Favorite Headlines Of The Day

"I love you. You love me. I'm the king of hell and damnation." This guy a blog reader? Triple bottom?

Monday Afternoon Pick Me Up

The one of the right (or left) is Kim Kardashian --- I tried to watch a documentary about her family the other day but other than her mom marrying a man 23 years her senior, there wasn't much to it.

Mark Cuban Accused Of Something Other Than Being Goofy?

Got a comment that said that Cuban had been charged with "insider training." Edit: trading (obviously) On the Inkernet, I found a story in the Wall Street Journal saying the same thing (published 12 minutes ago), but I can't read it because it a pay-real-money site. Developing . . . But a google search for Blogs sure does cover it. It looks like a "civil action" which I presume means they can only fine him. Edit: The Smoking Gun has the paperwork. Edit: It just seems wrong to say he's been "charged" --- that makes it sound like he could go to jail over this. Which he can't.

Open For Bids

The Cowboys are auctioning off stuff from Texas Stadium. And I mean all sorts of stuff.

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• Tony Romo was sporting a tricked up hat during the post game interviews. Kind of like he was channeling Payne Stewart.
• Ended up at Pete's Piano bar in downtown Fort Worth on Saturday night. When I left before midnight the place was packed and there was a line about a half a block long to get in.
• A girls night out bachelorette party is always fun to watch. There's always the bride to be acting like a queen, then there's two or three of her friends who are triple drunk, and then there's always the girl that looks like she is ready to kill every other girl in the party.
• Meanwhile, over in Dallas after midnight, there was a shooting and death at a club in the Uptown area. Remember kids, nothing good happens after midnight.
• And I could have been at the World's Best Bottom contest.
• Barack Obama was on 60 Minutes but really didn't say much. But when asked how his life had changed since the election he said he is finally sleeping in his own bed. I bet he hadn't done that in months.
• Skirt with boots is a good look.
• Every girl I know seems to love The Notebook. And I've never seen it. I wonder if it's a Dell or Hewlett Packard?
• Every NASCAR driver seems to have a hot blonde wife -- just like in Talladega Nights.
• Whenever I get stuck in a long line at a convenience store, I want to say, "This is a convenience store, right?" But I never would.
• I'll be in Manhattan this weekend and OU/Tech are playing on Saturday night. I didn't really plan on that being the game of the year when the trip was planned.
• I ate at Enrique's, a new Mexican restaurant at Basswood and Beach in north Fort Worth on Friday. And Enrique himself sent some free stuff over to our table.
• I haven't watched Nip/Tuck in forever. But, the best I recall, it jumped the shark pretty early.
• Everything you wanted to know about Bridgeport's first playoff opponent.
• Kept seeing the names of Randy Couture and Brock Lesnar on Sunday. I learned it had something to do with an octagon.
• Edit: As part of my economy implosion watch, Citigroup just announced it is cutting 50,000 jobs.

Gambling --- Another Reason Not To Do It

Kind of an obscure topic here, but I just watched the end of the Pittsburgh/San Diego came. Pittsburgh was a 4 point favorite, and they were ahead 11-10 on the last play of the game when San Diego had the ball. Yeah, they would win the game but wouldn't cover the spread. But on that screwy last play, Pittsburgh returned a fumble and scored a TD. As far as the game is concerned, the touchdown was meaningless. For those betting on Pittsburgh, it meant everything. Then the officials reviewed the play (and the only reason they did so had to be that millions of dollars were wagered on the game) and took the TD off the board. But I'm not sure why. In Vegas, there are people still staring at the big screen. Edit: Here's a story about it along with video.

Jarhead's Neverland

Link.

Getting Better

The Aggies are struggling. I remember being a senior in high school and going down to Waco with a group of friends and watching a Baylor win. And I sat in the in Kyle Field in the 1980s to watch a Baylor win in a rainstorm that would probably fill Lake Bridgeport. Since then, wins have been almost non-existent. But I'll be honest, the Aggies loss in stature is far more shocking than Baylor's minimal rise.

