And I had to sort through a bunch of neekid hippie pics just to find that one.
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9.19.2006
That "Burning Man" Stuff Makes Me Feel Normal
And I had to sort through a bunch of neekid hippie pics just to find that one.
9.18.2006
You Would Not Believe The Amount of Spam I Get
Even with a set of complicated filters, I bet I get 200 junk emails a day. Maybe more.
Slow Posting Day
Hectic day: Sitting #2 on the trial docket in the County Court this morning only to be released to run to Jacksboro to do a plea on a third degree felony.
I thought about running by Runaway Bay to see the burned down condos but didn't.
9.17.2006
Vanished
I also noted that the Messenger's Joe Duty had a photo published on the front page (!) of the Sunday Dallas Morning News as a "special contributor."
I tried to find it on the News' website but Joe, sadly, doesn't exist.
Uh Oh
Terrell Owens has broken a finger. His right ring finger to be exact.
A very expensive finger.
Midnight Express
Yet another movie I rented based upon the fact it's supposed to be a classic.
The Plot: Based upon a true story, a guy gets thrown into a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of the country.
Notable: Directed by Oliver Stone and the co-star is a very lean and very young Randy Quaid.
Why the name?: The only way to get out of prison is the Midnight Express - a name for "escape" - but as one of the characters says, "It doesn't run through here."
Lead actor trivia: A guy named Brad Davis was the star and did a great job. A little research revealed that he took his own life in the 1990s by assisted suicide after contracting AIDS.
Overall rating: Outstanding.
It's That Popular?
Saw a full page ad today for the Rockettes Christmas Show at Nokia Live in Grand Praire. Between November 10th and December 3rd, there will be 40 shows.
40!
There's that much of a demand for the Rockettes?
The Gaylord Texan Has A Nightclub?
Described as: "Glass Cactus" nightclub is a nearly $16 million, 39,000 square-foot venue, including 13,000 square feet of decking, overlooking Lake Grapevine. Glass Cactus will offer nightly live entertainment, dancing, creative cocktails, and "club cuisine".
I was able to find these two pics of it.
Paradise Makes The DMN Home Page . . .
. . . (in a sad way) as the paper covers the dangers of 18 wheelers.
9.16.2006
Concert Lifetime Review (Idea Admittedly Stolen)
1. Boston. (1976). I was 15 years old and went at the last minute with my high school buddies to see the band at the Tarrant County Convention Center. We bought tickets from a scalper and paid below face value: $8.00. (I am not making this up.)
2. Journey (3X). I was obsessed by them. Each appearance was at Reunion Arena and Loverboy opened up for them once. Greatness.
3. The Jacksons. (1981). Reunion Arena. This was, in essence, the Jackson 5 with Michael doing both the old stuff and new stuff. In retrospect, the show was outstanding.
3. Kansas. (1982). Reunion Arena. The band's lead singer was long gone but they didn't mention that in the advertisement. The arena was 1/2 way closed.
4. ZZ Top. (1986). Reunion Arena. My girlfriend got sick on the pot smoke and started crying when some guy groped her in a crowd.
4A. Amy Grant (1982). The concert was at some outdoor complex in north Dallas near LBJ and Coit. Nice venue. Nice show. I loved the girl I was with but she hated me.
4B. Kenny Loggins. (1987). Same outdoor complex. This was some organized event by my high tone Dallas law firm, but it was most memorable because of my girlfriend drinking one wine cooler and becoming drunker than Cooter Brown. It was the closest to the Bruce Willis "Blind Date" movie that I ever experienced.
5. Paul McCartney (1989 - I think.) Texas Stadium. I love the guy but my seats sucked so bad that I never got to enjoy the show.
6. Rolling Stones. (1990). Cotton Bowl. I was never much of a Stones fan but the show was good. The biggest memory was of how they only had one entrance open on both sides of the stadium which led to a very scary crush of people. Guys were putting their girlfriends on their shoulders to keep them from being crushed.
7. Garth Brooks. (1992). Reunion Arena. You know, not bad.
8. New Order. (1991). Smirnoff Music Center. My girlfriend suggested it about three hours before the show - I knew nothing about them. But I have never seen a concert morph into a dance floor like this experience. Top notch.
9. Restless Heart (1992). Billy Bob's. Maybe the only country concert I would ever dream of going to. It was great.
And I'm stunned I haven't gone to a concert in over a decade.
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