Like A Country And Western Song

Just watched part of an assault case trial going on in the County Court at Law. (You can see some of my worst on the spot reporting ever by clicking on the Twitter link to the right.) I think: The jury will decide whether a brother can slug his half brother after said half brother (maybe) sloshes a beer into his face. To complicate matters, the half brother was entering onto the brother's property and allegedly had a "power of attorney" to care for their mother which was in the brother's home. Brother said he stopped half-brother from entering because half-brother had been ordered to stay off the land. Confused? Me, too. Edit: Just got a call from the court reporter who points out this critical error: The two guys are full brothers - not half brothers. Makes this whole thing better.

Hot Economic Prediction

Based upon prices in Fort Worth this weekend, $3.43 will seem cheap in a few days.

Maybe It's The Nice Weather

Link.

(And I'm going to try this "tagging" thing again so I can keep track of all the crap I post that is related.)

Tony Romo Celebrates 27th B-Day Last Weekend

Kisses whats's-er-face. Need shave. I see mysterious blue thing. Cowboys doomed.

Edit: Sir, the Blue Man Group comment that went unposted was not fit for this family blog.

In The Middle Of The Night . . .

. . . on Saturday, when I was either doing the Cabbage Patch at 8.0 in Fort Worth or fast asleep - I can't remember, this gal won her first Indy race in a country known for bombing the bejebus out of us in Hawaii. (Which I guess we owe them a bit of gratitude or we never would have had that movie starring Ben Affleck.)

Anyway, Danica Patrick drives me nuts. The woman has no personality. None. She could be a superstar by now even a sport that no one cares about, but most of the time during an interview I'm worried she might be flatlining.

But I got a chance to post this picture, so forget about all that.

Jesis Jesus Stops Theft. Except Donation of $10

A faithful-reader-police-officer in the western part of the county sent me this link this morning. Since I'm still trying to get my wheels on from waking up late, it's a nice starter. And, kids, don't be spending your money on whiskey. Edit: My very bad on the original title screw-up.

Random Monday Night Thoughts

- I hate it when I oversleep by an hour because I was too stupid to set my alarm.

Greenwood Last Saturday Afternoon

Thanks emailer.

Random Pic Of Knee That Doens't Work That Way

(AP) -- Tennessee fullback David Holbert has undergone the first of two surgical procedures to correct ligament damage in his left knee . . .

Uh, you don't want to see the bottom of the pic I cropped out.

Story.

Edit: Someone said the photo was photoshopped. Honestly, I don't know. I don't think so but I'm looking.

Ate Their There Yesterday

Across the road from Lowe's in Decatur. Very authentic. Pretty good.

Stumbled Upon

WFAA's John McCaa . . .

. . . doesn't seem to relate to the common man in this Old Warsaw ad in today's Dallas Morning News.

Stuff At Which I Giggle

I'm not sure I know the law firm of Patton, Boggs but, having worked in a large downtown law firm before, being in close proximity to a park was never a top priority of my bill-some-more-bosses.

Anyone . . .

. . . checked out the "fresh" produce stand in Decatur? (On Washburn and Main.) Me loves me some home grown tomatoes.

And did I see gas at $3.39 at Walmarts?

I'm Not Sure

A loyal reader just called me and asked me, "Are you just going to let that blurb in the Update just go?"

Is this like "extra fun" for Home Schoolers? You get to learn how to debate? And couldn't this have the collateral impact of teaching a kid to talk back to his momma? Next thing you know those kids will be wearing their britches down low.

Heck, Almost Made Me Cry

Stole this from BagOfNothing.com this morning. Go ahead, do yourself a Friday Morning Favor and watch it. The singing begins around 1:30. We all deserve a Stop Down Moment every now and then.

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

- Let the word go forth: Channel 5 was the first one to come its senses and bail out of the storm coverage last night.
- Neil Diamond is coming to Dallas. He's a modern day Wayne Newton. If that makes any sense. And when exactly did the lyrics of Sweet Caroline change to include "Baa. Baa. Baa."?
- It looks like the pastor of the "Should We Put Gays In The Pictorial Directory?" Church in Fort Worth has finally decided to call it quits.
- The Main Streets Art Festival in Fort Worth is almost worth going down there to see. Almost.
- The judge in the CPS Polygamy Compound case has no idea what she is doing. She called a recess after 40 minutes so the lawyers could look at the first exhibit? She didn't see that chaos coming? That's simple to remedy: Require copies of the exhibit be exchanged before the hearing. It happens all the time.
- Texas AG Greg Abbott is putting his face in front of every camera in connection with the Compound case. That guy is so full of crap. He justified the raid by saying that "you can't go busting into someone's home without probable cause." Oh, ok. That justifies entry by the cops anywhere and every time.
- A "Hey, Now" shout out to Debbie Gibson. Edit: Link fixed (although it ain't that great)
- The Bass Hall has been open 10 years. I've been in it once. Never for a concert.
- Vladimir Putin is a player.
- The Pope is going to "offer a blessing" at the World Trade location today. What exactly does that do?
- There was a 22 inning baseball game last night that lasted over 6 hours. Fifteen pitchers were used. One guy batted ten times.
- Edit: And our Sheriff sends me this link that demonstrates how not to be a Sheriff.

Pinpoint Prediction

Anybody else think this is kind of silly? (That pic is, uh, "up to the minute" since I just pulled it off my television invention.)

Edit: The KXAS chopper-cam just did a live shot over Alvord facing west to show the incoming storm. It was quite the panoramic view.

Edit #2: And that first clump of storms didn't hit Decatur at all. Now that second batch, at 6:27, looks like it might - at least according to my computer models. I'll project a hit at 6:41:09.36 p.m.

Edit #3: At 8:18 p.m., I've determined that the local affiliates have lost their ever loving minds. If I hear "A tornado could develop right here" one more time, I'll, well, continue to watch. And I swear I saw David Finfrock look at the radar earlier and say, "This could actually be debris or trees in the air causing this on the radar."