I'm Scarred

Somebody mentioned this to me this morning at the courthouse: Apparently Rosie O'Donnell was on Nip/Tuck this week and had a ...uh....sex scene. Youtube.com has it now (but don't click on it if you normally yell about smut on TV because it is verrrry smutty.)

Criminal Confusion

I normally can read between the lines of any Texas story that involves the criminal jury system but this one has me beat. For the last 5 1/2 years, Montague authorities have been after Vickie Jackson, a former nurse, for the death of several of her patients. The trial was set to begin this week with the charge of capital murder but with the prosecutors not seeking the death penalty. These were the options: She would either be found "not guilty" or "guilty". If guilty, an automatic life sentence would be imposed and she would not become eligible for parole until after 40 years. So what happened? She pled "no contest" and was found guilty by the judge after a "brief hearing". So she gets an automatic life sentence and at least 40 year behind bars. Why plea? The only explanation was: " Her attorney Bruce Martin said Jackson, who has maintained her innocence since her 2002 indictment, pleaded no contest to avoid a trial because she did not want her daughter to be called to testify against her. Martin also said that Jackson felt it was important not to be convicted by a jury because she is not admitting guilt." Source. Doesn't make any sense. No lesser charge? No lesser punishment? Just give the State exactly what they want?

Leelee Sobieski Always Reminds Me Of A Young Helen Hunt

War On Drugs Comedy

A while back I posted a photospread of the alleged effects of meth on a young lady. (I would link to it but I'm too lazy to go find it.) Now someone has taken these photos and produced this.

Redux

A reposting of the famous lady punch. Google video here.

Nothing Really Caught My Eye This Morning

Well, almost nothing.

Weird

Google Blogger is acting weird this morning. Some of the old posts have floated to the top. I have no idea why. There's some recent stuff about four posts down. Edit: Comment4U figured the problem out. Summary: Youtube.com has a feature called "Post to Blog". One click, and here it appears. For the last week it hasn't been working. That is, until this morning when all of those failed attempts from days past suddenly appeared on The Blog.

Angry Professor
I struggle with whether it's real, but it sure seems that way (36 seconds only).

Aggie Squeeze
There's no audio on this, but this clip from Saturday's Tech game is all over the Internet. The oddest tradition in the history of ever.

MC Trebek
Brief clip of Jeopardy where Trebek has to read rap lyrics. Pretty funny.

Get Your Guns Up - Tech Wins

So Wrong

Wise County, Gas and Septic Tanks

This is Fox 4 News' account of the gas pipeline explosion today in Wise County. It's fairly uneventful except for the "man on the street pasture" interview where we learn that most explosions in the county have to do with installation of septic tanks. Good times.

We Made The Dallas Morning News

Famous Picture. Less Famous Death.

I was just a kid when this happened in the 1968 Olympics, but I remember being fascinated by it. The photo is making the rounds today because the white guy, Peter Norman, has died of a heart attack. He wore a "human rights badge" on the podium in support of the two "Black Power" demonstrating Americans.

"I'd Love To Slip Them Off You"

For those of you who need to be brought up to date on exactly what was said by Instant Messenger between ex-Congressman Foley and an underage male page, check out this reenactment on youtube.com which is both so funny and so wrong.

Alicia Silverstone

. . . who I really haven't heard much about lately, turns 30 today.

Me Loves Me Some College Football