Liberally Lean Tourney Standings

It looks like "Final Four Fever" will jump into the #1 slot with a Duke win tonight. Otherwise, Go4Gold will win the $150 gift certificate to the Stagecoach Steakhouse in Bridgeport.

Everyone Gets Arrested

Not sure all of the Wise County connection but the story mentions that . . .

Worthy left Jesse and another 1-year-old child with Copeland on Tuesday while she went to Bridgeport to have a baby, authorities said. The 1-year-old and the newborn were in foster care Sunday, CPS officials have said.

Story.

A Day In the Life Of Wise County

I think that first one is called "divorce." More crime blotter here.

Tony Romo Is At It Again

Decatur Boy Thinks It's Good To Do Bad Things In Azle

[Photo removed but it's in link below -- There's a story behind why]

Link. (And I'd like to note that the paper in Azle has the worst designed web site ever.)

More Proof The State Has Too Much Time On Its Hands

The girl gets naked in public back in March and nobody cares. So now the City of Dallas decides to prosecute her for Disorderly Conduct which carries the stiff penalty of ... wait for it ... a $500 fine. Dear Ms. Badu, please demand a jury trial and send out as many press releases as you can as the trial date approaches. It's publicity gold. And, girl, I'll represent you for free. Seriously. Like I said, it's publicity gold.

A Day Late Viral Video

Kid is sad because he's not a Single Lady: I think I like the compassion of the sisters as much as anything. And here's the family on the CBS Morning Show. What a great little family.

At 3:05 PM One Year Ago

Here was this blog's coverage as the news broke.

Good Morning America

Did they spell that correctly?

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• Bad wreck this morning at 287/114 in Rhome according to an emailer.
• I think I've kicked my sickness which came back hard last night. I didn't know ibuprofen could help break a fever.
• A Denton lady's boyfriend was accused yesterday of beating her 3 year old son to death. But did you see that CPS took custody of her one year old AND newborn?
• I'll take cold or hot over wind.
• Every time the Dallas Morning News asks me to login after spending any length of time on its website, I wish for its failure.
• I've never seen a movie with Tyler Perry in the title, and I don't think that is going to change.
• I forgot the name of the conservative Fox lawyer gal who was on with Bill O'Reilly last night, but she wouldn't back down from him when they were discussing the Westboro Baptist protest case. (O'Reilly was wanting "activist judges" when he wanted them to be "more compassionate.")
• Some Dallas Cowboys hang out with girls wearing painted on bikinis (uh, painted on bikinis warning.)
• A case that doesn't sound right: Crazy woman drowns her baby and she is found not guilty by reason of insanity. So the DA's office prosecutes the father for leaving the kid with her and he gets 10 years.
• A case that does sound right: Crazy abortion doctor killer gets life in prison.
• Texas Motor Speedway chief Eddie Gossage apologizes for this April Fool's day prank by spoofing Tiger Woods. (Huge. Quickly.)

Since Nothing Else Is Going On

I bring you the new Iron Man 2 poster featuring Scarlett Johansson. (And I didn't even like the first one. But I like her.)

This Is NOT An April Fool's Joke

The bombshell comes at the 1:15 mark. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Georgia)

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• National news review:(1) Obama announces he'll be lifting restriction on oil exploration for some coastal areas -- but I don't think "exploration" necessarily means "drilling", (2) A 15 year old in Massachusetts commits suicide possibly due to bullying, and (3) the SeaWorld death autopsy was relased.
• Locally/Texas: (1) A municipal judge gets a felony DWI meaning it's his third or more, (2) the cutest little first grader chokes to death in Denton ISD, and (3) A 13 year old in Joshua commits suicide possibly because of bullying
• Get ready for "bullying" to be the subject of every talk show, newscast, and magazine.
• It's April Fools Day today so be on guard. And Google isn't nearly as clever on this day as it used to be.
• I watched an old episode of Cops last night where six cops were running a sting operation busting people that were buying $5 of weed from an undercover officer. Idiocracy.
• Speedway head Eddie Gossage and KCSC star Terry Dorsey should be ashamed of their stupid "name change" prank.
• I started getting sick yesterday and went to bed at 8:00. But I woke up this morning in a sweat, and I think that's supposed to be a good thing. But I still feel lousy. Man, I value good health.
• I have a recurring dream of one or more of my teeth falling out.
• I saw an NBC 5 news story yesterday about losing weight eating Taco Bell's low fat menu which was absolutely a commercial disguised as a news story.
• Katy Perry was in Cabo yesterday. Hey, now.
• Before this week I had never heard of Erykah Badu. Now I'm sick of her.
• Getting around the Harris County courthouse sounds like a beating.

Oh, My

Link.

Wednesday Afternoon Pick Me Up

The new Britney. Edit: And another

To Quote From "Meet The Parents" . . .

. . . " Well if Florence Nightengale would play a little defense here."

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• Most interesting national news: (3) Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison calls a news conference today -- I bet she's staying, (2) There's been a big change to student loans - in a good way -- buried in the health care bill, (1) A college student goes to sleep by his hotel pool in Cancun on Spring Break and is found in a coma and nearly beaten to death later that night.
• The local news (3) A Keller two year old drowned in his family's pool, (2) Some lady was hit in the Chico High School parking lot yesterday and transported by ambulance -- and I don't think it was a kid that hit her, and (1) there was a pretty big wreck yesterday at 380 and business 380 out by the Sheriff's Office - a pretty dangerous area.
• I may try the above format for a bit to change things up a little.
• But did you see the parents of the drowned Keller kid on TV? The child died on Sunday and they are giving interviews on Tuesday -- something I could never do. And there was just something very weird about them.
• Brad Sham had a great quote yesterday about the impending implosion of Texas Stadium and its current state: "There comes a time when the frame is just a frame and the spirit has left."
• If you're a talk radio fan, prepare yourself: Sean Hannity is on a new book tour and hawking it every day. Why write a book? "To start the taking back of America," he says which is code for "Make a boatload of cash off the Kool-Aid drinkers that follow me."[Edit: And if he says it all goes to "charity", uh, not so fast my friend.]
• Fox 4 Good Day's Lauren Przybyl just doesn't do it for me.
• I'm about 70% through with my Bataan Death March book. I knew that piece of history would be bad, but the horrors are indescribable.
• It's the 15th Anniversary of the murder of Selena today and, admit it, if you're white you had no idea who she was back then. But I remember realizing how large the Hispanic population was by the number of back windshields I saw with "We'll Miss You, Selena!" scribbled in shoe polish.
• Yesterday a couple of guys and I reminisced about the old Sunday night Dallas' Sportitorium wrestling show . It was must see TV as kid.
• The Dallas Morning News weather blog (yes, they have one) asked this question yesterday: "Where were you when it hit 80 degrees yesterday and 'the streak' ended?" Sheesh.
• Just think if there had been a runoff between Kay Bailey and Rick Perry -- we would being bombarded with their ads right now.
• Edit: I keep forgetting to mention the death on Monday of Decatur lawyer Kendall Hill who was in horrible shape ever since being in this place crash last year.

Tuesday Yard Work

Taken at the corner of S. Trinity and Hale today in Decatur. (Thanks, Tony.)