the damage to New Orleans, it was the break of the levee (or the equivalent of a levee). So if there had never been a hurricane, couldn't the same disaster have been caused by one single bomb placed along the levee? After all, the possibility of the city being destroyed by a levee break was widely known. And wouldn't the casualty count been greater if the break had come without warning? Are there other parts of our country equally susceptible to such damage at the hands of one bomb? (By the way, that's a picture of Six Flags Great Adventure Amusement Park that is under water).

Kind Of Quick To Forget

I was in the grocery store check out line today when I heard one lady ask another lady what the date was. The second lady had to pull out her calender to find out. Once she said "the 11th" neither acknowledged the obvious. Or maybe it wasn't obvious.

Not The Best Way To Start A Date

Yesterday. Friend of mine comes over to my house. After a little bit we go to the garage and get in my car. Raise the garage door. Put it in reverse. Back out. And ..... ....run into the front of her car that was parked in the driveway behind me.

And Every Chapter Begins "I've Been Shot Nine Times"

While scanning the National Book Bestseller list in the Morning News, I noted that #10 on the Hardback NonFiction list was "From Pieces to Weight" by 50 Cent. The man is an author?

Random Saturday Football Observations

• The Texas Longhorns are very, very good.
• How would you like to be a TCU fan? One Sunday you beat OU and are on top of the world and the next you lose to SMU.
• Baylor (for what it is worth) wore green helments for the first time instead of the traditional gold. That drives me insane. You never see a big time college program change helments.
• And someone stole my lawnmower over the last 24 hours.