Meet David J. Owen

He will be your personal assistant for a year for only $150,000. Says so right here on E-Bay. I'm going to bid on the condition that he give me that fancy shirt and tie combo.

History Revision: Today Baylor Beat Oklahoma Two Years Ago

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma football program must forfeit its wins from the 2005 season and will lose two scholarships for the 2008-09 and 2009-10 school years.The penalties, announced Wednesday by the NCAA, stem from a case involving two players, including the Sooners' starting quarterback, who were kicked off the team for being paid for work they had not performed at a Norman car dealership.

The Sooners went 8-4 and beat Oregon in the Holiday Bowl to end the 2005 season. Records from that season involving quarterback Rhett Bomar [pictured] and offensive lineman J.D. Quinn must be vacated, the NCAA said, and coach Bob Stoops' career record will be amended to reflect the forfeitures, dropping it from 86-19 in eight seasons to 78-27.

That's crazy.

That's The Same Person?

Fox 4 story at top. Denton Record Chronicle story on the bottom.

You Tell 'Em Chuck!

I could watch stuff like this all night.

Shakira Says,

"When I'm out at TXI near Chico looking at the rock quarries, I'm reminded of my rock hard abs."

Baby On X?

Link to news story (which has a link to raw video.)

Prime Time

Deon Sanders was on The Ticket a second ago and spoke briefly about how he has 14 kids in his home. Two of his own and 12 that he was taken in because "they were in bad situations."

And at least someone says this is Deon's house, but I'm not sure.

Chicken Of The Sea

I almost forgot to mention that Jessica Simpson turned 27 today. That, my friends, is not a hard 27.

Shout Out To A Stranger

I don't know the guy, but I "figured" some of you Decatur residents might find it interesting. From an email:

I've noticed you referenced a few "readers" for kudos to Wise County alumni and their accomplishments. Since (again) your blog is so popular with so many of us, I thought I would send you a tidbit of info about a former DHS graduate making it "big" in Hollywood.

Sean Smith graduated DHS in 1993, and has been living in LA as a TV writer. This summer his original show, GREEK, was picked up by ABCfamily. The premiere was last night, and very 90210-and I mean that as a compliment coming from another 1993 graduate. His name was listed as creator, co-producer, writer...everything! There is going to be an encore presentation this Friday on ABC Proper. If it suits, I'd love you to plug the show for him. We're all so very proud.

Here's the website for the show:

www.abcfamily.com/greek

Here's a resume-type website for Sean:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1091301/

Thanks so much!

Danielle Miller Scroggins

Miss New Jersey Update

In an interview with the kinda-blackmailed Miss New Jersey, Bill O'Reilly throws out all sorts of scenerios about what the unseen pictures might look like. You can actually see him thinking "Hey, Now!" after every question. Heck, he is more entertaining than her - although her answers, complete with pauses, aren't bad. Man, can we just see the pictures!

It's Hard Out Here For A . . . . Defense Lawyer

For and Against the Defendant

The Supreme Court heard 22 criminal cases during the just-ending term, ruling eight times for and 14 times against the defendant. Individually Justice Stevens voted 16 times for the defendant, more than any other Justice, followed by Justice Souter (15), Justice Ginsburg (14), Justice Breyer (12), Justice Kennedy (7), Justice Scalia (6), Justice Roberts (4), Justice Thomas (4) and Justice Alito (3).

Source.

"For and Against the Defendant" could be read as "For and Against Civil Rights." Those Bush appointees didn't disappoint.

Side note: I actually got to peek into the the court's chamber depicted in the picture a few years back. The courtroom was empty but it was really and incredible experience.

Tort Reform Works?

Story. And is it just me, but are we seeing more and more advertisements by doctors in the local paper? There seems to be a ton of them these days.

The Pussycat Dolls Say,

"When we're in Bridgeport, we get our groove on in the parking lot of IGA! Except we get some dirty looks from some people that don't understand our art form."

John Edwards . . .

. . . is in love. With his hair. And you know, after all that trouble, it still looks bad.

Stripling & Cox Is Closing

Which really isn't that big of a deal except for the most sentimental amongst us. But was the first Stripling's store in Alvord? The first Stripling's Department Store in Fort Worth was opened in 1893 by W.C. Stripling. He first settled in Alvord, then relocated to Bowie before opening a branch in downtown Fort Worth. Stripling's later opened stores at Seminary South Shopping Center, now La Gran Plaza, and North Hills Mall. Dunlap's moved its headquarters from Lubbock after acquiring Stripling's. If "settled" means opens a store. I guess the answer is yes. (Story)

Just Got My Attention

Seen in Decatur. The bench ad (if you can see the fine print) is by the Wise County Domestic Violence Task Force. Do female victims often buy beer and wine? What if she is beating up on him? I feel discriminated against.

They Grow Up So Fast

Basic story: Baby gets into some meth so mom and grandmom are going to get arrested for not, uh, keeping the meth in a child-proof container.

This is posted only to note that:
(1) The grandmother is 48. Make that a hard 48.
(2) Mom is only 21. But police are holding off arresting her because she about to give birth to her third child. Make that a hard 21.

Fox 4 News Screenshots On Wes Hardy Tragedy

Edit: I'm told that the funeral procession that will go by the Wise County Sheriff's Office will be composed of approximately "200 motorcycles and about 300 to 500 patrol units."