She's Ok! She's OK!

This is a couple of days old, but it'll stop you down like nobody's business. Watch for the little girl on the sidewalk and prepare to gasp. Those poles next to her saved her life. And I bet those poles are there to keep people from breaking into the place by smashing through the cinder blocks.

50,000 Muslims Expected In Washington D.C.

This sure is getting everyone riled up on talk radio.

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• When did Dennis Miller turn into an angry old man?
• Anybody else have weird audio issues with Cowboy game on NBC last Sunday night? It sounded like the crowd was drowning out the announcers.
• I like the Cowboys playing on Sunday night. Waiting until Monday, not so much.
• The right wing is complaining about all the Obama "Czars" but the first one I ever heard of was the "Drug Czar" under Ronald Reagan.
• Uh. Oh. I just did one of those "Oh, yeah? What about you!" arguments, didn't I?
• I haven't had a home printer in three or four years. With cell phones doing what they do, anything I need I simply email to myself and look at it later.
• Richie Whitt of the Dallas Observer suggested that Kayne West interrupting Taylor Swift at the VMAs to praise Beyonce's video was all pre-planned by West, Swift, and Beyonce. You know, I don't rule that out. At all.
• Got a few emails yesterday alerting me to a Tyler teacher stabbed to death by a student.
• The anti-big government folks have been complaining about how detailed the census questions are this year. That's why it's so disturbing that a census worker in rural Kentucky has been found hanged with "Fed" written on his chest. Good lord.
• Hot Sports Prediction: Clemson beats TCU this weekend.
• Viral Video Yesterday: A guy at Texas A&M throws a basketball off the upper level at Kyle Field and through a basketball goal. Fake? Everyone is split on it. It could be done by first throwing the ball and see where it lands, move a goal to that spot, and then try again until you pull it off.
• I'm 100% certain that the opening of Fox 4 News was different last night: Steve Eagar opened the show with the normal teases but in a very dramatic hushed tone.
• In case you think your day is pretty tough, just remind yourself there's some Indonesian woman that just gave birth to a 19 pound baby.
• I blew by Glee last night and saw a high school football scene. They had a #34 on an offensive lineman. I was out.
• Oh, and if you've never seen Glee, all you need to know is that a football team, on the last play of the game with the play clock running, can break into a full dance rendition to Beyonce's "Put A Ring On It" and then still have time to throw a touchdown pass. Yep.

Different Kind Of Afternoon Pick Me Up

Plane Crash At Bridgeport Airport?

As with all my breaking news, this is extremely unconfirmed.

Star-Telegram Story

Link.

Mayor Outlaws Police Chases And Blesses Reporter

More Decatur Dining Carnage

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• The "Estrada" commercial makes me laugh. (It's hard to explain if you haven't seen it.)
• The new FBI "terror warning" about stadiums being hit seems silly since there isn't any "specific threat." Haven't we always assumed that stadiums would be one of the most likely targets?
• Ant killer granules always work for me. And when I spread them, I always like watching the little suckers pic them up and taking them down into the ground.
• There probably is a Swine Flu case in every single school in the county.
• There was an 80+ year old Wise County woman arrested last week on a Class C (equivalent of a traffic ticket) offense of Assault-Offensive Touching. Normally, that's an assault that didn't cause any pain. (I've got her book-in photo. Should I post it?)
• NFL: The two year prison sentence for ex- NY Giant Plaxico Burress for shooting himself in the leg at a club seems incredibly excessive.
• Just try to watch Ann Curry and not cringe. (And you get the extra video bonus of watching cops execute a search warrant by playing video games on the suspects TV.) Credit: BagOfNothing.com
• During Attorney General Child Support Court up at the courthouse the other day, I saw a young girl sitting in the hallway with a baby. And she was pregnant.
• Did a double-take on the suspect arrested yesterday in Dallas for capital murder. His name was Gary Green.
• I don't have the links, but I'm 100% sure that in the last month there have been three separate incidences in the U.S. where 4 or more family members have been killed in the same home by an acquaintance.
• I post a picture of the "Low On Funds" truck and somebody wants to make an Obama comment? Sheesh, man, give it a rest.
• The 17 year old girl that The Knack's My Sharona was written about is now a high tone real estate agent in Los Angeles. (Back story.) And at 47, she's smoking hot. (But it's more shocking that My Sharona was released 30 years ago.)
• Pick up a Messenger today and you'll see the Bridgeport Bulls with play Argyle this weekend at "XXX Stadium."
• Happy Denton County DWI suspect?

The Internet Is Gold Today

Man, it would be so easy to be a parent these days. I'd just plop Barry Jr. down in front of the computer and show him this clip. And then, bam! The kid's never going to be abducted. He also may be socially retarded the rest of his life because he would fear every other human, but at least I'd know where he was. But I'd would have to make one change. If a chick like the one at the :16 second mark needed help, Barry Jr. would be instructed to lead her to daddy for assistance -- you just can't be too careful.

