Those "Tax And Spend" Liberals!!!! Oh....Wait...

Engagement Pictures

There were 19 engagement pictures (not wedding pictures) in the Lifestyle section of the Dallas Morning News this weekend. Only one guy had a tie on. That may be common. I've never really paid attention before.

More Dallas Morning News Stuff

Also in the Sunday paper was the story of Denise Day whose mummified body was found in a Dallas home a few weeks ago. I learned this about her: (1) She graduated from SMU in 1976. (2) She was married one time but it lasted only 11 months. (3) He ex-husband said, "My ex-wife was handicapped. She had trouble existing in the world you and I exist in." (4) The medical examiner has no idea what was the cause of death.

Two Different News Stories

(1) Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) on Monday said Chairman and Chief Executive Henry M. Paulson Jr. received total compensation of about $38.8 million in 2005. (2) On March 12, 2004, someone shot and killed four people in eastern McKinney. Police are still looking for who killed Matthew Self, 17; Austin York, 18; Mark Barbosa, 25; and his aunt, Rosa Barbosa, 46. The current reward for tips leading to an indictment is $37,500. I'm not good at math, but I think the reward is 1/1000 of Paulson's salary. But I could be wrong.

Things That Change That I Wasn't Aware Of

Browsing the Dallas Morning News over the weekend, I learned that the golf course off I-35 in Denton (across from UNT's stadium and by the Radisson Hotel) was shut down in 2003.

Quick . . .

. . . who is Sirhan Sirhan? (Hadn't heard the name in years).

What's Wrong With This Picture

Not Exactly Cinemax At Night

It looks like the Feds were after some folks for an Obsenity violation based upon three videos. "The six men and six women [jury] unanimously decided that only one video in the case offended contemporary community standards. It depicted a woman being pierced repeatedly with needles. "During three days of testimony, many jurors were moved to tears while watching that film and the rape video. But they acquitted all three men on counts linked to the rape movie and a third video that featured urination and defecation." Oh, my! (Story)

Sporty Sports People . . .

. . . tell me that today is a big day in Dallas Cowboy Land. Keyshawn Johnson is due a $1 million signing bonus by 3:00 p.m. Some think the receiver will be cut. If so, that means the Cowboys might be after Terrell Owens. Juicy. Edit: Keyshawn was released.

Say Hi To Tony Soprano

The NCAA Women's Tourney will fire up this weekend. Texas A&M made it. So did TCU. And, amazingly, they will play each other in the first round. But, on a crazier note, they will both travel to Trenton, New Jersey to play that game.

Sporrrtttttzzzzz

For fans of "The Ticket" and/or Greg "The Hammer" Williams from Boyd, you will want to read this.

Six Flags

There was a minor accident of a ride at Six Flags over the weekend. No big deal it seems. But this sentence was in a story in the Dallas Morning News: "Six Flags Over Texas has had one guest fatality since the park opened in 1961. A woman drowned and 10 others were injured in 1999 when a Roaring Rapids raft capsized." Is that right? As a kid, I remember a pretty serious accident with the old Big Bend roller coaster - I could have sworn someone was killed on that ride. And my other fading memory is about the old Sombrero ride - but I think that might have been an employee that was killed or injured.

Tara Reid

Don't Call It A "Civil War"

"BAGHDAD, Iraq - Police found at least 72 bodies killed by gunfire in Baghdad in the past 24 hours — a gruesome wave of apparent sectarian reprisal." This is going soooooo well.

But What Do I Know

The Catholic Church is working on Sainthood Path for the late John Paul II. To do so, there must be proof of a miracle attributed to the Pope after he has died. Call me a skeptic. Unless you define "miracle" very loosely.

"Big bucks! No whammies!"

The host of the TV game show, Press Your Luck, has been killed in a plane crash. Peter Tomarken was 63.

March Madness

Well it is time for everyone to become a gambler for at least four weeks. I see that Texas A&M has made the NCAA Tournament for the first time in a long time. But I felt old (once again) when I learned it was 19 years ago that they earned an automatic invitation to the tourney by beating Baylor (yep, Baylor) in the SWC Championship Game on a Sunday afternoon at Reunion Arena. And I was there in 1987. (Someone actually gave me tickets at church that morning).

Shaq Turns 34

At least it not hard out here to look like a pimp.