Burning Down The Pasture

Decatur had a grass fire today that was quickly controlled. But one of the nearby landowners was so pleased with the quick response of the Decatur Fire Department that he sent me these pictures.

Random Thoughts

- Man, I've got allergies today like nobody's business. - I'm signed up to run the White Rock Half Marathon on Sunday and the forecast is for high winds and rain. - I learned the hard way this weekend that an outdoor string of lights has its own built in fuse. - North Texas plays the Evil Empire in basketball tonight but probably won't watch it - I think the phone call from Jenna Bush to her parents on the Ellen show today wasn't an impromptu call at all (saw it on The Today Show this morning.) - I bet that Mike Huckabee wins the Republican nomination. - Learned the other day at the courthouse that Santa doesn't handle everyone's presents the same way. With some kinds the gifts are neatly wrapped, at other houses no wrapping paper is used, and in others they are just covered up with paper or a blanket. - "No Country For Old Men" looks pretty good. - My cruise control wouldn't work the other day. It drove me nuts not to have it. But it came back to life. - I noticed there was a 30 minute Shrek Christmas cartoon on the other night ("Shrek The Halls") that ended up the #3 most watched prime time show. Charlie Brown came in at #15. - The Wise County Courthouse has never pushed the limits with religious theme decorations. Just lights and "Happy Holidays."

Holy Hanakaa!

I just learned that Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson are Jewish. When did this happen?

Wednesday Afternoon Pick Me Up

Tennessee Titan cheerleaders from last weekend.

I'm A Little Late To The Party On This

See this man. He's Weatherford mayor Joe Tison. He wants to kick Rep. Phil King to curb. King's response:

“He’s been a good friend and we’ve worked very closely together over the years,” King said. “My objective is going to be to not say bad things about Joe Tison, but to say good things about Phil King.”

King should be thrown out for referring to himself in third person.

Found This, Too

Found Found This On My Hard Drive (Do They Still Call It That?)

Obscure Legal Humor?

Today the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Snyder v. Louisiana where a guy was given the death penalty by an all white jury after the Government struck all five prospective black jurors. (The government and the defense are allowed to strike a certain number of people from the jury panel for any reason so long as they don't do it for racial reasons. A person is struck "for cause" when they are deemed to be unfair by the judge.) The above is an excerpt from the oral argument.

I don't think I've ever looked at judge and said "Are you crazy?"

And Scalia is so funny about death.

Those Canadians Are Crazy

A Public Service Announcement that runs in Canada. Uh, before you watch this cute little video of girls playing soccer, one word: Landmine.

Free Debra Lafave!!

Link

Not All That Exciting . . .

. . . but our High Sheriff is making news over at Channel 8.

Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson Proof. Attaboy!

Now I'm Off To Fort Worth

Anybody else think the bridge construction between Runaway Bay and Jacksboro is a little dangerous? (And I mean dangerous even when not trying to take a pic of it.)

I'm Off To Jacksboro

But if you want to waste some time and shake your head, read this story about Megan Meier and then pray that this blog is fake. Lori Drew is the adult neighbor that posed as a teenage boy - she's had her address and phone number posted all over the Internet as people harass her.

The Today Show has been covering the story and had Drew's attorney on this morning - but I had to leave before he would hopefully talk about the blog above.

Crazy Talk

Dale Hansen's Sports Special did a bit on the Cowboys last night and, to fill space, they threw in an quick interview with Randy Galloway from his ESPN radio gig. For a split second, the camera cut to the computer by Galloway to which was either showing emails or a list of callers. With the magic of TIVO, I was able to go back and stop on the split second.

Two Terms Is Enough

According to the Update, Jana Jones has announced that she won't seek a third term as DA. I don't know her reasons, but I can affirm that two terms will beat you down.

(Yeah, yeah, I turned the comments off.)

Edit: Most people know that County Attorney Greg Lowery intends to run for DA. He can't announce it because of some crazy law that won't let him do it until after the first of the year. I haven't heard any rumors of anyone else wanting to run for DA, but Jana's decision might cause someone to throw their hat in just for the heck of it. The County Attorney position has three candidates right now: Thomas Aaberg, James Stainton, and Marilyn Belew.

Edit: Ok, I'm turning the comments on. But no public official bashing or potential prosecutor winner bashing. I have to work with these guys.

"They Tried To Make Me Go To Rehab . . . . "

Amy Winehouse is getting crazier and crazier. (Click to enlarge. I dare you. (Although I think there is something wrong with Blogger's picture uploader today.))

Is That Two Guys?

Original here.

(Thanks to the emailer.)