Learned that on April 1, 1934, Bonnie and Clyde (or part of their gang) killed two troopers at 114 and Dove Road in what is now Southlake. I'm not sure I knew that.
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4.01.2008
Not A Joke
Learned that on April 1, 1934, Bonnie and Clyde (or part of their gang) killed two troopers at 114 and Dove Road in what is now Southlake. I'm not sure I knew that.
3.31.2008
Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts
-Motorcycle death in Fort Worth this morning.
-Madonna could hurt me, and Paris goes down.
-My dad and I were talking about my iPhone which has this nifty application that pulls up a Google map of your current location (no matter where you are.) If that technology could do it for my phone, we thought, it certainly has the capability of letting me know where my friends phones were currently located. So, yesterday, this article came as no surprise.
- I really like LifeHacker.com
- It was announced yesterday that Kathie Lee Gifford will host the fourth hour of the Today Show. If you watch four hours of the show, you deserve that misery.
-A faithful reader sent me this youtube video of young people in Palestine supporting Obama because they think he can bring peace to the region. I'm not sure I understand the emailer's point. But I do know those guys, with their thick accents, calling Bubbas in the U.S. before each primary are doing Obama no favors.
- Heard a radio ad for UTD's Master's Program this morning where they proclaim you'll get to mingle with "movers and shakers." Is this 1990? Do they get to meet Gordon Gekko?
- I'm guessing this is Google's April Fool's Day joke.
Wise Demo (oxy) Caucus
A faithful reader sends along this email
Have you heard how the Democrat Party convention went in Wise Co.? I attended the disorganized, painfully slow and boring event.
When voting was finally conducted, the various precincts were grouped by their vote in the past governor's election. These groups then by majority vote selected 1 or 2 delegates to the Austin convention. Because Clinton won precincts across the county by about 2 to 1 margin, this pattern was reflected in the precinct votes resulting in Clinton winning ALL the delegates from Wise Co. So even tho Obama won about 35% of the vote, he received about 0% of the delegates.
Where this format was very unfair to Obama here, he had the same advantage in the really big precincts statewide. My summary is that it was a real mess; Wise Co Democrats are a weird looking, very old agglomeration of folks with nothing better to do on a Saturday morning and afternoon. Will Rogers would recognize this as not an organized party, it was a Democrat party.
What A Coincidence
Arizona Cardinals QB Matt Leinart and I had the exact same weekend. Without the hot tub. And the four girls.
Why Don't I Get Cases Like This?
Hot college chicks charged with assault. Assistant football coach, who was probably just sitting on his couch at the time, loses job.
Story.
Gmail
Two things:
(1) I've switched over to Gmail and love it. The "labeling" as opposed to "folders" takes a moment to get used to, but it's tremendous. (Its custom filtering is also great.)
(2) And as far as spam is concerned, it has a tremendous spam blocker: The best I've seen (puts Yahoo Mail to shame.) I also believe that I get more spam than anyone. I just cleared out my Junk Mail - which had over 5,000 in it - and there's the fresh and clean screenshot above. I'll post another at the end of the day and week to let you know how much it catches. (I just looked and it has already captured 3 in the last couple of minutes.)
Random Monday Morning Thoughts
- It looks like an alleged drunk driver smashed into a trailer carrying a huge replica of the Ten Commandments overnight. Fortunately for him, alcohol is not mentioned among them.
- If North Carolina and UCLA win next weekend and then UCLA wins it all, I've won a $200 gift certificate in this pool. (Sidenote: Hypnotic tourney pic here. Edit: Great companion pic.)
- The great Christopher Walken (65) and Al Gore (60) have birthdays today.
- "HOUSTON -- Rusty Yates - the father of five slain children - has a son with his new wife."
- It's the first day of Ranger baseball. It's the last day of hope for Ranger baseball.
- I've worn a tie to work for 22 years.
- I don't have a pic of it, but Channel 8 has the goofiest graphics for its traffic reports. Cars, if to scale, would be 50 feet long.
- I've been watching The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. The movie is almost as long as its title.
3.30.2008
3.29.2008
I really don't know where Davidson is located, but I looked up last night at a TV in a Mexican restaurant (Oscar's) and saw they had won a game to get into the final eight. We all love an underdog.
But this pic has a lot going for it.
- First we have the hot chick holding up the sign. If that's all we had, it would be a success.
- But then we've got the guy with the "#1 Fan" shirt. Always. Always a bad look. (It's not quite as bad as "#1 Dad" but close.)
- Then we've got the guy on the right who wants to lean in to be sure to get in the picture. Uh, buddy, just where do you think the lense was going to be focused upon. Oh, right.
3.28.2008
Good News For Some Wise County Residents
Story. It's also very good news for one particularly sex-obsessed guy who just happens to be in Texas this weekend.
Decatur Resident In Money Magazine
Link.
(Comments off. This story has quite the history in Decatur and Wise County.)
(And thanks to emailer for pointing this out to me.)
Awwwww
A buddy of mine just became the proud papa of this little nipper.
But check his stats: 10.5 pounds and 23.5 inches.
P.S. Be sure to get his DipTet and "mind his little fontanelle, now."
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