Pac Man could be “The Man”

NFL bad boy Adam “Pac Man” Jones says he’s a changed man.  Nearly pleading for Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to give him a chance.  I say go for it.  Pac Man is an unbelievable talent, and versatile.  At corner-back, he is a master and would surely improve the Cowboys Defense that often struggles to defend against the pass.

 Jones is also a dangerous return man.  Put the ball in his hands, who knows what can happen.   Do I believe he is a changed man? No, I do not.  But who cares, it’s football, not after school choir.  If he gets into trouble in Dallas then he’s gone.   What ever the Cowboys put up to get Jones is worth the risk of him imploding.

And call me crazy, but I think T.O. can be helpful here.  He has matured and can give Pac Man Jones some guidance.  I never thought I would say T.O. would be a positive influence on a team.  But T.O. is proof people can change.

Bella Is a High School Grad

Watch the NBC5 Story click on Bellas Picture Below:

Yes, my dog Bella graduated from high school.  She even has the diploma to prove it.  Arlington’s New Beginnings Christian Academy sent her a 37 page test.  I helped her fill it out, along with some help from my boss, her father and my nephew.  We passed, or Bella passed, with flying colors.  

 

 

New Beginnings says its a home school.  But we didn’t take any classes and we got a transcript complete with 4 years worth of grades and course work.  New Beginnings insists it is there to help the underprivileged get a step up on life.  I ask, isn’t that what public school is for.  Giving someone a diploma with no education seems to me like its actually holding them down. 

The whole thing costs 275 dollars.  The point of my story is anyone can get help.  Even a dog.  No offense to Bella, but maybe her new diploma is really more for the birds.

Watch the Story Here.  Bella Graduates!

Trouble in the Skies, More Like Trouble on the Ground

 

 

As a traveler, it makes me steaming mad that Southwest, American and now Delta Airlines are grounding flights over safety concerns.  What’s going on at these airlines that management would allow safety inspections to slip through the cracks.And what about the FAA.  People are quietly saying FAA inspectors were so close with their airline counterparts that the inspections were just rubber stamped.  I don’t know if that’s true, but it all has me baffled and even confused by what is going on.  We fly in these planes, at 30,000 feet no less!  Our lives are in the airlines hands.  How could they take a chance with safety?  And even if management had no idea FAA safety inspections were not being done properly, that’s nearly just as bad as if they did know, but turned a blind eye.

American says the problem is possibly with wiring in the wheel wells of MD-80s.  Mechanics looking over the planes everyday don’t notice this stuff?  Unreal.

But what really grinds my gears is the fact that American Airlines choose not to comment on camera about all this.  I truly believe American  has an obligation to tell it’s passengers, through the media, what is going on.  When they zip up tighter then Jacque Cousteau’s wet suit, you have to wonder, what are they afraid of, and is there something more going on?  

UPDATE!!! Easter Bunny Goes Wild

 

I never expected to run into the Easter Bunny just two hours after  blogging about him possibly stealing the eggs he hides.  Seeing that no one reads this blog anyway, I never imagined my one loyal reader would turn out to be the Easter Bunny himself.

That normally fluffy and friendly hopper pounced on me the moment I walked through the doors into the Canyon Creek Easter Brunch.  Children everywhere scattered as the Easter Bunny Grabbed my throat.  He kept screaming, “Did Santa put you up to writing that nonsense?”  Apparently Santa and the Easter Bunny have some what of a heated rivalry.

I told the Easter Bunny to, “chill out and eat a carrot.”  Once he finally calmed down, he apologized then admitted; He only stole the eggs the first time he ever hid them and that was at least 200 years ago.  Since then, he said the parents donate all the eggs.  A likely story I find hard to believe.

As for those new Callaway Irons I always wanted, Santa said they’re mine.  Apparently for me, Christmas comes early this year. 

Easter is Here

Most people would agree, for Christians, Easter is the most religious holiday there is.  Leave it to America to “Economize” this very holy day.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the Easter Bunny and Egg hunts, but what do those traditions have to do with the Resurrection of Christ.  My first thought is, it’s just another way for Corporate America to sell some food coloring, candy, cards and some bunny ears for my dog Bella.

 

Remember, Bunny’s don’t lay eggs.  So just where is that long eared mascot getting all the eggs from anyway?  I never hear about the Easter Chicken.  Maybe the tradition of hiding the Easter Eggs got started after the Easter bunny stole all those eggs.  With the Law on his cotton tail, he had no choice but to hide the them.

