Craigslist Sting Operation

A Sheriff in Florida decided to run a sting operation for women advertising their wares on Craigslist. Result? Twenty-eight women were arrested. Which would only be mildly entertaining but we got pictures (and that changes everything.)

Child Sexual Assault Case Starting In Decatur

Looks like Paige McCormick and Lindy Borchardt representing the State, and Scott Brown out of Fort Worth for the defense. And see our two new big TV screens (that are operational yet)?

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• Patrick Swayze seemed like a good guy. And Dirty Dancing is both corny and great.
• A Cowboy Stadium observation I forgot to make: All the urinals have flush handles -- meaning they aren't automatic. That's weird.
• I was a liberal this morning: I helped a Hispanic guy with broken English jump start his truck at a convenience store. It'll probably be the best thing I do all day.
• A child, with no previous health problems, died from the swine flu yesterday in Garland. Can you imagine if that would have happened last Spring? Every school in Dallas County would shut down and we would all go into panic mode.
• I had the funniest new client yesterday. Most criminal defendants are stressed (and so was she) but she had just a perfect attitude on life.
• This a complete news story on NBC 5 this morning: "Starting today, you will have to answer more questions when you buy a ticket on American Airlines. The Fort Worth based carrier is rolling out the government's Secured Flight Program which is designed to make flying safer. Passengers will now have to provide their full name as it appears on a government ID, their birth date, date of birth and gender." Really. That was the story. So what's new?
• The Yale student murder is a sad story, but it filled up the first eight minutes of The Today Show yesterday. Not sure I understand that.
• To the guy who keeps accusing me of "not being fair" on what comments go through: The problem is you keep making disparaging statements of fact coupled with being anonymous. I'm not going to post that.
• I let 90% of the comments through.
• Anyone else getting tired of the sign off of, "just sayin!'"
• NFL Note: Has any team suffered more heartbreak than the Buffalo Bills? How in the world did they lose that game last night?
• "Tractor Crushes Toddler On Texas Farm." Man, I just cringe when I see headlines like that.
• You would think "cringe" would be spelled "cring."
• The yellow first down line on football telecasts has been the greatest sports invention in the history of ever.
• It was silly for Decatur to cancel the football game on Saturday. There wasn't any lightening just a swamp of a field. It would have been a great memory for the kids.

Gone

Lady GaGa is Crazy

She wore all of this last night at the VMA's. Mrs. Green #9?

Murder Over The Weekend??

I've got an uncomfirmed (repeat, unconfirmed) report that the alleged victim in this case died over the weekend as a result of the injuries. But there's nothing in the local papers about it so it might not be true. Any law enforcement folks know anything about this? Edit: Got word that the alleged victim is "recovering" and "may be able to communicate in a couple of days."

Close Game Of The Week

And who is the heck is Texas College? Box Score.

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

Exclusive Picture Of My Maid

• Do Hispanics not go bald?
• I went to ZestFest, basically a salsa/pepper convention, this weekend at the Will Rogers convention center because me loves me some salsa. And the place was absolutely packed!
• The right wing is nuts. (Pics of the "Tea Party" in Washington this weekend.) Truly, the Wordkyle's of the world have to be embarrassed by that.
• The History Channel had a 9/11 film called 102 Minutes That Changed The World. It was nothing but amateur footage with no narration. I was riveted.
• Craziness of the Weekend: Serena Williams foot faults and then has to give up match point because of a tirade on a line judge. (Great pictures of it.)
• I haven't seen the CW's Vampire Diaries, but I got a hand full of emails telling me about the female stars pulling a publicity stunt by getting arrested for flashing motorists. The "hey, now" book in photo are here.
• We to El Paseo restaurant on Jacksboro highway and got to watch a little kid defy his dad time after time. "If I give you this chip you better not throw it." Then he would throw it.
• And the couple next to us looked like they were having an affair. There was just something weird about it.
• UVA played TCU on Saturday but the Grand Entrance of a guy on a horse didn't go so well.
• For the millionth time: Just because I let a comment go through doesn't mean I condone the comment. Sometimes we just need to know the craziness, hatefulness, and the bitterness that surrounds us.
• I'm too beaten down to even comment on Kayne West's interruption of Taylor Swift at the VMA's last night.
• For Fantasy Football Fans: Would you feel comfortable if your opponent was starting a Cowboy heavy lineup of Tony Romo, Felix Jones, Patrick Crayton, and Roy Williams? I did. Then I got killed.
• The line on the Texas/Wyoming game was 31 1/2. UT won by 31. That should drive Texas bettors crazy especially since Texas sleep walked through the first half.
• I dreamed I had a black baby of Saturday night. And that's all because a few hours earlier I was watching a football game with someone who said, "Look, there you are" in reference to a player with "Green" on the back of his jersey.
• Saw this tweet from a lawyer I just follow for fun: "Matt Skillern has Agg Asslt trial Monday n 230th Dist Ct. Husband-Wife n mutual knife fight. Good facts & he's well-prepared. Tons o' fun!" Huh? Even if you think you'll win, it's not fun. There's simply too much on the line.
• The older I get, the more I appreciate the weekends.

