More Texas Tech Humor

It takes a little sports double brain knowledge to catch it all, but it's pretty funny. And Texas' basketball coach Rick Barnes looks just like John Grisham. (Thanks emailer Dinah.)

You Know, 220. 221. Whatever It Takes.

I think I've got it figured it out now. If and iPod tries to go gay, it gets fried. Was that a sneaky metaphor?

And, No, I Haven't Forgotten This Day

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• Yeah for the letter "W".
• Sarah Palin is on every channel giving interviews with everyone. (But I've seen her cooking in front of Matt Lauer and at another time in front of Greta Van Susteren. That's hokey and staged.)
• And she keeps referring to the "inside baseball" inner workings of a campaign.
• I can't imagine what it would be like for Obama to walk through the White House yesterday with President Bush. I don't care who you are, your anxiety level would have to peak.
• I have no idea where Southfork Ranch is other that it's in North Dallas.
• Al Roker is a beating.
• The older you get, the smarter you sound simply because of your age. Case in point yesterday, I talked to a kid around 22 who was trying to think about whether someone in their 40s would have served in Vietnam. But someone in their 40s can tell you that without even knowing a thing about the Vietnam War -- either he feared the draft or he didn't. Edit: Yep, poorly worded. I meant to say that being a man in his 40s that I automatically know I couldn't have served in Vietnam War. School didn't teach me that -- I learned it because I watched the war end as a kid. But for today's 22 year old, he has to know when the war ended and do the math. (Man, this got complicated.)
• Oh, my. Fort Worth district judge Elizabeth Berry was arrested for DWI on Saturday afternoon. I truly hope she escapes that legal mess - and, trust me, facts that will cause an officer to arrest you for DWI are the same facts that will have a jury roll their eyes. It does happen.
• I wrote about the funny time that Elizabeth and I first met.
• Just read that yesterday was the "first day for filing legislation that the Texas Legislature will consider in 2009." And 99% of them will be unnecessary.
• "Four Christmases" with Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon doesn't look particularly funny. And I know funny.
• I can record up to four programs on my DVR at once and then watch them from any TV in the house. That's crazy.
• I know these thoughts are boring sometime.
• Good point by Tom Brokaw, with the U.S. now owning banks and insurance companies (and soon maybe an auto maker an airline) the new president isn't just the Commander-in-Chief of American, he is the CEO of America.
• I've now got political Tired Head.
• With #2 Texas Tech and #1 Alabama at the top of the polls, I remembered I went over to the Cotton Bowl in 2006 to watch two teams play. Alabama won on the ugliest field goal you ever saw in the last seconds.

Just Happened: I Normally Hear About This Beforehand

Rest, including the sentence, in Update. Comments off until I find out the back story.

Monday Afternoon Pick Me Up

Fake Erin Andrews for Halloween (she went to Florida which explains the cap although we real reporters don't wear caps). Uh, nice wheels. And the non-fake Erin Andrews:

F Bomb Comedy

This happened this morning on MSNBC and if you don't want to hear the F Bomb then move along because there's nothing to see here. But if you want to see a great example of my over-used phrase "His wheels were off", this is it. Check out the guy who is in the split screen at the moment of impact. From there, you can almost feel the studio shake with uncomfortableness.

Good Grief

Link.

Even Puts Me Over The Edge

The "joke" that is going around of "What do Barack Obama and John Kennedy have in common?" is tasteless, shocking, and certainly not funny. If anything has come of this election is that the conservative base (the good ones) received a little bit of an eye-opener as to who they share that corner of the philosophical world with. And that should scare them. Edit: Just saw this. Makes it all very real.

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• It took me a long time to get there, but I'm a believer in Tech. They beat the heck out of Oklahoma State, and I'm not sure QB Graham Harrell ever gets touched.
• Bridgeport product Phillip Daugherty was signed by Tech as a quarterback but Harrell came in the next year. Daugherty then transferred to Sam Houston State.
• A Wise County deputy blog?
• Verdict on hi-def TV: It really is great. Football games are incredibly different and the more you watch it, the more you realize the difference. (Did you know Sarah Palin had puffy lips?)
• I tipped the installation guy.
• He remarked about some of my home decorating: "That's a little crazy but it sure does work."
• A post you might have missed: AnObiter almost burned her house down.
• First Baptist of Dallas gets all preachy by having a sermon denouncing gaydom.
• Some NFL player's ankle went the wrong direction yesterday. I refuse to watch.
• Did you know you can wash those cheap plastic solo cups? For years I had just assumed they would melt in the dishwasher.
• While you were sleeping: Circuit City files for bankruptcy. I'm telling you, there's a ton of bad times ahead. Edit: Just saw that DHL will cut 9,500 U.S. jobs.
• Which has a greater chance: Bridgeport winning the 3A title or Tech winning the National Championship?
• One of the news channels did a quick piece on how the presidential candidates constantly used had sanitizers. Makes sense. They had some footage of McCain and his wife walking away from a crowd as a handler inconspicuously squirted some of the stuff in their hands.
• The Professor from Gilligan's Island turns 84 today. Somewhere he's fiddling with a transistor radio.

