Fire at James Wood Motors in Decatur?

That's what the Messenger says at around 7:50 p.m. Might be nothing. Any reports?

Edit:

Sign This Kid Up!!!!!

Not only can he dance, he's a technical lighting whiz!  And incorporating his dog "Cheryl" in to the act near the end was a stroke of genius.

Hopefully, This Is Rock Bottom For The Guy

Monday Afternoon Pick Me Up

Because it's 106 outside

The Mrs Just Twitpic'd This Photo

Lucy!!! You've got some 'splainin' to do!!!!!!!

Middle Aged Cop Caught Getting Picture Taken With Hot Girls

I'll admit, I'm normally tough on cops, but this is enough to make me want up to Massachusetts and defend this guy.

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• 106? It's going to be 106 today?
• It's the first day of school. Normally, I wouldn't have known. Boy, do I know it this year.
• My favorite radio station reflected upon school years this morning: "It was like going to prison."
• Texas high school preseason football brawl.
• Rick Springfield is 61 today. Not sure of the age of Jessie's girl. (Rimshot)
• There's an egg recall going on. I don't eat eggs. Ever.
• We had our fantasy football draft on Friday evening -- with our own Vanna White. (There was a run on quarterbacks and I ended up with Jay Cutler. I'm in trouble.)
• I've got a game room that was pretty much vacant for the last five years. No longer. As of this weekend, it's been resurrected: Furniture, new carpet, paint, TV.
• Picked the Family Unit up at Love Field on Saturday night. I love Love Field. 
• Sean Hannity had his spare "Freedom Concert" this weekend in Dallas and put on a cowboy hat to patronize those dumb enough to support him.
• That Heidi Montag gal in a bikini. Hey, now. 
• A 25 year old was death was listed in the Update this morning. I wonder what happened.
• The parents of the Southlake "teen punished with babysitting" case were on the news over the weekend. That dad was weird. Very weird. 
• At this time last year, the Rangers had the very same record. 

My Long Promised Weight Loss Chart

• When my long time belt wouldn't fasten earlier this year, I panicked. 
• I jog three or four times a week for at least 30 minutes but I had begun to cheat. Whataburger on Sunday? Yep. Bags of low fat Doritos? Yep. 
• I'm a Nutrisystem fan so I went back to it.
• The meals are small. Way too small. So I complimented every one with a salad, tomatoes, and fat free dressing. If I didn't do that, I'd die.
• But look at that chart. Each bar represents one day and it covers three or four months. I weighed every day and immediately documented it. If you look closely, there are times where 10 days apart I handn't lost a pound. Look closely. That was incredibly disheartening. But just stay the course and it happens.
• The chart track March through June. Have I kept it off? Yep. Health Choice TV dinners are my staple. 

She Said They Were Post Divorce Photos

ummmmkaaayyy.

JFK and Jackie 0

Actually it's a blurry photo of a upcoming TV mini-series starring Katie Holmes and Greg Kinnear. Kinda cool.

Wise County Attorney's Birthday Cake . . .

. . . up at the courthouse. (Made by a person on his staff.) Creative.

It's Al Roker's Birthday

And he continues to spare us to death. Year after year.

(The clip is pretty funny.)

As Seen In Montague County

I had heard about these billboards but had never seen one.

(Thanks, emailer Art.)

Edit: Oops. I'm told it's actually inside Wise County as you enter Montague County.

Fans Rushing Stage Videos

Here are 25 of them. Good stuff.

Here's one of them featuring Michael Jackson, but is there any question he lip synced and is there any question he needed better security?

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• Roger Clemens indicted for perjury? Yawn. What a waste of resources. I don't care if he took steroids, and I don't care if he lied about not taking them. But our federal courts apparently have a lot of spare time. 
• But he's an idiot for bringing it on himself since he lobbied for the Congressional hearing where he allegedly perjured himself. Learn to shut up and he'd be fine. 
• A high speed chase leads to a car going into Love Field yesterday which is now causing everyone to "second guess" airport security. Please. That can happen any where. 
• I hung blinds last night. Once I got to the third one, I was pretty good at it. 
• A horror movie uses Chatroulette to promote itself by scaring the crap out of teenage boys. (Language warning.)
• Leeann Rimes in a bikini? Meh.
• The autotune remix of Antoine Dodson's "Hide your wives, hide your daughters, hide your husbands" which was made available on iTunes has cracked the Billboard Hot 100. The future?
• This Blog used to be mentioned in the Messenger's "Welcome to Wise" special issue, but no longer. 
• Dumb parents: Punish your Southlake teenage daughter by having her run an ad with her picture offering free babysitting services. What could possibly go wrong?
• Well, I guess this guy could call her.
• Funny moment at GoGo Gumbo the other night when my dad ordered a particular piece of pie. The waitress immediately went into a 30 second excited rant of how "wonderful" that pie is and how she even got the recipe and makes it home. Then she wrapped it up with "but we're out of that tonight." 
• Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit turns 40 today. I mention him only because he famously said at the 2003 Grammy Awards that "I think we are all in agreeance that this war should end as soon as possible." You finally got your wish. 
• Any one getting nervous about your Texas Rangers? The injury riddled team has dropped four in a row.
• I still think Tony Romo shouldn't play tomorrow night. If you need proof, you have to see what happened to Giant's QB Eli Manning on Monday night. Click here (the best replays start at around 1:20)

Look Out For That . . .

. . . parked car!!!

Oh, My

But it's good to see a bull finally say "enough."  What a bloodthirsty sport (if it is a sport).

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• I finally ate at GoGo Gumbo in Boyd last night. Pretty, pretty good.
• And they've got some high tone big city deserts. (I saw them, but didn't eat them.)
• Football earthquake yesterday: BYU announces it will leave the Mountian West (where TCU resides) and then the Moutain West raids the WAC and takes Fresno State and Nevada. All of this within 12 hours. Makes you think the Big 12 is on shaky ground.
• I think I agree with former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich: His retrial is a colossal waste of taxpayer money and the U.S. Attorney is either incompetent or foolish. Or both.
• And Blagojevich, if you didn't see it, was only convicted of "lying" to the government this week. (The jury was hung on twenty-something other counts involving him trying to "sell" the Senate seat vacated by President Obama.) I've always thought it was odd that it was a crime to lie to the government. Morally wrong? Sure. A crime? Not so sure about that.
• ">Video montage of the line, "I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you." Top Gun may have been the first time I ever heard it. 
• Nothing makes me shake my head more than the "Mosque at Ground Zero" controversy. I'm just dumbfounded. (And the Keith Olbermann commentary the other night is a must see for anyone with an open mind. But, then again, we can't take 12 minutes out of our lives to watch something like that.)
• I'm really not angry over the last 24 hours.
• Eva Longoria is distracting.
• The Cowboys will be playing this week's preseason game with two offensive lineman sidelined with injuries and a couple of spares getting to start. If Tony Romo gets hurt due to a sack, you'll see a firestorm against Wade Phillips of biblical proportions. 
• There's supposed to be a trial going on in the Wise County Court at Law this morning allegedly involving a sex offender stealing a bag full of probation fees while attending a counseling session at the probation office. I've got to stick my head in on that one. 
• I still think Obama will be re-elected if the economy will turn around. News: Unemployment claims announced this morning were the highest in nine months. 
• Rolling Stone has some shocking covers. Case in point: This week's issue featuring True Blood actors. (Google it.)
• I never play games on my iPhone. Then I bought Tiger Woods Golf a couple of weekends back when it went on sale for 99 cents. 
• Whatever happened to "Jim" who used to grade my Random Thoughts?