Reader Submitted From This Afternoon

Thanks, Tony

Caught Just A Part Of Bridgeport Bull Story On Channel 8

From The Wise County Jail List

Child support is one thing, but don't jack with the Tollway Authority.

In Honor of The Cold Front and The Current Deer Hunting Season

And I predict the cold front hitting at 12:20 p.m. Edit: Ya know, I think it actually came through before noon. But it's a weird one. Yep, winds out of the north, cooler temperatures, but no clouds with it.

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• I guess this will be the last year that high school playoff games will be played at Texas Stadium. I normally make it to one or two of those a year. (And I think my favorite moment was watching the Carter Cowboys enter the stadium for pre-game warm ups by walking down the sideline, single file, and all glaring at the other team over their right shoulders.)
• Man, never has so much been made of so little in connection with the Azle teacher and the 18 year old guy.
• I've never been a fan of the James Bond movies
• I made a Breakfast Club reference yesterday. That was a reference to a movie that is now 23 years old. I've turned into Chris Berman.
• Did you notice that the Dow surged over 800 points in the last three hours of yesterday's trading? I was watching ABC World News last night which explained the reason for it: They had no idea.
• Had a lady at the courthouse tell me yesterday tell me, "You shouldn't post those pictures of girls because it makes the thing load too slowly."
• After one week, I've already turned into a Hi-Def snob. I hardly watch any program unless it's broadcast in Hi-Def.
• That new TV show, My Own Worst Enemy, with Christian Slater has already been canceled. I never watched it, but you know Slater had to think he had a 24 on his hands.
• I always think of Christian Slater saying, "Greetings and salutations" from Heathers.
• The last year the Cowboys, Rangers, Stars, and Mavericks all failed to make the playoffs: Never. Until 2008-2009.
• Saw gas at $1.89 yesterday. Amazing.
• There are lots of people in this world that explain their problem to people that cannot help them. (For example, I always see some lady going up to the County Attorney's office looking for help with a child support problem. After a staff member directs her to the proper, but different, office that can help them, I'll see the lady go into a dissertation about her financial problems and what a sorry SOB her ex-husband is.)
• General Motors can't possibly go out of business, can it?
• I'd like to have something confusing written on my headstone.
• Anybody else got a feeling that the economy is about to implode? I mean really implode. I mean soup line implode.
• Any lady that herds a 100 cats and dogs (and, man, there seems like a lot of women out there like that) is a resident of Crazy Town. Edit: I saved you guys from a Comment by Jarhead where he reprinted the 1,000 line lyrics to "Crazy Town" - this version - which I kind of like.
• I don't think I've ever been in a Waffle House. (But I always think of a scene from the little appreciated movie Lady Killers when I hear the name.)

Wise Couny Fog

(Thanks emailer.)

And Another

Well, soon. Let's just say it involves a town relatively close by (but not Wise County) and a Christian school according to my sources. Expect something on the news tonight. Developing . . . Edit: Azle, Texas. Although the story is kind of odd.

Thursday Afternoon Pick Me Up

I wouldn't wish failure on any of our young people today, but I don't mind kids like this requiring medical attention when they are trying to damage property that belongs to the red blooded American taxpayers. And I also don' t mind it because he looks just like a Decatur High School punk that glared me down on Tuesday like I had the wrong gang colors on. (Note to kid: Don't mess with the bull young man, you'll get the horns.) As fare as the video is concerned, and I can only think of the words of Uncle Ricco: "Grandma took a little spill at the sand dunes today. Broke her coccyx."

Pulling Back The Curtain

Me as young boy: Me at typical lunch:

Close Elections

• Convicted Felon Race: For the U.S. Senate seat in Alaska, the current difference is 814 votes after 263,578 counted. (That's the total number of votes cast in a statewide election in Alaska?)
• Funny Comedian Race: In the U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota, the current difference is 206 votes out of 2.9 million counted.
• Bubba Race: And I heard on the radio this morning, that the alcohol proposition for Roanoke, TX was tied 400-something to 400-something (but I can't find a link.) Edit: Tnanks reader. Story here. Actually it's 789-789.