I Hate . . .

. . . when things happen I don't understand. Especially magic. I'm pretty sure that magic has something to do with the Devil. Like a Ouija Board (that my dear mother banned me from playing as a child.)

Anyway ( stay with me here), last night I'm watching Lou Holtz on ESPN do one of his weekly "pep talks" to a random team he picks. The speeches are silly and uninspiring. But the guy is so crazy, that I can't take my eyes off of him.

At the end of the speech Lou pulled out a newspaper, tore it up, and then .......... see it for yourself.

(Sidenote - He did have this funny line: "Happiness is nothing more than having a poor memory. If you can't remember what happened yesterday, you feel pretty good today.")

Predictable "Justice"

The Fort Worth Court of Appeals releases its opinions every Thursday. Yesterday the criminal defendants went 0-9. It's like that every week. If you think the appellate process favors defendants, you are very wrong.

My Obsession Continues

Was in Jacksboro all morning. But a faithful reader emailed me the story of yet another motorcycle death last night.

Kelly Clarkson . . .

. . . will beat us down on Thanksgiving at halftime during the Cowboys' game. If she sings, "Since You Been Gone" one more time, I'll throw up my turkey. But the Cowboys put her in front of the cameras today at Valley Ranch to promote the performance. That's her on the right in case you were confused.

Source: Star Telegram.

Hey, Now

Texas AG Is Pimpin' Himself

News has come out that 14 sex offenders have been arrested for "illegally" using MySpace.com. But the Texas AG's office is using it as a campaign commercial by (1) sending out a press release, (2) having the arrests made by his investigators and then taking full credit as the headline - above - from his state web site shows, and shockingly (3) putting up the video of the arrest of all 14 people on the web site.

His Your taxpayer funded web site showing this shameless self promotion at your expense is here.

Wreck

The Update is reporting 114 being shut down at 51 due to a fatality. WBAP as referred to it as a Semi/Automobile wreck. Anybody know anything? I'd send my news crew out to cover it if I had a news crew. Edit: WBAP reports the highway was reopened around noon.

Want To Rethink That?

This dealership got in a little bit of trouble for this ad.

Thursday Morning Pick Me Up

And I almost got killed in a traffic accident this morning. My heart is still racing.

Fox 4 . . . . . . .Pause . . . . . News

Fox 4 led with the crazy janitor story in Rhome. Frankly, I can't believe this hasn't been picked up by the national wire.

And Lari Barager is looking pretty, pretty good.

Random Baseball Thought

I didn't watch any off the baseball playoff games today, but I just saw that the Boston Red Sox won. You know what their starting pitcher did? He went the complete 9 innings, gave up only 4 hits, no runs were scored, he didn't walk a soul, and struck out 8.

After a krillion years of bad Texas Ranger baseball, I know this: It's pitching. It's always pitching.

Craziest Statute Ever

I was up at the courthouse this afternoon and was confronted with "did you know this was against the law?" scenario. Then the guy showed me the statute.

There has to be a law against this?

I Don't Think That Is Part Of The Sentencing Guidelines

And, uh, the allegations concern the spanking of male inmates.

Oh, my.

Public Service Announcement

Since I know the probation departments of Wise and Jack Counties are faithful readers, I thought I'd pass this story along.

Be careful out there.

Mom Should Be Banned From Watching "Dodgeball"

Kinda amusing video of mom beaning her kid in the front lawn.

That Guy Is So Odd

Heck, it's Mark Cuban's team and he can do whatever he wants, but I think it's strange that the official Dallas Mavericks site spends so much space on its home page promoting Cuban's Dancing With The Starts gig.

Mid Week Slump

After the shocking "what happened in the middle school closet?" story yesterday, the news has slowed down considerably.

Fox 4 had a story about how Waxahachie ISD banned a kid from wearing a John Edwards T-shirt since it violated the rules about shirts "with words" on them. Silly.

And I just heard that President Bush vetoed (a rarity) legislation that would have expanded a children's health insurance program by $35 billion over five years. I've got too much Tired Head to figure out if that's good or bad. But since when does he care about spending your money?

Finally, I really haven't given it much thought, but the Hard Line Conservatives are thinking about creating a third political party. It'll never happen.

Like Looking In A Mirror

Meet newly crowned Mr. Olympia 2007: Jay Cutler (not from the Denver Broncos.) He won this past weekend in Las Vegas.