In other news, gold hit $800 an ounce and Google hit $700 a share. So, in summary, we can't afford natural gas, gold, or Google.
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10.31.2007
Prepare For More Wells
In other news, gold hit $800 an ounce and Google hit $700 a share. So, in summary, we can't afford natural gas, gold, or Google.
A Tow Truck Is Never A Good Sign
If you folks in Wise County are wondering where your Fed Ex package is, it might be a little late.
The Today Show . . .
. . . cast always dresses up for Halloween. This year they went with the Munsters theme. That's Matt and Meredith.
10.30.2007
We All Need To Be Reminded Every Now And Then
For the heck of it, I googled the name of a girlfriend of over 20 years ago. Just a handful of hits came up, but within those small number of hit I quickly learned that she was a schoolteacher near Houston (which is exactly where she expected to be.)
But the only information about her came on a post she had made on a blog. A blog about a family that struggles with a newborn diagnosed with leukemia. Heck, I spent more time reading about the baby than what she wrote. It puts life in perspective. As I say so often, "I can't imagine . . . . "
The home page of that blog is here. The first post, the moving one that I first stumbled upon, is here.
I Finally Found Some Guys I Wouldn't Want To Defend
All the college sports blogs have posted this youtube video from last weekend. (Extreme language warning, by the way.)
It shows a mob of Penn State fans taunting (and actually assaulting with beer cans) a couple of Ohio State fans. The guy holding the camera is a punk. The kid at the end is a huge punk. I rarely get mad, but this thing just drives me insane.
Edit: The Penn State student newspaper covers the incident.
Not Sure . . .
. . . what that plume of smoke was coming from the Bridgeport area (as taken from Decatur overlooking Lowe's). It just might be the energy plant burning off excess whatever, but I'm sure someone knows.
Patriot Cheerleaders Dress Up For Halloween
Let's see. Schoolgirl? Check. Uh, hooker? Check. Flapper? Check. Little Bo Peep? Check. Bumble Bee? Check.
"We're From The Hood!"
Curious story. Kid gets suspended for saying, "We're from the hood!" on the sideline and having a verbal confrontation with a coach. Kid then files complaint with NAACP.
In other news, the Mean Green are awful.
Capital Murder Trial
The Star-Telegram has an interesting story today on the first day of the capital murder trial regarding Hank Nava, a Fort Worth Police Officer.
The facts are tragic, but this isn't a slam dunk for the prosecution. If the defense lawyer is correct in his opening statements (and I bet he is, because he's good and knows that misstatements will come back to bite you), he says that Nava was not dressed in a police uniform before the shooting. And another officer was in TXU gear because they were "undercover." The lawyer also said the fatal shot was a ricochet - even shot in self defense since he didn't know the cops were cops. (And it looks like the defendant had a fairly checkered past - the kind of past that would make you fearful when strangers come into your house.)
Amazingly, police fired 34 times at the defendant - but didn't kill him.
The defendant will be convicted of something, but I'm not sure if it will be capital murder.
10.29.2007
Shameless Plug
My mom is closing her store over in Bridgeport after being in business for about 20 years. As much as she has to put up with me, the least I could do is reproduce the ad that will run in the Bridgeport Index this week. (She doesn't know I'm doing this - yet.)
And the closing is kind of bittersweet. That retail space was previously occupied by Green's Dry Goods which was owned by my dad and, before him, his father. I remember selling shoes, jeans, and underwear in there as a teenager.
(And if you think I'll allow one negative comment, you're crazy!)
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