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I can't count the number of people that have sent me this.

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• The Swine Flu shot is now widely available to anyone in Tarrant County but that's not the case in Wise County. What gives?
• Dallas DA Craig Watkins was on the Colbert Show last night and actually said, "Being tough on crime does not work."
• Google has now improved its "music search."
• TCU's Gary Patterson signs a long term extension which is really pretty weird in this day and time. But after seeing what happened to his predecessor, it might be a smart move. (Dennis Franchione went from Alabama to A&M to Oblivion.)
• Some X tablets were seized in Sourth Texas made into the shapes of Homer Simpson and President Obama. The press and police are using the angle that they "were marketed towards kids." Puhleeze.
• Some lady gets sexually assaulted after midnight at one of those big public rest areas south of Fort Worth along I-35? I wouldn't go in those bathrooms in the middle of the day.
• And isn't there an old story of a former Wise County deputy being convicted of capital murder for a crime at the same place in the early 1990s? I think the conviction got reversed on appeal, but I don't know what happened after that.
• All women should be able to take this good of a book-in photo.
• The story of the genius kid going door to door offering free massages in Denton was everywhere yesterday. But everyone is more fascinated by the naive "victim".
• Speaking of dope, a Wise County jury will be forced to pick between 25 years in prison and life today for a lady convicted yesterday of methamphetamine possession. Incredible. I'll probably do a full post later.
• There was an all day hearing in a divorce case in the County Court at Law yesterday. That would be a beating.
• Anybody else Tiger-Wooded-Out? And, as predicted, the media ho lawyer for the first alleged affair gal is having a press conference today. Edit: OK, I'm at least interested in a bikini clad girl near his home being photo'd by cops.
• It's weird that it is going to snow south of us, but not on us, on Friday morning.

The Sonic In Jacksboro

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News On News

Let the word go forth, tomorrow (or sooner) the Messenger will report that this story was fabricated by the (at one time) alleged victim. Edit: Watch Channel 8 news tonight at 10:00 Edit: The video.

Food Stamps

New York Times interactive map here. 18% of all Wise County children use food stamps? And Jack County's use of food stamps has increased 162% in two years putting it 12th in the nation in increase usage? (Credit: Bud Kennedy)

And To Think All You Guys Were Hatin' On Same Sex Marriage

Hey, now. Edit: Photoshopped? It appeared on the Boston Globe web site. Still possible, but highly unlikely.

And We Call Ourselves A Super Power

Check out this Chinese news clip regarding The Tiger Woods Story complete with CG re-enactment. Now that, my friends, is the way news should be.

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• Snow? Incredible.
• Slidell ISD shut down (per Channel 11)? Double incredible. Edit: Until I drove in that stuff. Several cars in the ditches along 287.
• I'm hearing word that the Bridgeport robbery yesterday was a complete hoax. Developing.
• Ugh. 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan? Bad. But getting the heck out of there in a year and a half or so? Good.
• If you were foolish enough to send in money for Texas Rangers playoff tickets, chances are that you are finally getting a refund this week. And how do the Rangers make it up to you? By giving you for tickets to an exhibition game. That's a joke, right?
• My first week in January trip to Costa Rica is still a go.
• The dog pile of Tiger Woods begins (with yet another girl claiming an affair.) Why is it that the public just loves to run anyone out of town on a rail if given the chance?
• But the taped message of Tiger released this morning is not-a-good.
• Got word yesterday that a Bridgeport woman died in a crash in Granbury.
• Doesn't Kay Bailey Hutchison come across and weak and timid these days?
• They had Christmas Tree Talk on the Ticket yesterday. Things discussed: (1) good real trees cost over $100 (really?), (2) do you remember "flocked" trees, and (3) do you remember the cheap three color rotating floor light that would project green, blue and red onto the tree?
• I kept hearing "Sweep the knee!" in my head this morning.
• All of a sudden I'm recording most episodes of The Office that are in syndication. I've never seen 80% of them so it's like, uh, Christmas to me. Pretty funny stuff (and I really like the Indian lady.)

Is This Decatur This Morning? Why, Yes. Yes, It Is

Runaway Bay pic by MzChief.

Kardashian Pick Me Up

Drug War Part XXXXXXXXXXV

Looks like we've got a Possession case going on in the district courtroom in Decatur (with our new fancy monitors being used.) And the defense lawyer proclaims to be the "tallest lawyer in Texas" and he may be: 7'0" tall. The best I can tell the lady is being charged with possessing just over 4 grams of dope. That's a bad cut off point for her because: Edit: The following keeps getting screwed up due to formatting: Less than 1 gram = 180 days to 2 years 1 to 4 grams = 2 to 10 years 4 to 200 grams = 2 to 20 years (More later.)

Breaking . . . .

From email:

"Armed robbery, Bridgeport. May have forced car over to side and took woman's purse."

Developing . . .

Edit: Confirmed. We've got a regular crime spree across the Southwest Proper going on.

I Guess I'll Rethink Getting That Surgery

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Rhome Subway Robber Not Satisfied With $5 Foot Long

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Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• Still like that Fox 4 Fiona gal. A lot.
• Congressional hearings are pointless and created for sound bites. Case In Point: The couple that snuck into the State Dinner will be appearing before a panel in the next few days.
• (If you get a chance to see that couple on The Today Show, do it. Weird and odd.)
• I learned over the holidays that a man from Paradise, completely healthy, almost died from the Swine Flu. I had no idea.
• Tony Romo cannot give an interview without saying "we'll work on our mistakes and get better."
• Uh, oh. Tony was to Las Vegas over the weekend.
• I'm all for Tiger Woods refusing to talk to the police. He doesn't have to. They are not there to help him. And, when all else fails, they'll charge you with making a false statement.
• Obama certainly avoids Fear Mongering. You'll never him utter phrases like, "They'll follow us home" or "They hate our freedom."
• My Cowboys prediction for their last five games: 1-4.
• Some pro baseball player named Grady Sizemore is all bent out of shape because of self taken neekid pics of him posing with a bathroom mirror have made their way to the Inkernet. Note to Grady: You're a guy.
• I can't believe the alleged shooter in the Seattle police officer killings got away. Edit: The second after I typed that the news broke that the police shot and killed him (And I'm pretty sure without a trial.)
• On the label of my hair gook are the words "Mega Mega Hold" and "X-Treme Savings." Made me laugh.
• It's World AIDS Day today so you kids avoid The AID today.
• Watched a bit of Into The Wild the other night (again) and it always makes me want to walk away from it all. Of course, the movie would be a bit more motivational if the kid didn't die.
• I can't imagine anyone getting excited about the Mavericks. In April or May they'll be bounced in the first or second round of the playoffs. I know it. You know it. What's the point?
• College football is more fun when A&M is good.
• Fox and Friends, I'm told, had Victoria Secret Supermodels on this morning. I'm sure it had something to do with family values.

Google Can Do Anything!

In searching the breaking news story of an escaped Texas inmate, I came across the "sponsored link" on the right.

Funny.

World's Tallest Bikini Model In History Of Ever

This gal's pic has been all over the Internets for two weeks, but I refused to post it because I smelled photoshopped. And, if anything, I have a pretty good team of lawyers in my Quality Control Division to screen out that sort of thing. Until a youtube video came along to back it up.

Monday Afternoon Pick Me Up

This is Nicole Bahls. And that didn't help me identify who she is at all.