Slow Weekend . . . How About Some Cameraman Carnage

The slow motion is what makes it entertaining. And everyone surrounds the guy like he's just been shot in after a drive-by.

Britney Goes Commando!!!!

The heck with the war on Iraq, we've got a story here! More pics here.

Google Needs To Work On Its Text Parsing

I have a google news alert sent up for several local officials in the county. It is supposed to send me fresh news stories, but I often get a bunch of old ones. The above screenshot s is what I received today about Sheriff David Walker. That first one made me do a double take. But, rest assured, our Sheriff is still above reproach. (Link to that first story is here.)

Edit: A couple of comments haven't made it through the very detailed screening process. First, you can't call him that in a family friendly forum. And, sir, those Channel 4 reporter rumors need to be documented with seedy photographs.

I Think We Can Have It Both Ways

Congress passed a non-binding resolution today, 246-182, telling the President that sending more troops to Iraq is not-a-good.

I spent 10 minutes trying to find out how our representative voted but had no luck. (What's up with this Internet thing?) The best I could find was the above quote. I'm guessing she sides with W.

Jesus Bumper Stickers Are Popular These Days

This Was Crazy

This little girl was on The Today Show this morning for this reason: She has had a violent case of the hiccups for three weeks and they won't go away. All I had time for was to see the "teases" to the segment and there she sat, hiccupping in the most painful of ways.

It was one of the saddest things I've ever seen. (Ok, maybe an overstatement, but it was pretty sad.)

NBC has the video up on its website (and is surprisingly fast loading.)

Man, I've Heard Good Things About This

And it's coming to a mailbox near me.

Any Bets . . .

. . .on whether this teen beats down her classmates with her sanctimonious attitude? "Declaring . . . unclean?" Sheesh.

(DMN Letters to the Editor.)

Two Things . . .

. . . people ask me about that I'm not particularly interested in:

The Daytona 500 (lots of cheatin' goin' on there, hoss)

and

Contaminated Peanut Butter (everyone I know has discovered a half eaten jar with the dreaded 2111 product code in their house - including my office - and not one of them has become ill.)

Shows That Made Me Laugh Last Night

The Sarah Silverman Show. (I'm not sure I've ever seen a comedy episode based upon the premise of "I have AIDS" before.)

The Gordon Keith Show. (The "man on the street" interviews with the people of Farmers Branch were priceless.)

Two Headlines From The Star-Telegram This Morning

All of those post-conviction DNA exonerations you hear about are having an impact with jurors - jurors who are now being a bit more hesitant to convict on marginal cases.

Stay Classy, San Diego

There's just something funny about KXAS's Mike Synder saying, "You want some of this?"

Wise County Data

Link.

Her Name Is . . .

. . . Irina Shaykhlislamova.

I gots me some global warming going on.

(Source.)

Good Grief

Historically, a candidate - at the earliest - will announce his candidacy for a local race after Labor Day. Did I miss summer?

Edit: I normally post almost any and all comments but I've got to be careful on this one. Yep, I've got double standards.

Edit #2: Other courthouse stuff I stumbled upon. PDF file.

There's No Kid Busting His Butt On A Sidewalk . . .

. . . or anything like that, but I think this clip is significant. First, it is the first time I ever recall any Texas legislative committee hearing ending up on YouTube.com. (The legislature's web site has hour and hours of footage but who wants to watch all that crap?). Maybe we'll finally get some insight into the fact the Jane Nelsons of the world don't know what they are doing. Secondly, this clip is pretty funny. The chairperson is Ric Williamson who is in charge of TxDOT. (He also used to represent Wise County in the House.) The guy speaking is Sen. John Carona who wants Ric to give him an appointment this week. He wants one really badly. Ric ain't so hospitable. Good times. Edit: Someone sent me this link as well.

1/2 Hour News Hour: ----- Another Clip

I'd rather be tied up and have hot candle wax poured onto my body than watch this.

Thursday Afternoon Pick-Me-Up