A Question I Heard This Morning

If you live in the same area as your parents, do you knock before you enter? If you knock, at what age did you start knocking?

My Favorite Protester

(Source)

Get Out Your Ethical Dilemma Meter

The Star-Telegram has a story of a 13 year old in Dubin, Texas who was allegedly raped in May. One month later she decides to consider an abortion and, this is where is gets tricky, a Dubin police officer drove the girl and her family to the clinic purportedly "to collect any remains as evidence." The police chief is catching heat. A couple of quotes: - "We want to know whether the Dublin police are in the abortion business." - "If we didn't take them, they might wind up having the abortion in a back room at somebody's home, and the victim might suffer even more," the chief said.

Best Line About Yesterday's "Big Chase"

DMN reporter Richard Abshire sums up the differing chase policies of Dallas Police Department and DPS: "Dallas cops radio in that they're about to run out of gas. State troopers radio in that they're about about to run out of ammo." (Source)

Well, That Didn't Take Long

Movie Talk

• 'Pirates of the Caribbean' was #1 at the box office for the third week in a row earning $35 million to bring its total to $321 million. That sets a new record for topping $300 million in just 16 days.
• 'Monster House' was second in its opening weekend with $23 million
• 'Lady in the Water' was #3 with $18.2 million.
• 'You Me and Dupree' hung around at #4 in its second week
• 'Clerks 2' was next with a disappointing $9.6 million in its debut.

The odd thing is that everyone I talk to that has seen 'Pirates' says, "It's kinda confusing."

"You're With Me, Leather"

I'm a little late to the party on this one, but the phrase "You're with me, Leather" is becoming quite the pop culture phenomenon. The phrase is a pick-up line reportedly used on a lady wearing leather pants by ESPN anchor Chris Berman in Scottsdale, Arizona. Wikipedia even has an entry about it. Fox Sports Southwest, as the screen shot shows, has joined the party.

Two Important Graphics . . .

. . . from ABC's World News Tonight

Odd

Amazon.com sells a three page article by Bill Parcells for $6.00. You gotta be kidding.

Traffic Jam

Highway 287 (northbound) was shutdown by DPS in Rhome this evening (at least it was at 6:30) and it was a mess. The troopers were diverting the traffic on 287 to the service road that would lead past Dairy Queen AND the traffic coming from 114 was diverted to the same service road. From what I saw, traffic was backed up for a mile. I'm not sure what the problem was. I saw two trooper cars and two DOT trucks underneath the bridge that runs over 287 between Dairy Queen and the convenience store that houses Grandy's. I didn't see any remnants of a crash and there didn't appear to be a fuel spill. But I could be wrong.

OK, It's A Post For The Ladies (So They'll Stop Calling Me A Pig)

This is Matthew McSomebody.

Hey, Even Jesus Got Mad At The Money Changers

Baylor coach Guy Morriss was shootin' straight when he let his feelings be known about the Bears being picked last in the Big 12 preseason media poll. "Well, it kind of P.O.ed me to be honest about it," Morriss said. (Source) And the fact that the Bears have finished last since the Big 12 was created may have something to do with the prediction.

Lady In The Water

I saw it Saturday afternoon (big thumbs up to the Bedford's Movie Tavern off of Central on Airport Freeway - I'd never been there before). The Plot: A sea nymph (who isn't hot) turns up at an apartment complex in Philadelphia. All the residents team up to help her get back home by way of a giant eagle. The Real Plot: I wasn't kidding. That's the real plot. Suspending Disbelief: Not a single person in the apartment complex suggests that the sea nymph is just a nutcase on crack. Suspending Disbelief #2: No one turns on a television or a radio and I feel pretty comfortable in saying no one picks up a telephone. Worth Seeing: I'm still not sure.

The Optical Illusion . . .

. . . jackpot.

Tara Reid Is . . .

. . . smoking, drinking, and (gasp) eating fried food in the background.

Miss Universe Pageant

I watched just a little bit of the pageant last night (read: swim suit competition), but what I saw was very confusing. One of the commentators was extremely gay and was trying to throw down some extremely gay humor (i.e. "She's hot enough for me to want to change teams.") And then they introduced the judges and one of them was Emmitt Smith. Off.

Shark Jump
I'm not sure what is in his mouth.

Truck Chase On Rims

How long can this go on?