Decatur's Friday Fast Food Crisis

The humanity! Line around Whataburger drive though at least four cars deep to order: Taco Bell stacked up:

Friday Afternoon Pick Me Up

Plastic Chairs Injured At Australian Open

Although I refuse to watch tennis unless it's Wimbledon and I'm sitting on my couch in my underwear on the 4th of July weekend, I was pretty excited when someone promoted this clip as a "near riot" happening outside the Australian Open. My disappointment level, however, couldn't be greater. That's a fight? Throwing plastic chairs at each other from 10 yards away? Sheesh. I've cleared the bar at Frilly's with more violence than that. And what's up with the fat man in the yellow shirt? He can shut down the whole fight just by raising his hand? He should have just held up one of those "Quiet" signs you see at a golf tourney -- I think the hooligans would have run away at the sight of it.

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• Just knowing it's Friday is-a-good.
• Regarding the suppression of the blood results in the judge's case mentioned below, the prosecution can still try the case. But it would be a weird trial because both sides would have to pretend in front of the jury that the request for blood never happened.
• The State can appeal the judge's ruling to suppress the blood results -- and trust me, they will. It's one of the few appellate rights the government has. For instance, the government can never appeal a "not guilty" verdict.
• The judge ruled that the affidavit which gave rise to the search warrant for blood was insufficient. Honestly, it would be hard to screw one of those up. Most are cookie cutter forms which have check boxes for signs of intoxication (i.e. bloodshot eyes, red and glassy eyes, smell of alcohol, staggered walk, slurred speech, etc.)
• I once saw the judge that recused himself in the case catch a plastic replica of the female genitalia in the hallway of the Tarrant County DA's office. (Crazy story that would take too long to explain.)
• I would like to be the official White House photographer.
• I think a blog that covered nothing but what was going on in the Wise County courthouse on a daily basis would be very popular.
• Reunion Tower in Dallas was opened in 1978. I've been to the top of it once.
• I don't want to get old but I look forward to the day where my actions can be excused because I'm just "old and crazy." And, man, I'm going to milk that for all it's worth.
• If I could go back to school, I might major in History. If you can fire off a bunch of history in any conversation, you sound pretty dang smart.
• There are very few people in this world that I "connect" with. But my internal reaction makes me smile when I see them -- like we both have a funny story to tell each other even though we don't.
• I could do this: Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter is building a 31,000 square foot house on land he bought for $6 million. And he didn't take out a mortgage.

Uh, Oh

Right or wrong, I don't think this is going to sit to well with the general public. Story. (Thanks, Kevin.)

Thursday Afternoon Pick Me Up

This may be my greatest Pick Me up of all time. I'm so proud of myself that I'm having my secretary create a Certificate Of Achievement In The Field Of Finding Hot Women. (Note: I think I've got that saved under the folder, "Me Loves Me Some Me.") And I think I'll put a Paypal button on this blog so you guys (and select gals) can send me buckets of cash for making your life better today. And, man, I'm a fan of the shiny bikini.

Does This Look Like A Wise County Family . . .

. . . that would be arrested for meth? I wonder which one has the most remorse? And that one on the lower right kind of looks like the actor from Speed Racer and Alpha Dog.

Big 12 Humor

You really need to be a college football fan and be familiar with the Big 12 to enjoy it, but if you qualify: Here is Hitler's rant. (Thanks emailer.)

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• I'll be glad when the week is over.
• The wreck that took the life of the Decatur teen yesterday was so odd. No collision with another vehicle. Open and wide road. No intersection.
• And I saw where the Decatur Football Banquet has been postponed. I'm sure it's because of the accident.
• I get tired of all the commercials telling me to invest in gold. (Hey, the fact that it is "near and all time high" is a bad thing.)
• Lost tried to bring everyone up to date with a one hour show last night at 7:00 p.m. Despite having seen the first season, I could only think, "Craziest show ever." Uh, they moved the island?
• The chances of me talking on the phone after I leave the office for the day is easily less than 5%.
• I really get excited when one of the national networks abruptly breaks into regular programming with "breaking news." Not this local "breaking news" crap, but with real stop down news. It happens maybe three times a year.
• Watched Office Space again last weekend. I hit replay on the "show her my O face" scene a couple of times.
• I programmed my home DVR over the Internet from the office yesterday to record the local news about the local tragedy/wreck.
• When I click on a video from a news web site, I'll put up with a commercial that lasts no longer than 15 seconds. If it's 30 seconds, I'm out.
• The nominees for the most over-rated award were announced this morning: The Academy Awards. By the way, the over-rated Dark Knight received no nominations in the top categories other than Heath Ledger. And Clint Eastwood didn't get nominated for saying "get off my lawn" (yeah!!!!!!!!!).
• I think I've lost a little weight.
• I like it when I pass toddlers on the street and they scream "Hi!!!!" at me.
• Funniest scene in a DWI video I watched the other day. An arrested and angry female asks the trooper if he's married. Trooper responds that he is. Female looks away and sarcastically says under her breath, "Luuuuuucky gal."
• Yep, Obama had to be sworn in again. It wasn't necessary but it's the only way to shut up the wackos. But I wonder if he went back and re-signed the handful of documents that he signed on Tuesday?
• But the Drudge Report has a headline screaming this morning that "No Bible Was Used" during the do over. The entire right wing may suffer from a collective heart attack before the week is over because of the Obama presidency.
• I've not had a Big Mac in over a decade. Maybe 15 years.
• Amazing stat: Fort Worth had the fewest number of homicides in 40 years last year. With more people, more guns, and more general craziness, how is that possible? You know what Freakonmics attributes the lower crime rate to? Roe v. Wade.

