Random Denton Book-In Photo

Proof.

If You Like Omens

The Ranger's first swing of the year resulted in a home run thanks to Ian Kinsler.

(The Ranger's first error of the year, thanks to center fielder Borbon, led to one if not two Boston runs.  Youtube.)

Box score.

Edit: Exclusive coverage of today's game from behind home plate ....

Wow: High School Fight In Fort Worth Ends In Death This Morning

And no weapons were involved.

More.

Naked Chick Rushes Mavericks' Bench Last Night

All this technology in the world and there's not one good view of her? Or camera phone pic?

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• Traffic deaths hit a 61 year low. I don't care if there are safer cars, with all the millions of people driving out there and acting like a fool, how is that possible?
• With a house full of females, I don't even start getting cleaned up to go out until I hear one of them say, "We're almost ready!" And I still beat them out the door. 
• Does any company advertise more that Geico?
• It's April 1st, the Red Sox are in town, and I just saw a live shot of a blanket of snow in Boston.
• Please tell me that the "Claw and Antlers" thing isn't coming back this year.
• The Lakers blew out the Mavericks last night (110-82) so I did a double-take when I saw the USA Today headline of "Lakers Beat Mavericks, But Not Without A Fight." But then I read where five players were kicked out for shoving.
• Man, I keep hearing rumors of a Wise County cop being dismissed after some improper conduct in a parking lot. (Don't give names or agency, but has anyone heard anything?) Edit: There sure are a lot of people who believe it to be true. Sorry I can't post most of the comments because, although it is probably true, I haven't verified it. 
• Fiona kissing sometimes-traffic-guy Todd Carruth. (He actually taunted me with this yesterday)
• My questioning of why there wasn't inflation when the federal government flooded the economy with bailout cash a couple of years back? Well, get ready. The CEO of Walmart says serious price increases are coming, and the Fed talks about raising interest rates to combat inflation.
• Courtney Cox is at the beach and she still has it. 
• Obama re-election boost: Unemployment numbers released this morning show the rate has dropped to a two year low of 8.8% with 216,000 jobs added. 
• The weeping willow tree we planted is still alive although I've seen healthier leaves in my life. 
• I watched "Mobbed" last night where a flash mob of 1,000 surprise a healthy chick who then gets proposed to and married on the spot. (Family and friends were brought in.) She acted happy, but it was borderline emotionally cruel. (And they slapped a wedding dress over the outfit she was wearing which seemed demeaning.)
• But then again, Howie Mandel is the host which might have sucked the entertainment value out of it for me. 
• Saw on the felony docket in Wise County for Monday that there was a Motion To Modify the probation of Betty Monroe, the lady who was convicted of Intoxication Assault of Jackie Murphree. I'm not sure what that is about but I'll find out. 
• I just realized that Betty Monroe was also the name of one of the victims of Wise County's most famous killer, Ricky Lee Green. 
• The "Albany Seven" who won the big lottery this week includes a 29 year old girl that could easily become a "Hey, Now" once you realize she's netting $19 million. 
• For those griping about Obama not getting the "approval" of Congress before the attack of Libya, the Constitution has no such requirement. It allows for Congress to only "declare" war -- something that wasn't done even for the invasion of Iraq.
• Edit: North Richland Hills motorcycle death.

Message To All You Married Guys Out There Wishing You Were Single

Think again.

Bronx Zoo Cobra Captured!

As that time of this posting, he hadn't had a reaction on his Twitter page. (He last mentioned he was going to the Yankee game.)

Edit: No update from the snake as of 9:00 p.m.  You know, that may be the best way to end his twitter feed. Just suddenly gone.

Edit: We've finally got an answer. He swallowed his phone once captured but he regurgitated it up on Friday.

Texas Senate Candidate Has Read Republican Playbook And More

Kill Obamacare? Check
Rights of the Unborn? Check
"Assist our cause of freedom" by giving me campaign money? Whoa. The man really knows how to go over the top.

