I Love Stuff Like This

Former USC player Lendale White gets an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Cut to commercial. As we rejoin the game, color commentator Steve Beuerlein doesn't realize they are back and says "USC thugs, man." And, on a different note, my favorite penalty of the year was described on Saturday.

Random Yellowjacket Thought

I thought about attending the Boyd playoff game in Burleson today.

No way. Rain is bad. Cold is bad. Cold rain is Double Bad.

Random Thought

That Best Buy commercial that shows the girl mocking her parents until they show up with presents really bugs the crap out of me.

Football Carnage

Fran is gone. Nebraska fired its football coach this morning. Mike Singletary rejected Baylor like a bad first date from match.com. And, in an unrelated football note, ORU president Richard Roberts - who I used to watch on Sunday morning before his daddy saw a 900 foot Jesus - got ran out of town.

It's ugly out there.

I Think . . .

. . . I just saw Eric Cartman introduce the offense and defense for Colorado.

Always A Good Day

Last year I went and watched Euless Trinity v. Southlake Carroll at Texas Stadium. That caused me to miss the upset of the Aggies over the Longhorns. I think I'll stay put today.

Success

Another 8 mile Turkey Trot in the books. Cold and a little windy, but the sun made it almost perfect conditions. I finished at 1:06:03 (about four minutes faster than last year - I credit Nutrisystem.) But I sure didn't like the pain in my non-surgically repaired Achilles Tendon.

Assistant County Attorney Thomas Aaberg showed up and finished somewhere during the 55 minute mark. That's a blistering pace.

But as I was checking in, I laughed when I saw the name of "Barron Green" next to mine (blurry cell phone pic). I don't know who that guy is, but he always runs these races and, for the next year, some fine commenter(s) will refer to me as "Barron."

Edit: Thomas finished 266th out of 4152 runners and 33 out of 332 in his age group. I clocked in at 1095 out of 4152 and 99 out of 284 in my (very old) age group.

And my unknown nemesis, Barron Green, finished 1371 with a time of 1:08:26. Scoreboard, Barron! Scoreboard. (Although he is two years older than me.)

Obviously, It'll Be Quiet Around Here For The Next Couple Of Days

I'll run the 8 mile Turkey Trot in Dallas tomorrow morning (man, if the wind doesn't blow, the cold weather will make it great), and then spend the rest of the day with my family in Bridgeport.

I wrote this about Thanksgiving a couple of years ago. It was a crowd pleaser. And it still applies.

Solve This For Over $60,000

Or not.

Wednesday Morning Pick Me Up

Probably from a bar off Highway 51.

Scott Cooper: The Man. The Legend.

The Denton Record Chronicle has an article on former Decatur resident Scott Cooper who is now apparently chasing Nazis for DPS. (Disclaimer: Scott's a friend of mine although I haven't talk to him in a while. He was an investigator with the Wise County Sheriff's Office when I was DA.) Source: Found through Bluedaze.com.

Probably Not Wise County Related

An Alvarado gas well explosion has sent three men to the hospital. But it as operated by Devon so you never know.

Made Me Laugh

Ok, this won't do it justice, but Fox 4 had a story last night about some kindergarten kid who was sent home because he had a haircut of the star of the Dallas Cowboys. His very redneck dad appeared on camera and said, "He has the right to individuality and to present himself."

For the three people out there that saw Wild At Heart with Nicholas Cage, you instantly remember Cage's character named Sailor having said, "Did I ever tell ya that this here jacket represents a symbol of my individuality, and my belief in personal freedom?

The New Rig . . .

. . . set up a stone's throw from Decatur High School (against a pretty sky tonight.)

Credit: Tony.

Weather Talk

Assuming the above graphic (from here) regarding Wednesday's temperature is accurate, the temperature will be at 63 at midnight and then will fall throughout the day. So, technically, the "high" tomorrow will be 63. Some weather guys and gals will report it that way and never provide an explanation. Drives me crazy.

But my annual 8 Mile Dallas Turkey Trot is sizing up as being a little chilly.

Baptists?

It's called "The Best Wedding Dance Ever." I think I'm a little speechless. Edit: If video doesn't work, it is here.

Holy Crap!

We are finally getting the first information on what season tickets will cost in the new Cowboys Stadium.

For a seat on the 5 yard line: $340 a game (obligated to buy 10 which includes two pre-season games.) But, wait, in order to have that "right" to buy those tickets, you'll have to buy a $16,000 seat option. "That payment gives you the 30-year rights to own, transfer or sell the seats."

And, get this, seat options range in price depending on how good the seat is. They range from $16,000 to (gulp) $150,000!!!!

Sheesh, how much will parking be?

Source.

Lawyers, Guns and . . . Uh . . . The Supreme Court

Finally, the most interesting case to be heard by the Supreme Court since "Bong Hits For Jesus." The story:

After a hiatus of 68 years, the Supreme Court [today] agreed to rule on the meaning of the Second Amendment — the hotly contested part of the Constitution that guarantees “a right to keep and bear arms.” Not since 1939 has the Court heard a case directly testing the Amendment’s scope — and there is a debate about whether it actually decided anything in that earlier ruling. In a sense, the Court may well be writing on a clean slate if, in the end, it decides the ultimate question: does the Second Amendment guarantee an individual right to have a gun for private use, or does it only guarantee a collective right to have guns in an organized military force such as a state National Guard unit?

The fate of Wise County rests in the balance.

(Credit: Kevin via email)