Darkest Days Of The Blog

Postings will be few and far between this week as I take a vacation. I've taken few of them over the years and that is one of my biggest regrets. I plan to work on that in the future.

And I Just Thought The Walmart Greeter Was The Most Famous Person In There

You may remember the announcement about the new horror flick being filmed in Runaway Bay starring Chad Allen. I'm not exactly sure I know who Chad Allen is (his list of works here), but this gal spotted him in the Decatur Walmart and snapped a camera phone pic.

This Isn't Exactly CourtTV

Just heard that we have a jury deliberating on a DWI case. Trooper stopped him for speeding 95 on a service road with a .108 on the breath test. Edit: Guilty after 45 minute deliberation.

Frilly's Is Serving Fa-What?

Nothing Like A Goof Friday Tazer Video

Warning: Language But the guy may win an award for the number of Tazer blasts he takes. After the first one, I'd be crying like a school girl.

This Could Be Huge

The FBI is reportedly investigating an NBA referee who was allegedly betting on basketball games, including games he worked in the past two seasons. The New York Post first reported Friday that the year-long investigation is focusing on allegations that the referee bet on games and was making calls that affected the point spread on games. The newspaper reported that according to sources, an arrest of the referee was imminent and that NBA Commissioner David Stern is aware of the investigation.

Can you imagine? If this is true, this will be the biggest sports scandal in years. And what if he was a ref in the Dallas/Miami finals from last year? Do you think Cuban will go crazy?

It's Britney Friday

In her defense, this is an outfit from a video shoot yesterday. Although she'll probably wear it to church this weekend.

Can You Believe They Let Some Hindu Pray In The Senate?

That Freedom of Religion thing is kinda tricky. The protesters says: ""Lord Jesus, forgive us father for allowing a prayer of the wicked, which is an abomination in your sight. This is an abomination. We shall have no other gods before You . . . ."

If You Want To See Something Shocking

Watch the (very sick) Tammy Fay Baker's appearance tonight on Larry King Live. I just saw a preview a second ago.

Edit: Picture is up. Think what you will of her past, no one needs to suffer like that. Not only is she 65 years old, she says she is 65 pounds due to her battle with cancer. And here's a pic of what she used to look like:

Question Mark Forms Over Everyone's Head

I Hope The Evil Empire Isn't Recruiting Him

I can't believe I'm impressed by some Pop Warner football player from California. Except I am. The video does some MTV-ish cutting back and forth in the first 15 seconds then it becomes watchable. Maybe he's a good Baptist boy that would like Waco. Heck, he could start this fall.

Holy Crap

From the DMN:

Vinson & Elkins LLP, which has its largest offices in Dallas and Houston, said Wednesday it's raising its first-year annual salary to $160,000 and second-year salary to $170,000, up from $135,000 and $145,000. Industry experts say Vinson & Elkins is the first major Texas firm to match the salary that New York firms bumped first-year lawyers up to in January.

And later in the story:

The top salaries apply to only the elite law firms. Entry-level lawyers in Texas earn about $58,439 a year, according to the Texas Workforce Commission . . . .

I Wonder What The Crane Rental Fee Is?

Saw the County Clerk's office get three new a/c units yesterday. Not much you can do about it, and I like being cool as much as the next guy, but I bet that was an expensive day.

Hott 4 Hill

A big question mark formed over my head while I was watching this. But hot girls that can sing and run around in a bikini always have a place in my cold, dark heart.

Brit Says,

"When I can't find a bathing suit at Walmart, I strip down to my bra and panties and go swimming anyway."

Which she actually did yesterday. Man, it's a matter of time until we have another breakdown. High quality pic here.

Jerry, Draft This Man!

These pics were all over the sports blogs today. That's University of Arkansas running back Darren McFadden who is expected to be the #1 pick in next year's draft.

Dallas needs him here. Badly. And I am soooo getting me one of those cars for my rides to Jacksboro.

Troy Dungan's Dirty Little Secret

Channel 8 is whipping our arse with the Troy Dungan send off as he retires (kinda) at the age of 70.

Over the last couple of days, his "Greatest Weather Moments" have been appearing in various publications and the radio. His number one moment is when the "Fort Worth tornado" hit downtown. Troy, buddy, I was watching you that night. You had no clue.

Hey, I like the guy. He's hard not to like. Although I think all local weatherman are spares (I could do that - remember my prediction two weeks ago about the rains being over? Spot on, bruther), he had no idea what was going on the night the storm hit. Moments before downtown was beat apart, Troy was tracking a storm in northern Tarrant County on radar. Yep. it was a heck of a storm, moving from I-35/Western Center Boulevard due east over Haltom City, North Richland Hills and into Colleyville.

Then the tornado hit. It was an awkward moment on TV because someone told him about it out loud near the stage. He was confused but said something "big" was happening over downtown Fort Worth. (Yeah, he gave no warning of the tornado but I don't blame him for that - a tornado touching down isn't something you can predict.) But, as I watched the screen, downtown Fort Worth was now the hot spot. With the radar behind him, Troy pointed to what he thought was the tornado. But he was completely confused. He kept pointing time and time again to a storm north of downtown over Saginaw. It wasn't even close to downtown. If the video existed, you would not believe what you saw. The man looked like he had never seen a map of Tarrant County before.

I've talked to one guy who saw the same thing I did, and his reaction was exactly the same. You'll never see a video of it. It's buried in the vault of WFAA.

I don't know why this has stuck with all these years. My first and only wife (yep, I'll admit to only one) used to cringe whenever she noticed I was looking at at a Troy Dungan Billboard or Troy Dungan Commercial. She knew my rant was coming. "You have got to let that go!" she told me.

With his retirement, maybe I will.

Back To The Dog Theme

From yesterday's Tour de France.