That Was Quick

And a bonus video: The Dallas Cowboys 2007 season in 8 seconds.

Into White Air

That was gold on Saturday.

Short Movie Reviews

Superbad: Super funny. McLoved it.

Juno: A movie about a teenage pregnancy being funny? Absolutely. Smart, funny, and witty - with a little bit of an Arrested Development influence.

A Clockwork Orange: One of the films I've always heard about but never saw. I bailed after 40 minutes. I love weird stuff. I search out weird stuff. But this was just weird.

Oh, My

Thanks to an emailer that pointed out the most dysfunctional family in the history of ever. The story starts out bad and then gets worse.

Fine Job

What Song Is This?

Stick with it. At the halfway point it all becomes clear.

Offensive?

This is the front page of the sports section of the Ohio State University student newspaper on the day after the school lost the National Championship game to LSU.

Controversial? Are you reminded of anything?

Friday Afternoon Pick Me Up

Let's Just Crown Everyone Champion

Story.

The World's Gone Crazy

Story. Yep, that's the case from Tyler that made headlines earlier this week.

Sirens

There have been a bunch of sirens going off in Decatur over the last 30 minutes. And it can't be related to the earlier bus wreck. Anybody know anything?

And It's The High School Making The Mistake

A Picture

The Update made reference to a school bus wreck this morning on 287. A fellow blogger snapped a couple of pics here.

Hey, I Knew Who That Guy Was

Random thought as I otherwise ponder that Countrywide's stock went up over 50% yesterday:

I mentioned a couple of days ago that I have begun listening to an unabridged audio book: Into Thin Air. Let me say this about audio books since this is the first one I have ever listened to - they are absolutely great. Fantastic. Wonderful. Since I listened to it exclusively in the car, I'm tempted to go drive around right now. I'm forever hooked.

And Into Thin Air (I'm halfway through) is incredible. It's about a writer/climber who went with a group to the top of Mount Everest in 1996 only to meet tragedy - apparently the greatest death toll in any one day in the history of the mountain. But, as any book like that will do, it gave some background on the subject, to-wit: Mount Everest. For any of you that have become immersed in a book, you feel like its subject should be on everyone's mind even though you're the only one interested. That being said, my ears perked up yesterday, when I learned that Edmund Hillary, the first man to ever reach the summit, died yesterday. Oddly, I had learned a great deal about him only the day before.

Reading about those guys that defy death (sometimes) as they chase their dreams makes my day job seem very boring at this moment.

Jacksboro Needs To Set Its Goals Higher

Hey, I've heard of people seeing the face of Jesus in a muffin or the face of Mary in a bean burrito, but in Jacksboro they've got people seeing Our Lady of Guadalupe in a tree. Heck, I don't even know who that Lady is. Since those images are always so open to interpretation, I'd have called it Mary just for the publicity. Or at least Our Lady Of The North Fork of The Trinity River.

Friday Morning One Video Dance Off

Ok, I promise to do better in the future to have a true Dance Off. For today, please enjoy these guys giving it the What For with the briefest appearance by a toddler.

We've Reached A Milestone

And Another

But I'm drawing the line on this one. Completely unacceptable.

Edit: But we do have some good news today as the hottest teacher in the history of ever won't have her probation revoked.