Greetings From Sodom and Gomorrah

Random Vegas thoughts, as postings might be a little slim today:

- The plane ride, on US Airways, was freakin' scary. I'm not saying I'm a world traveler, but the guy next to me was, and he proclaimed it the most turbulence he had ever gone through. (Bouncing around, losing altitude) But the pilot didn't even come on the intercom to assure us we weren't going to die.
- This place is incredible - I come here maybe once every five years and every time they are building more and more crap.
- And this place is expensive
- Certainly more and more of mixed culture - lots of Asian influence
- I got here to late to bet on the NCAA Tourney, but I'll try it today
- I always lose at gambling so I never gamble that much. I sit down at a video poker machine, and the beating immediately begins. Not much incentive to poor a ton a cash into those things
- Going to two shows today, Phantom of the Opera and The Blue Man Group. My buddy Clark told me that Phantom will whip my arse. I told him that I had read, "it's really short - like an hour and 20 minutes." He replied, "It seemed like seven or eight hours." Funny guy.

A rare weekend trip ...

.... for me awaits. Viva Las Vegas!

Radio Channel Surfing . . .

. . . this morning when I heard Big Al Mack of the Kidd Kraddick show jacking around with a cab driver. He was in the back of a cab with an air horn tormenting some foreign born guy in what I would refer to as a "failed bit."

Kidd probably didn't get the "breaking news" memo this morning that a Dallas "taxi driver was in critical condition Friday morning after he was beaten and shot."

Timing. The key to all comedy.

Big Bag . . .

. . . of nothing going on this Friday morning. I thought about linking to how rich Britney Spears is (and how hot she used to be), or linking to a video of Barbara Boxer really turning me on (political junkies only), or Wynona Ryder's cleavage.

Instead I'll just watch a million stories of John Edward's wife battling cancer.

Shout Out To The Aggies Who Play Tonight

Photo compliments of (kinda) Sigma Phi Lamba Sorority at A&M, otherwise known as "Sisters for the Lord" (which is extremely confusing.)

That Dang Internet

A group of people down in Cleburne decided to do an Open Records Request to the school district and then decided to create a web site and post some of the questionable expenditures.

Get In The real world.

From the Texas Prosecutor's Web Site: “I would be willing to bet—for all those people who testified against this bill, I’ll buy their lunch and dinner all next year if they can find one murderer in Harris County who is on deferred adjudication. All they got to do is bring me one. And I’ll bet you one of the things is—I’ll bet you he’s not black.” Rep. Harold Dutton (D-Houston), testifying before the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence on HB 800, his bill to allow expunctions of any successfully-completed deferred adjudication, in reference to prosecutors who testified against HB 800 because the bill would apply to murderers, rapists, robbers, and others dangerous criminals. Give me 15 minutes in the District Clerk's office and I'll find you one. I suspect many, many times in Harris County, a prosecutor was holding a murder file that sucked. A dead witness, a serious self-defense issue, a senior-citizen-mercy-killing, etc. and, instead of dismissing it, he was able to cut a deal for deferred adjudication probation. (Although the "I'll bet you he's not black" was pretty funny.)

Reese Witherspoon . . .

. . . is a sweet and clean 31 today.

Channel 8 . . .

. . . follow-up to van accident on 1810 last week. (A fund has been set up at Wells Fargo.)

She Beat Me To It

I don't watch American Idol but I've seen news coverage of this kid wailing over some mop head singer. I was going to say the kid seems a little goofy but C4U beat me to it. Edit: Sheesh, this kid is on The Today Show. Edit #2: She's 13? I thought she was 8.

Cop Gone Wild

If you want to see an off duty Chicago cop beat the crap out of a little female bartender, you can do so here. (Man, it's crazy.)

Edit: Now on youtube.com.

I saw it on Fox4News tonight . . . although I can hardly move because I'm entranced by the beauty of Megan Henderson.

TheBaylor Women's Basketball Team Lost Last Night

And our General of All Things Baylor Women felt the pain in the second half. There are rumors that the Evil Empire, whose long time coach just retired, might want her.

Get thee behind me, Satan.

My Junk Email Doesn't Even Know Me Anymore

I just got this one in my Inbox.

Know Your Rights With The PO-lice

Quick eight question quiz. I got 7 or 8 right (but I should get them all right because it is what I do for a living every single day.)

Hint on question #7 that I got wrong: The word "random" should appear in the question. I was screwed.

Drug Running Boat?

Snopes.com says it's true.

And I'd guess that a 250 HP outboard would run you $15,000 a piece. (But it has been forever since I've priced a boat motor.)

My Columbo-Like Instincts . . .

. . . were right!!!

Do You Think . . .

. . . when this man was a cute little bitty baby and his parents took him home from the hospital and placed him in his crib, that those parents ever thought this headline would be associated with that bundle of joy?

(If you must, story here.)

I've Found Future Wives 9 through 18 . . .

. . . all in one place. (Once again, I'm offended by Spring Break.)