I Wonder If Emily Post Ever Covered This?

If you separate from your wife and get your new girlfriend pregnant, you should call your estranged wife and let her know that you will be a father.

Anybody Want To Bet It Would Be A Hung Jury

From an email: "Both the Democratic and Republican Parties of Wise County met this evening to draw for the order of appearance on the Party Primary Elections scheduled for March 7, 2006. After the drawing, all of the candidates from both Parties who were present came together for a photo opportunity to show all of these candidates together, offering themselves to the voters of Wise County. It is a symbol of starting off the campaigns with an intent of good, clean issues-oriented campaigning for the voters to choose. County Chairmen of the two Parties are standing on the right, Ms. Brenda Rankin and Mr. D. A. Sharpe." And then they broke out into fight with one side yelling "Baby Killers!" while the other screamed "Iraqi War Was Based On A Lie!!!"

Lake Bridgeport

Is 11 feet low.

Country Music . . .

. . . is something I never listen to, but he names of certain songs on this week's Top Ten list made me laugh:

• Jesus, Take the Wheel
• Honky Tonk Badonkandonk
• Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off

A Little Late On This One

Do you see that T. Boone Pickens donated $165 million to the Oklahoma State University athletic department? Yep. The athletic department. The Ticket did a funny bit on the issue, suggesting that the conditions of the donation were that (1) the stadium be renamed "T. Boone Pickens Stadium", (2) his picture replace the logo on the side of the OSU helment's and (3) the best football players be renamed "T. Boone Pickens" as well.

Today's Birthdays

Rush Limbaugh (55) - Please retire. Please retire. Howard Stern (52) - Never hear him anymore. Kirstie Alley (51) - Fat? Not Fat? Hot? Not hot?

Time Waste?

Do not look at the pics of Mariah Carey at the beach. Do not. Get back to work.

Future of TV and the Internet?

www.wi-fitv.com

Holding My Baylor Pennant

You may not know this, but the Baylor basketball team is unbeaten this season. They open Big 12 conference play tonight. Of course, they are unbeaten because the NCAA decided they should be banned from any pre-conference games this season due to the Dead Player/Lying Coach scandal last year a couple of years ago. Meaning: They haven't played yet. They play Texas Tech tonight. I'll post the score when it is complete.

John Cornyn Is An Idiot

The left wing "bloggers" of the world ordained supreme court nominee Samuel Alito with the nickname of "ScAlito" meaning that he is such a right wing nut that he is the equivalent of Supreme Court Justice Antonio Scalia. Watch our own Texas Senator use that moniker today at the confirmation hearings. Embarrassing.

Judging Alito

For whatever reason, I went over to CSPAN tonight to watch the "live" version of the Sam Alito hearings. The whole thing blows my mind. His advisors had to tell him this: "There will be a camera on you for 10 hours today. Any cock of the eyebrow, any act of rage, any weak moment will be caught on tape an broadcast time and time again of TV." I couldn't handle it.

DVD Trouble

With the proliferation of companies like Netflix (which I love) and the up-an-coming video on demand technology through cable and satellite, Blockbuster may be in trouble. Here's Blockbuster's net income for the last few years: Lost $1.62 billion in 2002 Lost $978.7 million in 2003 Lost $1.24 billion in 2004.

A Show Involving Dogs and Ponies

The confirmation hearings of Judge Alito drive me insane. Bush is a pro-life president. Bush promised he would appoint pro-life judges. Bush appoints Alito. Yet, Alito can't answer the question of whether he would overturn Roe v. Wade. I loved this exchange: SEN. SCHUMER: Does the Constitution protect the right to free speech? ALITO: Certainly it does. That's in the First Amendment. SEN. SCHUMER: So why can't you answer the question of: Does the Constitution protect the right to an abortion the same way without talking about stare decisis, without talking about cases, et cetera? Unfortunately, the answer is a yawner.

One Crazy World

Remember the post yesterday about the Jessica Simpson & Nick Lachey house being up for sale for over $3 million dollars. Well, a 19 year old has bought it.

I've Always . . .

. . . been a fan of Steve Martin. I'm a bigger fan now.

Fancy Smancy

I had dinner tonight at the Old Hickory Steakhouse at the the Gaylord Texan. In one of the nicest steak places around, I ordered scallops. Here's the menu in pdf format. Trust me, I wasn't paying. I'm too cheap.

Giggle

I was hanging out with a group tonight when a guy referred to a car radar detector as a "fuzzbuster". I was sucked into a time warp for a moment.

I'm Scared of 42% of The American People