Pics, Pics, And More Pics

Messenger photographer Joe Duty has a ton of his photos online now.

Edit: Thanks, Raymond, for the link.

I Had Almost Forgotten About Her

This was pretty big news a couple of years ago: A mom allegedly abandoned her 22 month old twins in a median in Lake Worth. If I remember correctly, it would have been on "Jacksboro Highway" right before you get to Loop 820. That place is busy.

Anyway, she had fled the country after being released on bond. And, oddly, she was apprehended over the last few days with the help of INTERPOL, the agency which, until now, I thought was mostly responsible for busting into your house for illegally copying a DVD. (Or, at least that's what the warning at the front of every movie tells me.)

Friday Morning Pick Me Up

If you are interested in seeing a guy set up a sixth grade prank only for it to go wrong, click here.

The Housing Market Is Gonna What In 2007?

Price to Earning Ratios give me Tired Head, but that I understood.

(Source)

Nice Wheels

This Stopped Me Down

From the Star-Telegram: Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht wants the state to pay $340,000 he spent in legal fees defending his right to speak out for his friend, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers.

Hecht said Thursday that he asked state Rep. Tony Goolsby, R-Dallas, to sponsor a bill that would allow a judge who wins an appeal of a sanction by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to recover reasonable attorney's fees, litigation expenses and other costs.

The bill, which Goolsby filed Tuesday, would apply only to successful appeals between Jan. 1, 2006, and Jan. 1, 2008. Hecht's high-profile appeal before a special tribunal in Fort Worth is the only case so far that would qualify for reimbursement.

You gotta be kidding me? You get falsely accused of something (that wasn't even a criminal accusation) and you want the State to reimburse you for your ridiculous legal bill? And you want to do it by creating a special law that only applies to you? What are you? Freakin' royalty? What an arrogant &^%$&.

Hoss, I'll give you a long list of people who were accused of crimes who were found not guilty or had their case dismissed. Do you care about reimbursing them?

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.