Wednesday Afternoon Pick Me Up

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• In the Messenger today: A letter to the editor proclaims Obama as the antiChrist. Really.You have to see it. (I'll link to it once it is online) Edit: Here it is.
• And yet another letter refers to Obama as "B. Hussein Obama." Puhleeeze.
• The Bridgeport Bulls are (finally) #10 in the AP Poll. If someone has a good link to that poll that can be accessed every week in the same place, let me know. I think I know The Google pretty well, but I can't seem to find it.
• There's no way I'm watching the presidential debate tonight. Two of them, which brought a big bag of nothing, were enough.
• I just thought about chicken pot pie.
• I know I don't have enough information to try to place blame for the federal bailout.
• Nicolette Sheridan is still prancing around in Malibu in a bikini. Mercy.
• I noticed the Methodist church on 287 that I referred to yesterday (the one that had the "hell house" last year) now has a banner up that reads "Fall Festival" (or something like that.) I bet there was a little turmoil in that church. Then again, pick any church.
• The only reason I want Oklahoma State to fail is because I want a tear to roll down the cheek of T. Boone Pickens (he gave $165 million to the athletic program in 2006).
• But the OSU coach's rant of "I'm A Man, I'm 40!" from last season is by for my favorite post-game press conference ever. It never gets old.
• I was smart enough to use sunscreen on my face during the Texas/OU game this weekend. But I was dumb enough to leave uncovered a one inch strip on my forehead next to my hairline.
• Most phone calls are unnecessary. And most unnecessary phone calls seem to be longer than the necessary ones.
• I bought a razor that has a ridiculous four blades. I don't think its any better than the double bladed razor.
• Many years ago, I had what looked like a golf ball hit my windshield after presumably being dropped from an overpass in Fort Worth. That will get your attention.
• They sure have a lot of wildfires in California. Cool photo.
• What exactly does "hightail" in the phrase "I'm gonna hightail it out of here" mean?
• The best part of my job is that I never have in "company meetings" where everyone gathers around a conference table. That would drive me insane.
• Man, in addition to that silly fried stuff at the State Fair, there is some pretty good stuff you typically never see. Saw some folks walking away from a German food stand with some a couple of items that looked pretty good. (Later learned one was a Reuben sandwich.)
• I would never walk around holding a turkey leg.

"Let The Cowboys Ride!" - Wade Phillips

Story. Not only do the Cowboys no longer have a passing game, they no longer have a passing defense. Just another example of the White Man keeping the Black Man down. Edit: And the commentors alerted me to the news that former Evil Empire great Roy Williams has been traded to Dallas from Detroit. It cost a first round draft pick and more.

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Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• Stumbled across Boston Legal last night. I know it's not a drama, but those courtroom scenes were gawd awful.
• Whatever happen to the Adkins Diet?
• When I jog, I always cross the street when I approach a person walking a dog. I just don't trust those mutts not to take a bite out of my leg.
• I have my own self-defined "censor level" as to what pics or subjects I'll post. Then I watch network TV and realize they have much worse stuff on there at 7:00 p.m. than I do at any time
• Can I say again what a fan of GPS I am?
• On the Ticket this morning on why Obama may not win the election because of hidden racism that will only come to light with a secret ballot: "Texas still has that option: Straight Democrat. Straight Republican. Or Straight White."
• In less than 10 years, everyone of us will voluntarily carry some device that will track our global position on the Internet. At first we'll be able to designate who has that information (that loving spouse or girlfriend, or both). Twenty years later, our driver's license will be the GPS tracking device. (And you won't have to carry it, but the federal government will not provide highway funds to any state that doesn't make it a criminal offense to not carry a driver's license.)
• Apple is to announce a new/updated line of notebooks today. I'm seriously considering a Mac.
• Temporary Cowboy QB Brad Johnson is about to become the business end of a Sack Machine.
• Christina Aguilera is about back to full Hawt Mode. That's been a long wait since she had a baby in her belly. (But I think the "fishnet stocking" headline is misleading. I'm suing.)
• I haven't seen a Three Stooges episode in forever.
• My satellite box just went on the blink. I can't get half the stations.
• I'm going to work the term "no cavorting" into a a conversation. (Saw Johnny Drama use it on Entourage this weekend.)
• In this day and time, isn't there a better way to trade stocks than a bunch of guy's yelling at each other on the floor of the stock exchange?
• I don't have my screen shot capture device set up, but Channel 5's lead story last night was about a 12 year old who had gathered 300 names opposing Six Flags' request to sell beer at the amusement park. A video close-up of the petition showed she spelled alcohol as "alchol" in the title.
• I was surprised to learn that this week is the first time in 24 years that the Texas Longhorns have been ranked #1 in the regular season polls.
• I said that the OU/Texas fans seemed respectful outside of the stadium. Inside the stadium it was F Bomb city.
• Remember the presumption of innocence while you read this story about a former Boyd High School football star.
• Edit: I won't miss him, but John Madden is taking the day off next Sunday. That will break his streak of 476 games.

