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Apathy

The primary election on Tuesday brought out 9% of the registered voters - the lowest turnout in 35 years. According to the Morning News, "It could be the worst turnout ever, but the statistics on voter registration only go back so far." The high mark was 1988 with 37%.

The Confederate States of America

That's the name of a high brow movie showing at the Magnolia in Dallas. It's premise: What if the South had won the Civil War? It surmises: - The USA would have remained neutral regarding Hitler - Kennedy was assassinated due to threatening to emancipate - The Watts Riots were "slave rebellions" - And a presidential candidate has his "racial identity" questioned and is forced to publicly insist that his great grandfather "did not have sexual relations with that woman" (the woman being, of course, a slave). Good Stuff. (Reviewed in the Morning News today).

Ka-Ching

Forbes list of the world's richest people is out. In Texas, Michael Dell comes in first at $17.1 billion. Mark Cuban is 14th in Texas with $1.8 billion. Bill Gates tops the world's richest list with $50 billion. Interesting: The U.S. has the most billionaires, 371, followed by Germany at 55. New York is home to the most billionaires, with 40, followed by Moscow, at 25, and London, with 23. Of the 793 billionaires on the list, 452 are described as self-made, meaning they didn't inherit their money. Seventy-eight are women, up from 68 in 2005, Forbes reported.

Golly, Gee

Roger Clemens visited the Texas Rangers training camp yesterday. That's the Ranger's GM in the picture with him. (Seriously, it's not just some high school kid).

I Wonder When . . .

. . . we stopped eating porridge?

It's Friday

Anybody Else Understand This?

"BIG NEWS FOR SLIDELL – The Star-Telegram reports today that a Southlake couple has purchased 441 acres near the intersection of FM 51 and FM 455 near Slidell for a major new Formula One-style auto road course. The project is expected to cost $3.5 million." (From The Update)

Random Music Chart Notes

- On the National Pop Singles list, "So Sick (Of Love Songs) is #1 - not a bad tune - and "I'm N Luv (Wit a Stripper)" is #6. (That's the way it is spelled). - On the Country Chart, my head hurts because I see Bon Jovi is in at #8 with "Who Says You Can't Go Home." Also, Toby (I Got Rich Off Acting Like A Patriot) Keith is at #10 with "Get Drunk and Be Somebody." - And on the Rap Chart, you have #5 "Ms. New Booty" by the very confusing combo of Bubba Sparxxx, the Ying Yang Twins and Mr Collipark.

Random Prayer Thought

You often hear of (or may even become part of) a prayer group for an individual who is having health or other serious issues. That group will even encourage others to pray for that person. Which gives rise to the question: Is God influenced by the number of people that pray for the same thing?

Puuullleeeeezzzzzzeee

This lady claims she was bitten by bed bugs at a hotel in the Catskills (I'm not real sure where the Catskills are). She was on the Today show this morning with, ugh, her lawyer, since she is suing the resort. When confronted with the fact that she stayed at the hotel two weeks after the alleged incident, she said that "it was the only hotel in the county". Riiiiiiiigghhhhtt. Uh, by the way, she wants $20,000,000 for her trouble. Heck, I'll walk around in underwear made of bed bugs for $20 million.

Kill Me Now

Those Tim Allen commercials about his new movie "The Shaggy Dog" makes me realize that having a job that beats you down isn't quite as bad as being a spare actor.

Beating Me Down

The heir apparent to Channel 8s (very spare) weatherman Troy Dungan is Pete Delkus. The guy just wears me out with his over emphatic weather reporting.

And You Want To Be My Latex Salesman?

Ok, if you like maps, have been to Manhattan, and are a Seinfeld fanatic, you'll think this website is cool.

I Just Can't Stop

Random Cowboy Note

As the NFL Owners and Players Union reach an agreement tonight, I noted this in the paper: The Dallas Cowboys signed wide receiver Terrance Copper to a one year contract for $385,000. What did he do last season you ask? He caught one pass for five yards. And if you click on the picture, it gets waaaay too large. (Do it. Do it.)

Legal Stuff

This headline caught my attention today in the Star Telegram: "Jury suggests 3 life terms for ex-pastor". This was followed by this sentence in the story: "The nine-man, three-woman jury deliberated more than three hours Tuesday before recommending that [the defendant] serve three life sentences." Not to nit-pik, but that wasn't a "suggestion" or "recommendation". When a jury hands down a sentence in Texas, their decision is binding.

Zillow.Com

This doesn't work for Wise County (yet) but it's pretty cool. Type in the address of a home and a satellite view will appear with the home's value appearing over the property. (As well as the value of other homes on the neighborhood). You can learn more about the property by clicking on the little blue dots above the price. If you want to play with it, type in 1504 Shady Oaks with a zip code of 76107. You'll get a bird's eye view of the exclusive Westover Hills area in Fort Worth. Link.