Slow Posting Day

I kinda slept in late today (a rarity) and then spent most of the afternoon watching the NFL draft while waiting for an A/C repair guy to arrive. I had already looked inside the unit and saw that a cable had burnt away from the compressor - the same thing that happened last year which caused me to replace the compressor. Why the cable was burnt away again was a mystery. So I'm all prepared to hear that my compressor was fried only to have the a/c guy simply repair the cable and tell me to fire up the unit. Success! After recharging both units, I got out of the deal for $127. I had never been so happy to write a $127 check. And then I went back to the Internet and watched AFL cheerleaders. Good times.

Wife Swap

Well, the Alvord episode of ABC's "Wife Swap" was on tonight. I would put video clips up of the best parts but that would require there to be some good parts. That didn't happen. The show was gawd awful.

Other thoughts:
- For some reason, "Alvord" or "Wise County" were never uttered.
- Not once did they go to any part of Wise County that I could recognize.
- Some cops showed up in one scene. It looked like Decatur cops, but the police car had the "Decatur" blurred and the show also blurred all the faces of the cops. What gives?
- This isn't a reality show, it's a bad acting show.
- The Alvord husband and his new wife went "to the city" to some near empty dance club, but I have no idea where it was.
- No Walmart. No Swap Meet. No Dairy Queen. No joy.
- The Alvord Browne family was cooooooooountry, but it might have been a lot of bad acting.

Miss December, 2006

Gets her picture taken by folks that don't care about makeup and airbrushing. That would be a book-in photo.

Why Don't We Make News?

I was talking to a police officer today who told me he had seized the exact same amount in Newark over the last couple of days.

I told him he ruined somebody's weekend.

Stay Classy, New York

This is a short clip of a Boston Red Sox fan making his way to his seat in Yankee Stadium. He decided to video the harrassment with his cell phone. Warning: Extreme language (actually, it is just on word but you'll hear that word about a million times.)

Rodney: The Cross Dressing Teen

For anyone that saw the story on Fox 4 last night, it was pure gold. This kid, who happens to be African-America, cross dresses while in attendance at a Fort Worth high school (including red pumps. )

But nothing was as funny as Jeff Crilley saying, "And he [Rodney] says, 'it takes a real man to admit he's a woman.'"

Another Brit Sighting

I think I'm falling in love with her all over again. (Edit: Found a better pic so I replaced the old one.)

Jacksboro Politics

And who amongst us doesn't love Jacksboro politics?

Well, if you do, you'll appreciate this flyer being put up around town. (PDF format.)

Edit: His response here. (Sheesh, the Jacksboro paper might as well endorse the guy. That "news" article can't possibly be more one sided.)

This Shouldn't Amaze Me, But It Does

I know you could track commercial airlines over the Internet, but I didn't know you could track a private jet so long as you know the tail number. Say, Phil Mickelson's jet. (He got stuck in Arkansas and missed the pro-am at the Byron Nelson._

Man, I Feel Old

A 20 year old was the starting pitcher today for the New York Yankees.

20!

I understand 20 year old female swimsuit models, but a pitcher? For the Yankees?

(His wikipedia entry here. His personal web site, which is gawd-awful, is here.)

Abortion Clinic Bomb Found In Austin

Somebody was trying to defend the sanctity of life. Wait. That doesn't make sense.

(Story.)

I Rented A Documentary . . .

. . . a couple of weeks ago about the movie ratings system. It was OK, but it spent alot of time blasting this guy (above) who was in charged of the ratings board for years. He died today.

You may or may not recognize him. What you might not know is that he was in one of the most famous photos in U.S. history. Take a look in the background and to the left (or at around the 9:00 o'clock position) here.

Speaking Of Pistons

This is Milka Duno. She drives Indy cars. She will drive an Indy car in this year's Indianapolis 500. Me likes me some Milka.

I Like Those DirecTV Ads . . .

. . . where you see a clip from a movie and then the actor turns and starts talking about satellite TV. They've done it for Austin Powers, Major League, and a couple of others I cant think of.

Now they are filming one with Pamela Anderson recreating her Baywatch roll. That's where this pic is from.

Hey, now. (More here.)

As The Very Shallow Legislature . . .

. . . votes to slap down Gov. Rick Perry on his optional HPV vaccine for young girls, I couldn't help but notice this ad in the Dallas Morning News today.

Maybe some of our school kids today will get to join this study someday because our legislature was too stupid to care about the prevention of cancer.

Edit: In light of one of the most bizarre comments I've ever seen (summary: only sluts get cervical cancer caused by HPV), you might want to check here.

"Several people?"

"Believed to be" trapped? In Turkey? And that's "breaking news?"

Hey, there's more carnage than that on the roads of DFW today.

(Click to enlarge.)

Cover of the DMN This Morning

And Dallas' Josh Howard was called for the foul.

Can I Have Some Money, Too?

I'm not exactly sure why a private company gets a "grant" (that is free money that is taxpayer money, isn't it?) when other private companies have to compete without that benefit. Then again, I suppose its similar to a tax abatement.