Tuesday Afternoon Pick Me Up

I can't believe I was lucky enough to stumble upon this. A girl in a bikini and spider monkeys? Welcome to my little slice of heaven.

Bridgeport ISD Shirt

Not sure who got paid during the break and who didn't.

Fireman's Deli

I mentioned earlier that I went to the new Fireman's Deli sandwich shop off of Western Center Boulevard. All the menus say the place was "Founded by real firemen." Not sure how that impacts the food, but more power to them. But they have this huge painting on the wall and the photo above captures about 25% of it. I was just confused with the coaxing of the longhorn by a Vince Young jersey.

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• OK, the Classifieds section on wisecounty.com crashed a few months back. Well, they are back up and running in a new and improved software package. There will still be some bugs and it'll take a while to repopulate it, but check it out.
• I can't tell you how many emails I got asking me about them.
• Anybody remember Joe Bob Brooks movie reviews? Edit: Yep, screwed the name up.
• Looking at ponds or lakes on mornings like this is cool because there's a huge mist of steam coming off of them. At least it looks like steam.
• A female Wise Countian is camping in the Grand Canyon this week. She ran into a ..... well, take a look. Oh, my.
• I ate at the Firehouse Deli (I think that's what it is called) yesterday off of Western Center Boulevard. Good stuff. But they've got the craziest painting in there -- I took a pic and will post it later.
• I'm forever boycotting the Quizno's off of Western Center because it is nasty. And they never had the sauce squirt bottles filled.
• You know your in a high tone place when they have "squirt bottles" of special sauce.
• The Byron Nelson golf tournament is this weekend but I don't think anyone cares anymore. And didn't the Colonial used to be played on Memorial Day weekend?
• I think the Swine Flu paranoia is trying to flare up again.
• The grand jury in Wise County returned 97 indictments last Thursday. And this comes on the heels of the last two meetings which produced over 150 indictments. When I took over as DA in 1993, I bet there weren't 50 cases pending on the docket.
• When you know your life has gone horribly wrong: "A Frisco man is scheduled to go on trial today for having unprotected sex with several women without telling them he had HIV, the virus that causes AIDS." (And I predict the comments on that DMN link will get crazy.)
• Oil is approaching $60 a barrel. Gas prices are rising. This is not a good.
• After over a year of use, I'm still convinced that the iPhone is the greatest invention ever.
• Anybody got any opinions on the Infiniti G37?
• Some girls at the courthouse said I should do a post of "What kind of car should I buy" because they thought the results would be funny.
• Forgot to mention about my drive to Waco: Hasn't I-35 been under construction for the last 30 years.
• Frisbee golf looks kind of fun. Not very productive, but fun.
• There's talk of making the State Fair midway a year round affair? Scott Sams on the Channel 11 morning show said it would be a good idea, "because we could run down there and get a Fletcher's corny dog all year long." The other anchor uttered an "Oh, yeah!!" Puhleeze.
• Fox Sports "power rankings" for Major League Baseball: Look who is #3. But let's not buy World Series tickets just yet.
• I don't know how I write this stuff every day.

287 Mess

I'm not sure what was going on today on 287, but it looked like some quick repaving (although it appeared to be more of a black seal.) They did one lane during the day but later they directed traffic over the newly "paved" section of the road while they finished the job. That created a mess. It looked like people were driving on ice since the traffic was so slow. And I can't imagine how much gooey black tar was thrown all over the vehicles.

Blimp Accident In Cottondale

Or so an emailer tells me. And look at the cockpit:

Pizza Hut Parking Lot Today At lunch

Saw This Last Night

I had never seen it before. Funny. Very funny.

Attention All Wise County Ladies

It's Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader tryout time. You must be 18 and have a high school diploma or G.E.D. Get on it.