Southbound and Down

And a pretty crazy picture on the Update.

Touching

At first I thought the deceased girl has won it posthumously. Either way, very nice. Story.

Friday Night Wetness: County Teams Are Awful

Alvord 20 Valley View 41 Boyd 7 Glen Rose 21 Prosper 24 Bridgeport 0 Archer City 47 Chico 0 Decatur Argyle Liberty Christian Postponed to today at 5:00 p.m. Canceled. Paradise 0 Aubrey 41

Friday Afternoon Pick Me Up

President Greets Mourners. Gets Suit Wet.

U.S. President Barack Obama greets family members of victims of the 9/11 attack during a remembrance ceremony at the Pentagon September 11, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia.

From The Update

Ok, and I say this with the utmost respect, but does anyone know how Maj. Gen. Gene LaCoste is a "9/11 survivor"? And what exactly is the criteria? I did a quick Google search and came across this article that states, "Brig. Gen. Gene M. LaCoste, and Brig. Gen. Harry B. Axson, director of military personnel management, were traveling and not in their Pentagon offices at the time of the attack."

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• I had four people (who weren't clients) contact me yesterday wanting advice. That's a record.
• I saw the word "dystopia" twice yesterday.
• Weird: I eat healthy and run all the time but my pants have suddenly become tighter. Time to ratchet it up.
• Those that always talk about "hating drama" are the ones most likely to be the cause of it.
• When I see someone driving a fancy car in Decatur, I wonder if they are up to their arse in debt. And I bet they are.
• Bud Kennedy tweeted yesterday about Kinky Friedman making an appearance in Southlake: "There are Democrats in Southlake?"
• I dreamed I had forgotten about a kitten in my garage that hadn't fed in days.
• The "new" Jay Leno shows looks just like the old one I never watched.
• Wade Phillips is a perfect grand father. A perfect grandfather is exactly what I don't want in an NFL coach.
• "How To Kiss A Woman By Captain Kirk" - youtube. (19 seconds).
• It's the "One Arm Dove Hunt" in Olney this weekend. I think I'd like to see that. But doesn't the title imply that it's the doves that only have one arm?
• Got an email of the increase of day laborers showing up in Decatur. "[There were 14 of them] just sitting or standing on the curb - their faces were hopeless."
• The County Court at Law Coordinator called me at 7:58 a.m. this morning on routine docket stuff. What's up with that?
• I saw a bumper sticker yesterday for the Lowery business over in Paradise that said, "Seen enough change, yet?" (Obama reference.)
• 9/11 was one surreal morning. I remember walking in the office and saying, "I think we are under attack." And we didn't have a single TV in the office which drove me insane.
• And I still believe we haven't been attacked because they haven't tried. But if you want to credit Bush can I thank Obama for "keeping us safe" this year?
• Weird comment this morning by Fox 4's Saul Garza interviewing a fireman putting out flags in Plano in memory of 9/11: "Then, of course, you have those that argue - another year - here we go again talking about it. Some people say 'let's move on.'" Who says that?

Train vs. Man News

Getting word that a man was walking on railroad tracks and struck by a train somewhere near Rhome tonight. Developing . . . Edit: One police scanner monitoring commenter says a Justice of the Peace has been called out. In Texas, oddly, that only means one thing.

Remote News

A former Wise County man involved in shooting in Pennsylvania. The word I get is that "Stanfield worked for a company in Decatur. His wife worked for Express out of Bridgeport." And the victim is listed as a Bowie resident.

New Official Tennis Star Of Liberally Lean

Because I'm a true Patriot (the kind without the yellow ribbon stickers on the family truckster), I tuned in last night to watch U.S. Open women's tennis instead of the Obama speech. Specifically, I was going to cheer on red blooded teenage American sensation Melanie Oudin -- especially since it's the only place I can cheer on a teenage girl without getting a visit from those pesky investigators in the DA's office. However, once I saw Oudin couldn't beat the B-team from Alvord, I quickly changed allegiance to Denmark because of her opponent Caroline Wozniacki (pictured above.)