You Got Fight . . . For Your Right . . . . To, You Know

I've seen this book-in photo for about two days now, and I keep strangely being drawn back to it it. I don't know who this chick is but apparently she was the winner on The Bachelor a few years back (a show I don't watch because it makes me realize how far removed I am from being in my 20s, tall, good looking, rich, and surrounded by young women). Anyway, I finally checked into the story and found out she was arrested last weekend in the great state of Texas after refusing to leave a bar. Specifically, the charges were public intoxication, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct which, collectively, I like to refer to in legal terms as "a fun date." And the best part was that media standard TMZ reported she yelled that it was her "constitutional right" to stay in the bar. She's right about that. Hot, drunk chicks do have a constitutional right to stay at any bar. Look it up. It's next to the Commerce Clause.

Judge?

The Weatherford Democrat has an unfortunate headline up right now. The guy, Shane Davis, pled guilty to child porn in front of federal judge John McBryde. (Thanks, Bud.)

Inspirational Finish To Cross Country Race

Video here. Watch it. You are ordered. Since I think the Decatur girls just won the National Championship for the Western Hemisphere or something like that in cross country, it's fitting that this video had just debuted on the Internets. But I'm confused.

• Do that many people turn out for a Cross Country race?
• What is wrong with this kid? It's a 5K. I'm an old man with short legs and I can run a 5K without breaking a sweat.
• Is it proper form for your teammate to slap you on the back when you're dying?
• Why does the guy drop an SOB bomb at the end?
• Do you have to cross the entire finish line or can just part of your body cross it?
• And what's with the stretcher? They'd let him die one foot from the finish line if need be, but as soon as he's finished we're prepared to do everything in our power to save him?

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• The Mark Cuban insider training (Edit: Why do I keep typing "training"? Ugh. Trading. Trading. Trading.) thing doesn't sound like a big deal. And compared to what those have done to cause the mortgage crisis, he looks as innocent as a school board.
• And I like the way he called the government out: “I am disappointed that the Commission chose to bring this case based upon its Enforcement staff’s win-at-any-cost ambitions. The staff’s process was result-oriented, facts be damned. The government’s claims are false and they will be proven to be so.”
• The elimination of mass purchases of Sudafed, etc. have really cut down on the cases of homemade meth in Wise County.
• Preliminary weather forecast for OU/Tech: Temperature in the 50s with no rain.
• Today is the 30 year anniversary of of the Jim Jones / Kool Aid / Dead Congressman /Mass Suicide. My award winning review of the leading documentary of that crazy incident is here.
• I haven't had Kool Aid in 20 years.
• And I have never lead a congregation in a mass suicide.
• The print media continues to receive blow after blow: D Magazine laid off 19% of its staff.
• There are too many types of orange juice
• I wouldn't want to be in the business of collecting on credit card debt right now. I bet that's the next industry to take a hit
• I had an American Express card at age 18. My dad told me not to be an idiot with it. That was good advice.
• I've never seen The Big Lebowski although everyone tells me I'd love it.
• I slept through the whole night last night. I can't remember the last time that happened.
• No one missed an opportunity to cash out more than Yahoo! About six months ago, Microsoft offered to buy the company for $33 a share. Yahoo! said no. Yesterday Yahoo!'s stock closed at $10.63
• Ted Kennedy returned to the Senate yesterday accompanied by his wife. In more important news, I discovered his wife is pretty hot.
• The Dallas DA, Craig Watkins, is one weird guy. From the Star Telegram this weekend: "Every night at 3 o’clock in the morning I wake up, and I wake [my wife] up and I say, 'You’ve got to make me feel better about all this.’ And so she talks to me and says it’s going to be all right. But it’s every night."
• Woah, I was waking up at 3:00 a.m. for most of the summer

Update

I got all worked up earlier this year over the arrest for DWI of this State Rep. who authored some insane DWI laws. Well, the case has come to a conclusion. Place your bets before clicking on this link. And if you're a cynic, bet the house.

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.)