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- That TMZ show on Channel 4 after the news is CHEE--ZEE.
- It was 80 degrees at DFW Airport at 6 o'clock this morning.
- At the Driver's License hearing yesterday in Fort Worth, I rode up in the elevator with a girl who was very nervous. Not because of me (maybe), but because she had been arrested for DWI and (very oddly) her lawyer wanted her to be at the hearing. Trust me, that's a sure fire sign that the lawyer doesn't know what he's doing. But, wait, there's more . . .
- She starts telling me that "I can't believe this! I never go out!" and "I never drink!" and, also oddly, "I'm a single mom!" (I'd rate her as a 6 on my scientific "Hey, Now" scale). And . . .
- Her lawyer was late in arriving and, after a while, she asked me how long her DL suspension could be (another sure sign that the lawyer didn't know what he was doing if he hadn't discussed that with her yet.) Anyway, I tried to help out and asked, "This is your first DWI, right?" Answer: "Uh, no." Ok, maybe she does drink a little bit.
- Saw this story on Fox 4 News: Judge Brent Keis out of Fort Worth has been ordered to take racial sensitivity training for saying this last year: "Blacks are better athletes because their ancestors survived the slave trade." I had a Jimmy "The Greek" Flashback.
- Also on Fox 4: The most popular male baby name in Texas last year was "Jose."
- Keeping one's "head on a swivel" may be the most important thing. Ever.
- Very obscure childhood memory: I learned a ton from Phineas J. Whoopee and his Three Dimensional Blackboard. (That's a Tennessee Tuxedo And His Tales reference.)
- On traffic stop videos I constantly review, I've noticed one local trooper always angrily says, "Why are you ruining your life??!!" when he finds a single joint of marijuana.
- The Ticket was railing on the new Indiana Jones movie yesterday.
- Is there anything more frustrating than the Star Telegram web site?
- I find Julliett Lewis strangely attractive.
- My guilty pleasure podcast: The Dawn and Drew Show.
- I've started reading The Great Gatsby. Never saw the movie. Never read the book. I'll be dang if "Gatsby" isn't a person.
- Shania Twain has filed for divorce (to lazy to link to) because, she alleges, her husband got horizontal with some lady named Marie-Anne Thiébaud. Here she is. Oh, my.
- WBAP played a Foster Brooks boating safety bit this morning. Foster Brooks!!!! How old are those people over there? 90?
- Trivia I learned at the courthouse: Jennifer Aniston is the daughter of that guy that played Victor Kiriakis on NBC's "Days of Our Lives" (a show I watched religiously in the summer while in high school - and I saw it about a month ago and I'm not sure I've missed much.)
- I've rented the movie The Fountainhead after wasting 30 hours of my life on the book. I'm going to make sure there wasn't something I'm missed before I go off on what may be the most simplistic. unrealistic work ever to be hailed as some great literary masterpiece. Edit: Thanks for the link in the comments.