Burned Decatur Apartments Being Leveled

But I'm not sure what the "Low On Funds" is about --- it's written in red paint on the base of the bed of the truck. (Thanks, Jenny.)

More Proof Of Economic Apocalypse In Decatur

Thanks emailer, Matt.

This Was Played On The Big Screen Before The Baylor Game

Edit: Video has been removed. I'll try to track down another copy. Edit: It was a version of this but better produced. I try not to whip you with Baylor football stuff because I know, well, it's a whippin'. But just a tad bit of background: For long over a decade Baylor has been awful. Just awful. Year after year I refuse to get my hopes up because I'm tired of them being dashed upon the shores of the Jordan River. (The last time I had my hopes up was in 2002 and then Cal hung 70 on Baylor in the opening game. Good call on my part.) All that said, this year was supposed to be different. A stellar coach in his second year. The second coming of Vince Young at QB. And a win in the first game of this season over Wake Forest who had beaten Baylor the year before and then went on to a bowl. All was right in the Baptist world. And then came last weekend. Connecticut flew into Waco a 10 point underdog and, in a three short hours, Baylor was 1-1 and looking as bad as they always have. (I stayed in depression until Decatur PD woke from a drunken stupor, handed me my blood and tear soaked Baylor pennant, and told me that someone had posted my bond.) But now I've learned what went wrong last weekend: Baylor actually played the above video on the big screen before the game. And now the Evil Empire has discovered this embarrassing fact and the beat down has begun. Have I not suffered enough?

What The Party Pass Got You Sunday Night

Tuesday Afternoon Pick Me Up: Katy Perry In Honor Of The Rain

More Family Fun At The Ol' Game

It's almost four minutes long, but I promise you won't be able to take your eyes off of it. Never have a white girl and a black man taunted each other so much for so long. And what happens in Obama's America? The white chick gets arrested. Change has truly come. Mrs. Green #9? Link. (Language warning.)

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• Can you imagine if the Cowboys had opened the stadium last night on Monday Night Football with the left-outside-Party-Passers stuck in the thunderstorm?
• Speaking of the thunderstorm, I have no idea how it missed Decatur around 6:00 yesterday but it looked like Bridgeport got very, very wet.
• The new Fox 4 morning gal is a Baylor graduate. Yeah, it's only Day Two but she better loosen up in a hurry.
• Fox 4's Dan Henry lost his mind last night saying DFW had the potential for "80 to 90 mile per hour winds."
• If you want to see Tom Delay perform on Dancing With The Stars, here ya go. Awk. Ward.
• One kid runs a go cart into another kid at Texas Motor Speedway, so the Speedway is ordered to pay $11.4 million. (Cue "Little Pink Houses For You And Me")
• I took some heat about posting the pics of the lady fainting in the courtroom last week. I agree with one of the comments: It wasn't the pictures that upset people, it was the captions that appeared to be a bit too flippant.
• There's a new Movie Tavern opening up on W. 7th in Fort Worth? And if you haven't driven that stretch of 7th between downtown and University, you'll be amazed. (Link is to "Hawkeye's" blog from KSCS who I haven't listened to in 10 years, but remember him to be funny.)
• OK, I've got to update my blog list over to the right since Anobiter and Jarhead have reportedly fled to Rio together. I've deleted them and added Crazy Texas Mommy (who has no Wise County connection but has earned a double fake exception because she's funny.) There were a couple of other local blogs you guys mentioned yesterday, but I'm open to suggestions.
• Prosecutors across the state of Texas are headed to Corpus Christi right now for their annual seminar. After they get all worked up about convicting people, they always celebrate with a free kegger on Friday night with a live band. (And I'm not making that up.)
• I think I heard Fall begins today. At least the weather cooperated. And then I powered down when I saw it was going to be 90 again this weekend.
• The Texas Rangers are in dire financial straits (sp) so what happened last night was weird: They allowed Kevin Millwood to pitch, he reached 180 innings for year, and that activated a clause in his contract that guarantees him $12 million next year. For perspective, that's 16% of this year's payroll.
• TCU had a female official, Sarah Thomas, working their football game last Saturday night. I've never seen that before.
• The Ticket talked about the death of the Boyd pastor and his wife yesterday afternoon, and they assumed that it was murder/suicide. Sheesh.
• What exactly is the objective in Afghanistan and how exactly does the mission "fail" if we don't send in more troopers?
• I continue to believe the 9/11 was the result of the equivalent of gang members. It's hard to declare war on a gang.

I'm Predicting Rain In Decatur at 5:44 PM

Edit @ 5:45: Probably should back that time up just a little bit. But this looks nasty.