UCLA Loses

And their goes my chance of the grand prize of a gift certificate to an All You Can Eat Meat Restaurant (that I probably wouldn't have cashed in anyway.)

Crash Yesterday At The Texas Motor Speedway

Of course, he wasn't hurt.

Wise County Jail Visitation

I Officially Distance

Well, even though she worked at an Assembly of God church (the congregation of which, I'm sure, is none to happy), I'm sure those bond conditions of "no contact with the victim" will at least let everyone calm down.

Oh. No.

On second thought, I wonder if she likes Chinese food?

(Thanks emailer.)

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

- Mena Suvari still hasn't put her britches on.
- Is Fox 4's Heather Hayes pregnant? (And, if not, I want to extend my apologies for that thought.)
- I've had car problems. It's been diagnosed, but not fixed. That'll happen on Monday after Fort Knox makes a UPS delivery to me.
- And another (I don't have time this morning to break it down. My justice system is overloaded.)
- It's NASCAR week but I really haven't heard much about it. But, rest assured, people will by buying beer at 8:00 a.m. this morning.
- I spent about five minutes in a room full of 8 inmates yesterday (Some of whom - uncomfortably - knew me by name.) Best moment of conversation among them: "Man, I can handle probation. I'll even stop smoking pot if I have to."
- Michael Irvin has a talk show now on ESPN radio locally. I need subtitles.
- I've begun to watch Gone. Baby, Gone. So far: Outstanding.
- Random Wise County morning pic submitted by reader.
- Mike Modano's wife is still a "Hey, Now." (He's the hockey guy that you used to hear about when the metroplex cared about hockey for 15 minutes in the 1990s.)
- Jamie Lynn Spears and her pregnant belly are 17 today.
- It's a Jacksboro trip this morning. Second this week. Ugh. I'll finish my Steve Martin book which is good but, overall, disappointing. (But it was interesting to learn that after 10 appearances on The Tonight Show, he was still not making any real money.)

Middle Of The Night Entry

It's 3:44 a.m. and WFAA's Pete Delkus just said, "It's not like the softball size hail reported in Wise County a little while ago . . . . " Anyone? Pics? blog2[at]wisecounty.com

My Head . . .

. . . just exploded.

And Another

Meet: Stephanie Ann Stein, 31

Former Occupation: Teacher at Plymouth Christian Academy

Alleged "victim's" sex and age: Male/15

How caught: Text messages

Blog Verdict: I'm not sure how some jails get the good cameras for book in photos, but this one is really great. Heck. put an off the shoulder fluffy collared top on her and she'd look like a 1980s high school graduate. But I'm a sucker for those eyes. They're hypnotic. If I wasn't such a strong guy, they would even cause me to have impure thoughts. Obviously, it's not her fault she is naturally seductive. And considering she did some extra sinnin' by being employed by a Christian school when the devil took over her body, I think we should leave it to a Higher Power to do the punishing. Fine only by us mortals. Released.

Next case.

Ghostbusters . . . Er . . . Storm Chasers . . .

. . . spotted today at lunch in Decatur.

"When asked if the weather was gonna get bad one said yes up north and another said to listen to the radio!!"

(Thanks emailer.)

A News Finding Reader Submits This . . .

in Aurora cemetery, white male beating a w/female, police show up, male takes off running on foot. Calling in back-ups to look for w/male.......Sounds like female has been beaten pretty badly, also having trouble breathing.

Awful Way To Go

A man committed suicide by, gulp, jumping in front of a train in Krum (which used to have one heck of a restaurant, by the way). But a quote in the story could have been a poem or lyrics. Or I'm just crazy:

"As the train approached,
they saw him walking,
then running toward the tracks.
Then he stopped and they thought
he was playing games,
as people often do."

I'm Cancelling My Subscription to OK

They lied to me.

But the sad partis that this is the best Britney news we have. How I long for the good old days where she'd go crazy on a daily basis and parade around with darn near nothing on. I'm all for good mental health but not at the expense of depriving me of material.

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

- You have to almost shed a tear after reading about the couple married for 75 years then dying within 5 hours of each other from natural causes.
- Tim Matthews on NBC is irritating.
- People have told me about the guy with the tie beside FM 51 in Decatur who begs for money. I've finally saw him. I really would like to talk to him and report back, but I haven't built up the guts to do it.
- Dallas DA Craig Watkins, who is ill-qualified for the job, sure hates criticism. Every time the DMN or some big time blog in Dallas dogs him, he fires off a multi-paragraph rebuttal.
- I've refrained from posting this size 16 England beauty pageant hopeful.
- I'm watching Ann Curry on The Today Show faking concern during an interview - complete with "Oh, my gosh!" and ending with the throw-away comment of, "I'm sure we haven't heard the last of this." Worst. Reporter. Ever.
- Random "Hey, Now"
- Thanks to faithful reader Tony for sending in the above photo last night.

What Else Is Out There?

Someone gave me a copy of EndTime magazine. I didn't even know there was an Endtime magazine.

Wednesday Afternoon (Confusing) Pick Me Up

And I think this is the same girl in the LeBron magazine cover below.

The guy rubbing oil on her reminds me that they oil change place just told me I had a leaky gasket. A very bad leaky gasket. Ugh. Reaching for wallet.

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

- Wise County tells Mena Suvari (pictured above from last weekend - uh, on the right) to "put on some britches."
- The Rangers won last night bringing them to .500. The last time they were at .500 was on April 13, 2007 (5-5),
- My review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward of Robert Ford: Over 2 1/2 hours of Ford and James sitting around looking at each other, followed by the killing, followed by 15 minutes at warp speed of the very interesting post-assassination life of Ford.
- Robert Ford settled in Creede, CO after the assassination. Take a look at this incredible picture of the town in its current state.
- Query: I wonder if those that spew the incredible venom in the comments of the "gay Teen Court guy" below are also racists?
- Odd moment on Fox 4 a second ago from traffic guy Chip as he was reporting about an accident in Grapevine: "And the reports are that the driver has died. You're watching Good Day."
- I'm off to Jacksboro this morning. Listening to Steve Martin's new book, Born Standing Up.
- The Messenger has a story today about a gun incident on the Weatherford College campus in Weatherford (not the Decatur branch). I don't think it had anything in the world to do with Wise County. It even had the sub-headline of "Weatherford" above it. Just odd.

Oh, Maybe They Were Right

Over the last two weeks, there has been a controversy over whether this magazine cover depicting LeBron James was racist. I didn't get it. At All.

Until this was revealed yesterday.

If You're Not First, You're Last

A faithful reader sends along this pic of Dale Jr's car at Decatur High School today. Somebody needs to take that thing to the Sonic.

Edit: Make that another reader pic sent in which is pure gold . . .