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• One motorcycle death over the weekend in Fort Worth (but now I can't find the link.)
• Mexico's wheels are quickly following off. There was a prison invasion this weekend that resulted in the escape of 53 inmates.
• Also this weekend: Some guy shot his ex-girlfriend in a convenience store in the Como area of Fort Worth. Fox 4 showed the video of him chasing her through the store (but cut it off at that point for obvious reason.) Oddly, police are not releasing his name (he got away) but have released the deceased's name.
• This is the complete text of a story on Fox 4 this morning: "Walmart is going after customers that used to shop at Circuit City. The retail giant is revamping its electronics department. Expect to see more selections including items that were top sellers at Circuit City." Was that a commercial buried as a news story?
• Baylor great Mike Singletary gave a stirring "benediction" on Saturday but didn't say a prayer.
• Since it wasn't my jog day, I walked my five mile jogging course instead of running it yesterday. I think that was more tiring than running it.
• I learned that you can't be a date to the Decatur prom unless you or a Junior or a Senior and attend Decatur ISD.
• The world looks different after a rainy day (like Saturday) followed by a sunny day (like yesterday.)
• WFAA has shut down comments.
• WBAP's Hal Jay said this morning that he had never heard of "You Can Leave Your Hat On' for 9 1/2 Weeks.
• I've downloaded Lord of the Flies and I'm about two hours into it. I may be a literary idiot but what is so great about it?
• From the Ticket this morning regarding the King Tut exhibit in Dallas: If it had a big screen playing Steve Martin's video of the same name, there would be more people gathered around it than the artifacts.
• I think we're trying to kill Farrah Fawcett off.
• I opened my front door for a while this weekend to air the house out. I ended up having to chase out a cat.
• Channel 5's Mike Synder may be on his way out. Stay classy, San Diego.

Graduation Day

I went down to Baylor today for my niece's graduation -- And I hadn't been to a college graduation since my own. I took my camera and snapped a ton of photos. One thing my family always kids me about is my distaste for "posed photos." You know, the typical "walk over there and smile at the camera pic." I hate them simply because I'd rather capture a moment of raw emotion and candor. Which brings me to this pic. It's not the best in the world, but it's my favorite of the day. That's my brother and his daughter after sharing their first post-graduation hug. From there they simply turned and looked out over the auditorium. That's the Baylor seal far off in the background. It is a picture of emotion. At least it is for me.

I'm A Believer In Statistics And Polls

But what in the world has happened to cause this dramatic change? I also trust Yahoo but that second sentence doesn't make sense when compared to the graph.

Charles Barkley Kills A Man?

• If you don't know who he is, just know he's a former NBA player who is a bad golfer.
• If you know who he is (and his legendary golf swing), you couldn't wait to hit "play".
• I don't know anything about golf, but weren't his feet lined up almost directly at the camera man?
• The camera man almost got killed.
• I like the little kid looking at his (presumably) dad with that, "He's not invincible, is he?" look.
• I loved the guy who was hit simply yelling, "Ow!!!" two seconds after the fact.
• That shot was turrrrible.

City of Denton Book In Photo Of The Day

They are throwing 17 year olds in the hoosegow for contempt of court? Sheesh. And since this is the City of Denton jail, I'm pretty sure the "court" was the Denton Municipal Court. Here's another 17 year old booked in for the same thing about 30 minutes later. He doesn't look too happy.

Friday Afternoon Pick Me Up

And she's a pro golfer. Plus, she's a Ruskie which makes her even hotter with that accent.

Girl Didn't Wear Underwear -- World Now Knows

Link. (The news story's embeddable video didn't embed at all.) Note to high schoolers: When you are going to get a group yearbook picture taken, remember it is a yearbook - not Maxim. Edit: CNN video here. Home girl still ain't sittin' properly.

From December 2005:

Well, now there has been a big development.

It's A Mystery

Yesterday, Chrysler fired off a press release listing all the to-be-closed dealerships. GM, at least as of noon, didn't handle it the same way causing media outlets to pull their collective hair out trying to figure out who got the axe. I haven't heard of a single one yet.