Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• You have to watch it pretty closely, but Dallas DA Craig Watkins and County Commissioner John Wiley Price hate each other.
• Every time I watch women's tennis, I get sucked in. There were some incredible matches at the U.S. Open yesterday.
• Now that Obama has released his speech to the kids, the right wingers are already proclaiming he "changed it" because of the outcry. Sheesh. The paranoia is palpable.
• "Paranoia Is Palpable" would make a good title of a book or a good band name.
• Chocolate lava crunch cake with Domino's Pizza? How fat can we get?
• Same thing goes for whoever is promoting the pizza with the extra cheese strip near the crust.
• How much has Jerry Lewis raised for muscular dystrophy research and what does he have to show for it?
• And is there any bigger of a loose cannon that Jerry Lewis on Labor Day?
• Must see for college football fans: Why those Yankees just don't get it.
• I didn't know that if a Hospital District is formed in Texas that the Texas Constitution requires the district to "provide all necessary hospital and medical care for the needy inhabitants of the District." Then again, I'm not sure how many hospitals are formed under that section. (Hat tip to Bud Kennedy's facebook page.)
• What is going on in the stands while the Longhorns play? (Credit: TvTanLine.)
• Kenny Chesney's "This Is Our Moment" was recorded for ESPN to be used during college football season. Good grief, how many times can they play it --- and it's only week #1.
• Idiocracy: Those silly fry anything contests leading up to the State Fair.

While Looking At The Newest Denton PD Book-In Photos

The most obvious comment in three . . . two . . . one.

Laughing Bride

Part of me believes he is thinking, "What have I gotten myself into?"

Vague News

From an email: Lady from Boyd was killed this weekend near Johnson City when the motorcycle she was riding on swerved to miss a deer. Man friend is in critical condition. 3 grieving children left behind. Edit: A web savvy commentor found this news story.

If Decatur Isn't On There By Next Week, Something Is Wrong

The PeopleOfWalmart.com may become the greatest site on the Internets.

I Can't Resist

Hey, I'm sick of this Should-Schools-Broadcast-The-Obama-Speech controversy as much as you are, but I had a stop down moment this morning. I tuned over to the always awful Fox and Friends morning show and noticed they were about to interview a "father and son in Texas" where the dad is keeping his son out of school on the day of the speech. Then I quickly took this shot of my television. That's the kid on the left, by the way. Good grief. The son is sportin' a mustache but dad doesn't want him to hear Obama? But at least dad was honest about his reasoning: "I don't trust the man," he said.

Random Thoughts: Special Football Edition (Since No One Will Read It)

The gates of the Underworld open for UT's first game

• I hate it that Oklahoma has lost QB Sam Bradford for what might be a few weeks. I want every team to be at full strength.
• And with Oklahoma's loss to BYU, the Texas/OU game has just been diminished beyond belief. What would have been #2 vs. #3 is now not even close to that.
• And despite Texas fans being giddy over OU's loss, it really means nothing to the Longhorns. They better continue to win.
• How in the world can Texas Tech just stick another quarterback into that system with tremendous results? Taylor Potts starts his first game and throws for 405 yards in Tech's win over North Dakota. Wait. North Dakota?
• The Aggies manhandled New Mexico which some will say is no big deal. I think it's huge. They rolled up 606 total yards of total offense. Last year, they could have lost that game.
• TCU is crazy for not scheduling a game on opening weekend.
• Pro note: Tila Tequila says that her boyfriend, San Diego star linebacker Shawne Merriman, assaulted her. I'd use the insanity defense with proof being that he dates Tila Tequila.
• Pro note #2: Man, I love HBO's Hard Knocks.
• I saw that "Peyton Manning will give $1 million to Tennessee for a new athletic training facility." Really? How much of a training facility will that buy?
• SMU was horrible as they escaped with a win over Stephen F. Austin.
• Media note: The Dallas Morning News' article on Baylor's game was the same article that appeared in the Waco Tribune Herald. There's a lot of sharing going on these days.
• Most big time schools won't play anyone worth a dang for their non-conference games. But there's really no reason to. What would Texas have to gain by playing Georgia, for example? They played a directional school and will still wake up as #2 this morning.
• I really thought Oklahoma State would lose to Georgia. I think it's because I just wish failure on T. Boone Pickens.
• Baylor wore white helmets with a interlocking green "B" and "U" on the side. I hate that. No respectable program ever changes its helmets. You think Texas, Michigan, or USC are going to change?
• Edit: "The truth of the matter is ... somebody is going to die here in the NFL. It's going to happen.''- Carson Palmer of the Cincinnati Bengals. I believe that. And it may even happen at the college level. The helmet to helmet hits on downfield receivers is shocking (and illegal, but that doesn't stop it.)
• Edit: There's a high school football game going on at Cowboys Stadium this morning. That kid has a lot of hair for Euless Trinity.
• Edit: I didn't know that UT set an all time attendance record with 101,096.
• I digress: Jerry Lewis is crazy. At 8:13 a.m. he just told Cathy Rigby that the telethon earned $15,000 last year from "three men in Florida who sold marijuana."

