Jerry's Crazy New Commercial

Bruce Willis' New Girlfriend

Standing. Slowly beginning to clap.

Cowboys Preseason Game

We'll all gather around the TV at 7:00 to watch Tony Romo and company play the first game of the season. And then within 15 minutes we'll be beaten down beyond recognition. Then comes the 4th quarter when time will simply stop. We can at least hope for a career ending injury to Rowdy.

I went to a Houston Oilers / Dallas Cowboys preseason game one year, and I still haven't recovered. But I still remember being able to sneak to a 50 yard line seat late in the 4th. I also recall having a radio with me and hearing play by play man Dale Hansen say, as the clock slowly, slowly moved: "When I am on my death bed and I have just minutes to live, please replay the last 15 minutes of this game because it will seem like I will be living forever."

Stolen phrase: "Games that don't count where the players don't try which we watch for reasons we don't quite understand."

23 Days And Counting

College football is around the corner and the first point spreads are out for opening weekend:

TCU over Baylor by 21 (The suffering continues)
The Evil Empire over Arkansas State by 37 (Southlake would be a better opponent.)
Oklahoma over North Texas by 38 (Todd Dodge an underdog?)
Texas Tech over SMU by 11 (only 11?)
Texas A&M over Montana State by ??? (I didn't see it.)

Edit: Some people pick on the Evil Empire too much. Maybe.

Edit: Aggie War Hymn on Guitar Hero?

Edit: The greatest Big 12 preview in the history of ever.

Most Confusing Movie Role Ever

This pic is from some new movie starring Rumer Willis, Bruce's daughter. I give it a Thumbs Down and I know nothing about it.

Crime Blotter

It might be odd that the Messenger found out about this. They certainly should be able to find out if someone is arrested or indicted. And if an obvious crime is committed (like a murder by firearm), it stands to reason that a story like this would be printed. I guess if the cops had gone to this house and summoned medical help for the child, it would be public knowledge. But if the parents took the kid to the hospital and the medical staff called law enforcement, that's something the paper normally wouldn't be aware of. And Jana wouldn't leak the story - that's not her style. So I'll just speculate.

Edit: I apologize for the number of "rejected" posts on this one. And although most seem to have a lot of inside information, I try not to repeat "assertions of fact" against a person unless it can be verified. But I admit that the freakin' county new about this incident before I did.

Edit #2: The Morning News has a blurb about the death, but not much information.

And note to Messenger photographer Joe Duty: Rebecca Simpson will be up at the courthouse at 1:00 to take a plea deal on an old misdemeanor case. Edit: Make that 11:00 a.m. (Sorry, Joe.)

How's That Wall Coming Along?

New figures reveal that in Harris County (Houston) only 37% of its residents are white.

Richard "Racehorse" Haynes

I was surprised to learn that this famous criminal defense lawyer from Texas is back in action at age 80. For you youngsters, he represented Fort Worth millionaire Cullen Davis in a murder case and a murder for hire case. He won both.

He is defending a 40 something year old woman named Phill Rian (hey, that name sounds phonetically familiar!!) for having sex with a teenage boy. The bad news for him is that the case is being tried in Williamson County (Georgetown) - the easiest place to prosecute in the State of Texas. (They have the most arrogant DA ever - John Bradley.)

But back to Racehorse. He was once asked by a reporter if he was the best criminal defense lawyer in Texas. He barely paused before replying, “I believe I am.” Then, he immodestly added, “I wonder why you restrict it to Texas.”

Extremists?

This isn't the best picture, but the guy on the left was jumping off a bridge near downtown Fort Worth into the Trinity River. That's not his buddy. His buddy is dead. Jumping into the Trinity River is never a good idea.

But the aforementioned "guy on the left" told Fox 4's Lari Barager that he and his buddy were "extremists" as in "sports extremists." The Star Telegram refers to the deceased as "homeless." I'm going with the Star Telegram

Crazy Wednesday

All morning in Jacksboro and now I have three pleas to take care of this afternoon. Makes a man want to be on the beach.

(And this is Jennifer Ellison who appeared in the screen version of Phantom of the Opera. `I appreciate her acting skills. Honest.)

Huge Credit To Yahoo! Sports . . .

. . . (from whom I stole this graphic) for the "*". Perfect.

Edit: As a commenter pointed out, it's fascinating that in less than 20 minutes the Yahoo! graphic had been changed to delete the asterisk.

Oh, My

I watched a replay of White Light / Black Rain tonight on HBO. It's a documentary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima to bring World War II to a close. I asked my dad once if President Truman caught any flak for the bombing that killed so many innocent people. "Not at all," he told me. And it is probably true that, in the long run, it saved many, many lives. Still, what a horrific four days.

Good grief, it's almost too hard to watch. (But it starts out incredibly slow before it becomes riveting.)

Speaking Of Fights

First, this fight doesn't even compare to the Charlize Theron throw down below. There's more blood and more style when the girls go at it.

Secondly, I'm proud to announce this fight occurred at Qualcomm (or something like that) - home of the San Diego Chargers. I'm "proud" because it is one of the many stadiums I've visited across the country. (Actually, I was there at the Holiday Bowl a couple of years ago when Texas Tech played California. That's where the following pic comes from at the end of the game. I'm kinda "proud" of that one.)

OK, It's Time To Get The Blog Back On Track

It's Charlize Theron's birthday today and what better way to celebrate it than to post the greatest cat fight in the history of ever from 2 Days In The Valley. Good Times (Language warning.)

Enough Of This Poll

The women have a majority, but not a mandate.

A Taser Endorsement

Man, if one of those Taser companies (is there more than one?) doesn't sign this guy up as its spokesperson, they should be ashamed. The last couple of sentences are gold. (Credit: MzChief)

Illegal Pledging

Just to let you know, since June 15th you should have been saying the Pledge to the Texas Flag with the new italicized wording:

"Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible."

Now prior to June 15th we apparently weren't one state under God. But we are now. The pledge says so. Get it right or The Man might come after you.

Name That New Business

Yeah, it's a crappy photo because I take crappy photos at 70 mph when I didn't plan on taking the photo in the first place.

This thing is about three miles south of Decatur along 287 (on the west side of the highway). The building looks small but it has about six to eight huge concrete pillars around it (can't really see them in the pic) that makes me thing there might be something bigger coming.