Now I Have No Reason To Put Up With Terry Bradshaw

Horrible news: The very perky Jillian Barberie, who served as the weather girl for Fox's NFL Pregame Show, won't be back this year.

Hollow Victory

Story from the Dallas Morning News. Hey, the Plaintiffs weren't after Goodrich (he's been broke for a long time), they were after the Silver City Cabaret for allegedly serving him drinks causing him to become intoxicated. They just forgot one aspect of their case: Proof. Every one "guesses", "surmises", and "speculates" that Goodrich was drunk, but there is no evidence of that. A lot of lawyers these days seem to have a hard time understanding that.

Wise County On The Web is still . . .

Edit: At 5:53 p.m., we came back to life. Edit 2: Sheesh, it's down again.

Yahoo! Music

I finally started experimenting with Yahoo! Music and I have to say, I'm amazed. The concept is this: (1) For $4.99 a month, you can search and listen to basically any song you want on your computer (or home networked computer). Want to listen to every song on REM's 1988 Eponymous album? Bam, there it is. There is hardly a one second pause before the music comes flowing. I cannot stress enough how large the library of music is. (2) For an extra small monthly flat charge, you can download all the songs you want (unlimited number) to play on your MP3 player. (3) If you want to download the songs to burn to a CD (and keep them "forever") the charge is 79 cents a song. (4) By ranking songs and artists you like, Yahoo! Music begins to suggest bands to you that you've never heard of - and you'll love 'em. (5) Throw in an Internet radio package which has 150 commercial free stations, and you've got yourself a heck of a deal. (Even odder: Yahoo "creates" a radio station designed just for you based upon your music rankings). The Yahoo site is here. A PC Magazine review of the service is here. (3)

Hornbuckle Trial

The defense in the hip hop pastor sexual assault case in Fort Worth rested this morning without calling any witnesses (including the defendant). Yeah, the State has to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. Yeah, the defendant has a right not to testify. Yeah, the jury can't hold it against the defendant if he doesn't testify. But . . . I think that's a dangerous strategy.

Only To Be Followed By Perry Como (or not)

I walk through WinStar Casino on the Oklahoma border about two years ago and almost died of lung cancer. But, as I listen to one its radio ads this morning, I wonder exactly what demographic they are appealing to: Their headline entertainer for Labor Day Weekend is . . . Chubby Checker. The ad had text of "Come do the Twist at WinStar Casino . . . . " Can you imagine that crowd when he actually fires up the Twist?

Crazy Week So Far (From the Update)

Power Down

And I'm not sure what the problem is with the server at www.wisecounty.com this morning. I'll dispatch 100 well trained engineers to come up with an answer.

Don't Let The Bedbugs . . .

The Today Show is doing another feature on bedbugs this morning. I swear they do this story every two weeks! There was even an interview of Gary Alpert of Harvard University to discuss this "problem". And they even brought a bed on stage to show how you should examine it to look for the little critters. And they assigned, appropriately enough, Ann Curry to do the story. I can't help but picture Ann with bedbugs devouring her body.

A Nicollette Sheridan Tuesday

Big Bag Of Nothing

I've looked around but there is very little interesting happening out there. I saw Boy George sweeping the streets of New York, a quasi-revealing pic of Lindsay Lohan, a recall of Dell computer laptops, and Kate Hudson separating from her husband. None were worthy of a link. I promise to do better.

From A DMN Blog:

The Cowboys-Seahawks exhibition game pulled a ridiculously high 14.2 rating on Saturday night. How ridiculous is it? That's better than Game 2 of the Mavericks-Suns playoff series, which pulled a 13.7. Heck, the 6-game Mavericks-Suns series averaged a 16.4.

From Decatur Looking West At 5:09 PM

Not My Future Seventh Wife

(New Star Telegram story).

Me At Rodeo Exchange

The complete cast of Dancing With The Stars 3:

Shanna Moakler (I have no idea) Jerry Springer (genius) Vivica Fox (not sure who she is) Emmitt Smith (used to play for the Arizona Cardinals) Willa Ford (fallen pop star) Joey Lawrence (Star, if you want to call it that, of Blossom) Tucker Carlson (idiot) Sara Evans (country singer I think) Harry Hamlin (bad actor)

As School Starts Up

DMN columnist Steve Blow had an unusually insightful column yesterday. An excerpt: Here's the myth: Schools educate children. Don't fall for it! Too many children have suffered already. Let me explain. Of course schools can help educate a child. But just like a book or a pencil, a school is only a tool. And a tool can only do so much. A book can't open itself. A pencil has no words of its own. And schools alone can't educate. Parents must be in charge of their children's education. To put it plainly: The success or failure of your child's education is up to you.

This, I believe.

I Learned Something From Kidd Kraddick This Morning

The "D" in "D-Day" stands for . . . . ? Anyone? Anyone?