I Couldn't Find "The Range" . . .

. . .on my radio dial if you paid me, but I bet some of you Wise County folks could. Those that are familiar with the station might also be interested to know that the recently hired morning show host is dead.

My Favorite Commercial - "Secret Lover"

And I think the "foot massage" comment is a little bit of a Pulp Fiction reference.

Belated Republican Hypocrisy Exposed

WASHINGTON - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was having an extramarital affair even as he led the charge against President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair, he acknowledged in an interview with a conservative Christian group.

"The honest answer is yes," Gingrich, a potential 2008 Republican presidential candidate, said in an interview with Focus on the Family founder James Dobson to be aired Friday, according to a transcript provided to The Associated Press. "There are times that I have fallen short of my own standards. There's certainly times when I've fallen short of God's standards."

(Yahoo News Story.)

Lesbians Come Back To Haunt Baylor

Crazy story about how LSU's women's basketball coach (who had a heck of a record) has abruptly resigned amidst rumors that she had a relationship with a "former player."

Now rumors swirl that LSU will come calling for Baylor's National-Championship-Head-Coach Kim Mulkey. Lesbianism, for the moment, has become very offensive to me.

The Most Dangerous Strip Club Ever

Today this happens, and last month I noted that a guy was shot by police as he held a stripper hostage.

I'm Beat And Going Home

7:10 Watch The Today Show and eat a 2 gram of fat Egg Roll with Skim Milk 8:30 Pled a guy on a DWI 8:55 Engage in very funny conversation with five guys in County Attorney's office 9:00 Docket call in County Court at Law. 10:30 Pled a lady on a DWI 11:00 Deal with prosecutors on an upcoming docket that includes cases involving Sexual Assault, Aggravated Assault-Deadly Weapon, Possession of a Controlled Substance 12:00 Crappy lunch 1:00 Review new DPS lab report and get tired head over "semen" "no spermatozoa" "Y-STR" and "vaginal smear slide". Make calls related to same. Actually learn a lot. 2:30 Pled a DWI 3:30 Pled a DWI 4:00 Exchange multiple emails with prosecutors. 4:15 Meet with court appointed client who is in hoosegow 4:45 Meet with another court appointed client who is in the hoosegow 5:15 Visit with investigator in the parking lot at Sheriff's office over crazy Assault case 5:25 Almost run read light at McDonald's 5:45 Calls to clients 6:10 Look at Drew Barrymore on Internet 6:23 Going to Frilly's Happy Hour (kidding)

Drew Barrymore . . .

. . . in the upcoming issue of Glamour.

I suddenly recall a line of George Costanza from the memorable episode of "The Contest": I was just sitting there. I looked down. There was a Glamour.

Greatest First Name . . .

. . . in the history of ever. Here.

State Basketball

I mentioned last week that Josh Fostel, formerly of Decatur, would be coaching in the State Basketball tourney this week. His team, Clyde Eula, tips off at 8:30 a.m. with live scoring here. Update: Josh's team lost, 34-25. The home page for the Boys' Basketball Tourney is here.

What The?

I was looking at the new NBC Today Show site when I saw that Meredith Vieira had a blog. Since I wanted to be certain that I'd be bored to death by it, I clicked on it. On the second entry I learned something I didn't expect: She peed outside last weekend.

I didn't even do that.

To The F to E to the R G I E

I'm personally offended by Fergie as she was on the beach this weekend. If you want to be offended more, you can click on this link.

Hottest Local News Babes

Found a perpetual poll of the Hottest Local News Reporters here.

The more I watch Megan Henderson in the morning on Channel 4, the more I think she would make the perfect Mrs. Green #7.

Remember Those Dark Days . . .

. . . of Texas when a black man was dragged to death behind a truck in Jasper, Texas? It's good to know that it can't happen again . . . oh, my!

Edit: I didn't know this would be the lead story on Fox 4. They've got the soft talking Jeff Crilley on the case. (Must be big news.)

Most White Kids Shouldn't Box

And if you throw a punch like Rocky, you will end up on the canvas like Rocky should have. (Warning: One S-Bomb.)

Sleepers

The Morning News has been printing various stories of sexual abuse by guards at TYC (The "Texas Youth Commission" which equals "Juvenile Prison").

I couldn't help but think of the move Sleepers today when I saw the story. (And, yep, I heard the boys on The Ticket make the same observation after I thought about it. It probably jumps out at anybody that has seen the movie.)

That Wacky Star Telegram

While reading a story about how some priest was sentenced for allegedly sexually assaulting some kid almost 20 years ago (20 years ago?), the ad to the right of the story for "intimate dating" seemed a bit . . . uh . . . misplaced.

Traffic report

Hwy 287 is shut down in both directions at Rhome due to a downed powerline. Edit: Of course, that doesn't mean it'll be shut down forever.

Eternal Flame

The flame that sometimes fires off out at the Devon plant along 380 between Bridgeport and Runaway Bay was in full force this morning. I'm sure it has something to do with burning off excess something, I just don't know what.

But it reminded me of when my brother convinced his girlfriend in high school that it was a memorial of an "eternal flame" for JFK, "just like the one they have at his grave."

Comedic Genius.