Slow Posting Day

Instead enjoy the cat fight. (And the Republicans need a better spokesperson on The View.) I'm glad I don't have to live with any of these women.

The Big Story Of The Morning

You know, nothing surprises me anymore. I struggle between these two important and fundamental beliefs: "society is generally good" or "society is generally bad." I don't know. (Full corruption story here.)

That Didn't Take Long

I was watching an invention called the television tonight when this ad appeared. And although all "royalties" will be donated to charity, I seriously doubt that all "profits" will have the same destination.

The Gift Of Higher Education

Youtube.com clip here. I found this on a Longhorn blog. It was posted in October of this year with the caption of "Tensions run high at the Texas/OU watch party. " Warning: There is more cursing in it than in an episode of the Sopranos. Although some viewers might find the girl screaming "stop it!!!" to be perhaps less offensive but more annoying.

Just Liked The Photo

One Final Halloween Pic

Lindsay Lohan dressed for the holiday last night. At least I think that's a costume.

Landmark Study?

Red wine keeps fat mice alive longer. If this was stuck in the back of a science journal, then so be it. But the Dallas Morning News had it on its home page this afternoon.

"My stuffed toy will stop this celebration!"

I've given up trying to upload the photo. Here's the link.

Wednesday Afternoon Pick Me Up: William Shatner's "Keep It Gay"

I'm Glad Those Rick Perry Ads . . .

. . . make it so simple for me. He calls Bell a Liberal. Liberal is a bad word. So I should vote for Perry. Hmmmmm. That's so easy. I didn't even have to think.

I Hate Basketball

Wasn't it only last week when the Mavs choked and now the NBA season is starting up? The season is too freakin' long!!! But you had to giggle when the Miami Heat opened their season last night by hoisting their World Champion Banner to the rafters and then going out and getting drilled by 42 points. Good times.

Now There Are Only 99 Conservative Talk Show Hosts On The Air In DFW

Not that you listened (I'm not sure anyone listened) but KLIF's conservative fire breathing dragon Daryl Ankarlo is packing it up and moving to Phoenix. That guy was a nut case.

I Don't Know

Edit: Explained here.

Hey, Now

Matt Lauer of the Today Show made a famous appearance a few years back as J-Lo on Halloween. Today he didn't do much but Ann Curry tried to be Cher and fill-in Natalie Morales (who really jazzes me) came as Madonna. And the "Hey, Now" is in no way directed towards Ann Curry.

The Politics of Dancing . . . Or Quotes

John Kerry, the former almost president, found himself in hot water today for saying the following when speaking of college students: "You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq." There's no way he can talk his way out of that. He called the troops dumb - no way around it - and that's a battle that can't be won in the court of public opinion. But Bush didn't help his cause by responding with "the members of the United States military are plenty smart." (youtube.com clip here.)

Meaningless Trivia

For those of you that watch Lost, you might be interested to know that the guy that plays Sawyer appeared in Aerosmith's 1993 video Cryin' where he steals Alicia Silverstone's purse. (He shows up at the 3:30 mark if you have a youtube.com interest.)

Reposted From Last Year Because I Laugh Every Year When I Think About It

My good friend Kevin Clark tells the story of his first year of handing out candy in his Fort Worth neighborhood on Halloween. As the night wore down, a few stragglers were still knocking on doors. Kevin had run out of treats late in the evening but that, of course, didn't stop his doorbell from ringing one more time. As he looked around his house for something to to give in lieu of candy, he saw a "change dish" with a variety of loose coins that had accumulated over time. As Kevin tells it, he grabbed a handful of coins, opened the door, dropped the coins in the kid's basket and told him "Happy Halloween". To Kevin's horror the kid turned, ran to the edge of the front porch, and screamed for all potential trick or treaters to hear: "He's giving away mooooooooooney!!!!!"

Halloween Night

The night I shut off all my lights and hide in a back room. Good times. (Random pic. Uh, no, they aren't back there with me.)