Brit At The Beach!

Mayor Candidate Is Back: Proposes Marriage

(And, sheesh, guys. I was kidding about voting for him.)

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• I'm not sure what I think about it: Channel 8 went after Southlake's new quarterback last night. They made it a lengthy lead story with the the issue being whether his family has technically moved to the town from Oklahoma. (I'm guessing the highlight was his dad being tracked down gassing up his boat in Oklahoma and throwing a bag of ice at a cameraman.)
• And Southlake's athletic director reminded me of the nervous Martin Short skit from SNL when he was portrayed being interviewed by 60 Minutes. (I just looked that up and that's a 1984 reference. Good grief.)
• Speaking of Short, his wife just died. 
• Fox 4 Frenzy: They went bonkers at 5 and 6 about a "kidnapped" child from a Dallas elementary school. The story didn't make sense at all. At 10, they announced the child wasn't kidnapped at all -- just the victim of mistaken identity.
• A marijuana case was tried in the County Court at Law in Decatur yesterday. Looked like the issue was whether the defendant actually lived in the house where the Devil's Lettuce was found.
• That's four trials in the CCL in the last two weeks. I think the breakdown is two guilty verdicts, one acquittal and one directed verdict for the defendant (by a visiting judge.)
• Enrollment at Chico ISD this fall is down almost 10%. Wow. 
• Texas Rangers' financial statement released yesterday: They spend $234,000 a year on baseballs.
• Beating: Waking up in the middle of the night, hearing wonderful rain, then hearing howling dog in the backyard caught in it. That caused me to stumble out of bed and pick the wet mutt up and put him temporarily in the garage.
• While waiting on the school bus yesterday, some people looked at me like Chris Hansen on Dateline. 
• While you slept: At least 46 killed in Iraq as bombs explode all over the country. (Flashback to "Mission Accomplished" photo.)
• It's amazing that the skydiver who got caught on a Ranger Stadium light pole last night didn't get hurt.
• John McCain won the GOP nomination for Senator last night in Arizona. Same verse, same as the first. No wonder "hope and change" sounds so good.

Woah

I'd Vote For This Guy

Nothing like running for mayor and using all your precious TV time to serenade the Fox Providences version of Fiona with a Christian song.   He's fearless! Maybe a little nutty, but fearless! That's some change we can believe in!

Side notes: (1) is it a condition of the employment of all Fox affiliates that the female be hot? and (2) how'd she not bust out laughing.

Ouch

Link.

The head push into the metal door frame probably didn't feel to good, but the slam onto the ground at the 1:04 mark was over the top.

That's A Little Harsh

Portion of a full page ad being run by Democratic challenger Bill White in 20 newspapers today.

Edit: A commenter is correct. It's was paid for by a PAC (although White does play the "he is scared to debate me" card.)

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

Edit: Ooops. This got posted below. My bad.

• Denton County book-in "Hey, now." (Thanks, emailer.)
• Mike Tyson's abandoned mansion. Wow.
• The most violent crash video you've ever seen. (Driver is allegedly still alive, and this happened yesterday). Warning: Disturbing.
• Miss Mexico won the Miss Universe pageant last night. We'd allow her to illegally immigrate, wouldn't we?
• First day of school was hectic but smoothly execute. I don't know how a single parent does it.
• Fall movie preview from the Dallas Morning News.
• I waited on a school bus this morning. I had never done that before. 
• The Rangers almost threw a multi-pitcher no-hitter last night. That was kind of fun.
• Caught Mark Cuban on Entourage from Sunday night. He's a heck of a lot bigger than I thought. (But he explains it by saying you always see him standing next to seven footers.)
• The heat was a beating yesterday -- I'm not sure I remember that much heat combined with no wind.
• I've been up since 4:50 a.m., yet I'm still scrambling. 

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.