I'll Scratch That Off My List Of Things To Do

The crazy and horrific sounding story. Followed by a crazy comment from Make Big Assumption Guy.

Emailer says sign changed and mass chaos ensued

Yep, I'm The Most Psychic Man Alive

Some of you may have heard that Tony Romo is out four weeks with a broken finger. The above blurb was a random thought of mine on August 26, 2008.

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• Nick Folk kicks a field goal to send the Cowboy game into overtime, and Tony Romo is sitting on the bench on the sideline looking like someone kicked his dog. There's something going on with him.
• I ate lunch at the Icehouse in Fort Worth off Belknap over the weekend . Between the service and the loud music, it was not-a-good. Funny experience, but not-a-good.
• "Texas has joined two other Southwest border states — California and Arizona — that require immigrants to prove their legal status before they can get a driver's license." Honestly, I thought that was the rule before the change.
• When I wake up on a Monday, I just wish I could stay in bed all morning. When I wake up on a Saturday with nothing to do, I get up instead of staying in bed.
• Two more short McCain videos are going around. First he gets booed by his own supporters for saying we don't have to be scared of an Obama presidency, and then he gets agitated when on woman calls Obama an "Arab." The other shows a supporter carrying a stuffed toy monkey with an Obama sign on its little monkey head.
• McCain seems beaten down. I would be, too.
• Haven't seen it on the net yet, but Fox 4 told me a car crashed last night on 121 near Grapevine and then a motorcyclist came along, hit the wreckage, and died. Edit: Link
• That was the weirdest game ending play of the Cowboy game yesterday. On what would be the blocked punt, the left side of the line released and moved to the left as if it was going to be a fake. But that can't possibly be true.
• Somebody forwarded me an email of a picture of Obama holding the book, "The Post-American World" and warning me that the book is "a Muslim's view". Puhleese. The author of the book (that made the New York Times best seller list) is a Newsweek editor, and can be seen every month on many talk shows. This propaganda has to hurt the anti-Obama crowd more than help them.
• Someone mentioned sherbet to me yesterday. For some reason, I hadn't heard that term in years. And I wonder if I've always mispronounced it.
• The OU and Texas fans, outside the stadium, were remarkably pleasant to one another. Although I did see one Texas fan walking behind a OU fan after game yelling, "Who's your daddy?"
• Britney's new video debuted on 20/20 Friday night. I missed it, but it's online here. Oh, my. She's back to being hawt.
• The army had a virtual war exhibit at the Airshow this weekend. Young men could get in a Humvee and fire automatic weapons as scenes of Iraq go by in the virtual world. Nice. See, kids, almost getting killed is fun.
• That Methodist church on 287 going into Fort Worth was promoting a "hell house" last year during Halloween. It doesn't look they are going to do it this year.
• The University of Texas has moved into the #1 position in both polls. Ugh. (But they've still got Missouri #11, Oklahoma State #8, Texas Tech #7 Kansas #16 left, and the Big 12 Championship game.)
• Little tomatoes seem to go bad quicker than big tomatoes.
• I get a little depressed picking up the Travel section in the weekend paper because it always shows these great and interesting places that I'll never go to.

The Exit

What an experience. If you even remotely enjoy football, people watching, or big time scenes in general, I urge you to attend a Texas/OU game one day. I've been to a lot of stadiums in my life, but this game may be the best in the nation. And if you get lucky enough to catch two Top 10 teams in a game that turns out to be a classic, thank your lucky stars. I'm doing that tonight. It was worth every StubHub.com penny. But now that that the Cotton Bowl has been upgraded to a one of the ten largest stadiums in America, this game has become a must see event. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I hope that game stays in Dallas and doesn't move to the new Cowboys stadium in Arlington.

The Aftermath. Sooner Fail.

Kickoff!!!

The Pregame

The parking lot

Texas/OU Game Day

And since I'm sitting in the Texas section against my will, I received this gift to secretly wear.

Today's Wise County Sights and, Well, More Sights

I call it "Sonic Cup At Whataburger Drive Through": Don't be fooled by those garage sales that have non-garage sale prices: "Rock The Vote" . . . Somewhere else

I'm Insane Now

That crazy little Mexican is back. I missed her, er, him, er, not sure. And "Machine" makes an appearance at the end. Waste time if you like train wrecks. I did.