Word Tired Head

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Kellen Winslow is a Soldier (You know, the kind that has no chance of being killed)

I'm always looking for guys to cheer against, and Kellen Winslow is one of them. This clip was from his final year of college before he was drafted in the first round of the NFL draft. Year One went badly because he broke his leg after a couple of games. Year Two was worse since the nutcase blew out an ACL during a motorcycle accident before the season got started. Bring on Year Three. And I love his first line, "I don't give a hell."

We Have The First Bush Presidential Veto

Story. Yep, it's his first one ever. But I'm not convinced he understands stem cells, either.

The Drive Through At Taco Bell . . .

. . . in Decatur is the busiest one in the history of ever.

Oil Dipped Below $73 A Barrel Today

Since Israel and Hebollah began raining missiles down upon one another, the cost of oil has gone down. Remember that the next time you hear some Talking Head say that oil prices have risen "due to fears about tension in the Middle East."

From The Window To The Wall

As the great Craig Miller of The Ticket explained this morning (in light of the accusations that a hip hop song led to the death of two guys in downtown Dallas this weekend?): Can music influence a person? Yeah! A sentimental song makes us feel sappy. A dance song makes us once to dance (I break out into the cabbage patch). An angry song of rage makes us feel, well, rage. But that doesn't mean a song caused the death of those two guys. It's not all black and white - 100% of the cause or 0% of the cause. Mix in some alcohol, drugs, adrenalin, testosterone, rivalries, girls, and "Put Yo Hood Up" and then you might have something. (And I laughed when co-host Gordon Keith said, "You think they would have spell checked the title to that song.")

Christina Aguilera Always Jazzes Me

News

Senate approves embryo stem cell bill. I'll be honest, I don't understand stem cell research - I had trouble with chemistry and biology in school. But the word "stem" in "stem cell" reminds everyone of "brain stem" - that contributes to the controversy.

How You Doin'?

I received another "Nigerian letter" tonight offering me 25% to help them transfer funds to my bank account. I always respond with an email that says, "I'm so excited! Do you need my bank account number or anything?" A portion: "My mother died when I was just 4 years old, and since then my father took me so special. Before his death on Febuary 12 2003 he called me and disclose to me that he had a sum of the Twelve million, Five hundred thousand United State Dollars.(USD$12.500,000) deposited in a suspense account with one of the local banks here in Abidjan, IvoryCoast. He also said he used my name to Deposit the fund with the bank as his only daughter, as well as the next of kin to the fund. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money to and use it for investment purposes."

Like You Care

But I absolutely love HBO's Entourage. (Especially this week's episode.)

Linday Lohan For The Heck Of It

Oh My!

I noticed on the news this morning that Airport Freeway had been completely shut down due to a car hitting a pedestrian. (For those that know the area, if you drive east on 820 past Northeast Mall you'll eventually come to the exit for Grapevine/North Entrance of DFW Airport -that's the area of the accident). Anyway, like I said, all lanes were shut down. Now we know why: It is not clear how long Elna Kitchens may have waited for a ride after her treatment at Harris Methodist HEB Hospital in Bedford. After being discharged at 4:40 a.m. Tuesday, the 77-year-old Haltom City woman was apparently trying to get home when she walked away from the hospital, police said. Less than an hour later, Mrs. Kitchens wandered into busy traffic in the 2400 block of Airport Freeway. She was struck and killed by a car around 5:30 a.m. "We are not sure how she got where she was, but she was walking northbound across the westbound lanes of [State Highway] 183," said Bedford police Lt. Kirk Roberts. (Full Story)

Woody Hayes Career Ender

I was Jonesin' for some college football when I came across the punch that ended coach Woody Hayes' career at Ohio State. There is not play by play to this clip but I saw it on ESPN Classic a couple of years ago. Commentator Keith Jackson never, not once, acknowledged to the audience that Hayes had struck the player (which comes at the 12th second).

105.1

Officially at DFW airport at 4:00 p.m.

Jimmy Johnson . . .

. . . is tan.

This Is Boring

But it's possibly a great story for the Messenger. There is a great, infuriating, and very long story in today's Washington Post. It's about drought relief the feds gave out to ranchers who didn't need it, some of whom live in North Texas. An excerpt: No state did better than Texas. In the end, all 254 of its counties qualified. Ranchers in counties without droughts collected $45 million in 2003, on top of the $67 million that had flowed to the state in 2002. In northern Texas, Cooke County ranchers qualified for $906,000 in 2003 on the basis of an ice storm that hit the area more than two years earlier. Tim Gilbert, former head of the USDA county office, recalled that "there was no damage in Cooke County to the crops or livestock. Maybe a few pine trees got knocked down." I wonder how Wise County did? Skip, get after it.

There's Probably a Man Rule About This

Makes You Want To Buy A Condo In Downtown Dallas

From another blog: Many of you no doubt know about the shooting outside a club this past weekend [in downtown Dallas]. You may have even read in the DMN, that Lil' Jon's 'Put Yo Hood Up' was to blame. Or, as Steve Blow writes, "This time the link between the music and the dead is irrefutable." It's quite refutable, says Michael Davis. He says the song was on after the fight." And if you want to see the lyrics to "Put Yo Hood Up", just click here. But don't if you are easily offended. (Photo is from the Morning News)