Without Using The Google . . .

Cheerleaders from unknown school celebrate Baylor victory.

. . . can someone tell me where the National Championship game is? I've gots to makes me some reservations.

News: Scandal?

This is still preliminary, but I'm getting word that news of a Bridgeport Teacher Sex Scandal is about to break. No names. Developing.... Edit: It's in the Update as of 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. I hope it works out of the guy. (Comments off for now.)

In Honor Of Labor Day Weekend

I bring you Houston's Pregnant Lady In A Bikini Pageant. (Think about it. See what I did there?) (Thanks, John.)

Friday Night Lights: Alvord Prevents A County Meltdown

Gainesville 27 Decatur 17 Bridgeport 27 Mineral Wells 30 Gunter 51 Boyd 30 Paradise 13 Henrietta 51 Petrolia 11 Alvord 18 Valley View 54 Chico 0

Bridgeport Cancer Survivor Gets Guitar From Make A Wish Foundation

Saw it on Channel 8 News, but it was a pretty quick story.

News

Occurred Bridgeport Middle School Student fell from motor vehicle Being Transported by LifeStar 4 to JPS in Ft Worth - Email from confirmed source

Boyd ISD's Decision On The Obama Speech: Treat It Like An R Rated Movie

Link.

The Punch I Mentioned Earlier

It's a little different than the typical post-game handshake.

Edit: And a faithful reader sent me another of the same throw down, but this one is tricked up to have a little Rock Em Sock Em Robot effect. But, man, the University of Oregon is in a pickle. The Muhammad Ali like running back is a good running back. If he was just some spare, they would kick him off the team. But this kid can play so that ramps up the Foregiveness Factor in a big way. It's in the Bible - look it up. Edit: Just heard he was suspended for the season.

Courtroom News

Hey, it's Friday before Labor Day so it's not exactly News Central around here. But I just saw that the district courtroom in Decatur is about to go high tech with a couple of 50" screen and other stuff. Taxpayer waste? Naaa, not really. The money came from a fund which got $1 off every case as court costs. And I heard that Star Power was the vendor and installer. But I do loves me some technology.

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• North Texas won a football game last night. North Texas! And looked good doing it.
• I fear the lightening strike.
• I had a conversation with a guy yesterday that wouldn't shut up. I tried a dozen times to wrap it on the phone but he kept going. It was one of those where I took the phone away from my ear and just stared at it about a foot from my face.
• Traffic has been rerouted in Decatur because of some construction close to downtown which brings a lot of cars by my office. I asked my law partner is we could put a big purple inflatable gorilla on our roof.
• Fox 4's Dan Godwin interviewing Mike Judge was kind of awkward. (And I'm not sure if the new movie "Extract" deserves to be associated in the same breath as "Office Space". Then again, I haven't seen it.)
• Is it "I've said my peace" or "I've said my piece"?
• If I see a young attorney's obituary in the Texas Bar Journal, I always try and find out how he died. Anybody know what happened to Stephen C. Ackley?
• Texas Tech star Michael Crabtree is the only drafted player not to have signed an NFL contract. Idiot.
• If Obama were to make a personal visit to Decatur ISD, would there be parents that would keep their kids home?
• Observation from the Cowboys game last weekend: White people like the Jason Witten jersey.
• After the Boise State/Oregon last night, a player threw one of the most violent sucker punches ever. Then he went into the stands. If that kid isn't suspended for a couple of games -- maybe more -- I'll be surprised. (I'll try to find the video.)
• Obama's Approval to Disapproval rating is 55% to 39%. That's a landslide if it were election returns.

"Horse Kicks Man In Chest" aka "Good Times"