What's Next? Prince at Bill's Dollar Store?

Fergie will appear (and sing) at, get this, the Verizon store in Southlake this Wednesday.

It's kind of like when Steve Wariner sang in the Decatur Walmart parking lot in the 1990s. It just ain't right.

I Officially Return My Law Degree To Baylor University

As Baylor and the Agricultural College appear on ESPN this afternoon in the NCAA Softball Tournament (sheeeeesh, it's gonna be a long sports summer), I stumble across this: A drunk white guy, trying to get a bus filled with drunk black people (and 2 white very sober families with small children) to do a patented Baylor University 'Sic em Bears. YouTube clip here. (Warning: A couple of F bombs.)

Politics Of Fear

Ugggghhhh!

Every major news source is reporting "Breaking News" that three men have been arrested in a "plot" to blow up fuel lines at JFK Airport in New York.

The FBI held a "major news conference" and described the group as a "sleeper terrorist cell" (get those buzz words ready), and they even (gasp) "used the Internet to obtain satellite photographs of the JFK facility." (Read: Google Earth.) The U.S. Attorney for Brooklyn stood up and said it was "one of the most chilling plots imaginable."

But, if you listen closely, al-Qaida was not involved and, more importantly, "Homeland Security sources said the airport is not under threat and that the attack as planned was 'not technically feasible.'"

Once a year (flashback), the Administration has to remind us to be afraid. Kind of hard to justify the billions on the "War on Terror" without it.

Edit: Boy, was I dead on about the "Google Earth" reference. This "shocking detail" was released on Monday.

Sounds Very Farmers Branch-ee-ee

But it's really no big story. Tarrant County did the same thing three years ago. But the headline in the Star-Telegram just kinda jumps out at you.

Giggle

There was a minor scandal in New York this week when a story ran of A-Rod out on the town with a blonde stripper. Last night, the fans in Boston threw down some humor.

Depressing Saturday Morning Thoughts

I took the excerpt above (click to enlarge) from this Star-Telegram story today about the lady who hung herself and four children (one survived) in Parker County this week. The story is about poverty, and documented that she made $20,400 a year (which includes $400 a month in food stamps.) Of course, that's no reason to kill your kids. But it would be a stress level that would be unimaginable.

The excerpt shows the guidelines for what is considered "poverty" in America. And over one in 10 qualify in this country under those standards. That's insane. And I wonder if that figure includes illegal aliens?

And I never think about poverty without thinking about George Will's rules for avoiding it: "Graduate from high school, don't have a baby until you are married, don't marry while you are a teenager. Among people who obey those rules, poverty is minimal."

Hot No Matter What She Is Doing

Jessica Biel. Yep, this same one.

Hillary in Santa Clara On Friday

Look again. You'll see it.

Finally, A Little Respect

And make no mistake about it Florida, I'll mess you up.

Edit: Saturday morning I was downgraded to a Tropical Depression. Where's my paxil?

Post-Graduation

Quick observations:
- Hardly anyone dresses up any more. Heck, I even brought a blue blazer that I left in the car once I saw the crowd.
- The ceremony was long but it was streamlined about as well as it could be
- Dr. Newbury told the same story that he did in my high school graduation 27 years ago (about doing an experiment with his car lights.)
- Graduating from high school is kinda scary. It's a feeling of, "it's all up to you, now."
- It's an odd feeling when you were present at the hospital for someone's birth AND are present for their high school graduation
- A krillion pics have been uploaded here, but looking at them might cure insomnia. Even a bad case of insomnia. (I've even taken out my family pics - a family who would officially disown me if the pics were posted.)

The line . . .

. . . To get into Bridgeport's graduation.

The line . . .

. . . To get into Bridgeport's graduation.

Dazed And Confused

I'm heading back to my alma mater tonight to watch my nephew graduate from Bridgeport High School. (Hopefully, I'll get some good material to write about.) But I noticed that the speaker will be Dr Don Newbury. That's weird. He was the commencement speaker at my high school graduation.

And the ceremony has been moved indoors to the gym. I predict overcrowding.

King James

I didn't watch it, but it's all the sports boys are talking about today. Last night, in double OT, Lebron James scored 48 points. Here's the amazing part: He scored the last 25 Cleveland points in the game. I've never heard of such a thing.

The kid is 22 years old.

Last year's earnings: $30,828,089. Holy crap.

My Nominee . . .

. . . for hottest woman I've ever seen in a mask (excluding that ball mask thing like the one used in Pulp Fiction.)

Story.

Jack County Crime Wave

Crazy docket in Jack County this morning. It seemed to be of a record size: 30 defendants.

What are "my guys" accused of doing?

- Delivery of a Controlled Substance, > 4 grams < 200 grams (female)
- Possession of a Controlled Substance, > 4 grams < 200 grams (female)
- DWI - Third (male)
- Possession of a Controlled Substance, > 4 grams < 200 grams (female, and a no show)
- Indecency With A Child (male)
- Injury To A Child (male)
- DWI- Third Offense (male)

And it occurs to me how "bad" some of the titles sound until you actually see what the facts are.

Angry World

I had intended to mention this last weekend. Before my Memorial Day afternoon movie at the high tone Colleyville theater, I overheard a conversation between a waiter and the bartender. (This crazy place has waiters that patrol the theaters and even sells alcohol.) Anyway, the waiter comes back to the bar with a full bottle of wine and two glasses. "Man, do you have any traditional wine glasses?" He says to the bartender (as he looks down at glasses that had apparently been rejected by a customer.) "People get really mad when they order a bottle of wine and we don't have wine glasses." Really mad? Over glasses? Wine glasses? We have it tough in this country.

Terrorist Captured

I'm late to the party on this one. (Original pic is here.)