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Decatur......Done (The Abilene Wylie Curse continues.) Bridgeport.......Hanging Around Also done (I could have sworn the Messenger listed Bridgeport as winning last night. But maybe I'm wrong.) Link.

Blacklights, Gloves, and Christian Music

Credit: Emailer.

Wow: Life Not Death.

Verdict just in. The death penalty is becoming a harder and harder sell in this State. Ten years ago, the intentional killing of a cop would get you The Needle. But it's not automatic any more. Not even in Fort Worth.

"... Hank Nava was a good officer and a good man. When we send them to the streets, they are representatives of the law, of the legal system. When they are gunned down, that it is not an attack on a single man, that's an attack on every member of society," Prosecutor Alan Levy said.

"You know what the evidence shows and you know what has to be done and I hope you will do it," Levy said.

Horrific

This is an 8 minute 911 call. (Video is irrelevant.) The story behind this here. What a crazy case. Your average Texan who kills someone for theft is normally in pretty good shape regardless of what the technical laws are. But when this guy left his house to go shoot two burglars of his neighbor, I considered him a killer. But, the one fact that may save his skin, is his after-shooting-statement that the guys were coming into his yard and "I had no choice." He, amazingly, may have a defense in trying to stop a burglary of a neighbor, but he may have a better self-defense claim to save him. Credit: MzChief

Mickey Mouse Reprimanded

Earlier this week:

Today:


Edit: To Gorilla -- That was funny but I can't post that comment, sir!

Chick That Almost Got . . .

. . . kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight for being inappropriately dressed, is now appearing on Playboy.com . I don't know if she is neekid are not.

These Random People . . .

. . . celebrate a Boyd Yellowjacket playoff victory.

Go Team. Yeah. Two-bits.

My Emailers Have Produced Some Gold Lately

"Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?"

I rarely watch this show, but someone tipped me off that Kelli Pickler (of American Idol fame) was on it tonight and that it's a "must see."

I've watched most of it, and I now believe: (1) Pickler is putting on an act, or (2) Pickler is the dumbest woman in America. It's incredible. But she's hot, so she needs to be forgiven.

Now That's A Good Comment

The Dallas Morning News mentioned today that Troy Aikman took his daughter to the Hannah Montana concert last night. On another blog, appeared the following comment.


That, my friends, is quality.

Breaking News!!!! Oh, The Humanity!

This is what we've got: A white pickup was headed west on N. Main in Decatur and veered into the Just Like New parking lot. He struck four five cars before T-boning the fifth sixth one. My high ranking sources in the Decatur PD tell me the driver of the white truck, 32 years old, may have suffered from a seizure.

Edit: On an unrelated note, there's a tanker truck on fire on I-35 between Denton and Dallas that has the interstate completely shut down. For the time being, Fox 4 has a live feed here.

Nice Wand

Oh, yeah, there is a reason.

Party Boat Hits Iceberg . . . Or Something Like That

Yesterday:

Today:

(Star Telegram story.)

Thriller

Ok, I almost distance from this. I've never cared for marching bands, but I do like marching bands doing schtick. This is the Oklahoma Sooners band breaking out into the Michael Jackson "Thriller" dance. It happens with about a 1:00 left in the video and goes on for about 30 seconds. Ever since Jennifer Garner recreated that dance in 13 Going On 30, you're seeing it more and more. (Link.) Like the wedding dance video.

Auto Mechanics 101

I had a headlight go out on my SUV a couple of days. (Beating.) Now since that would be an open invitation for the local cops to pull me over, I figured I'd better fix it ASAP.

Since I'm capable of changing tires and changing batteries (and even famously changing my own oil when I was a teenager), I popped the hood to take a look at the back casing of the headlight to see if I could do it myself.

Not a chance.

Sheesh, it looked like I'd have to pull the engine to get to it. So I had to drop it off at James Wood's this morning to get it fixed (and it's already ready at 10:19 a.m. )

But that felt so wrong.

Edit: $47.12 (includes a really good car wash.)

That Cheerleader. . .

. . . from Heroes says, "I love it when cold weather blows into Wise County, and the guy on Fox 4 this morning mentioned that it may be only in the 40s on Thanksgiving. Me loves me some cold weather when I get my turkey from the IGA in Boyd."

(Hey, it's a quiet morning. A man struggles for content some time.)

Hannah Montana Tickets: Another Reason The Terrorists Are Winning

All from Fox 4 News tonight:


(Above.) Just a mom and her daughter getting out of a limo at the concert tonight. Mom's wearing a hot dress. Maybe.


"I paid $355 for two." (Actual quote.)


"Well, we got some T-shirts and some programs. Ya know, we just spent $20 to park. Once you get here and you've gone this far, what's money?" (Actual quote.)

Get Your Drink On

Dallas County Judge Bruce Priddy was arrested on "suspicion" of DWI early this morning after leaving a bar at 2:45 a.m. (Side note: No one can ever legally be arrested for "suspicion" of anything. It's supposed to require "probable" cause. But I digress.)

Memo to Judge: I don't care if you're stone cold sober. Hanging out at a bar at 2:45 on a Wednesday morning is not conducive to "good judging" in court that day.

But this should make the right wing happy: He was the first judge to impose an injunction against the city of Farmer's Branch for their anti-Hispanic . . . uh . . . anti-immigration . . . uh . . . how do they say it? . . . oh, yeah . . . anti-illegal-immigration ordinances.