1.10.2007

Former Maverick . . .

Jason Kidd has filed for divorce from his smokin' hot wife. Kidd accused her of "physically and mentally abusing him" and that she exhibited "extreme and unwarranted jealousy and rage." Sounds like a good Saturday night to me.

She Was In The Ten Commandments?

LOS ANGELES – Yvonne De Carlo, the beautiful star who played Moses' wife in “The Ten Commandments” but achieved her greatest popularity on TV's slapstick comedy “The Munsters,” has died. She was 84.

Still One Of My Favorite Clips

There's Nothing Worse . . .

. . . than driving to Jack County only to find out that your court appointed client decided there was something more important to do than to show up for court. But, as I stood around in a daze, I learned the courthouse was part of the New Deal.

"Hey, I Was Just Focusing on the Half Nelson"

Well there goes my plan to spend this weekend videotaping a high school girls' wrestling match. Story here. The crazy criminal statute referenced is here.

Oh, The Con Carne

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James Brown Died On Christmas Day

He hasn't been buried yet.

1.09.2007

Poll Results

I Don't Know

Kill Me. Kill Me Real Hard.

From Jay Leno last night: "In the Bronx, two men are being called heroes after a 3-year-old fell from a five-story fire escape and they caught it. Luckily for the kid, it wasn’t Tony Romo. He would have dropped him.

As you know, Tony Romo dropped the ball on a field goal attempt, costing the Dallas Cowboys the game. But the good news is today he picked up an endorsement deal: It’s the ‘Tony Romo’s Butterfinger.”

Random Lawyer Thought

The fact that I can sit in my comfy chair and listen, via a wireless Internet connection on a laptop, to arguments before the Supreme Court in 1989 over whether burning the American flag can constitutionally be a criminal act, is absolutely amazing. (Actual photo of the flag burner - A guy who probably is not welcome at, say, Bridgeport's Butterfield Stage Days.)

I'm Just Happy To Have A Side Room

D.R. Horton is a huge homebuilder based in Fort Worth (even bigger than Bridgeport's Brazier Construction.) Anyway, the above headline was all over the news today as proof the housing slump is not over. So how many sales orders did D.R. Horton receive for that terrible fourth quarter of 2006? That would be contracts to build 8,771 homes worth $2.29 billion. May we all work for a company that has such a bad quarter.

Quietly Into The Night

Back in 2000, the Texas Seven escaped from the Texas prison system and, as a consequence, Irving Police Officer Aubrey Hawkins ended up dead in the parking lot of an Oshman's in Irving on Christmas Eve. I remember his mother, Jayne Hawkins, being all over the news filled with venom for her son's killers. (She eventually sued TDC but the case was dismissed and she was ordered to pay court costs. She wasn't happy.) Without fanfare, her obituary appeared in the Dallas Morning News today.

"Ugly Betty" Isn't

Since You Been Gone

Best Transvestite In A Daytime Drama

All My Children has unveiled a transvestite. I really liked the way he/she said, "sexzeeeee bra." I just hope Erica Kane has all her girl parts.

Oops.

Another open mic on a news station set leads to yet another F Bomb being broadcast. A very violent F Bomb. Here. Poor, Buzz.