I Think That's Funny

This is Seal and Heidi Klum driving away after purchasing a giant stuffed giraffe yesterday.

Killing Sex Offenders

So we have today's version of the Scarlett Letter: the list of people registering as sex offenders. Great idea, right? Well some brilliant guy in the northeast decided to kill two people he saw on the list (before blowing his own brains out). "Great!" you say. "We should kill all of them!" Right? Think again: One of the victims, 24-year-old William Elliott, was convicted four years ago of having sex with a girlfriend who was only days away from her 16th birthday.

Special Session

It's do or die for the Texas Legislature as they try to tackle school funding. It's good to know House Speaker Tom Craddick has introduced a variety of resolutions in support of this endeavor. Is it any wonder we are in such of a mess.

Texas Monthly Has Little Love For Tom DeLay

Tom Cruise . . .

. . . told GQ magazine that after his wife gave birth he would eat . . . OH, MY! I don't even know the appropriate utensil to use.

"Clerks" Sequel

I don't know what I think about this: There will be a sequel to the very, very funny movie "Clerks". It's called Clerks II. The trailer is here on youtube. But it'll be good to see Jay and Silent Bob again.

I Really Wish . . .

. . . there were some pics of Kelly Clarkson at the beach in a bikini and eating a hot dog. Well, guess what?

Kate Hudson is 27 Today

"Meetings" Talk

I have to be in a "meeting" at 7:30 a.m. That is too early to be doing anything. I detest meetings. Meetings give me Tired Head. Why do humans have this crazy desire to have "meetings".

"Lucy, I'm Home"

A fairly interesting story on the day that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes (finally) welcomed a child. In 1953, at the height of "I Love Lucy", the real Lucille gave birth to her first son on the same day that the TV series showed the episode of Lucy Ricardo giving birth to "little Ricky". Fairly interesting stuff: The word "pregnant" was never uttered on the show since the producers felt it would be too controversial. And the show of little Ricky's birth was seen by 44 million viewers. I don't know what the population of the U.S. was back then (I'm too lazy to look it up but I know its 300 million now), but I bet that was a huge chunk of the population.

Worth A Giggle

A Fox 4 News clip made me laugh tonight. Apparently a little skirmish broke out this weekend in the stands of an Orlando arena football game. A "lady" ends up getting booted onto the field. I uploaded the video to youtube here. (I looped the clip of the lady going flying a few times at the end of the clip). Good stuff.

The Webby Awards

The nominees for the best web sites on the Internet for 2006 are here. It's proof there is not enough time in the day to look at everything you find interesting.

Movie Review

The Movie: Hustle and Flow The Plot: A small time pimp wants to make it big as a hip hop artist Language: About a million F Bombs and plenty of the "n word" with the "a" ending Nudity: About two seconds Coolest Part: The creation of the hip hop song "Whoop That Trick" Hottest Chick: A wheels off white girl ho who I think I saw at Walmart the other day Most Famous For: Wise County resident Ken Harrision's Letter to the Editor rant about the song "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp" Did I Like It?: Absolutely Will You Like It?: Not if you think the confederate flag is about "our heritage"

Things You've Always Mistakenly Believed

For as long as I can remember, I have always referred to a certain skin condition as "enphentigo". A moment ago a very sweet lady at the courthouse, without calling me an idiot, told me it was actually "impetigo ". What else have I been mispronouncing all these years?

High Definition DVDs

Today is the first day you can buy high-definition DVDs. There's a slight catch: There are only two players available (one costs $499 and the other $799). And, get this, you have four movies to choose from: The Phantom of the Opera, The Last Samurai, Million Dollar Baby, and Serenity. (Hi-def can't even make Million Dollar Baby watchable). Source: DMN.

Noteworthy

A helicopter has crashed off of 380 on the west side of Denton. There's not much to it, but the DMN has a video of the scene on its web site. (Link).

An Actress From "Lost"

Nadia Comaneci

I haven't thought about the 1976 Olympic gymnast in quite some time. At least until today when Yahoo photos has an updated picture of her here.