Not Sure How We Missed This

A Boyd High Student was killed in a car wreck over the weekend in Azle. The Star-Telegram has the story here.

Dixie Chicks

Will probably appeal to only a few, but if you love the concept of Freedom of Speech, you have to check this out.

"Sealed Indictments"

ABC World News Tonight spent a great deal of time this evening on the meaning of "sealed indictments". (There's a crazy prosecutor in North Carolina who has indicted two Duke lacrosse players for rape of a drunk exotic dancer. The indictments are currently "sealed".) In Texas, a sealed indictment means only one thing: The accused hasn't been arrested yet so if the indictment were to be made public there is a chance the defendant might flee. Once the arrest is made, the indictment becomes a public record. This public service message . . .

Belated Easter Cartoon

But I'd Pay $10 For Good Salsa

Oil was up over a dollar a barrel today breaking the $70 barrier. Gas will crack $3.00 a [edit] gallon next week and then may go higher. I don't understand supply and demand. I'm an economics idiot. (I still remember my brother - as we were standing in line at 5:00 a.m. to buy Journey tickets - telling me in 1981 that it was important that I understand the "law of diminishing returns". I didn't then. I don't now. ) "Supply" should only be a factor if there are shortages. About 15 years ago there was a shortage of lumber - you had to wait to get it - and prices went through the roof. There is no shortage of oil. "Demand" makes a little more sense. Prices are set at what the market will support. A star athlete is paid $5 million a year because someone is willing to pay it. With that being said, over the last 10 years most Americans would have paid more than the standard $1.50 - $1.70 a gallon because they had to have it. Yet prices remained low. So why the sudden rise in prices now? I don't understand what is going on.

I Think I'm Actually Tired Of Seeing This Girl Everywhere

Sports Radio News

Dale Hanson is leaving The Ticket for ESPN radio. An explanation is here. I personally won't miss his twice a week blathering of his commute from Waxahachie, having trouble at airports, or how great Troy Aikman was. But I still like him on TV. (Wow, look for an image of "Dale Hanson" through Google image search and not a single picture turned up). Edit: In the spirit of kick me while I'm down, I won't change the above post. Idiot. Idiot. Idiot.

Tom Cruise Still Crazy

Here's a one minute youtube clip of Cruise being interviewed by Diane Sawyer (it aired a couple of days ago). He gets email messages on his Blackberry regarding the status of Katie Holmes' pregnancy and he shows it to the camera. ABC had to blur out either the email address or cell phone number.

Record Heat (Source: Dallas Morning News)

"Giddy Up, Again"

"Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie concluded opening week for its 10th Spring Thoroughbred Season with a 17.9% gain in attendance and 5.8% jump in betting compared to 2005 business levels. ... All told, 46,164 customers attended Lone Star Park Thursday through Sunday compared to 39,154 in 2005. Betting, both on and off-track, totaled more than $10.8 million versus $10.2 million a year ago."

Jernnifer Garner is 34

So Wrong

Dear Lord, Please Let This Woman Give Birth

No Crime

This is based upon the comments to the Random Pic blog below. Yes, a man was arrested last week in Decatur for "rubbing himself" on a slide in a park. The bad news is that the most he can be charged with is a Class C Misdemeanor (Disorderly Conduct) punishable only by a fine up to $500. Not to get graphic, but the facts are that he rubbed himself over the clothes. Nothing was exposed. With that, you get yourself a Class C - the equivalent of a traffic ticket. Don't yell at the cops. Don't yell at the prosecutor. Don't yell at the judge. They are bound by the law and that's what the law is.

"Go ahead and arrest me. She is in there. I chopped her up."

The sickest crime in quite a while. (This was the subject of an Oklahoma Amber Alert on Friday).

Random Pick

Anna and Chris... Originally uploaded by Hensdill.

Tax Returns

President Bush Income: $735,180 Charitable Contributions: $75,560 Taxes Paid: $187,768 VP Dick Cheney Income: $8.82 million (can you say "Haliburton"?) Charitable Contributions: $6.87 million Taxes Paid In: $2,468,566 Refund: $1.9 million Source: Here and here

Oh, Have Times Changed

"Nearly half of Americans believe their government should mind its own business internationally and only one third approves of how US President George W. Bush is handling Iraq, a USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll says." "Bush's rating, which rose from 32 percent in September to 39 percent in the ensuing months, has fallen back to 32 percent in the latest survey, the USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll said." (Story)