I Missed . . .

. . . the big 9th inning in the Astros playoff game last night, but it sounds incredible. Here's a screen shot of the front page of the Houston Chronicle.

"I Thought You Looked Familiar"

A very funny (but long) Jon Stewart clip about the President's "impromptu" discussion with the troops by satellite last week.

Everyone Is A Wise Guy

You may have heard on the Lance Armstrong livestrong bracelets. How about these as an alternative?

I'm Concerned Only About the Talent Competition

A gallery of Miss Texas constestants is here.

Dale Hanson's Scholar Athlete of the Week

A Decatur gal made TV last night. Video here. (Fixed).

2:30 Saturday - ABC

The last chance for Texas to get beat and not end up in the National Championship comes this week against Texas Tech. And that's not much of a chance: Texas is favored by 14 1/2. (It pains me to say it, but this is the best Texas team I've seen in my lifetime. And Vince Young is the best player I've ever seen.)

Color Me Confused

It looks like White Settlement will vote on a name change in November. Probably a good idea. It was interesting to learn, however, that this girl was Miss White Settlement 2005.

You Can't Be Fined That Much For A First Degree Felony

Sixteen year old golfer Michelle Wie played in her first professional tournament last weekend. She was good enough to finish fourth and win $53,126. That is, until golf officials disqualified her for taking an "illegal drop" the day before that improved the position of her ball from 3 to 12 inches (depending on who you listen to).

In Case You Were Wondering What The #2 Most Famous Magazine Cover Was

The First BCS Poll

1. USC 2. Texas 3. Virginia Tech 4. Georgia 5. Alabama 6. LSU 7. Texas Tech <------Looky 8. Miami (FL) 9. UCLA 10. Penn State

Death Trap

I heard a report today that there was a pretty bad accident (Careflight needed) on 380 near the Sheriff's Office. If you have seen the new road layout due to the 380 construction, you know the problem: If you want to leave eastbound 380 and take business 380 (that leads you up to McDonalds), you have to make a hard right hand turn off of the highway. You can't make that turn unless you slow down to less than 10 mph and there is no protected right turn lane. The result: You have to look in your rearview mirror to see if some 18 wheeler is coming up behind you at a high rate of speed. It's a death trap. (Photo is not of the actual wreck).

And To Think I Just Ate

"This photo supplied by the Magazine Publishers Assn and American Society of Magazine Editors shows the Rolling Stone magazine cover from Jan. 22, 1981, depicting John Lennon and Yoko Ono, which was voted the number one cover from the last 40 years, as decided by judges in a contest by the American Society of Magazine Editors, the group announced Monday, Oct. 17, 2005. (AP Photo/Magazine Publishers Assn and American Society of Magazine Editors) "

Natalie Portman (Posted For No Apparent Reason)

Update

A few weeks back I posted a series of book-in photographs showing a women who aged dramatically allegedly due to drug use. I questioned whether the photos were authentic. The Dallas Morning News' Steve Blow wrote about the same photos in his column today. Apparently, I wasn't the only one who was skeptical. But....it looks like the photos are legit. Hollywood, FL police claim the photos belong to them. And the name seems to be "Roseanne Holland".

What Is Up?

I've been getting emails about the lack of media coverage over the "Homecoming King" in Decatur. I'm not quite sure what the hubbub is about. (That's not him - just the funniest Homecoming King picture I could find).

Speechless

"HUTTO - A seventh-grade cheerleader died when she fell from a float and was run over during the Old Tyme Days festival parade this weekend, authorities said. The Texas Department of Public Safety said Melissa Swain, 12, stood up and fell forward off the flatbed trailer that served as the float. The trailer, which was being pulled by a pickup truck, ran over her." Story in the Star-Telegram (Photo from last year's parade).

Condi, Condi, Condi

I thought WMDs were the reason we went into Iraq? Condoleezza Rice on Meet The Press this morning told us what the reason was: "But the fact of the matter is that when we were attacked on September 11, we had a choice to make. We could decide that the proximate cause was al-Qaeda and the people who flew those planes into buildings and, therefore, we would go after al-Qaeda and perhaps after the Taliban and then our work would be done and we would try to defend ourselves. Or we could take a bolder approach, which was to say that we had to go after the root causes of the kind of terrorism that was produced there, and that meant a different kind of Middle East. And there is no one who could have imagined a different kind of Middle East with Saddam Hussein still in power." I don't recall that "choice" ever being expressed to the American people prior to the war.

And That's When The Team Is Bad

I went down to the Baylor / Nebraska game last night. I can't believe the Nebraska fans travel like they do. (See all the red in the photo that may be enlarged by clicking on it).