Seizure Anyone?

"A segment of animated footage promoting the 2012 Olympics has been removed from the organisers' website after fears it could trigger epileptic seizures."

You know, the end of it does kind of freak out my brain. (Side note: What's up with youtube tricking up their videos?)

And, by the way, this is a much cooler logo for the 2012 Olympics in London that is not being used.

Free Paris Hilton!

Oh, wait. That just happened!

I Hate Wind

I really do. But not as much as my weird dreams (last night I dreamt a friend's mom get killed when a shopping cart that she was riding in went over a hill. When we got to her body, a big snake was guarding it.)

And the pic is the Karl Klement flag south of town just two days ago. Not a breeze.

Posh Spice Is Growing On Me

The Rare Woman Execution

Next week, Texas' machinery of death will execute a female. A fairly rare occurrence.

She committed a horrible crime of killing a child (well, at least a jury convicted her of that so I hope it's true), but she had no criminal history whatsoever. Oddly, a couple of weeks ago I wrote about how Texas' highest criminal court held that a different lady should not be put to death without any other evidence that she would be a continuing threat to society.

Unfairness? I can only recall the words of former Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, writing in 1994 as he was about to retire from the Court, that "From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. For more than 20 years I have endeavored...to develop...rules that would lend more than the mere appearance of fairness to the death penalty endeavor...Rather than continue to coddle the court's delusion that the desired level of fairness has been achieved...I feel...obligated simply to concede that the death penalty experiment has failed."

Those words were haunting the first time I read them. Thirteen years later, things are no better.

Saw This On 287 Today

Yep, a serious wide load.

Sports Purity

I don't know why I get locked into the World Series in college softball, but I do. In fact, it's kind of hard to watch because no one ever gets on base because the pitcher is about 10 feet, it seems, from home plate.

But there was a pretty good moment a second ago when the above girl knocked in a couple of runs for Arizona. That's her on first base seconds after the hit. No machoism. Just pure unadulterated glee.

Good stuff.

WCSO Press Release

Decatur Man Arrested for Aggravated Assault and Aggravated Kidnapping Wise County Deputies, Sgt Randy Eyster and Deputy Mark Adams arrested Robert P Wolf of Decatur this morning June 6, 2007 at his home on Greenwood Rd, Decatur. Robert Wolf was arrested on charges of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Aggravated Kidnapping. Robert Wolf had fired a shotgun at three area teenage boys. The boys said Wolf had chased them, saying they had trespassed on the property. Wolf had threatened the boys that he would shoot them if they did not stop. One of the boys did stop and Wolf made him get into the vehicle and would not let him out until the officers arrived on scene. An offense report for these charges was taken. Wise County Investigator Chase Nolen requesting arrest warrants for Robert P Wolf. Wolf has been arraigned on these charges and a bond of $ 520,000.00 was set for both charges. On June 5th, 2007, the Wise County Sheriff’s Deputies had responded to a disturbance call at Robert Wolf’s Residence at Greenwood Rd. The female victim was physically assaulted by Robert Wolf and held at gunpoint for a while against her will. Then Wolf left the residence. The victim was taken to the Wise Regional Health System Hospital for the injuries she received when Wolf assaulted her. Warrants are pending on these charges. Sgt Debbie Denney I'm glad they through that next to last paragraph in there. The first part of the press release just sounded like a "You kids! Get off my property!" kind of story.

Sorriness

Arlington PD has begun posting pictures of those arrested for solicitation of prostitution on its web site. That's sorry.

You Want Your Kid To Win . . .

. . . the National Spelling Bee? Uh, after this fine interview, I think I'd rather have my kid be in his room blowing up crap on his Playstation. If you liked that, check out this (and stick with it, it's funnier because you know how arrogant the kid is.)

I Was Sorely Disappointed. . .

. . . to learn a moment ago that Spiderman underwear was not available with my purchase of a garden salad from the Decatur Burger King.

Background

I posted this a couple of weeks ago. Now the photographer, who attended the University of Texas, writes about how it came to be.

Is The Messenger Update Not Working?

I'm missing my Mineral Club fix. Edit: Never mind. All is right with the world again. Except for the fact that Decatur is becoming the Hotel Capitol of Places That Have A Lot of Hotels But No Really Nice Hotels.

They Just Keep Coming

Story. And the rebel flag is a nice southern touch.

Brooke Hogan Says

"In Slidell, they like my pants!"

I'm Not Sure Where Christina Has Been Hiding

I don't care what she wears, I'd make her wife #8 in a heart beat. And I'm not sure who she's with, but I think I could compete with that. Maybe. Maybe not.

Can You Imagine?

This man was killed in Iraq one week ago. His wife, who lives in Burleson, was promptly notified.

Yesterday, while she was still grieving, her doorbell rang. She opened it to find a delivery person holding flowers and a card. The Star-Telegram tells you what happens next.

Oh, My

Someone directed my attention to The Ticket's bit of "Disgruntled Bikini Girl." Oh, my, indeed.