AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Chris Paschenko
On November 11th in La Marque, Texas, Gilbert Harrison accidentally drove his Bugatti Veyron into a marsh after saying that he was distracted by a low flying bird and a dropped cell phone. The Bugatti Veyron is known to be one of the most expensive cars available on the market. Surely driving one into a marsh/lake is not a good thing.
Ralph Mirabal was sentenced earlier this month to 8 years in prison for tagging property in the Corpus Christi area in Texas. Mirabal actually faces up to 24 years in prison (8 years for 3 separate indictments) and has the possibility for parole after 2 years. [via]
Check out David Zaitz’s photos of rural Texas. His photos evoke a sort of place I would actually like to visit and possibly move to. It’s full of weird and abandoned objects from a past that seems long gone. Plus, it’s mostly sunny. :P
Ellen DeGeneres had a very funny old lady named Gladys Hardy call in to her show to suggest some rearrangements on the set. Ellen apparently like the caller so much that she called Gladys back, and the resulting conversation on the phone is very funny. I really hope Gladys becomes a regular on the Ellen show because that lady is good. Real good.
Carnival Cruise Lines showed off to the entire world just how much fun they can have by shooting a commercial in Dallas, TX using 2 giant beach balls. The 3-story high beach balls were unleashed to a crowd below on the street at Pegasus Park on October 26, 2008.
