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Monday Afternoon Pick Me Up

This is some gal from 30 Rock -- a program that people tell me I should watch. I'm becoming convinced. Plus, that Baldwin guy is a good American.

Greatest. News. Ever.

Rowdy has been banned from Cowboys Stadium.

My Day Has Gone This Well

• Well, not that bad.
• Saw a lady who was out on bond enter a plea which required pen time. Always uncomfortable to see someone taken into custody.
• Saw a lawyer who married one of my ex-girlfriends.
• Had a female stranger come up and talk to me. She had a black eye.
• Saw a guy enter a "guilty" plea when he was supposed to say "not guilty".

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• Minor point about the Cowboy game: The Denver kickoff in the 4th quarter went out of the end zone? Yeah, thin air. But, mercy.
• Jacksboro's new high school stadium has a video board that has instant replay.
• I'm insane now.
• The Star-Telegram ran a story about a 24 year old real estate guru who is supposed to be some self made man. The story reads like a fluff piece and make me wonder what's really going on. (Sentences like "In 2004, using financial aid and a $100,000 loan from a fraternity brother . . . . " make me roll my eyes.)
• TCU is in the Top 10 for the first time in 50 years? (Per Fox 4 this morning.)
• They didn't win, but Romo's 50+ throw to Sam Hurd in the 4th quarter was good stuff. That being said, Sam Hurd is a spare. As is Roy Williams. As is Patrick Crayton.
• It's shocking how The Right celebrated Chicago not landing the Olympics (since it was a chance to bust on Obama). I thought Limbaugh and Hannity were going to have to smoke a cigarette.
• Saw these signs everywhere this morning: DecaturSingles.org
• ESPN's Fantasy Football went down on Sunday afternoon. For the World Wide Leader, that is ridiculously unacceptable.
• Gas fuel pump issues made me go to three different ones this morning. Think that drove me insane?
• I don't believe statements like, "All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them." I think that still makes me normal.
• Remember when Montblanc pens were all the rage?
• Entourage is pretty funny this season. Curb Your Enthusiasm is great.
• Eight Ten U.S. soldiers dead in Afghanistan over the weekend. Let's get out of there.
• Tech coach Mike Leach banned his player his players from using Twitter last week. Some say that's a violation of the First Amendment. You know, since Tech is the government and Leach is a government agent telling a citizen they can't speak, there may be something to it. I said "maybe."

I Owe 2012 Guy An Apology

Long time blog readers will undoubtedly recognize a commenter who, regardless of the topic, will make reference to 12/21/2012 when we will no longer need to be concerned with anything after that date because the world will end. Makes sense. Anyway, last week I noticed that a billboard went up outside of Decatur promoting the new 2012 movie and today I discovered the above footage of said movie. I mean, sheesh, if I had known that was going to happen, I wouldn't have ridiculed the guy so much. But in all honesty, this clip is everything I hate about movies today.

"Four Year Old Death In Bridgeport"

Getting lots of reports about this but no details. Anyone? Edit: Let me agree with one of the comments, how is this not on the DFW newscasts? Edit: Some posts have been deleted that were from or referred to a commenter who was pretending to be someone else.

Denton Arrest Of The Night

This kid might end up regretting the book-in photo. Compare this to this gal who looks none to happy to be arrested.

Football Thoughts

• I was lucky enough to catch two great endings: LSU/Georgia (3 TDs in last 5 minutes) and Michigan/Michigan State (overtime loss by Michigan after a furious rally to tie it).
• Texas Tech looked awful until halftime against New Mexico (which might be the worst team in Division I.) It all changed when they made a quarterback switch due to injury, and I bet there's now a quarterback controversy in Lubbock.
• The Texas/OU game in two weeks has lost a ton of luster. OU falls to 2-2 after losing to Miami. But I'm not certain Texas will win that game because I don't know if they are any good- they've played no one and only have Colorado next week which is also not a challenge.
• I don't know who is any good. This year's Cinderella, unbeaten Houston, gets beat by awful UTEP team, 58-41.
• And everyone wondered if unbeaten A&M was for real. Uh, not so much: Arkansas takes them down 47-19. (The game was at JerryWorld and we learned the Razorback fans still travel like they always have.)
• Obscure question: In the 4th quarter of the OU/Miami game, a Miami receiver catches the ball, makes a first, and then goes out of bounds. Color man Kirk Herbstreit says he should of stayed in bounds to use more clock. Normally, after a first down the clock is stopped but rolls again once the ball is set. But that's exactly what happened on the next play even though the receiver went out of bounds. Is that right?
• I really like knowing all the rules so stuff like that bugs me.
• Baylor played Kent State and won handily. But they looked awful. Absolutely awful. We go to OU next week and might not score a single point.
• TCU remains unbeaten but will have to go to BYU later in the season. For them, it's just a matter of staying focused.
• Miami is back to its old ways: The starting QB has "SWAG" as in "swagger" cut into his hair on the side.
• Fun game next week: Unbeaten Florida goes to unbeaten LSU for a night game in what is probably the wildest stadium for a night game in America.
• Today, I bet Denver beats Dallas.
• Huh?: I just looked up and saw Channel 8's Debbie Denmon is interviewing one of the gay men getting a divorce in Dallas live and on the set. But they are referring to him only as "J.B." to protect him.

