Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen

4.20.2012

Messenger Above The Fold

Chloe Sims Taking You Into The Weekend

"Three Second Roooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

And I think we'll all agree that the song hits its peak at 2:34.

I was going to make this a "Taking You Into The Weekend" special post but I just couldn't stand to wait.

George Zimmerman's Bail Set At $150,000

With GPS monitoring. The State had asked that bond be denied but, if set, be set at $1,000,000.

Zimmerman testified at the bond hearing, but I'm not sure how much they got into the facts of the case. I don't think it was very much.

Bonding companies normally charge 10% to 20% of the amount of the bond (they are on the hook for the bond amount if the defendant fails to show for court.)

SMU's New Basketball Coach

I care absolutely nothing about the hiring of 71 year old Larry Brown. But a picture of him coaching the Denver Nuggets in 1974 in overalls is gold.

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

A wrong way driver on the Dallas Tollway again last night. She just managed to get into a one car wreck, however.
I'm now generally in charge of running the scoreboard at softball games. I'm thinking about bring an amp and firing up a little play-by-play while I do it.
The lead singer of The Band has died. I knew basically nothing about The Band yet everyone else acts like they were a household name.
A picture of the bloodied head of George Zimmerman? ABC News thinks so.
One of these years, the Main Street Arts Festival in downtown Fort Worth is going to get hit with a major storm that'll send all that art flying over I-30. That wind tunnel effect down there will do the trick.
Steve Wariner is playing at the Festival. There was a time I loved Steve Wariner's music. I guess I still do.
It's 4/20. WBAP's Hal Jay said today he had never heard of the drug reference for those numbers.
Ousted Secret Service agent posted a picture of him checking out Sarah Palin on his Facebook page.
A little kid ran out onto the field during the White Sox/Orioles game yesterday afternoon. To quote Latarian Milton, "It's fun to do hood rat thangs."
I saw where a long ago neighbor -- two door's down -- who I played with as a kid has died. Time for reflection.
C.J. Wilson lost last night. That's the most important baseball news to me.
I bought two American Airlines tickets in February for travel in July. And in the news every day is about bankruptcy, union strife, and takeovers. And somehow I'm not worried.
Got another photo of the Decatur Beggar off of 377 in Keller yesterday. He needs to remember his roots.
Mrs. LL, coaching third base last night, sent a runner home for a potential home run even though the ball was in flight back to the infield. Runner scored. I was so afraid she'd panic and make the kid hit the brakes, but I guess that's the way aggressive softball go.
That was fast: The parents of the kid who was mauled by a dog two and one-half months ago while they slept (and which gave rise to a great Lari Barager ducking out of the way video) have pled out to probation.

4.19.2012

Afternoon Pick Me Up: The Escort Who Brought Down The Secret Service!

Source.

High Speed Chase In Dallas Right Now Is Like A Batman Movie

Guy is speeding down the highway and then decides to go to downtown Dallas and drive by City Hall. Every cop in the Southwest Proper is after him. Including the SWAT team in a tank!!! Straight up gangsta.

Then they finally got him. The Channel 8 reporter said, "This gentleman is now out of the vehicle."

First Don Cornelius, then Dick Clark. If I'm Casey Kasem, I'm worried.
With no one to host New Year's Rockin' Eve, those Mayans might have been right.
I saw the DPS Academy campus yesterday in Austin. Had a Guantanamo feel to it.
There was a huge Asian (Korean?) section of Austin that we drove through. So much so that even banks would have very nice signs on the outside with alternative spellings.
I could have sworn one judge at oral arguments yesterday gave me the "Talk To The Hand" sign. It was almost bizarre.
I was nervous before the argument because there seemed to be a lot of people in the courtroom -- maybe about 20. Then the doors opened up and in came about 50 students to observe.
A guy whose name we don't know yet but is about to become Metroplex Public Enemy #1: The subject of the warrant which was just issued for the person who set fire to the puppy named "Justice." And WBAP reported this morning the cops believe the incident was videotaped. This will be a firestorm. Edit: It looks like his name is Darius Ewing. I feel sorry for a guy on Facebook and Twitter who goes to Baylor who happens to have the same name.
And we're finally realizing just how bizarre that Montgomery County story is of the nurse who waited outside of a doctor's office to kill a woman so she could take her three day old child. I'm correct in understanding the nurse didn't know the woman?
Mrs. LL is tricking up our kitchen table and chairs with cloth and ribbons that I can't begin to describe.
Remember the flute in Men At Work's "Down Under"? That man and Dick Clark had something in common yesterday.
Bridgeport High School girls golf team playoff scores: Cassi Smith, 89; Tiffany Hawkins, 92; Remi Swensson, 131; Cassidy McKibbens, 141; Jessica Windham, 161.
I don't know about personally, but occupationally I'd love to be Skip Hollandsworth.
If you've ever eaten at Tony's Pizza in Springtown, you'll be interested in this.
It's the anniversary of Waco Siege Fire and the Oklahoma City Bombing. I know a conservative who has a big conspiracy theory about the latter.
The only reason we know of the Secret Service/Prostitution scandal is because one hooker wasn't paid and raised a ruckus.

By the time you read this, I'll be in Austin. I left this morning. That means I've been up a looooong time.
It all so means I've been in a car with two prosecutors. We battle, but we're friends. (But I brought earphones as a backup.) They talked me into not going down early and spending the night -- I'll tell you how this works out.
It's an appellate argument before the nine judge Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. I've done it once before and, honestly, it's not the funnest thing in the world to do.
Our case is a DWI case -- important to my client -- but a misdemeanor. The case being argued before us deals with the youngest person ever placed on Death Row in Texas (for a triple axe murder in 1991). It also appears it might have been prosecuted by a corrupt DA.
Alabama's National Championship trophy (a Waterford crystal replica of a football valued at $30,000) was shattered two days ago. Great idea: Sell the broken glass to fans. They'd make a fortune.
Ted Nugent continues to be irresponsible and now the Secret Service is looking at him (once they get through with Columbian hookers.)
The Cowboys 2012 schedule was released -- 6 of the first 9 are on the road. Washington (with RG3 presumably at quarterback) will be the Thanksgiving game.
I may be one of five people that saw the Texas debate for U.S. Senator sponsored by Belo on Friday night. Let me recap: The moderators were a train wreck, Craig James was incredibly polished (as he should be), Ted Cruz is like a rabid dog (a small one), Tom Leppert still looks like your crazy uncle, and David Dewhurst acts like he has inherited the throne and doesn't understand why no one else doesn't realize it.
At UTA, says WFAA, "There is a man who is slapping a woman on the buttocks and then running off." I think the "running off" aspect is what makes it a funny visual.
Jamie Moyer first pitched for the Texas Rangers in 1989. He's still active and got a win last night at the age of 49.
Weird, weird year for Baylor sports: Their baseball team has won twenty games in a row and ranked sixth in the nation.