The Most Emotional 180 Video

All right, everyone listen to me. This video starts out as the cutest thing in the world between a baby deer, a cat, and then the momma deer. BUT, and I'm serious here, there is some serious animal violence beginning at the 1:00 mark. DO NOT WATCH IT, if you are a domesticated animal lover. You've been warned. I'm not joking around. (So don't come back and yell at me if you click on the link and go to youtube to see it.)

But it's one of the darnedest thing I've ever seen.

Look Out For That . . . Ohhhhhh!

The Three Stooges didn't have that sort of comedic timing.

"I don't know how to tell you this, but I think I just killed your mother."

Well, that's about the most chilling thing I've read in a while. (Story.)

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• Dallas just got a new police chief and now his son is dead, killed in a shootout involving a now dead Lancaster police officer. Now that's crazy.
• A guy, Barry Peterson, was on CNN this morning talking about his book documenting his wife's battle with Alzheimer's. Man, what a heart breaking way to start my day. "It's like saying goodbye all over again every day."
• TCU killed Florida State this weekend in the College World Series. They play UCLA tonight at 8:00 p.m.
• My right hand has strangely cramped up about three times over the last week while driving.
• Summer officially started at around 6:30 a.m. this morning. And that makes this the longest day of the year.
• WBAP's Mark Davis is on vacation in Rome and just twitpic'd a photo of himself and LL Cool J who he ran into.
• I did know the Family Ties parents (Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter) were both born on the same day. They both turn 63 today.
• I finally watched the two part episode of The Office where Jim and Pam got married. You know, that was fantastic.
• And we watched it by hooking up the computer to the television and watching it off Hulu. Why has it taken me so long to figure out you could do that?It worked like a charm.
• Miley Cyrus is still running wild.
• I had a heck of a weekend.
• Youtube has added a video editing feature.

Ultra Light Plane Crashes In Wise County On Sunday Morning

Who in their right mind would ever get into one of those things any way?

Story.

PETA Protests Circus Today In Downtown Dallas

I might be coming around on that group. More.

Friday Afternoon Pick Me Up

That Katy Perry chick is getting better.

Your Liberally Lean World Cup Update

I have no idea what is going on here

I didn't get to watch this because I'm a working man, but the U.S. rallied from an 0-2 deficit to tie some country that used to be part of, I think, Yugoslavia. However, we have controversy. At some point the U.S. scored another goal but the ref disallowed it. But soccer is so goofy, he didn't have to announce why he disallowed it. My soccer friends are going crazy. And I'm not sure what our chances are of advancing now.

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• I like the glasses on this Denton County DWI arrestee. And they need to give this gal a tissue.
• At the US Open yesterday, a guy was dressed in pink pants and a pink shirt. Here.
• I've seen three snakes this year in places where I've never seen them before.
• The guy that lined up a week outside the Apple store in Dallas to get the iPhone 4 is as nutty as a fruitcake.
• Congressional hearings, like the one with the BP Exec yesterday, drive me nuts. It's hours and hours of sound bites with no intention of solving any problems.
• Our office Internet went out yesterday around 2:00 p.m. I think most of Decatur was having problems.
• I actually watched a little of the NBA Finals last night but was so enthralled that I turned it off at halftime. But I was surprised this morning to learn that the Lakers won since they couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. (Kobe was 6 of 24.)
• And I haven't seen it yet, but I've heard Laker Ron Artest thanked his psychiatrist and promoted his new single in an on-the-court post game interview.
• Edit: Heck, I almost forgot I told you that I wouldn't be surprised if the Lakers won the last two. Me = Success.
• What's the point of being an incorporated city if you don't have enough tax revenue to even afford a one person police force? (Newark.)
• I can't believe this: The 16th floor pool at the swanky W hotel in Dallas is going to be open to the public during weekdays? Really? I just pictured Vacation's Cousin Eddie on the diving board.
• My secretary asked me a grammar question this morning. Girl, you're asking the wrong guy.
• Utah executed someone with a firing squad last night. Seems like something a civilized society would do.

Like A Zombie Movie

I walked by the district courtroom yesterday only to see a group of courthouse workers surrounding a table of torsos of naked males. Good times?

I wish I had a good story, but it was CPR training. For everyone.

Wow: Video Of Dallas Cop Last Night Who Got Drunk And Fired A Gun In Car

This is after it happened.

The Dallas Observer blog even has the video of the gun being discharged in the car (which isn't nearly as dramatic as you would think.) But, man, that off duty Dallas officer was DAAArunck.

I'll Admit . . .

. . . President Obama blew it the other night with his oil-in-the-gulf speech. When the nation sees a bunch of oil soaked birds, we don't want to hear about "going green."

Texas Congressman Apologizes To BP This Morning

Starts at around the 2:00 mark. Says White House created a "shake down" in the setting up of the $20 billion compensation fund.

Crazy Fire Video

Story.

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• A BP executive met with President Obama yesterday and then met with the press afterwards where he proclaimed the company cared about the "small people" on the coast. That's a non-story despite everyone trying to make it a story.
• I can't remember the last time I was in the Golden Triangle mall in Denton.
• For some reason, I never watch ESPN's SportsCenter but I do like the Top Ten Plays Of The Day when I do.
• Another sports note: Lakers coach/Zen Master Phil Jackson has never coached in a Game 7 in the NBA Finals (scheduled for tonight) despite winning ten championships.
• There was a story making the rounds yesterday of a flight attendant taking over for a sick co-pilot and helping to land a commercial jet. I don't know anything about flying one of those things, but I suspect one could be landed without a co-pilot easily.
• Michael Young became the Texas Rangers all time hit leader last night. And most of us couldn't pick him out of a lineup.
• Watched a little bit of the new ESPN documentary on, primarily, the OJ Simpson car chase last night. It was fantastic. I had no idea there was audio of OJ while in the Bronco saying he had already said good bye to his kids and wanted to "do it" at his home.
• Also Watched a little bit of a DUI case in Wise County yesterday. That's a Class C case (lowest level) where a minor was accused of driving after drinking yet not intoxicated. I'm not sure why it was being tried after watching most of it. (I didn't know the defense lawyer.)
• One Dallas cop gives a drunk female Dallas off duty cop a ride home and a gun goes off in the police car. I bet that was a scene inside the car.
• Lots of good sportzzzz this weekend: World Cup, College World Series, and the U.S. Open golf tournament.
• Someone mentioned to me that this would be something great to add to my Bucket List: In four years the World Cup goes to Brazil.
• This sounds like one horrific crash on I-35 in Fort Worth last night.

Oh, My!

Someone uploaded some photos on Flickr from the 1977 Texas State Fair -- most of them from the "Freak Show." Oh, how far we've come. Can you even imagine the firestorm that would occur if something like that happened today. (And it's barely been just 30 years.)

But one of my greatest childhood memories is going into that very same "Freak Show" with my mom (I still can't believe we did that) and a "lizard woman" came out. I think that was only the "sneak peek", you had to pay more to go back and the see the really weird stuff. No way we were going to do that! Or, more precisely, there was no way my dad was going to allow that.

Cop Punches Girl

I've heard about this over the last 24 hours but just saw it.

You know, the cop can use "reasonable force". You make the call.

Wednesday Morning Pick Me Up

NBC 5's Kim Fischer