9.28.2010

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts



  • George Lopez and his wife are getting a divorce after 17 years. I blame her for putting up with 17 years of bad humor. 
  • The elderly lady from Titanic died yesterday at 100 years of age. I'll never forgive her for throwing that necklace into the ocean. 
  • Funny animated GIF of Longhorn coed reacting to the Empire's destruction this weekend.
  • The new movie, The Social Network, seems to be the perfect storm: It's about Facebook which is used by millions of Americans, it will appeal to the young, and every reviewer so far over at Rotten Tomatoes has liked it. A box office bonanza is coming.
  • Replaced the Mrs LL car last night with a slightly used Chrysler 300. Observations: Car buying is a beating. Driving that car makes me feel like a gangsta. I think the rims are 20 inches which is just asking for them to get stolen. 
  • Saw the most smart arsed kid yesterday in district court who might have been high. I thought the judge was going to throw him jail. 
  • And there was a very odd Driving While License Invalid being tried to a jury in the County Court at Law. Not sure I've ever seen one of those taken to trial before. 
  • Amazingly clouds over the Kansas State stadium on Saturday.
  • Remember when every kid thought he was going to be rich by collecting Beanie Babies. 
  • NFL legend George Blanda died yesterday. He was the first non-Cowboy I really remember as a little kid, and I recalled yesterday sitting in my brother's room and watching Blanda kick a last minute field goal for Oakland to beat the Chiefs. Last night I saw one of those replays -- nostalgia set in. 
  • Fox Sports Southwest enters into a 20 year TV contract with the Texas Rangers for $1.6 billion? Really? They could have bought the team for $600 million and broad casted them forever. And would you have any faith in what "TV" will be like even ten years from now?
  • Cops getting tazed as practice -- all of whom sound like Chewbacca. 
  • Drove by Decatur High as it was letting out yesterday.  Isn't that a traffic design nightmare? One long. backed up road leading up to College Street that's not controlled by a red light.
  • Ages of deaths mentioned in the Update this morning: 38, 46, 22,  and 39.

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

My family and I went to Branson on vacation this past summer. We went to the Titanic museum there, and it was very nice. I had been watching the whole time for the big, blue necklace, but never saw it. As we were leaving, a worker was standing there to thank us for coming. I asked him where in the museum they had the tribute to the necklace, and was quite disappointed by his answer. He told me that the story of the necklace was just that - a story. He said it never happened, and that was just something James Cameron had come up with for something for the Titanic movie storyline. Needless to say, I left the museum a little sad that day. I felt like a kid who had just found out there was no Santa Claus....

Anonymous said...

you would think Decatur could afford to put a traffic cop there 3 times a day to help avoid a wreck. its been an accident waiting to happen ever since they built the new school

Anonymous said...

"Get in the box, Rose! Get in the %@#$ box, Rose!"

The "amazingly clouds" look like something that was brewed up by Cecil B. Demille for the Ten Commandments

Amen on the George Blanda comment. That guy was amazing! He was old-school football

I don't watch the ramsay kitchen program, but could somebody please come up with a good fake Gordon Ramsay rant on today's headline?

Anonymous said...

Barry, did I just see a news flash about a gunman in the UT Library?

Anonymous said...

Barry, just got word that my nephew is on lockdown on the UT campus because of a shooter...you know anything? Get on it Dick Tracy?

Anonymous said...

As to your ages of death comment, you are aware that there is a time to die for us all, right? sometimes it seems you might be afraid of dying. I figure we're all gonna go and god never said we'd all go old and gray. Not sure why folks get so worked up when someone dies! I expect it....people are born, people die. End of story.

Anonymous said...

I'm hearing about the UT library - the guy killed himself - anyone else shot? Barry, where are you on this?!

Anonymous said...

That whole Decatur High School parking lot is a mess. They need a policeman inside to direct traffic and a red light to help control the traffic exiting. I saw 2 policeman parked on College St. yesterday just wait for speeding teenagers.

Anonymous said...

That little orange skirt she has on sure is hanging low... Bet it don't cover everything..

jim said...

Barry boy not bad. Two wonderfull wake me ups in a roll. Three if you count friday. Not bad content but really solid for a Tuesday.

A

Anonymous said...

Bet it don't cover everything?!
It's barely covering anything. You can almost see where babies come from!
I'm just sayin'

And that looks like a reminder of a particularly nasty shaving accident

Anonymous said...

Is that an emergency C-section near the intersection of her Pee-Section?

Perspiring minds want to know.

Anonymous said...

The pic is spectacular. Would like to see more of her face but I give the pic 10/10. Keep up the great work.

RPM said...

George Blanda was always a hero of mine when I was a kid. I loved watching The Raid-ahs.

I like the 300. If you're worried about the wheels, get locking lugnuts. Won't prevent them from getting stolen, but will make it a lot harder.

Anonymous said...

Gordon Ramsay... In the Hudson? Hell of a way to go....

Anonymous said...

To 8:54...what a moron you are!

Anonymous said...

So

Anonymous said...

WHAT THERE IS NO SANTA CLAUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

I would like to hide that scar for with my chin.