I've Seen That . . .

. . .pink #9 jersey for sale in an Albertson's in Fort Worth. Really.

"I've Been Everywhere, Man"

I can't say that its the greatest video in the history of ever, but it does mention Bridgeport and Jacksboro which is enough to get posted.

(Thanks to Paul by email.)

Hey, Get Away From My Car

Channel 5 News did a segment yesterday on security in mall parking lots. The story showed a couple of cops walking around looking in every car and then placing a "Security Report Card" on the windshield.

Drop the Report Card and step back from my car. Slowly.

Bridgeport, I Hardly Knew You

This screenshot was captured from CNN this morning during its weather segment. Is that Bridgeport in the corner?

Final Billboard Numbers For Fiscal 2007

ALBUM Daughtry 3.2 million copies (I'm indifferent.) Akon 2.7, (When not molesting girls on state stage.) Fergie 2.4 (Better alone than with the food band.) Hannah Montana 2.5 (We are doomed.) Carrie Underwood 2.3 (Hot girl. She sings?) SINGLES.

1. Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" (I like this one.) 2. Rihanna's "Umbrella" (Now it's like a bullet to the brain) 3. Gwen Stefani's "The Sweet Escape (Never heard it.) 4. Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry" (Huge thumbs up.) 5. T-Pain's "Buy U A Drank." (Grammar notwithstanding, not bad.)

Thoughts

Interesting: It is incredibly foggy to be noon time.

Amazing: It's amazing we don't have pile-ups all over 380, 114, and 287.

Annual Christmas Letter

From Gordon Keith. Excerpt:

I am not going to ask for toys this Christmas. I am so over that. In the Bible it says, "when I was a child I spake as a child, and when I became a man, I thought the word spake sounded funny." I ask that you give all my presents to other kids this year, Santa. Preferably blonde ones from middle-class backgrounds.

Full letter here. Funny stuff.

Oh, My

I run in layers. At UCLA, they run in their underwear. Every year. With pictures.

Friday Morning Dance Off: Soulja Boy

Entry #1 Entry #2 Bonus entry: Young white kids in a controlled environment.

Ok, I Distance From This

I want to say that I normally shy away from watching animals do animalistic things. But the combination of the bell sound effect and the anchor people laughing made me laugh.

Dallas County Sheriff's Office . . .

. . . is dumb as a box of rocks.

From Fox 4 News tonight: "[The DCSO] has a new way to motivate patrol officers: gift cards . . . . Five $50 gift cards will be given out to the officer that makes the most DWI arrests . . . . "

Sheesh. The winner gets $50 based upon arrests, not convictions. So what does he care if his cases eventually get dismissed or thrown out, he has an incentive to make an arrest.

Fast forward to a year later. It's a weak case. A trial is going on. The jury wants to rely upon the officer's judgment when he decided to arrest the defendant after the field sobriety tests. The guy looked OK on tape but the officer had to have seen something to make the arrest, right? Or was it the motivation for $50? Even good officers are going to take a beating.

Funny New DFW Google Street View

Woman drops broom and hides behind trash can to avoid Google van. Link. (Others are finding funny things and compiling there here.)

Oh The Humanity

Just got a report of yet another 18 wheeler on its side at the 287/380 cloverleaf in Decatur.

Edit:

Calling All Scientists

Weird phenomenon this morning. I'm driving down the highway and notice that my exterior antenna is shaking back and forth in a violent manner. I'd never seen that before no matter how windy it was. This goes on for a couple of minutes and then it stopped for a while. Then the shaking returned. The cycle repeated itself throughout the journey. So I started to notice other cars that passed me. Some had the possessed and shaking antennas. Some did not. Ice was building up on my antenna due to the fog, but that's the only unusual thing. Ideas? I'm telling ya, it was weird.

Mystery Gift On My Desk This Morning

Sports Tidbit

I couldn't stand Bill Parcells when he was here, and I think he's full of crap now on ESPN. But I love this tidbit today from Jason Witten found here:

When word circulated last January that Parcells was officially resigning, the coach called the tight end into his Valley Ranch office. Jason, take it from here.

“I went in there expecting some kind of sad farewell, but his message to me was that I sucked. He gave me about 15 things I needed to improve on and told me if I didn’t do them I’d always be average. I didn’t know if there’d be a hug or anything, but I didn’t see it going down like that.”

Ransom Wednesday Afternoon Thought

Mr. Potter: [to George Bailey] "No securities, no stocks, no bonds. Nothin' but a miserable little $500 equity in a life insurance policy. You're worth more dead than alive."

Man Launched. Hilarity Ensues.

I hate hockey. I even went and saw a Dallas Stars game once, and I still hated it. But if we had more stuff like this (from Friday night), I would reconsider. And kudos to the boys in the truck who understand that this needed to be replayed as many times as possible.