Saturday Giggle

Friday Night Lights: That Bridgeport Game Looks Exciting

Alvord (2-2) 26 Muenster Sacred Heart (3-2) 14 Graham (4-0) 49 Bridgeport (1-3) 48 Edit: Got a message from a very reliable source that read, "ESPN and [UT quarterback] Colt McCoy are at the Bridgeport/Graham game." It's an off week for Texas so he's got some free time. Just not sure what the connection would be. Edit: The answers came flooding in.

Who Knew There Were That Many Indians?

Credit.

Does This Look Like . . .

. . . a man who would kidnap his ex-wife near Teasley Lane in Denton and then leave her naked in Corinth? Buddy, trust me, you can't be treating ex-wives life that.

Olympics 2016

It's not Chicago. (Let the Obama haters jump on this.) It's not Tokyo. Madrid and Rio are left. I'm guessing Rio. Edit @ 11:51: Once again, I am all knowing. It is Rio De Janeiro. (Did you just think it was a coincidence that just two weeks ago I posted this beach pic from Rio?) Edit: Girls celebrate Rio's big win.

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• Elizabeth Smart's father has always struck me as odd. (She testified yesterday regarding her abduction years ago.) And I'm still not sure she's not in a state of zombie shock. (My own trademarked medical term.)
• Maybe I'm getting old, but I watched more of the National Parks special last night on PBS. Great stuff.
• The Fort Worth Weekly has its 2009 "Best Of" edition out this week. But I don't know where to find a hard copy of it anymore.
• I love any "Best Of" edition.
• Had an impromptu picture taken last week. The person holding the camera told me to "suck in your gut."
• The Olympic location for 2016 will be announced today (Obama is overseas working his magic on behalf of Chicago.) I think it's cool when the head of the Olympic committee makes his announcement and the screen is divided with a camera on the crowds in each of the finalist cities. (If that makes sense.)
• I've said it before: Those Bill Curtis commercials for AT&T Internet services are weirdly uncomfortable.
• Fox 4's Dan Godwin is really beginning to get on my nerves.
• Michael Jackson's autopsy revealed he was 5'9".
• Holdout Michael Crabtree has now proven that he's the dumbest man of America. I don't ever remember a drafted NFL player not signing and then going back into the following year's draft. Who would touch him next year?
• I ran across four goth kids while jogging yesterday. One was an angry female teenager with jet black hair, black eye shadow, and a I-Hate-The-World attitude.
• This week I met what might be the hottest 40 something in the history of ever.
• MzChief's comparison of the FBI's stopping of the teenager from "blowing up" a building in Dallas to cops stopping a guy from killing me didn't make sense. (It's in the comments under yesterday's Random Thoughts.) That hypothetical arrestee could actually do what he planned. The Dallas teenager could not.
• Fell asleep last night to Sarah McLaughlin singing live on Austin City Limits. Nice.
• Just released: Unemployment is now at 9.8%. That's up from last month. This Recession isn't over yet.

The Big News On Friday Is . . .

Link.

The Book Cover Is Now Amongst Us

Thank god she has that lapel pen on.

"The room is spinning because of all of the gayness." - Ricky Bobby

A voter-approved state constitutional amendment and the Texas Family Code prohibit same-sex marriages or civil unions. And the Texas attorney general had intervened in the two men’s divorce case, arguing that since a gay marriage isn’t recognized in Texas, a Texas court can’t dissolve one through divorce.

But Dallas state District Judge Tena Callahan ruled Thursday that the state's bans on same-sex marriage violates the constitutional guarantee to equal protection under the law.

Story. Edit: Here's a bombshell: Bud Kennedy reported that the judge represented the two men as their attorney in 1999 in this case.