Bueller? Bueller?

Since the women are outnumbering the men on the poll, I bring you Matthew Broderick. Although I don't think this will meet their demands for an equal number of "Hey, Nows."

Baseball Players Should Fear ATVs

This occurred yesterday at the Seattle game. The quality is poor, but it's not everyday you get to see a mascot almost kill a man. Can you imagine if Rowdy did that to Romo or T.O.? Jerry would have personally executed Rowdy right on the spot.

I Think Fox 4 Might Be Screwing With Us

This guy stabbed a couple of people last night (oops, allegedly stabbed a couple of people) but Fox 4 News tracks down his ex-girlfriend from two years ago.

I can't take my eyes off of her. The eyebrows. The odd bump on her forehead. The last name. I love her.

Flashback

I was struggling while writing with The Spin tonight when I recalled the old Channel 8 public service announcement that used to run before the news. If I remember correctly, it said "It's 10:00 p.m., do you know where your children are?"

Gold.

C4U?

Many have remarked how they miss C4U's blog since it stunningly disappeared about three months ago. She was a frequent commenter as well. I don't know where she went, but this blog sure seems like her.

Classifieds

My secretary was supposed to jump out of an airplane yesterday as part of her birthday celebration.

I wonder if I'm interviewing next week?

Edit: She sent me an actual pic (above). Cancel the interviews.

Oddest Sports Moment

(Bonds rookie playing card.)

Barry Bonds tied Hank Aaron's career home run record last night and the silence is deafening.

What a strange event. Most claim that the career home run mark is the "ultimate" sports record. They may be right. I remember as a kid sitting in front of the television set to watch Hank Aaron break Babe Ruth's record (in 1974). It was magical. I was fascinated by all the hype (and the two fans that ran out of the stands to slap Aaron on the back between second and third base.)

But no care about Bonds tying Aaron's record even though 33 years have passed since the home run record was tied. Why? Two reasons. Everyone believes Bonds has used steroids - the closest proof was leaked grand jury testimony that Bond believes he unknowingly used steroids. Secondly, the guy is a world class jerk. Several years back he made an appearance at the Ballpark in Arlington and The Ticket's Corby Davidson tried to interview him before the game. Bonds response was, "You must not be familiar with my policy." Davidson inquired "What policy." Bonds replied, "You must not be familiar with my policy." (The "policy" was that he wouldn't speak to the press before games.)

Most believe that Alex Rodriguez will be the next person to break Bonds records. I hope so.

Well This Is Depressing. Big Time.

Mena Suvari cut almost all of her hair off. That is not a good look. It is almost as awful as when Natalie Portman did the the same thing for V for Vendetta. This trend must be stopped.

Major Wreck

Still looking for details, but it looks like we have three dead and two injured from a wreck on 2123 (at CR 3673) this morning.

If anyone knows anything. post away.

Edit: Fox 4 is the first one to cover the story. It seems five teenagers (?) were in one car that went off the road and struck two trees. Three in the front seat died. Two girls in the back seat were careflighted. No names yet.

Edit: Have an unconfirmed report of the dead being two males and one female.

Edit: Some names have appeared in the comments. But nothing has been confirmed.

Edit: A commenter noted that the Star Telegram now has the story up. "The dead were identified as Ryan Lowe, 17, of Boyd, the driver; Michael Fresch, 16, of North Richland Hills; and Morgan Moss, 14, of Boyd."

Edit: The Messenger has a paragraph about it in the Update.

OK, This Isn't That Exciting . . .

. . . but if Wise County appears on the local news, I'll regurgitate it here.

Basic story: These weird little vehicles are being stolen at night. Cops are trying to catch those that do the stealing. Most interesting part of the story: Those little suckers retail for $12,000.

I Don't Have Much To Offer Today

But I noticed that tomorrow's Messenger will not have one single Letter to the Editor.

Somebody call an ambulance to check on Ken Hughes. Something must be horribly wrong.