Some nosey three year old then stumbles across the those hidden eggs, a tradition is born.  Like Robin Hood, the Easter Bunny becomes an international hero. 

I’m still trying to figure out who came up with those tasty pink marshmallow sugar coated bunnies, I love those most!  Happy Easter. 

He’s A Real Pro Now

For Canyon Creek Club Pro Scotty Hajdu (pronounced Hoy-do), the journey is over.  He is now officially a “Class A” PGA Professional.  Make no mistake, the “A” does not stand for “Act.”  Those who know Scott can figure out what the ”A” should stand for!….  (Affable)

It takes a tremendous amount of work and effort to get to this point.  There are the courses, tests, trips to the PGA in Florida, and of course it all costs money.  The worst part of the training actually never ends.  That’s putting up with grumpy, cheap, snobby members who all think the world revolves around them (My words, not Scott’s, in case a member reads this).  Scott says the “Grumpy and Snobby” part sounds a lot like a News Reporter he knows.  (At least I’m not cheap.  For example on Friday Nights,  Amy (My wife, not Scott’s wife Amy) knows I am happy to take her to the Olive Garden for a big night out on the town.)

Scott has been working towards this shining achievement since 2001.  He would have been done sooner but he insisted on taking Cart Girl Management 4 years in a row.

Mavericks vs Celtics

I have nothing to say about last night.  The last 4 minutes says it all.  Why even bother watching the game!?

Tiger is the Best Ever

 

Lets not even argue it.  Tiger Woods is the greatest golfer to ever walk the plush fairways of the PGA Tour.  He is winning faster then any other player in history against a much bigger and better pool of fantastic golfers.

What Tiger did last Sunday was sheer greatness.  In basketball, good shooters get the roll.  In golf, good golfers get the lucky breaks.  Make no mistake there was luck involved in that 30 foot put he made.  Heck there was four feet of break in the put.  But Tiger always finds ways to use the luck that is always on his side.  Great players always SEEM lucky, they actually are just great players who make shots WE would be lucky to execute.

Here is the bet of the year.  Tiger wins at least one Major this year.  Vegas odds are  $100 dollars to win $150.  Sign me up right now!

Avery Needs to Go

I was covering the spring storms yesterday and was unable to watch the Mavs vs Lakers game last night.  But from what I understand, that saved me from a world of frustration.  I hear the real washout was inside the AA Center.

The Mavericks, with Jason Kidd, are now 0-6 vs “good” teams.  What’s going on?  When the Mavs made a run to try and catch the Lakers, Kidd wasn’t even on the floor!  This team is now a joke.  Avery went from rising star to the sun has set.  Something needs to change and it needs to change now. 

 

Make no mistake, this team is talented.  That is why I am now doing a complete 180 and blaming head coach Avery Johnson.  Mark Cuban listen up!  Do not let this team become the next New York Knicks of the NBA.  Because the way they are playing that is where this is all headed.  Since “The Loss” to Miami in the NBA Finials, The Mavs have never been the same.  Sadly, the way I see it, since Jason Kidds arrival they are now playing worse then when they had Devon Harris.  I am not saying I told you so, yet.  But if the Mavs don’t win the next two games, albeit tough ones, they may not make the playoffs.

Let the Madness Begin!

March Madness is here!  No, not basketball.  I’m talking about the spring storm season.  With storms now starting to pop off to the west, I am gearing up for the chase.  There is nothing like the site of an awe inspiring monster storm.  Just ask my managing editor (that’s news room speak for boss), Shannon Hammel.  She is a professional ”inter-net” storm chaser.  She can read and interpret a radar image faster then Elliot Spitzer can book a train ticket to D.C. 

She is keenly adept at calling the shots from the warmth and comfort of her news room cube.  She lives vicariously though her minions in the field.  As she moves us from Gainesville to Hillsboro like Louie DePalma moves Taxi cabs through New York City.

 

Yes, that’s her with the “Talk to the hand, the face ain’t listening pose.”  It’s clearly her way or the highway.  Today that’s could be highway 377 to Granbury.  

For the record, last Monday I told Shannon to mark March 17th on her calender because that would be the day big storms move in.  Guess what, “THEY’RE HERE!”