Nope, No Connection

A reader sent me this story:

This image provided by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram shows a bottle of vodka with a juvenile rattlesnake inside. Agents said they confiscated 429 bottles of the snake vodka and one bottle of snake tequila from Bayou Bob’s Brazos River Rattlesnake Ranch near Santo in Palo Pinto County, Texas. Bob Popplewell marketed the concoction as an ‘ancient Asian elixir.’ He was charged with selling alcohol without a license and possessing alcohol with intent to sell.

This reader also recalls that I was born and raised in Palo Pinto County and while I was in Vietnam last year I snap a few pictures of snake wine.

The reader wanted to know if there was a connection and if I ever tried the stuff.  Nope, no connection and I’ve never tried and never will try the stuff, it’s just a coincidence.

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NBA Dance Team Bracket

NBA.com has a dance team braket done NCAA tourney style, which naturally made me wonder how the Mavs dancers are doing – and it turns out they lost in the first round to the Utah Jazz dancers! I was in disbelief until I saw the picture of the Jazz dancers used against the Mavs dancers. That little easy to find wardrobe is probably one of the most seductive things a woman can wear. Ladies, wear that and you can get your man to do anything.

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Our journey to the Finals doesn’t begin until April, but we’re not waiting to get in on the tournament action. We need your help to fill in our 30-team Dance Team Bracket — a single-elimination tournament to crown the fans’ favorite dance team. For the past two seasons — 2006, 2007) — you selected the Heat, but who will it be this year? Click on any of the team logos below to view the matchups, then come back on the date listed below to cast your vote for your favorites. The final round of voting takes place April 2-3, with the winner being announced April 4.

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Adobe opens shop on Web-based Photoshop Express

Adobe Systems opened up Photoshop Express on Thursday, its long-anticipated Web-based image editor aimed at the millions of consumers that want a simple way to touch up, share, and store photos.

Photoshop Express, available for free with 2 gigabytes of storage at www.photoshop.com/express, is a significant departure from Adobe’s desktop software business and a big bet that it can make money offering Web services directly to consumers.

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Circuit judge’s courtroom prayer prompts complaint

MONROEVILLE — A lawsuit over custody of a Monroeville church’s financial records continued Thursday, presided over by a judge accused of ordering parties in the dispute to join him Feb. 22 in a courtroom prayer meeting.

Witnesses said the presiding judge, Covington County Circuit Judge M. Ashley McKathan, told some 100 people, including members of the Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church and other spectators and officials gathered for a conference regarding the church records case, to join hands in a circle as he prayed.

At one point, witnesses said, the judge fell to his knees.

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