Happy 45th Birthday to George Clooney

(I got tired of getting yelled at for posting pics of scantily glad [edit:] clad females).

Little Late . . .

. . . on this one, but it was pretty good stuff when Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld was called on the carpet during a public speaking engagement on Thursday. This site has the audio clip as well as some supporting documentation. Two interesting facts: (1) the guy hammering on Rumsfeld was being escorted out but Rumsfeld stopped that and allowed him to stay, (2) the guy quoted Rumsfeld about saying he knew where weapons of mass destruction were, but Rumsfeld denied ever making that statement. The link above has Rumsfled statements from 2003 on This Week With George Stephanopoulos where he in fact did say it. A little Tired Head worthy, but good stuff.

We Will Be Met As Liberators

A British military helicopter crashed in Basra on Saturday [probably killing four], and Iraqis hurled stones at British troops and set fire to three armored vehicles that rushed to the scene. Clashes broke out between British troops and Shiite militias, police and witnesses said . . . . British forces backed by armored vehicles rushed to the area but were met by a hail of stones from the crowd of at least 250 people, who jumped for joy and raised their fists as a plume of thick smoke rose into the air from the crash site. The crowd set three British armored vehicles on fire, apparently with gasoline bombs and a rocket-propelled grenade, but the soldiers inside escaped unhurt, witnesses said. Yahoo Source

I Think I First Heard This In "Die Hard With A Vengeance"

As I was going to St Ives I met a man with seven wives And every wife had seven sacks And every sack had seven cats And every cat had seven kits Kits, cats, sacks, wives How many were going to St Ives? I never knew there were so many possible answers.

Mark Cuban

The gossip page that is Page Six has a brief article on Mark Cuban clubbing in Manhatten. Check out the sentence near the end of the article where Cuban makes a very odd reference to the relationship of his billions to his ....er...."unit." Edit: The link has already changed but here's one that describes it. Edit: And I moved the period inside the " - a sin I am constantly guilty of.

Gay Or Not Gay?

This conversation came up at the courthouse, and it's not a hypothetical. Is it gay for a guy to have two watches, one with a black leather band and the other with a brown leather band, and for him to decide which one he wears based upon the color of his shoes? Edit: Comment that made me laugh out loud: "It's only gay if you coordinate your watch band with the shoes of the man you're having sex with. "

Lunch Time Thoughts

- I wonder why the CIA director, Porter Goss, just announced his resignation. - I wonder why the lady in front of me at Quizno's got so frustrated with her purse that she had to exclaim "fiddlesticks!!!" - I wonder why I giggled at the term "fiddlesticks" - Didn't a lot of high school girls softball teams play a game in the playoffs last night? I wonder why I haven't heard the scores. - House Rep. Patrick Kennedy may or may not have been drunk two nights ago in Washington, but I'm amazed we can all look at the police report in less than 48 hours. - I hate the sound of Harley's (but here's a funny Harley v. Honda page). - Time Waste: Drive a car on the autobahn. Change lanes by using the forward/backward arrow keys on your keyboard. Hiliarity ensues.

Take Two Minutes . . .

. . . and giggle at the genius that is Gordon Keith of KTCK, The Ticket.

A Reason For Single Women To Reach For The Paxil

The Today Show a moment ago flashed this woman's picture on the screen and advised that she may be charged with being married to as many as 15 men at the same time. This woman?

Cinco De Mayo

It was about 20 years ago when I didn't know a single word of spanish - I turned to my co-workers at lunch and asked "When is cinco de mayo?" I was met by stares that haunt me to this day.

There's No Crying In Baseball

Nor do we need to. Don't look now, but your Texas Rangers are in first place having gone 15-5 over the last 20 games. And Kevin Millwood pitched a complete game last night.

Kinda Interesting

Channel 8 did a story on Decatur PD's capture of a bunch of, eek, illegal immigrants last week. It was shown on Monday. If you are entertainment deprived, you can watch it on the station's web site here. (If it requires registration, you can use passwords found here).

That "http://" Probably Isn't Necessary on UPS Trucks

Karl Rove Busts A Move

Source.

Meet-An-Inmate.Com

Link.

We Have Short Memories

Of all the hubbub about the jury giving a life sentence to Zacarias Moussaoui, I haven't seen a single story about an incident that was all over the news three months ago. As you may recall, government lawyer Carla Martin emailed trial transcripts to potential witnesses in violation of the trial judge orders. "To repair the damage, [Judge] Brinkema excluded six witnesses from the trial and barred testimony about aviation security, virtually gutting half of the prosecution's case," as CNN put it. I don't know if those witnesses would have impacted the jury's decision, but it's worth discussing. Or not.

A Public Service

This picture has been on Yahoo's Most Emailed Photos for days. I just wanted to let the public know about it as a public service. I think I saw her in the cheese section of Walmart on Tuesday.

I'd Marry David Finfrock For $40 Million

Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise have signed a 40 million dollar pre-nuptial agreement, clearing the way for their rumored wedding in July. The deal breaks down roughly like this: a 15 million dollar trust has already been set up for Holmes, whether she marries Cruise or not. If they marry and later divorce, Holmes will receive an additional 25 million from Cruise, who is said to be worth over 460 million dollars. This all comes as some comfort to Katie's family. (Source)