A Huge Question Mark Has Formed Over My Head

I think the guy is throwing out some humor, but check out the dude in the Speedo holding the "Raider Pride" sign in the middle of the UT crowd.

Just Think What Would Have Happened . . .

. . . last night if Devin Godboldt still played for Decatur? From the Morning News: "Devin Godboldt rushed for 319 yards and four touchdowns to lead Denton Liberty Christian over Dallas Christian . . . . Godboldt carried the ball just four times in the second half, but three of those were touchdowns - runs of 60, 67 and 80."

A Good Start To A Friday Evening

I had to replace the battery in my car in the Walmart parking lot last night. (Yeah, wise guys, I know where the battery is). I did learn (1) it's not any fun to do in a white shirt and (2) that you can buy a 50 piece socket set for $5.49. (Sidenote: Would you pay $1,600 for this painting?)

I'm So Confused About What "Limited Government" Means To Republicans

I've always detested former US Attorney General John Ashcroft. I learned the following today when reviewing a case before the Supreme Court: "In 1994 and then again in 1997, Oregon voters passed the Death With Dignity Act, which allows doctors to prescribe lethal doses of legal but regulated drugs to dying Oregonians who ask for them. John Ashcroft, who was then a senator, asked Janet Reno, who was then Clinton's attorney general, to stop the Oregon doctors. Reno declined. In 1998 and 1999, Ashcroft introduced two bills in Congress that would have explicitly scuttled Death With Dignity. Both bills failed. " "Then Ashcroft became President Bush's attorney general. In 2001, he announced that the federal Controlled Substances Act—passed by Congress in 1970 to 'conquer drug abuse' and control the trafficking of legal and illegal drugs—gave him the power to revoke the licenses of doctors who assisted suicide with a prescription drug. The doctors could also be criminally prosecuted. When Ashcroft made his move, Oregon squawked its way to court. (That's why the name of today's case could be improved on a bit—it should really be called Ashcroft v. Oregon.) "

Footloose

Ok, I got suckered into the last 30 minutes of 1984's Footloose tonight. Two observations: (1) I had totally forgotten that Sarah Jessica Parker was in it, and (2) How did we all accept that a bunch of country kids got together at a barn for their first dance ever and then miraculously broke out into professionally choregraphed dance steps?

Now I Can't Get The Song Out Of My Head

I think this happy couple just ruined my whole day. (Video) <--- Link fixed (Rated PG for suggestiveness for you sensitive folks out there).

Massacre

Decatur 66, Bridgeport 34 Decatur scored 42 points in the second quarter.

Do You Think . . .

. . . the guy that took this picture was aware of this picture?

Incredibly Random Thought

Do you think anyone under 40 knows "shorthand". (And I suspect many people have no idea what I'm talking about.)

Just In Time For Christmas

Porky Has Died

And the Little Rascal's character was actually the one who uttered the word "Otay" instead of Buckwheat.

I've Never Been To Cancun . . .

. . . I hope it's still there.

Practicing in Austin Sounds Fun

From the Delay court appearance this morning: "In respectful tones, [Delay's lawyer] DeGuerin noted that [Judge] Perkins had donated money to MoveOn.org, a liberal organization that he said has been 'selling T-shirts with Mr. DeLay's mug shot on it. " "'Let me just say I haven't ever seen that T-shirt, number one. Number two, I haven't bought it. Number three, the last time I contributed to MoveOn that I know of was prior to the November election last year, when they were primarily helping Sen. Kerry,' responded the judge." "MoveOn.org denied it was selling any such shirts, and issued a statement that said, 'DeGuerin has either bad information or lied in court.'"

Let's Talk Strippers

"American Express is suing the CEO of a communications company for payment of $241,000 worth of disputed credit card charges at a Manhattan topless club. "American Express says in papers filed in state court that Savvis Inc. chief executive officer Robert A. McCormick was in the club Scores in October 2003 with at least three other men. After McCormick got the $241,000 corporate credit card bill, Savvis called American Express and complained that some of the charges were fraudulent, the lawsuit says. The communications company said its chief disputed all but about $20,000, according to the lawsuit. "

The Meth Book-In Photo Lady

Remember our meth girl? Well, here's a letter about her in todays Morning News: Re: "Addict's photos make big picture hard to miss," by Steve Blow, Sunday Metro. Mr. Blow's column misses the big picture. Scare tactics have never stopped kids from using drugs. Look at the studies on our most famous scare tactic program, DARE. The Roseanne Holland booking photos do not show a woman insufficiently frightened as a child. They show a woman arrested and imprisoned because of her addiction, instead of being treated for it. How would Roseanne Holland have looked after 10 years if she had been arrested and imprisoned for diabetes? Would she have lived that long? Suzanne Wills, Drug Policy Forum of Texas, Dallas

Google Stock Reaches All Time High . . . And I Don't Own A Dime Of It

Frankly, Scarlett

Am I Still In Texas?

Today the Dallas Morning News editorial board urges readers to reject next month's a proposed amendment to the Texas Constitution banning gay marriage.