(How do I know? I get an online PDF version of the paper every day before it is published. Perhaps the greatest invention in the history of ever.)

X-Games Carmage Carnage

This is from ESPN's X-Games that were shown last night. This kid would have had an easier time jumping off the courthouse belltower. And be sure to stick around to the end for the replays. Gold. Edit: Sir, I will not post the comment regarding this guy being "pounded" like someone else last week. Funny. But inappropriate.

Ladies: Don't Steal Time Tim McGraw's Ring

Slight Digression

If you are 40 or older and even remotely know who Tom Snyder is (he died this week), you have to check out this.

When I Was A Child DEA Agent

One of my favorite moments as a junior high kid was when my family was spending the weekend at our trailer on a hill overlooking Lake Bridgeport. (Go ahead, read that again. Yep, I said "trailer".) Anyway, we spent a lot of time in the back yard area underneath shade trees just looking at the lake.

At one point my mom began noticing a car about a quarter of a mile away make its way down to the shore. A couple of guys got out and walked into the woods. They would stay for a while and then leave.

This happened maybe three times over a week at which point my mom made a bold statement: "I bet they're growing dope down there!"

Being a wise guy even back then, I immediately ridiculed her. She was quick to defend her position and suggested that me, her, and my brother walk down into that wooded area and check it out. I jumped at the chance.

We made our way down the hill and along the shore of Lake Bridgeport until we came to the wooded area. We walked in, and, I'll be [expletive deleted], there were four rows of marijuana plants and a bottle of "Miracle Grow". Of course, we didn't know what marijuana plants looked like, but you just don't see a nice little garden of green plants in the middle of no where.

So what did we do? Heck, we couldn't let those boys come back and harvest their marijuana and ruin their lives. So we pulled it up.

I still laugh at the following sight. I've got both arms extended as I held about 20 big uprooted marijuana plants. And I'm just walking along the shore with my my mom. My brother, once we got out in the open, took off running like lightening.

"Where are you going?" we yelled.

I still remember his reply as his voice trailed off in the distance. "You can go to jail for two ounces and you guys are walking along with two pounds!" Genius.

I eventually threw all the plants in the lake, but we kept one. Dad took it into town the next day to show to the chief of police to confirm it was marijuana. (It was.) He brought it back the next day and for some reason we just kept it on the back porch in a small bucket full of water.

Good times.

Blessed Mother Of Acceleration

This has nothing to do with Wise County, but this state senator from the San Antonio area (Republican Jeff Wentworth) has spent $20,308 of campaign funds to lease a Lexus. Why? Because it's "safe" in all that crazy Austin traffic.

Hey, what does Rep. Phil King drive?

Poll Results

What do you think of the Reunion? - Top Notch. Wouldn't Miss It..................11% - Not Bad. Go Every Now and Then ...... 14% - Overrated.................................................34% - Hate It. Would Never Go Back................8% - Never Been...............................................30% Total votes cast: 216 And man, that is the ugliest looking poll in the world. But we'll follow it up with a reader suggestion who was curious about the demographics of The Blog.

The Concept Of Real Breaking News

Random thought time.

All the local TV stations/network affiliates will throw down the "Breaking News" banner at the drop of the hat. Normally, without just cause. But the old school national networks (ABC, CBS and NBC) are the exception. If during the day or prime time, you see programming interrupted for "Breaking News" because the national network has made the decision to do so, you can bet it will be big.

I think I'm an oddity, but once I see those words show up on my television, my heart starts racing. It happened last night when ABC broke in on some stupid sitcom to announce the bridge collapse in Minnesota. (And that, by network standards, is questionable story to stop down a network for. Yeah, it's big, but I'm a little surprised they did it.)

But once I saw the "Breaking News" banner I was standing in front of the TV waiting for the anchor to appear and say, "Good evening, there is breaking news tonight from . . . . " It can be anything. And in this day and time, I mean anything.