Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• I rarely watch Lost, but when I do I can only shake my head. Absolutely silly. And you folks who think all loose ends are going to be wrapped up by the season finale, you're crazy.
• Did you see they caught the alleged robber of the $90,000 ring from last month? It was a white guy.
• That Fox 4 morning weather guy sure likes to downplay any snow prediction. And that's probably a good policy.
• What's that bridge/road thingy they are building behind that strip shopping center on Western Center that holds a Mexican restaurant, the AT&T store, and Genghis Grill?
• OK, I'm sick of hearing that New Orleans was "saved" by a football game.
• Goofball Glenn Beck is 46 today. Here's his "best of" if you need an introduction to the future of Fox News.
• If a lawyer is dumb enough to loudly counsel his client in front of others, odds are his advice will likewise be horrible. (I see it all the time.)
• Because Comcast is buying some portion of NBC, Channel 5 news had to run some type of FCC disclaimer yesterday disclosing all the entities, directors and officers involved in the transaction. They did it during the 6:00 o'clock news last night and I bet it took over 10 minutes.
• Going back to Deborah Medina gaining in the governor's race, I wonder if Perry will back off dogging Hutchison because he's done it too well (and inadvertently helping the Medina campaign.)
• Didn't watch much of the big civil case in Decatur yesterday but I saw they were still doing jury selection late into the afternoon. I heard one defense lawyer ask the panel, "Who thinks corporations are evil and just want to make money?" Power. Down.
• Can Facebook redesign its homepage more often?
• Sarah Palin asking the Tea Party convention, "How is the hopey changey stuff workin' out for ya?" made my skin crawl.
• I went and saw Tuna, Texas once (the predecessor of A Tuna Christmas and now Tuna Does Vegas.) It was awful. Completely awful.
• Is a girl in a video in her underwear with new Skechers the product of an odd boyfriend or a sneaky viral video campaign by the shoe company?

Funky Cold

I'm not sure who Public Policy Polling is, but the group/company/entity released some polling numbers today on the Texas governor's race that are all over the news: Rick Perry 39% Kay Bailey Hutchison 28% Debra Medina 24% Those are some interesting numbers. There will be a runoff between the two top candidates assuming no one gets 50.1% of the vote or more in the March primary. If Medina were to overtake Hutchison, it gets a little crazy in a Perry/Medina runoff. Anyone want to place any bets in that race where voter turnout will, historically speaking, be low? And a couple of weeks back, I called Medina a Libertarian. And even thought she is running as a Republican, she is a Libertarian at heart (she has been a huge Ron Paul supporter.)

Megamix: Every Act Of Violence in 2010 Super Bowl Commercials

But Tim Tebow tackling his mom may be the oddest one of all.

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?

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.

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:

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.

Snow This Morning In The Northeast

Kind of fun to see random twitter pics here.

We're Getting A New Mexican Restaurant