Local Television Coverage of Today's Fatal Crash

Channel 8: Channel 11: Fox 4:

Minor Courthouse News

(1) We just had the very awkward panic-button-accidentally-pushed scenario which caused the courthouse to be swarming with cops, and (2) Looky! We're still celebrating Christmas!

Does This . . .

. . . look like the face of a 50 year old grandmother and her boyfriend who were arrested for meth in Johnson County?

Wednesday Pick Me Up

A genius Ebay ad. (And there's more pics there.) (Thanks Keith.)

How Does Decatur Not Have A TGIF?

Men's Health updates it's list of worst foods:

• The Worst Food in America of 2009: Baskin Robbins Large Chocolate Oreo Shake, 2,600 calories, 135 g fat ... "more than a day's worth of calories and three days worth of saturated fat, and, worst of all, usually takes less than 10 minutes to sip through a straw."
• Worst Sandwich of 2009: Quizno’s Tuna Melt (large), 2,090 calories, 175 g fat ... "Puts tuna’s healthy reputation on the line. A large homemade sandwich would likely provide one-fourth of the calories."
• Worst Salad of 2009: T.G.I. Fridays Pecan Crusted Chicken Salad, 1,360 calories, Fat: unknown ... "Six out of the seven (TGIF salads) we analyzed topped out with more than 900 calories, which means that lunchtime can be the start of something big—namely, your belly."
• Worst Burger of 2009: Chili’s Smokehouse Bacon Triple-The-Cheese Big Mouth Burger with Jalapeno Ranch Dressing, 2,040 calories, 150 g fat ... " ... Two-and-a-half day’s worth of fat—a full third of which is saturated. To do that much damage with roasted sirloin, you’d have to eat about eight 6-ounce steaks."

Complete list here.

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• Yesterday should have been called "Conservatives Driven Crazy Day."
• That littlest Obama girl sure is a jumpy happy little thing.
• I feel sorry for the thoughtful conservative who oppose Obama who are forced to stand next to the many redneck racists among us.
• You've probably never heard it, but the brief radio show called "The Huckabee Report" is condescending.
• I had a crazy dream last night. A guy didn't want me to report that he had dug up his murder victim so he could murder him again.
• That McKinney quadruple murder case is odd. Yesterday a guy testified that he and the defendant were responsible for the killings but also claimed that he hadn't struck a deal with prosecutor's for his testimony. I question that.
• That Bridgeport/Decatur basketball Internet broadcast (link below) was of really good quality. Isn't it a matter of time before there are video broadcasts of every high school event?
• I still like the mascot name of "Sissies." (If you pull out a 1970s book about Bridgeport's Sesquicentennial, you'll find that the boys team was originally named "Bullies" on the basis that, before the team had a name, a reporter asked a player what the teams mascot was. "I don't know," said the player. "But when we lose he calls us sissies and when we win he calls us bullies."
• Despite the multiple comments yesterday, I don't thing George Bush was "hated" from the start. It was his actions that caused his popularity to plunge.
• I don't like 55 degree days. Either be hot or cold.
• John Roberts should be absolutely embarrassed for screwing up the oath of office. And when you watch it again, it's obvious that Obama paused to give the guy a chance to get it right. What a shame for that moment to have been ruined.
• I wonder how long it will take the nutcases to say, "He's not President because he didn't take the real oath of office!!!"
• The concept of meeting someone for breakfast in a restaurant is not appealing.
• The Unions are taking credit for saving the passengers of the jet that went into the Hudson. (Emailed to me.)
• Motorcycle death.

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Bad Wreck. Bad Picture.

That big ol' blurb of lights to the right represents a bunch of emergency vehicles responding to a wreck on northbound 287 right before the 730 exit. It looked like a tan pickup had rolled and, although I'm not sure, it looked like there was a sheet over the driver's area. Edit: The Messenger's Update is reporting that it involves the fatality of a Decatur High School female student. Edit #2: Fox 4 has a blurb about it.

Replay: The Oath Of Office

Man, people are quick. (Thanks, Kevin.)

Radio Gold?

As part of Bridgeport High's Journalism broadcast, they will be putting on an Internet Broadcast of the Decatur v. Bridgeport girls varsity basketball game tonight. Link should be here. (Link updated.) They didn't tell me when it starts, but I'm sure someone will know in the comments. Edit: Started at 6:50 p.m. And I had no idea the Bridgeport Sissies were 23-1.