$2.45

The price of gas outside of Walmart at lunch today.

Scam

CBS has been promoting that it will broadcast all of the NCAA Tourney games on the Web. Not that I was goofing off, but I tried to log on to check it out. Get this: They put you in line to see the games, assign you a number, and then start a 1:30 second counter. Once it reaches 0, you are repositioned in line. I went from 108,013 to 107,752 to 107,264 in four and half minutes. (There appears to be a way to pay $$$$ to bypass the line, but I don't care that much). Here's a screen shot.

Bombs, Bombs, And More Bombs

Yahoo! Alerts Yahoo! News Thursday, March 16, 2006, 9:34 AM CST BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) The American military has reported that U.S. and Iraqi forces launched the largest air assault since the U.S.-led invasion against insurgents north of Baghdad.

I'm Still Alive

Do you ever use Google to search for your name on the web or in blogs? I just did and found out that someone who has my name is not doing well.

Oh, My!

From The Texas Lawyer Newspaper: "Vinson & Elkins answered the prayers of big-firm associates all over Texas by hiking its associate salary scale, raising first-year base salaries to $135,000 in Texas."

No Way

I've been seeing these signs stuck in the ground in north Fort Worth for 0turn.com. I looked it up and it's about some guy selling a mower. This line got my attention on the web site: At 0turn.com we only show equipment we carry in stock. Our prices are way to low for us to list on our site and to give out over the phone. To get our low no haggle price you must come see us. Whateva.

You Are The Tube

Purchase info here.

A Real Glass Eye

Here.

Misunderstood Lyrics

Worth a giggle.

Those Charles Schwab . . .

real person/animated ads are hypnotic. You can watch some of them here if you don't know what I'm talking about.

Pearl Jam . . .

. . . remember them? (The most waste of talent band in the history of ever.) Anyway, they have a new album coming out and this is the album cover. Suddenly, I want a fajita. (But I still stop down for "Jeremy" and "Better Man")

March Madness

The next two days are oddly weird, fun and depressing. It's Spring Break (which really means nothing to me) and the NCAA basketball tournament is firing up tomorrow. So at around 11:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, it will be the start of 48 NCAA basketball games played in four days. Some of those games are at the AAC in Dallas. I've already checked. It's sold out. So I'll just go to work like a regular guy.

My Spin Zone

The guy keeps writing books, the guy keeps getting more and more paranoid, but is this the best possible picture he could come up with for his next book that will be released in September? I think he may be near death. (And, buddy, lose the flag. It's cheesy.)

Google Calculator

In the Google search box type in any equation to get a quick result . . . 2232/12 34 * 45 232 + 8 + 76 57856/ 12

Think This Might Push Her Over The Edge?

"HOUSTON — Rusty Yates, whose former wife drowned their five children in a bathtub in 2001, said Tuesday that he is getting remarried." And I'd be a little worried about the sanity of the new bride.

Oddest Story Of The Night

"AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The reigning Miss Deaf Texas died after being struck by a train, officials said."

Sharon Stone . . .

. . . may be promoting her new film, Basic Instinct 2, by kissing a wall in Israel.

Bad And Good

From a story in the Star Telegram: The Tarrant County Commissioners Court approved temporary funding Tuesday to continue operating the county’s drug task force as state officials debate how to spend dwindling federal narcotics grant money. [Editorial Comment: That's a bad use of taxpayer money] The court agreed to spend $465,000 to fund the county’s narcotics team through June 30 — a 90-day stop-gap measure — while it awaits word from the state on its grant applications. [Editorial Comment: That's waaaay too much money] [Editorial Comment: Now the good news about your tax dollars] Federal grants, distributed through the Texas governor’s office to fund narcotics enforcement in Texas, have declined nearly 70 percent to $14 million this fiscal year, compared with $33 million in 2004-05, said Rachael Novier, a spokeswoman for Gov. Rick Perry.