Fahrenheit 9/11

When this Michael Moore documentary was released, I paid good money to see it in downtown Fort Worth during its opening weekend. (Money well spent, at that). I am still stunned when I recall the presence of a Fort Worth Police Officer at the door of the movie's screening to make sure no one under 17 was admitted with parent or guardian. (We can't let young ears hear this leftist propaganda, right?) I seriously doubt that a police officer anywhere in the metroplex was guarding Saw II this weekend.

This Sounds Like The Plot . . .

. . . of a bad porn movie.

Things Like This Drive Me Crazy

On Meet The Press this morning, Sen. Tom Coburn said that because of his "medical training" he can tell if somebody is lying just by using their body language. The video is worth the look (although I know most of you hate video downloads). If you ask me, from his body language during the interview, I think he is the one that is lying.

If We Had Played One More Quarter . . .

. . . I think we could have pulled this out. Evil -Texas-School-Of-The-Devil 62, Baylor 0

Random Nascar Thought

(And it may be my first one ever). How much does the U.S. Army pay to sponsor a Nascar participant?

Not-A-Good In Aggieland

Last night, Texas Tech routed A&M 56-14 giving the Aggies a 5-4 record for the year. With Texas and Oklahoma still on the schedule, a losing record seems very, very real. During R.C. Slocumb's 14 seasons at A&M, the Aggies never had a losing season. I wonder if Dennis Franchione's days are numbered?

How I Spent My Saturday Afternoon

And I Didn't Have A Desire To See The First One

This from the Dallas Morning News movie section: "So why would any Hollywood [executive] ever greenlight anything but a cheapo horror sequel or remake? That's the lesson of Saw II. [It's] $31.7 million debut with a measly $4 million budget is a license to print money."

I Want That Kind Of Talent

Kevin Federline (that's Mr. Britney Spears to you and me) released his new rap song on the Internet last week. It actually contains this line: "Back then they used to call me K-Fed but now you can call me Daddy instead."

NBC's Dateline

I'm rarely shocked, but tonight's Dateline on NBC was incredible. The show recruited an organization called Perverted-Justice.com (I can't get the link to work - probably from server overload) whose members pose as online underage boys and girls. The fake kids entered a chat room and suckered in adult guys to come over to a house to meet them. As they arrive (and, boy, do they arrive), the cameras caught each of them (about 20 guys in all) walking into the home's kitchen. (The fake online kids told them the door would be open). Then Dateline correspondent Chris Hansen would appear and ask them what they were doing. Words cannot describe how amazing the show was. A description by Hansen of the event is described here.

25 Years Ago Today . . .

. . . Reagan won the presidential election over Jimmy Carter.

A Quiet Passing Into The Night

With little note, this appeared in the Update this week: "GRAVESIDE service for Claude Caraway, 55" . Anyone who works around the courthouse square remembers Claude. He was the little guy that walked around (and I do mean walked around) the entire town handing out Messenger Updates every morning. I can't tell you the number of times he saw me and came walking across the street to hand me an Update. I always took one regardless of whether I had already read it or not.

I Need Them Around to Fix My Car

Dallas Morning News columnist Jacquielynn Floyd did a story today on Decatur High School's all girl tractor repair team

47 Year Old Madonna At The MTV Europe Music Awards Last Night

Learn About Yourself

Here.

Mystic River

I really like the movie, but Sean Penn scares me.

Geraldo At Large?

What the heck is this show? And how long has it been on Channel 4 at 10:30? I hate this guy.

The Guy Never Played Football

The local news tonight is all over a Royse City school bus carrying the JV team that turned over on its side on FM 1777. It looks like most of the injuries are minor. In watching my most prized possession, TIVO, tonight, I caught Channel 8 breaking into ABC News at 5:30 to bring us the "breaking news"of the bus accident. This is what Roger Brown, the pilot of the WFAA helicopter, said as he was hovering over the crash scene: "I think a lot of them were protected by their uniforms that they had on." Uh......no.