Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen

6.11.2006

Sports

Sports Illustrated had it right when it evaluated Dirk before the 1998 NBA draft (except for the Keith Van Horn comparison).

As I'm working my way through Gone With The Wind (which takes a while when you watch it in icrements of 40 minutes on a treadmill), I kept thinking that Scarlett's father looked very familiar. Yep, I figured it out: He was "Uncle Billy" in It's A Wonderful Life.

And to give him full props, his name was Thomas Mitchell.

Channel 8 and Boogey Bob

Channel 8 sucked the life out of me this morning with a Mavericks Special hosted by Debbie Denmon. In addition to having a bunch of fans brought into the studio to scream at me, the show hit its high point with this interview of Boogey Bob. You have to watch for (1) Debbie's over-laughing, (2) Bob referencing "my partner" and (3) Bob dancing in studio to what he referred to as a Christian song.

Oh, The Humanity!!!!

"MIAMI — Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, developed Sunday from a poorly organized tropical depression in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and appeared likely to carry heavy rain to Florida, forecasters said. "By midday, the storm had maximum sustained wind near 45 mph, up 10 mph from early in the morning, the National Hurricane Center said. " The Walmart parking lot is more dangerous that Tropical Storm Alberto.

6.10.2006

Let's Give Everyone A Trophy

I noticed in the Morning News today that Denton High School had three "co-valedictorians" and and four "co-salutatorians". Denton Ryan High School had four "co-valedictorians". Can we please carry out the grades to the 1000th of a point so we can have a winner?

Frankly, Scarlett

Did You Have A Good Time, Honey?

That's the guy from Entourage.

Posthumously Indict?

I almost spit out my grilled chicken last night when this Fox 4 news clip told me that a Dallas grand jury had declined to indict James Roberson "posthumously". What? A grand jury considered indicting a dead man? I thought they had to have their facts wrong. Until the Dallas Morning News confirmed it. The only thing I can think of is that it was to do with "clearing" him so that he can be buried in a VA cemetery. Still, that is odd.

The World Cup

Starting yesterday, the World Cup began (that's soccer matches amongst countries) which will take the world by storm - except in the U.S. Despite the fact that every guy and girl in America under 35 grew up playing soccer, it just cannot catch on as a spectator sport. Can't say I blame us. From ABC News last night: The World Cup will be viewed by 32 billion people - 300 times more than the Super Bowl. [Edit: I commentor questioned how 32 billion could watch the World Cup when that number exceeds the world's population. Good question. But that's what ABC said: 10 second video is here. And if you think he says "million" - nope - he says that the number is 300 times more than the number that watch the Super Bowl which would get you to 32 billion.]