I Love This Girl

Source: ET.

Psuedo News

Northwest High School was briefly "locked down" this morning "while police searched for a suicidal man believed to be armed with a shotgun." The guy, whether suicidal or not, was found.

And She Didn't Even Come See Me After The Show

I'm so done with her.

To Hold Me, to Scold Me, Cause When I'm Bad I'm So So Bad

The mascot at the University of Illinois used to do some crazy Me Fire Up-em Crowd dance at halftime. But no longer. Last night, the God of Political Correctness witnessed his last dance.

We shall offend no more.

Uh Oh

Problem?

Although I really don't want to get a lot of "Henson is a crazy dictator" comments (you guys have made your point well known), there sure seems like a lot of upheaval in girls athletics over at Bridgeport.

Foreigners Are Coming!!!!

It's funny to think of how many times I heard as a kid, "I ain't buyin' no car unless it's 'merican made."

Oh, Baby, Baby, You're Killing Me

Who would have thought that sweet and innocent girl in the "Oops, I Did It Again" video (ok, maybe "not so innocent") would one day be bald, a little over-weight, smoking, drinking Red Bull, and sporting a couple of raw tattoos?

And, in case you haven't heard, she's made a run for it. Possibly for Newark or New Fairview.

Time Waste

Try a circular motion to get started.

I May Have . . .

. . . to rethink my planned series of "Girls of Boyd" blogs.

(Story.)

Interesting

The presidential race is already heating up, and most of the candidates have unique qualities (i.e. Barack Obama is black, Hillary is a woman, etc.). So a recent Gallop poll asked if you would vote for someone who is well qualified if the person was also one of the following:

Black
Jewish
A homosexual
Hispanic
An atheist
Mormon
A woman
72 years of age
Married for third time

You can say "yes" to more than one obviously.

So which characteristic hurts your the most? Results. (Hint: Gays and the elderly have a lot in common.)

Update On Race Relations

Well, the trial in Decatur that I referenced yesterday has ended up with a guilty verdict after less than 30 minutes of deliberations. (The verdict came down around 3:00 p.m.) From what I can tell, the case involved the defendant striking the victim in the head with a baseball bat during a wedding type of event at Runaway Bay. I have no idea what prompted the altercation although I know the jury was instructed on the law of self defense (that didn't work.) I saw the victim in the courthouse today and he had a nasty scar on his head. The "punishment phase" is now underway. The jury could go as low as probation or as high as 20 years in prison. The defendant has no criminal history, spent 10 months in jail awaiting trial, and has been evaluated in Vernon at the request of his mother. Edit: We have a punishment verdict as of 5:20 p.m. The jury granted the defendant probation (he'll be on it for 7 years) and assessed a $5,000 fine. It was a fair and just verdict. A probation violation can (and would) lead to seven years of incarceration. Lead defense counsel was Earl Dobson out of Denton.

That Judge In Florida . . .

. . . who is presiding over the "where to put Anna Nicole's dead body" case, is both Stupid and Crazy. If you get a chance to watch any of it, do so. It is far more entertaining than real courtrooms.

Don't Blame Me, Blame The Google

The best I can tell, there are 25 comments from you fine people that I can't get to. You'd think by clicking on that "25 Comments" that I'd get to see them. Nope. Although there normally is a comment or two waiting on me, there are never as many as it says. So although most Comments get through, a handful go into purgatory. God bless them.

It's Awful To Say . . .

. . . but I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often.

Story.

Deers Outmatched

Not satisfied with deer feeders or using spotlights, some Wise County folks allegedly decide to steal some night vision goggles for hunting . . . or so the Star Telegram says.

I use mine like Buffalo Bill did in Silence of the Lambs.

In Case You Missed It . . .

. . . the local news stopped down last night so we could watch the police bomb squad in Irving blow up an empty suitcase. Good times.

Prosecutor Running Amuck

Thomas Aaberg, the assistant prosecutor in the Wise County Attorney's office, told me today that he was going to run home. He meant, literally, "run home" after work. Thomas is a long distance runner and he had been thinking about this feat for quite some time. He lives in Alvord which means that his journey would be 15 miles by using a route that he referred to as the "Old Decatur Road." I checked with the office at the end of the day and they confirmed that he had left on his journey of pain.

If he didn't make it, we'll miss him.

Edit: Well, he's alive and claims that he made it home in 1 hour and 50 minutes. And he's back at work today.