Contest: Greatest Sports Photo Ever

Ali Knocking Out Liston in 1965:

Or some guy knocking out a naked and drunk Asian guy at some spring break function in 2011:

Toughest contest ever.  (There was a video on youtube for the Naked Asian but - can you believe it? - youtube took it down.) And, for the record, this blog does not condone naked fighting, Asian or Non-Asian.

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• A 14 screen movie theater is coming to north Fort Worth at 287 and I-35. That's pretty close. 
• Fort Worth ISD high school baseball players sacrifice chickens to improve performance? Makes sense. That's what a guy wanted to do in the movie Major League which happened to star Charlie Sheen.
• I forgot to mention last week that Baby Jessica (who was a toddler who fell down a well over 20 years ago and gave us our first "reality TV"), turned 25 and gained access to an $800,000 trust fund. I suppose that sounded like a great idea by donors back in the day. Now, not so much.
• A ticket scalper service ranks (pdf) each baseball team's average opening day ticket price on the secondary market and the Rangers are #2 ($173.82) with an increase of over 100% from last year.
• By the way, MLB moving opening day to late in the week, and especially the Rangers moving the game to a Friday for the first time ever, is a great idea. I'll be enjoying it .......by checking in online.
• I don't know why some of you think my brilliant sports predictions of failure means I don't like a particular team. I predict Baylor football failure every year.
• As for the Mavericks, in the next couple of weeks I'll post the link of my prediction from last Fall of them getting knocked out in the first or second round.
• Mrs. LL demands that we watch Black Swan. I'm in. 
• I don't care if Barry Bonds took steroids or that he lied to a grand jury about whether he took them. That federal trial is a waste of taxpayer money and much ado about nothing.
• Lately I've been catching the Family Cat just staring at me intently from across the room. 
• Obama is no better than Bush when he feeds us this crap of bombing Libya for the sake of freedom and democracy for their people. If that's the case, let's go get a map of the eastern hemisphere, throw a dart, and then go invade that country as well.
• And the rebels in Libya are getting crushed. 
• Mrs. LL says that if she sees the "talking twins" one more time on the news she's smashing the TV.
• WBAP's Hal Jay said this morning: "That's the craziest name I've ever heard of" before confirming that he had never heard of The Screwtape Letters. 
• If you ever want to know how dishonest Sean Hannity and Fox News are, you just had to watch last night. On his "Great American Panel" segment he played the Great Texas High School Hockey Brawl clip and then they all  talked about how sissified America is because you can't fight to protect yourself anymore. Problem: The video clip was outrageously edited to show only the brawl on the boards (which looked like a typical hockey fight) and  blocked out the vicious hit that broke the kid's jaw. Not only did they cut the clip down in length, they enlarged it so the audience could only see 1/3 of the original version.
• I knew John Hinkley, Jr. was fascinated with Jodie Foster but I  never knew he wrote this letter to her on the day of his assassination attempt on President Reagan. 
• There was a no-body-murder-conviction in Oklahoma this week. (But the defendant admitted to killing her spouse, and her computer had searches for “easy murder,” “murder methods,” “spousal murder,” “quick kill,” “strangulation,” “execution methods,” “human torture methods” among other things.)
• Note to self: Clear internet browsing history. (Edit for a couple of you:  You see, putting this bullet point right after the above bullet point makes for, uh, comedy.)

More Cop Body Slamming

But since it's sand and she wouldn't stop trying to get away, I'll approve this one. And you can kind of see how a crowd could get out of hand in a hurry. (May be some language there at the end.)

Hudspeth from Bridgeport?

Edit: Must be a false alarm. Someone said Fox reported it was Bridgeport, but I haven't seen that.

Now For Something Completely Different

Imagine-a-jump-john-lennon-vs.-van-halen by jackstanleywp

David Lee Roth's vocals from "Jump" overlayed on John Lennon's "Imagine".  At first I thought it was a little bit of a stretch to say they matched up, then the chorus kicked in at the 44 second mark.

