A Moment Of Reflection

This blogging stuff is silly. But in looking around the Internet for funny and insightful stuff, I stumbled across someone doing pretty much the same thing I do. He calls his blog "Bag Of Nothing" which is a phrase stolen from the radio station The Ticket. It simply means there's nothing exciting going on in one's life. Someone will ask me "What's going on?" and sometimes I'll reply "I got a big bag of nothing." The name of his blog amused me enough to check in on it frequently. It was good stuff. I would steal from it left and right. He'd do the same. It was a mutual respect. But let me change directions. About five days ago he abruptly wrote that his mother had fallen down a set of stairs and wasn't doing well. Frankly, although we are strangers, we ended up exchanging a couple of emails over the last couple of days. And then tonight I learn that his mother had passed away. The Internet is a strange world. I don't know my real next door neighbor, but I know my cyber-neighbor, Keith, the creater of BagOfNothing.com. And I don't feel silly at all for shedding a few tears for his grief tonight.

At Least This Interests Me

The actor who played the quarterback in Friday Night Lights was also the little kid in Sling Blade. His name is Lucas Black for those interested.

Brush With Greatness

Tonight I was invited to, and attended, the premiere party for the Lifetime Movie Network show called "Inspector Mom." (Don't ask.) The event was at the Angelika Theater in Dallas (maybe my favorite movie theater anywhere) and it was pretty interesting: The show is filmed in Dallas and I was in a movie theater where the show's debut was being simulcast on the big screen. The audience was full of the actors and workers of the project who screamed with joy at every scene. The show's star, Danica McKellar - that would be Winnie of "The Wonder Years" - was in attendance. At one point I stood about three feet from her, and I'm fairly certain she was checking me out.

The "Huffing Story"

The Star Telegram now has the story about the Wise County kid that died due to "huffing" at a gas well. Here.

So I Heard That High School . . .

. . . playoff games would start at Texas Stadium today at 10:00 a.m. What a wacky time. So, loving anything unusual, I went.

Rumor Mill

There might be a story forthcoming about a public official in Wise County who was seen last night shooting a dog from a vehicle. Developing.

Oh, My

Abilene Wylie 36 Decatur 35 (Box Score) It looks like the last score was Abilene Wylie's 39 yard field goal, but I don't know how much time was left on the clock when that happened.

Hey, Now

Source. (And there's more there.)

Hmmmm

Linday Lohan a "cutter"? A pic earlier this week with a mysterious cover around her left wrist. And then her wrist as photographed last night. I think I'd slight my wrists of cameras followed me everywhere like that. Source.

Random John Cougar Mellencamp Commercial Thought

As I'm getting beaten down again with a new "Texas version" of that commercial, I learn at the end of it that I can "Text 'silverado' to 90430 for exclusive content and other great offers." I'll do it on my death bed - but not before then. Can you imagine the crap you'll receive once they have your cell phone number?

An Update On The Death In Wise County

Based upon my conversation with the High Sheriff, this is what I learned (if there are any mistakes, they are mine and not his): The Sheriff's office received a 911 call on Thursday night at about 11:55 p.m. The caller stated that they had an unresponsive male at the residence. When the fire department and the medics arrived, they began CPR. While all that was going on, it was learned that the 21 year old male had reportedly been "huffing" gas at a well site in the Oliver Creek area. (FM 4221). Once on the scene, medics and the fire department continued CPR and transported the guy to the hospital, where he was subsequently pronounced dead. The deputies were able to locate witnesses and some of those that that may be possibly involved in the huffing. They allegedly crossed a fence onto a Devon well site (gas) and climbed to the top of a tank. According to witnesses,the deceased was huffing and then became unconscious. He was then carried to his residence and 911 was called. The sheriff's office is awaiting autopsy reports and will continue to investigate. At this point, there is no evidence of foul play.

Nerdy Consumerism

A faithful reader tells me there were at least 10 people camping out at the Decatur Walmart last night to get the new PS3 video gaming console.

Time Waste

Play Deal or No Deal. Or not.

Wise County Death

WBAP reported that 21 year old Ezekiel Thomas was found dead in Wise County near a gas well around midnight last night. Details were very murky. Developing . . .

A Little Drama

The big game in college football this week is #1 Ohio State v. #2 Michigan. Both are unbeaten. Things just got a little weird in that Michigan's former legendary coach Bo Schembechler, who coached the team for 20 years and amassed an amazing record of 143-24-3, collapsed and died this morning.

Friday SNL Giggle

Comic Strip Reminiscing

A controversy over a gay penguin book this morning (yep, gay penguins) reminded me of the only penguin I ever loved: Opus of Bloom County.

Royale With Cheese

I don't do Bond movies (I had a date drag me to one 15 years ago which promptly ended the relationship), and I doubt I'll see Casino Royale despite the debut of the new Bond, Daniel Craig. But Craig was pretty good in Layer Cake and Munich but I don't remember him at all in Road To Perdition. (IMDB.com list of movies here.) And would I dare pander to my 1000s upon 1000s of female audience members with this pic? You bet. And on a completely unrelated movie note: I finally saw The Cider House Rules. I'm sorry, but I have no idea what was supposed to be so great about that movie.