I Wonder If She Does the "Cabbage Patch"?

I had the craziest dream that former Rep. Tom DeLay wrote a letter to his supporters asking for them to support a contestant on Dancing With The Stars because she "represents good American values in the media." Then I woke up and found out it was true.

Channel 8 On Drugs

A very weird video of Brad Watson of Channel 8 explaining the governor's race by playing with dolls.

Not Guilty

A Wise County jury just found Charles Lawrence Vanwhy "not guilty" of aggravated sexual assault of a child after a two day trial. Stephen Wren and Jennifer Wren were the defense team.

I Didn't Even See "Britney Rears 2"

I Demand Sheriff David Walker To Do The Same Immediately

Or not.

I'm Getting My Back Tattooed Later Today

That's Ozzie Osborne's son, Jack.

Noppers

It looks like the "cell phone numbers will be released to telemarketers" false rumor is floating around again.

I Did Not Give This Ring To Lindsay Lohan

But somebody did. You could take all the diamonds of all my six ex-wives and it wouldn't be that big. (Even if you included the cubic zirconia one -which was pretty sweet.)

DMN Update

For those that care about the current status of the "buy out" of employees by the Dallas Morning News, here's and updated list. What a gutting.

Youth Football Chaos

Ok, you've probably seen the video of the coach knocking down the youth football player after the player had taken a cheap shot on another player. Yeah, the coach was out of line, but you would think the kid would at least admit he made a dirty play before the ugly incident. Oh, no. On this Today Show clip, the kid says he has "no idea" what prompted the coach's violent reaction. And mom fires off the hot sports opinion that the kid other coach needs to be in "prison."

Football Stuff

I loyal reader called my attention to this site for all of you high school football fanatics. I tend to see this site on a computer at the courthouse all the time. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

"Let's Hug It Out," - Ari from Entourage

I've Got One Just Like It

He Didn't Bring His NumChuck Skills

In this run of the mill story in the Morning News, this line later in the article caught my attention: "[The alleged victim] is a member of Woodrow's Variations choir and last year won a Napoleon Dynamite charity look-alike contest."

How Do You Spell That Again?

In case you missed it, Kosoul Chanthakoummane, 25, was arrested on a charge of capital murder late Tuesday in connection with the death of Sarah Anne Walker - the real estate agent from McKinney. I don't think she met him on the millionaire dating site they talked about.

Experiment Time

With a great deal of regret, I'll go into an experimental phase of prohibiting comments for (hopefully) a limited period of time. I'm not sure what has happened, but those comments have risen to a level of viciousness and crudeness that has even shocked the unshockable me. And I hate that. The comments, in my opinion, had been far more interesting than my content, and I know most people love checking them. But when anonymous hatred and bitterness permeates this stupid little hobby of mine, then the fun for me quickly diminishes. But a pattern has developed. Those that are willing to assign themselves a name (and, heaven forbid, a photo) become dog-piled to such an extent that they no longer post. I'm not even sure they stick around to read The Blog once they've stopped. And I certainly believe the current atmosphere is such that no one new would want to jump into the pile. I certainly wouldn't. But when jokes about incest and deceased babies appear alongside language that Tony Soprano would condemn, then it's time to reel this thing back in. And, too, it is personal for me. I'm simply tired of cringing as I worry about the reaction of friends and family that expect more of me than to let this go on. And, perhaps, it's time I expect more of myself. So, with that, let this become Red China and the censorship will begin . . . . . After this post.

Stolen From Another Blog As The President Continued The Politics Of Fear Today

Keith: "More over, Mr. Bush, you are accomplishing in part what Osama Bin Laden and others seek — a fearful American populace, easily manipulated, and willing to throw away any measure of restraint, any loyalty to our own ideals and freedoms, for the comforting illusion of safety."

Nothing could be truer than that right there. It’s not only insulting that Bush once said "they hate us for our freedoms" and then proceeded to strip away those freedoms with such things as the Patriot Act and the warrantless wiretapping, but he also constantly says how the key tactic of the terrorist is fear, while his administration is out on a daily basis delivering speeches that are geared towards scaring us.

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Now I Can Finally Rest