Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen

1.17.2007

If This Blog Had A Library Card

Very Random Music Thought

The song "True" by Spandau Ballet won't go away. I really, really liked it when it came out in 1983, but I'm amazed at how it continues to show up. (You've heard it - proof here.) If you listen to any contemporary station right now (and this is what prompted me to start typing at this moment), it has raised its head again in the form of some song named "You" by somebody named "Lloyd." (I don't know, either.) But it's had second lives along the way. The song is the underlying beat in "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" by P.M. Dawn and "N Dey Say" by Nelly. Both cool songs. Throw in its appearance in movies from "Sixteen Candles" to "The Wedding Singer" to "The Wedding Crashers" and it's a major pop culture player.

Six Feet Under

I just heard a rumor about a funeral home buyout in Wise County but I can't verify it. Developing . . . (Unless it was in today's Messenger which I haven't seen yet. If that's the case, uh, nevermind.)

R.I.P. Passions

NBC has announced that the soap opera Passions (which, based upon my limited Internet research, is one weird show) has been canceled. In its place will be a freakin' fourth hour of The Today Show. And to certainly cause my early death, this fourth hour will be hosted by Ann Curry and Al Roker. Since I'm drawn obsessively to things that drive me crazy, I'll be TIVO'ing it ever day. Ann, I'll be watching your every move. (As I have many, many times before.)

Not Me. Not Me. Not Me.

There are some press reports that Brit might be pregnant yet again. I doubt if it's true but I sooooo wanted to post this pic.

I Made It In To Work

. . . thanks to a sled, my trusty team of dogs, and a flask of whiskey. There are lots of bodies out there - this Arctic Blast II of 2007 has taken no prisoners. But I got a little carried away when I shook my fist at the heavens and proclaimed, "Hey, Wintery Mix! You can't touch me!"

Pete Delkus . . .

. . . is gaining enemies. Fast.

Idol Fans

I don't watch American Idol but if you do and you want to see the MySpace pages of some of last night contestants, someone has rounded them up for you.

Not Me! Not Me! Not Me!

Story.

Screenshot

. . . of the prediction for this morning's weather as shown by Fox 4 News last night. Nice job.

My Favorite Lines From The News This Morning

Channel 8's Cynthia Vega (who is on the street near Everman) said "It has truly been a lethal mix of sleet and snow." Fox 4's Tim Ryan said that he had "called home to speak with my child bride" to get a weather report. Genius.

School Delays? Closings

This is what I have found ~~but it could change~~ and my news team has confirmed it to be 100% accurate. Decatur ISD - Closed Bridgeport ISD - KXAS & KDFW now changed to"closed" Boyd ISD - Website shows "closed" (now confirmed at KXAS) Chico ISD - KXAS now changed to"closed" Alvord ISD - WFAA now changed to "closed" Paradise ISD - KXAS has updated to "closed" --------------------- To cause mass confusion, the Messenger Update reads this at 7:49 a.m.: BREAKING NEWS - SCHOOL CLOSINGS - Due to icy weather, the following schools are closed today: Decatur, Slidell and Northwest. Delayed: Chico until 10 a.m., Bridgeport until 10:30 a.m., Boyd until 10 a.m., Paradise until 10 a.m.. Edit: At 7:51 p.m., the Update had been, well, updated to show all Wise County schools as closed.

1.16.2007

Enough Sports. Time To Appease My Tens Of Thousands of Female Fans

And Details magazine doesn't look that bad.

Cotton Bowl

As the Dallas City Council foolishly considers investing $50 million in upgrades of the Cotton Bowl, it is time to come to the realization that the stadium's days are numbered. The Cowboys' new stadium will open in about three years - it will be a showplace of showplaces - and the New Year's Day Game and the OU/Texas game will move there at the drop of the hat. I love the Cotton Bowl. I have a very vague memories of my parents taking me there when I was in elementary school to watch the Cowboys play the Green Bay Packers. I was just a junior high kid when I watched SMU and Houston play there (I took a bus with a bunch of other kids from the Bridgeport Methodist Church, but that's all I remember.) I was there when Baylor played Alabama in 1981 in the Cotton Bowl Classic - a disturbing loss. I went to other New Year's Day games just for the heck of it: A&M and Notre Dame, BYU and Kansas State (an 80 degree day), Oregon and Colorado (with an empty stadium in freezing weather), and Texas Tech vs. Alabama. I was there about six years ago when OU's Roy Williams hit UT's Chris Simms in the end zone as the game winning interception was thrown. And I was there with good friends in the late 1980s when we decided to watch a Carter High School playoff game simply because we had heard so much about them. But tradition is only tradition. And time moves on. Far too quickly.

Old Cowboy Fans . . .

. . . like me, check out this presentation on the NFL Network: Monday, Jan. 22, 7:30 p.m.: Super Bowl XIII, Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys; Announcers: Curt Gowdy, John Brodie and Merlin Olsen (NBC) That's not the glorified NFL Films crap, but a replay of the actual broadcast. It was my senior year in high school, and I watched the game with friends across the street at a neighbor's house. I was sick to my stomach after the game was over - I wish I still cared that much.