Texas Chainsaw Massacre

James Rose of Fox 4 News just reported that he had talked to the Wise County Sheriff and "he's got inmates standing by like a chain gang with chainsaws ready to cut open ways and make roads accessible." That's a funny visual.

Images From Fox 4's Report From Wise County

A Random Comment On WFAA.Com

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Official Weather Statement From Me

When I drove up to the courthouse at 2:00 p.m. (because it was raining), my official car thermometer read 68 degrees. When I drove back a little before 4:00 p.m., it read 41 degrees.

This Isn't Particularly Earthshaking . . .

. . . but Paula Abdul always seems like she's on crack. (This was from yesterday morning.)

Let's Talk Strippers

The Houston Police apparently don't have enough to do so they decided to arrest 11 strippers at a local club for various offenses. You want to see what the girls' book-in photos? Sure you do. The Smoking Gun has them.

Does This Change Every Year?

Beginning Monday, the "Cingular" brand name will start the process of being replaced with the name of "AT&T".

Derek Jeter and Jessica Biel Hang Out

Hey, now, Ms. New Booty (Source.)

I Am The Proud Defender of the Common Man

And I've got muddy footprints to prove it this morning.

Typing Errors

A faithful reader (whose real life job is to write down exactly what she hears), called me to complain about the numerous typos in the preceding blog entries. I immediately canceled her subscription.

Bad Liberal

Someone just pointed out to me that the courthouse will be closed on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King, J. Day but that my office will be opened. He said I should have my Liberal Card revoked.

Rhome. Rhome. Rhome.

They do the strangest things in Rhome. A former Rhome cop investigates the current chief and makes a recommendation to the council. The council fires the police chief. The council then considers hiring the former cop that conducted the investigation as the new part rime police chief.

Greg Oden

I don't much about this guy other than he's a 7' freshman basketball player for Ohio State that would probably be the first pick in the draft if he decides to go pro. He's definitely got game.

Saddam Hussein Second Video

The release of the second video of Saddam has been in the news over the last three days. Some claim that it shows his throat/neck was cut. I doubt that. I don't think any of use know what a rope would due to our neck if we were hanged. The video is here. Don't yell at me for posting it. Don't click on it if you don't want to see a dead body. (After all, how can you be offended by the product of this new democracy? Unless the democracy is nothing more than a lynch mob.)

I Would Never Post This

Not Me. Not Me. Not Me.

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Very Odd Memory

A story in the news today concerns a headstone found in Richland Hills of an infant that was buried around 1900. People are scrambling to figure out who the child was. Twenty-one years ago, during a summer break from law school, I took a girlfriend home to Wise County to let her see where I grew up (the relationship quickly ended for obvious reasons.) Anyway, we had an afternoon to kill so I took her to those plateaus that are west of Bridgeport. You know, those small mountains that are flat at the top - the ones that you can see for miles but no one talks about. I had remembered an old cemetery being up there - and by "up there" I mean on the top of one of the plateaus. Being a little strange even back then, I took my unsuspecting girlfriend to that remote location. I had never actually been in the cemetery and, once we arrived, we found it to be in a state of total disrepair. Weeds were high. Most of the headstones were broken. The place seemed to be abandoned. But I remember seeing grave after grave of infants that had died at the turn of the century. Unless I'm crazy, I could swear that some of the headstones had dates in the 1890s. I've never met anyone that has been to that cemetery.

Poor Judgment

One involving an affair and a cover up. One that involves the death of over 3,000 young men and women. I miss the 1990s.