Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen

7.28.2006

The Cowboys Open Camp Today With A Press Conference at 2:00 p.m.

But it's the college game that will always get my attention. And I already dislike this couple.

Important Friday Questions

(1) Is the more appropriate name for the last meal of the day "dinner" or "supper"? For some reason, I refuse to utter the word "supper". (2) Hypothetically, if someone you see two or three times a week were to get, uh, an augmentation of the, uh, upper front of her body, uh, should you ignore it or comment it upon it when you first see her? (These are actual questions I have been confronted with in the last 24 hours. I have to solve lots of problems)

7.27.2006

Hero

The lady that was kidnapped this weekend (and ended up driving that big rig across the Southwest Proper on its rims) was all over the TV today. Some folks asked if she considered herself a "hero." Not a chance. My standard of "hero" is so high that I'm not sure many people ever achieve it.

Hot Sports Opinion

I was down in my Sports Laboratory tonight after learning that former UT quarterback Vince Young had signed a contract with the Tennessee Titans that guarantees him $25.7 million. And I came up with this: Vince Young will be an NFL failure. Not because he isn't a tremendous athlete (I've often said he's the greatest college player ever), but because there is not an NFL coach or NFL offensive coordinator with the guts to throw out everything they've ever learned and design an offense specifically for this guy. Print this out and put it in your wall safe. You'll pull it out in a few years and realize that I am a sports genius.

So Odd

So I'm at a grocery store in Fort Worth this evening (dont' ask), all set to go in and get some chicken and 96/4 hamburger meat. I don't get out of the car immediately because I'm laughing at something on "The Ticket's Top Ten" on the radio. Give me a couple of minutes and the segment would rap up. But I look to my left and see a guy sitting in this van. I wonder if he's listening to the same thing I am. We both sit there listening to the radio. So I finally get out of my car and am surprised to hear the refrains of Billy Idol's "White Wedding" blaring from the guy's van. What the heck? He's sitting in the car listening to that? So I give him the benefit of the doubt and think he's probably brain dead from the wife and kids who are presumably in the store while he waits. I'll give the guy a break. It may be his only peace and quiet for the next 10 days. But I come out of the grocery store fifteen minutes later and the van is there but he's gone. (So I take a picture of it.) I would never sit in a van. I would never delay my schedule to listen to "White Wedding." I pray I never sit in a van listening to "White Wedding."

Casablanca

Huh?: Yet another movie I rented because I felt I needed to see it. Was I Excited To See It?: Not a chance. Put it in the DVD player, pushed "play", and was prepared to be bored senseless. Was I Bored?: Not a chance. This movie was very good and surprisingly smartly written. Confused?: Yep, I had to research why in the heck Casablanca in Africa was under the control of the French. What I Didn't Know: There are about 10 memorable lines in this movie, most of which I had no idea were attributable to the movie. And the music made me think about "When Harry Met Sally".

Seventh Inning Stretch

That allegation could certainly hurt his second job.

John Stossel Gets B Slapped

This is from a 20/20 segment in 1984. It's still shocking.

Twice In Once Week?

In light of the Andrea Yates' verdict, it'll be interesting to watch the Tarrant County trial going on right now about a Keller woman accused of killing her girl. Yep, it's the insanity defense. Edit: Heard on the radio last this afternoon that she was found guilty.

Terrell Owens Has A MySpace Page

Come on, be T.O.'s friend. Or not.

If He Wasn't Famous Before, He Will Be Now

I really don't care too much about this, but it is big news. He tested positive on the day that he made up a bunch of minutes to take the lead for good - that seemed superhuman at the time, and I guess it was. And what's weird is that no one can find him now.

Playground Idiocy

I hope the kids weren't hurt. (Youtube.com video here.)

Disturbing

I always check out "Yahoo's Most Emailed Photos" but this morning there is a very disturbing picture among the twenty that are on the first page. It bears this caption: A relative looks at the bodies of Shahd Okal, 8 months, right, and her sister Maria, 5, at the morgue of Kamal Edwan hospital in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 26, 2006. Shahd and Maria where killed when an Israeli artillery shell landed on their house, Palestinian hospital officials said. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) The picture shows no "relative" but does show two dead children on a slab. That can't possibly be the photo that was intended to be posted by Yahoo.