Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen

2.09.2010

Alternative Pick Me Up: Evil Empire Girl Behind Kansas Bench Last Night

Credit: Deadspin.

Monday Afternoon Pick Me Up --Edit: Or Whatever Day It Is

This is in honor of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue that was released today. But it dawned on me that I haven't looked at one in about 20 years. Nevertheless, I celebrate all aspects of journalism.

The Jackie Murphree Civil Trial Is Underway

Background. You've never seen so many potential jurors and lawyers in one place. And it's a bit surreal to see Jackie along with the convicted drunk driver in the same room.

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

Ever since Texas went to #1 in the NCAA basketball poll, they have been awful. (They've lost 5 out of 7.)
The updates of Jenny (the girl in ICU -- see post below from this weekend) are excrutiating to follow. I appreciate whoever/whomever is doing it, but some of the information is really sketchy. And it gives rise to a great discussion of the purpose of prayer which is best left for another day.
Have you seen the forecast for Thursday? 80% chance of snow all morning and day long? Anyone else skeptical?
Crazy moment from the Democratic gubernatorial debate last night: Farouk Shami promised 100,000 new jobs within two years of his election or he would personally write the state treasury a check for $10 million. And he's got the money to do it. Deal.
"Gubernatorial" is a weird word.
Free breakfast at Denny's this morning. There's no way I'm waiting over 45 minutes in line for $5.00 worth of food.
If the NBA All Star game is such a big deal, then why is it being shown on TNT?
I was just a tad uncomfortable with the Doritos "keep you hands off my mama and keep you hands off my Doritos" commercial because the kid slapped the adult at the very beginning.
I got my haircut this weekend at a place a little above Super Cuts. Broken English Hair Cutter Person awkwardly asked me if I "had other people in my house." I told her no but she proceeded to tell me about a haircut "sale" next week anyway. She later asked me if my wife got her hair cut there. Huh? I lied and said, "I have no idea where she goes." Fail.
I don't like hair-cutting chit chat.
No one cares about the Winter Olympics, do they?
Ok, I've finally watch five episodes of Modern Family. Verdict: It's funny. Very funny. But it's really just a throttled back Arrested Development.
Drew Brees, the Super Bowl MVP, was at a Disney World parade yesterday. How much do you think they pay the MVP to do that every year? It has to be a fortune.
Regardless of your views on global warming, how can you think one huge snowstorm in northeast disproves it? (But did you see that D.C. is expected to get another 20 inches?)
Want to see what a crowded New Orleans bar looked like at the moment at the game winning interception?

2.08.2010

Rare Footage Of Me Losing A Tape Race As A Kid

Yet more proof that I am the most emotionally healthy guy in the county.

Girl Lied To Us!

Remember this chick? Well, fellas, she pulled a fast one over on us. When will we ever learn?

We've Got Courthouse Protesters!

There's about eight of them. Other signs say, "Uphold the Constitution" and "You are only as good as your word." What's it mean? I have no idea. Which is normally the sign of a bad protest. I'm on it.

Random Ad In The Texas Criminal Defense Magazine That Hit My Desk This Morning

It's a little hard to tell, but isn't that a guy with an earring the size of a dime?
And I'm supposed to be excited about a new book when the ad uses the phrase "cause coming soon?"

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

Note: I've received reports claiming this is some lady from Boyd. I can assure you that it is not. But I'm very excited that someone in Boyd possibly looks like this.

It's a Chamber of Commerce morning here in Decatur: Pouring rain, lightening, and 40 degrees. Good times.
The Super Bowls sure have been good lately. Really good.
Probably the best moment came in the fourth quarter when play by play man Phil Simms said the Saints shouldn't blitz before a particular play. That was the play where they did blitz, Peyton Manning was rushed, and then threw the game deciding interception.
Sarah Palin had a cheat sheet written on he palm over the weekend. I'm not sure if that's really a big deal.
The Space Shuttle fired off again this morning. More money being wasted.
The Jay/Oprah/Dave commercial yesterday during the Super Bowl was really funny. Jay must have been doing damage control for his image.
If my home was still sitting vacant in the 9th Ward, I'm not sure I'd feel like a Saints win makes everything OK.
Armed military man outside of Super Bowl yesterday.
I like those E-trade babies. (Especially the one when they were on the plane.)
WBAP's Mark Davis likes homophobic humor?
Rick Perry has constantly run an ad dogging Kay Bailey for voting for the bank bailout under the Bush Administration. That's unfair. Even Bush was predicting, rightly or wrongly, that an economic meltdown if it were not passed.
So the federal government shuts down today in Washington because of Saturday's snowstorm. That means, the news tells me, 230,000 people stay home. Wow.
Holy cow: A dead man was found in the landing gear of a jet this morning that had flown from New York to Tokyo.

2.07.2010

NBC 5's Kim Fischer At Her Super Bowl Party

From here Twitter feed. Yay football.

Crime Reports

That makes two of us, bruther!!!! More.

Very Random Super Bowl Thought

. . . as I just noticed that my 20 oz mustard bottle contains "40% more than our 14 oz"!!!! Anyway, all football experts will tell you that "defense wins championships." Well, Indianapolis ranks 18 out of 32 in defense (based upon total yards allowed) and New Orleans ranks 25th. And about the old adage that you "must run the ball to set up the pass"? The Colts are dead last in rushing in the NFL. (ESPN stats.) Edit: Oh, yeah. A great ending:

2.06.2010

This Is Tough To Follow

It started this morning when I saw this tweet from a blog reader: "Decatur CoC preacher's daughter fighting 4 her life 2nite In ICU w/sepsis Lungs heart & kidneys shutting down." The tweet also had a link to this blog. (Seems to be her father.) And that blog led to this page (quick registration required) which had updates at a pretty regular interval regarding her condition. Some are good. Some are bad. The best I can tell is that her condition started as the flu and then turned into life-threatening pneumonia.