Always Loved This Photo

The gal, maybe, made an appearance this weekend. I've always been so fascinated with the two people that I've never noticed that it was obviously Times Square. (And a great Wikipedia entry about the photo.)

I'm Out Of Pocket . . .

. . . but I just got tipped off that Bud Kennedy of the Star Telegram will have a column publish tomorrow about newly elected constable Tom Bishop. It's not up yet, but when it is it should be here.

What's The World Coming To . . .

. . . when Britney looks like she could be the president of the Junior League? (And Madonna kind of looks like a female and blonde version of Slash from Guns N' Roses)

No November Surprise: A Couple Of Perfect Seasons

(Photo: John Bell © 2008. Used with permission.)

Decatur 7 Bridgeport 56

Paradise 37 Alvord 14

Millsap 26 Boyd 54

Jacksboro	61
Chico	14

287 Southbound @ Nrw Fairview

Random Pic

Lake Bridgeport was blue and completely still due to the lack of wind as I drove over it a second ago.

Bridgeport Citizens Hate Freedom?

I'm not sure what prompted this last night, but a group of Bridgeport citizens created a mock Eagle -- the symbol, I might add, of this great country where our colors don't run - and burned it. Yep, burned it plum up. Yeah, I know our liberal wienie filled Supreme Court has said it's OK for you commies out there to burn Old Glory, but this Eagle burning simply crosses the line. First we put a black man in the White House, and two days later the normally God fearing town of Bridgeport loses its collective mind. I've got a tear running down my cheek right now like that old Indian guy in the commercial after he witnessed a bunch of littering. Thanks emailer for sending this photo which certainly will win me all sorts of awards. (Or, this may be part of a pep rally in preparation for the annual Battle of the Big Sandy football game. I'll get back to you once the Texas Rangers complete their investigation.)

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• A Birdville ISD student (which has always confused me since I think the school is in North Richland Hills because there is no Birdville, TX) fires up a joint while in the cafeteria line and then slugs and administrator once he was asked to extinguish said joint. Man, I bet his parents really gave him the what-for once he got home. (Sarcasm.)
• I get Hi-Def installed today. That was one of my New Year's Resolutions.
• TCU lost last night. Two thoughts: (1) They need a field goal kicker, and (2) the Frogs are always good but always extremely overrated due to their conference -- they'd end up with three or four loses every year if they were in the Big 12.
• If I think a prosecutor is wrong on an aspect of criminal law and that mistake favors my client, and keep my mouth shut instead of trying to prove him wrong.
• Prediction: One of the Big Three automakers will declare bankruptcy in the next few months.
• A backup center for the Evil Empire got kicked off the team for putting this on his Facebook page: ""All the hunters gather up, we have a coon in the White House." I'm not a fan of goverment (and the UT Football team is, amazingly, a government product) sanctioning anyone for what they say, but they might have done him a favor: Does he really want to walk in that locker room now?
• In Wise County, Obama got only 21% of the vote. That makes us look like New York compared to Jack County where Obama managed only 15% of the vote. (Great interactive map here by the way.)
• There are worst ways to spend the day that getting neekid and climbing a cell phone tower.
• There are a lot of Big and Tall stores but no Short and Slim stores.
• The Feds have arrested 11 DFW folks in a "large scale ecstasy" distribution ring. A drug, by the way, which is non-addicting and arguably harmless. But, as always, the government had to come up with a fancy name for this investigation: Operation "Taste The Rainbow." Sheesh.
• My law partner plopped down a copy of the New York Times on my desk the other day. You know, that's a pretty cool paper. But who in the world would have time to read it every day?
• There's not enough time to read everything I want and watch everything I want. And I've got more free time than anyone I know.
• Update on the hypothetical bet I was holding between two people regarding the outcome of the presidential election: Unless someone does the right thing, someone else got screwed in a shocking manner. But I'm going to give the man the chance to make it right before I say more.
• I think I benefit through this so-called socialism that the right wing fear mongers have been yelling about. See, the government makes up crimes (i.e. ecstasy crime), arrests and then prosecutes people with your tax dollars, which causes those prosecuted to pay me to defend them. In a way, the government is using your tax dollars to force folks to redistribute their wealth to me.
• Lately I've caught myself acting like a shotgun quarterback: Arms extended and raising my knee to signal the make believe center to snap the ball. I may be losing it.