11th Round Of Fantasy Draft And I'm Beaten Down

This Day Has Made Me Insane

Yeah, the female readers are always railing on me for not posting pics of guys. So I'd thought I'd offer this peace offering of That Guy who attended the Evil Empire game this week in Austin. I can only wonder what that nutcase is saying to her. Something like, "You know, I like to take mustard and put it on the ham before I put the ham on the sandwich. Then I dip the sandwich directly in the ketchup. That just seems nature's way of doing it right, know what I mean? Because, really, ya just got keep on livin'."

A Decatur Player Make Week #0's Nomination List

Link.

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• Remember when I said on Friday that you should think to yourself "enjoy this moment" as you left for a three day weekend?
• Have any of you seen the very shocking Levi's commerciall where the couple has apparently just met at a bar?
• The Hurricane coverage was silly. The mayor of New Orleans called it "the mother of all storms" but this morning a Fox 4 reporter was showing how fierce the storm was by holding up "this strong plastic sign that had been broken in half."
• I had a lady drop a huge Profanity Bomb on me yesterday and she pulled away from a gas station. I think it was something about how I parked but I'm still not sure. I think I stood there for a full minute with Confused Head.
• I do feel kind of bad about posting the pics of the Baylor twirlers. But the photos first appeared on the Waco Tribune web site.
• For years you couldn't miss the Jerry Lewis Telethon if you tried. Now I can go most Labor Day weekends and be completely oblivious to the fact that it is on.
• The Tennessee/UCLA game last night was great. College football trumps all others.
• I'm attending a very delayed Fantasy Football draft tonight in the fair town of Paradise.
• Hey, the guy that does all the movie trailer voices (i.e "One man . . . . ") has died.
• All that tricked up fried stuff at the State Fair (this year's winner is Chicken Fried Bacon) is just dumb.
• I'm about halfway through "The Last Lecture" book which really isn't as moving as I thought it would be. He's almost a little too detached from his tragedy. (But he had an interesting point when he decided to just accept being charged $16.00 too much at a self check-out line. With such a short time to live, he simply didn't want to spend 15 minutes of his life with the hassle to get it back.)
• There are few joys in life as exciting as finding a restaurant with a salsa bar.
• With all the controversy over the pregnant 17 year old daughter of Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin. I had completely missed all the rumors that the daughter may have also given birth to Trig Palin (who the presumptive VP says is her own infant son.) Don't know if it's true, but the Republicans sure don't need all of this distraction during Convention Week.
• And Drudge had a link to the picture of the babydaddy of the newborn-to-be.
• Seeing three ants on my kitchen counter is enough for me to use the equivalent of the nuclear option in killing them.
• What a horrific possibly DWI related wreck in Dallas over the weekend

Don't Ask Me Why I Drove Through Blum, TX Today

But that made me chuckle.

Uh, Oh

And Fox News reported a second ago that McCain knew about this before he chose her as a running mate. Not sure I believe that. But to Barack's credit, he said this topic was "off limits." Edit: Upon further reflection, this is really puzzling. Why in the world would McCain take on this problem if he didn't have to? (Assuming he knew, which I'm stil not convinced about.) And, as I read somewhere else, why would Palin accept the VP nomination when she knew it would cause so much scrutiny of her young daughter?

Saw this in 'convince' store

From Barry (by mobile)

Eight Years Ago

Random Hurricane Thoughts

• I'd forgotten what a goof ball the mayor of New Orleans is. And I didn't know he was still there
• I promise I saw Pete Delkus on Friday night project landfall of this new one on Thursday at 7:00 a.m. (I know, like all local weather guys, he's just reading off the press release of the National Hurricane Center but I can't believe that was the correct information.)
• What's up with these crazy Hurricane names? Gustav? We can't even protect our weather borders anymore.
• The press loves a hurricane. I think it's the "anticipation factor." (One of the funniest, but truest, lines from a Simpsons episode was uttered by a guy Marge was about to - but didn't - cheat with, "Better than the moment. Better than the memory. The moment of . . . Anticipation!")
• I finally finished the Scott McClellan's book, What Happened, and he called the above photo of Bush doing a flyover of New Orleans after Katrina on of his "worst political blunders" because he appeared detached and uncaring. I've never thought that at all. (And that book was nothing more than a rehashing of old headlines - no inside info whatsoever.)
• Now this photo, that was different.

