I Can Hear The Bible Belt Groan

Tonight on ABC: "Barbara Walters Special: 'Heaven: Where Is It? How Do We Get There?"

Somethings Going On

Based upon the number of calls to my office today, there are a ton of people being arrested in Wise County today.

Bad Santa

Man dressed as Santa robs Arlington bank 01:03 PM CST on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 From Staff Reports A man wearing a red Santa jacket and Santa hat robbed an Arlington bank this morning, police said. The suspect entered the Wachovia Bank at 5615 S.W. Green Oaks Blvd. at about 9:20 a.m. and told a teller that he had a gun. During the robbery, the suspect pulled the Santa hat over his eyes and looked out through two holes cut into the hat, said police spokeswoman Christy Gilfour. Officers spoke with witnesses who reportedly saw the man outside of the bank without his hat covering his face. (Source)

Triple Uh Oh

"HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) -- 'Intelligent design' [that Adam and Eve thing] cannot be mentioned in biology classes in a Pennsylvania public school district, a federal judge said Tuesday, ruling in one of the biggest courtroom clashes on evolution since the 1925 Scopes trial."

Concert Replacement

I mentioned a couple of months ago that the decades old tradition of holding up a lighter at a concert is dead (primarily because people can't smoke anywhere) and had been replaced with holding up a cell phone. To merge the two generations, one company has created wallpaper that you can download to your cell phone.

Giggle

The folks from JibJab, who create funny political videos, have released a year end round up called "2-0-5".

Identity Theft

Wise County made news on Channel 11 tonight.

New Crime . . .

. . . PDWI....Pole Dancing While Intoxicated. (Quick video) Edit: Doesn't she kind of remind you of Elaine's dance moves on Seinfeld?

Time Waste

Click once to make the penguin jump. Click again to swing the bat. Link.

I Give You Shakira's Stomach As A Christmas Gift To You

I May Join The Idaho Legislature

The reason is here. But if you are not a Napoleon Dynamite fan, don't waste your time.

"He Was Injured"

You wouldn't think that a little boy referring to the male genitalia would be a very funny insurance commercial, but it is incredibly funny. (Video - 850K - pretty quick download)

Time's Persons of the Year

That would be Bill and Melinda Gates and Bono. Bono is cool.

A Journey Through Grief

The Star Telegram has a fascinating article this Sunday about the aftermath of the DWI wreck that killed four Brock High School girls seven years ago. It covers the crash, the trial (which included a very creative plea bargain), divorce, drugs, and even a conspiracy theory. I was moved by this line: "Brock High School lost three basketball players, half of its cheerleading squad, two homecoming queens and four honor students." And the story has a Wise County connection. The Lezlie Michael, mother of one of the victims, referenced in the story is my former Bridgeport classmate. There are also some quotes from Doug McWhorter who many of you know as well. [Comments shut down.]

The LeBrons

The Nike commercial of four LeBron James (who portrays an older man, a businessman, a hip hopper, and himself) are very funny. They can be seen at www.nikebasketball.com. And it would not surprise me if James doesn't become the next Jordan. At 20 years of age, James is third in the league with an average of 31 points a game.

Title: Christmas Card 2002

Christmas card 2002
Originally uploaded by Brooks Ayola.

Huh?

Exclusive Footage. . .

. . . from the Messenger's office party. (Video - warning: explicit language rating would be slapped on this thing)