In Case You Missed It

Source.

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• Fatality accident on 380 near Krum this morning that shut down the highway. I always worry that it's a Wise County resident because I think we use that stretch more than anyone else. 
• The assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan occurred 30 years ago today. For me, that doesn't seem that long ago because I remember it. Kennedy's assassination, on the other hand, seems like a historical event that I can only read about. 
• Idiocracy:  Dallas radio station K104 has unveiled a new radio show called "Te Crazy Azz Morning Show."
• Chico school employees were told yesterday to expect a 5% pay cut across the board.
• Since my confrontation with the Neighbor Boys, things have been pretty quiet. I'm demanding my household thank me for 20 days of keeping them safe from attack.
• I told you I had a bad feeling about the Aggie/Baylor women's basketball game. The Lady Aggies beat them like a drum (with a smothering defense.)
• My prediction that the Rangers won't make the playoffs feels pretty good right now. That team has a bad vibe, and a bad pitching staff, coming out of spring training.
• The 5 Hour Energy Drink commercial where the guy says "Let's do this!" as he walks out the front door annoys me.
• The high school hockey brawl (which I still think I'm responsible for at least some of the local media explosion about) is a little odd because it was an amateur league that used high school team names. The UIL isn't involved at all. 
• But appropriate credit for the video: It looks like the first place it was posted was at Ellis County's The Observer on Monday night. 
• A school open house (went to one yesterday) makes me wonder how a teacher can keep a class of kids focused all day long. 
• I got my hair chopped off for summer yesterday but had to endure the chatty hair-cutter person. (Was it OK to pull out a short-haired-picture of myself on my phone to show her what I want to look like.)
• Lots of folks commented yesterday about the title of the Skip Hollandsworth article about the serial murderer "you've never heard of."  Hey, I had never heard about that story at all. 
• "Obese Ohio Man Found Fused To Chair He Sat In For Two Years." Ok, how many questions jump in  your mind right now? His live-in girlfriend called for help when he became unresponsive last weekend. Uh......girlfriend?
• Anyone have an opinion on Chuck Klosterman's series of books?
• The prosecutor in Willie Nelson's marijuana case might have been joking, but there's something amiss about his statement (other than proving he's a knucklehead): He said he would offer a plea bargain of a fine only if Willie would sing, and I quote, "Blue Eyes Smiling In The Rain" in open court. 
• College football fans: The Fiesta Bowl scandal that broke yesterday might be the beginning of the end of the BCS.
• The tweeting snake is still a funny bit. 

Edit: I'm killing any further Chico ISD posts. It's all been said, it's getting too personal, and some of the comments are pushing the envelope as to allegations.

I Wonder If I'm About To Start News?

This was posted on youtube yesterday, and I just saw it on a blog out of New York. Yep, New York. So far less than 400 hits.

We've got two metroplex high schools in the Texas State High School Championship of hockey and there is a vicious cheap shot. (The clip actually has two angles.)  I hear references to "blood" and that kid isn't moving. If he was seriously hurt (and even if he wasn't), I'm not sure why this isn't being covered by the local media.

P.S. Hey, teammates, way to stand around and do nothing after one of your own just got killed.

Edit: About two hours later, Fox 4 and the Dallas Morning News have got a hold of this. I wonder how.

Edit: The video went viral but the original poster of it on youtube took it down. I found a different copy which seems a little shorter. (And the hit counts have changed.)

Edit @ 9:00 p.m.: Fox 4 News leads with this story. I'm pretty sure they meant to credit me for finding it but some technical error prevented it from happening.

I Assume, Hope, Pray There Was More To This Scene

Scattershooting while wondering what ever became of these girls: This is from a movie called "To Grandmother's House We Go".

AlvordOnline.com

I honestly don't check AlvordOnline.com very often but I ran by it a second ago. And when I did, I just had to look at their "Last Week's Poll Results"  Hmmmm. 50% on both sides. I wonder how many people voted.