1.28.2006
Printing Money
The NFL is printing money:
"ESPN is paying $1.1 billion annually over eight years to broadcast the Monday night games. NBC has a six-year, $3.6 billion deal for the Sunday night package. CBS and Fox are paying a total of $8 billion over six years for the rights to Sunday afternoon games. DirecTV agreed to pay $3.5 billion for a five-year extension that runs through 2010."
Throw in ticket sales, suite sales, licensing, and product sales and there is a ton of cash involved.
With that much cash floating around, I'm not sure the players are being paid enough.
1.27.2006
Funny Bit
There's a great funny bit going on in the Internet world: Whenever you see a photograph that is widely circulated, the geeks "photoshop" it - meaning they take the image and trick it up.
Take, for example, I posted a pic of a USC cheerleader a week ago. It has been "photoshopped" here. Warning: could be offensive.
Local News Coverage
Here's a link to a Channel 11 story and video on the fundraising for local volunteer fire departments.
Someone Stop This Woman

What Happened To That "Trickle Down" Stuff?
Amazing stat:
The average family income of the top 5% of Texans is $203,174
The average family income of the bottom 20% of Texans is $14,724
That gap is the 2nd largest in the nation (we are behind Arizona).
1.26.2006
I'm Going To Rant Again

Finally
Time Magazine reported this week, and the White House has admitted, there are photos of Bush and indicted soon-to-tell-all lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The Blog has found one.
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Chipotle Mexican Grill
I kinda like this place (there's one in Watuaga and in Southlake - not sure where else). It went public today on Wall Street with its shares skyrocketing.
I was more surprised to learn that it's owned by McDonalds.
1.25.2006
Cinderella Man, Reprise

They Could Have At Least Bought Us Dinner Before ....

My Favorite Ronald Reagan Quote
Super Bowl vs. The Big Game

Schooled

And, Then Depression Set In
Several news accounts indicate that this week contains "the most depressing day of the year."
Boy, do I believe it.
Hooters

1.24.2006
Remember "Bush Hates Black People"?
Chris Penn Is Dead

Uh, We'll "T" You Up For That Cardiac Arrest

Hockey
They'll Check With The Vatican Before They Rule

Just In Case . . .
. . . you wanted to see the progression of the Katie Holmes / Tom Cruise love child, check here.
What A Coincidence, It's Campaign Season
AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry and three other governors visited Iraq on Tuesday to boost troops' morale and get a firsthand look at the situation facing their national guard units.
Bush and Brokeback

Ugh
1.23.2006
Along Came Polly

Body Slam

Skating With The Stars
Drew Barrymore...

He Went By "Lucky"
From today's Star Telegram:
William "Bud" Post III, whose $16.2 million in lottery winnings brought him debt, despair and heartache, causing the kind of trouble often recounted in country-western songs, died of respiratory failure Jan. 15 at a Pittsburgh-area hospital. He was 66.
"Everybody dreams of winning money, but nobody realizes the nightmares that come out of the woodwork or the problems," he said in 1993, five years after winning the Pennsylvania lottery.
His problems included a brother who tried to hire a contract murderer to kill him and his sixth wife, a landlady who forced him to give her one-third of the jackpot and a conviction on an assault charge after Post fired a shotgun at a man trying to collect a debt at Post's deteriorating dream house in northwestern Pennsylvania. He went bankrupt, emerged with $1 million free and clear and spent most of that, too. (more . . . )
They Were The Best Of Times, They Were The Worst Of Times
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) Ford Motor Co. says it will cut 25,000 to 30,000 jobs and idle 14 facilities in North America.
1.22.2006
Bragging
I guess it's bragging to point out that I finished #1396 in last Thanksgiving's 8 mile Turkey Trot in Dallas. It's just that I have proof now.
Something That Bugs Me
And The Fight Continues

Take That Hillary
From the Morning News today:
"The 'it takes a village' philosophy is a joke because the village is now so polluted and so desolate of commonly held, child-appropriate moral values that my job as a mother is not to rely on the village, but to protect my children from it." - (In this month's issue of The Atlantic Monthly)
I'm A Complete Foreign Affairs Idiot

There She Is . . .
Bridgeport Police . . .
. . . get some great press in the Star Telegram today for breaking up a burglary ring.
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