Monday Afternoon Pick Me Up

Little Girl Upset Baylor's Tweety Carter Is Graduating

That's OK, sweetie. That's how I acted when I heard the news QB Robert Griffin tore his ACL last year during football season.

(But you have to like mama saying, "But you also like Ekpe and LaceDarius.")

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• What a mess: A guy who already has a felony DWI on his record allegedly drives drunk again and kills two in Lewisville over the weekend. And his book in photo does not help his case.
• I watched the space shuttle launch this morning. Still tense to do so after all these years.
• I saw a guy stop on the side of the road on Sunday morning, walk into the street, look back at his passenger with an expression of defeat, and then lean down picked up a dead bird.
• Not that you care about Donovan McNabb being traded from the Eagles to the Redskins, but don't you hate assessments such as, "The ball comes out of his hand very cleanly." What in the heck does that mean?
• A little kid who will wave at you is always cute.
• Well, it's opening day in baseball. Let me guess, the Rangers will play around .500, struggle with pitching, and not make the playoffs. We've only seen it for 38 years.
• Got a weird text message yesterday and then dreamed about it all night.
• I went on a suit buying spree this weekend.
• Someone took this picture of a guy threatening to jump off a building in downtown Dallas on Friday. I guess he didn't because I never heard anything else about it.
• I watched most of Oliver Stone's W. last weekend. Good stuff. (And I was surprised to see Cowboys' play by play man Brad Sham portray a reporter at a press conference.)
• It was almost a month ago, but I remember hearing a 911 call on the news of a kid during a home invasion who told the dispatcher to send "the cops and some soldiers fast!" That was chilling.
• It happened late Friday afternoon, but a house blew up in McKinney possibly the result of suicide. And it was one heck of an explosion. (But I can't find a photo.)
• If you are 6'6", 270 pounds, 17 years old, and Notre Dame's top football recruit, the world would be your oyster. At least until you fall off a hotel balcony during Spring Break.
• At 46, Marla Maples remains a "Hey, now."

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