Oh, My!

Box Score.

We're Not Mature Enough To Vote For A President

Mild language warning.

Friday Night Stuff

Perrin-Whitt 34 Chico 26 Electra 6 Alvord 21 Breckenridge 6 Bridgeport 52 Boyd 6 Bowie 13 Paradise 42 Van Alstyne 28 Decatur 45 Dallas Madison 42

The Republican Nominee For VP: Sarah Palin

Yeah, it's two hour old news. And, yeah, that's some photoshop fun. But here's an older real one. Hey, now: And there's more:

While Standing Behind "Slow Scanner Man"

. . . I noticed the name of "Tony Romo" on the cover of People magazine. Less than a week and a half before the opener, and the girl is messing with our quarterback's head. But a random thought: Jessica has a new album coming out (as noted on the cover.) Since this cover is a great advertisement for the album, does the Jessica camp pay People magazine to put her on the cover? After all, wouldn't she pay to be on the cover? Side note: We can look forward to next week's random letter to the editor: "I'm so happy that Jessica has finally found love. She's a beautiful girl who deserves happiness. - Beth A., Bentleyville, Ohio"

Hmmm. Random Baylor Baton Twirling Girls From Last Night

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• The Friday before a three day weekend is, well, good. When something like this happens, I normally stop in the parking lot as I leave for the day and tell myself to "enjoy this moment."
• A Houston plaintiff's lawyer who embezzled $1.67 million from his clients did not get a slap on the wrist. PI lawyer sentence. In other sentencing news, a hot teacher also gets the beat down.
• Video of kid falling out of stand at a baseball game and landing on the warning track in such a way that I'm pretty sure the breath was knocked out of him.
• Baylor got the crap beaten out of them last night but I think the Bears have finally found a quarterback
• The "live blog" turned into a crazy free for all at the end. You know, that idea has potential if we could all figure out something that we'd all be willing to watch at the same time. Cowboy game? Oprah? NASA Channel?
• There have been at least four local DPS troopers who have quit to go into the oilfield security business.
• "David Duchovny, who plays a sex-obsessed character on Showtime's 'Californication,' has entered a rehabilitation facility for sex addiction." Braggart.
• Talked to a young Decatur mother yesterday who has to attend a pee wee football game tomorrow (a holiday weekend) at noon (in the heat) in Argyle (what a beating.)
• The Star Telegram actually used the phrase "drug deal gone bad" in a headline today.
• I'm looking at a Wise County traffic ticket docket right now and I see the following crimes that people have been charged with: "Brake Hose - Tube Damage", "Tire Less Than 2/32 of an Inch", and "Dangerous Dog".
• Michael Jackson is 50 today. Not sure how old Bubbles the Chimp is.
• John McCain is 72 today. He looks like he's ready to go off on everybody around him at any moment.
• The Democrats using Invesco Field last night was a great idea.
• I'm pretty sure I saw Jessica Alba, Jennifer Garner, and Rosario Dawson at the Democratic National Convention. All that hawtness was needed to balance out a very ugly crowd. (Although I don't see people in those terms.)
• Man wasn't it tense the other night when Obama's kid was on stage talking to him by satellite. Man, I'd never give a 10 year old a live mic on national TV.
• There is a blurb in the Update today about a guy pleading guilty after his previous conviction was reversed because of a "disjunctive" error in the jury charge. I tried to explain that months ago.
• I got behind Slow Customer Scanner Guy at the Walmart self check out line yesterday. You know: Slowly pick up product. Slowly rotate it find bar code. Slowly slide it across the reader. Slowly place it in the bag. And I bet he had 20 items. And what's worse, he would stop once a bag was full and place it in the shopping cart (slowly, I might ad.)
• Someone mentioned to me today that today's 20-somethings are the most unappreciative generation ever to come along. That might be right.

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Huh?

From a list of contributors to Ron Paul's presidential campaign. (Thanks emailer) (And everyone be careful with the comments and don't go off half cocked with "facts" that you can't back up.)