Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen

6.22.2010

Well, That Settles It: We Need A Speedo Woman

If you've watched TV over the last few years, you may have heard of "The Naked Cowboy" who roams Times Square entertaining for tips. Well, this story breaks today that the above pictured "The Naked Cowgirl" is infringing on his turf and he is none to please. (Click on that link just to see the additional picture of her). But I got to thinking, Decatur has "Speedo Man" and he hasn't had any competition for years. (And I've had a few confirmed sightings of him out there this summer.) Come on, ladies, step up. I'll make you part of my banner.

This Keeps Getting Worse

The Update now has the names of those killed and injured in the big wreck yesterday. Those dead were all 20 and under. I noticed that the young girl was listed in the "funerals" section of the Update this morning but they didn't make the connection at the time.

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

Let's see, can you pick out the hottest judge on the Texas Supreme Court? Hey, now.
I recorded last night, but haven't watched, Gasland on HBO which I think is a documentary on natural gas drilling. It's been getting lots of press.
That son of the Dallas Police Chief who killed two people over the weekend sounds like he was one disturbed individual. (He ended up killing an innocent guy and then killing the cop who was the first responder.)
And Fox 4 said last night that someone at the apartment complex took a cell phone pic of the first guy that was murdered and uploaded it to the Internet. That's beyond ghoulish.
Being know as the police chief whose son was a "cop killer" isn't exactly an enviable position.
This heat isn't as intense as the Summer of 1980, but its got some similarities right now.
Holy cow, I just saw the photo of the car that was occupied by the now three dead individuals in last night's Wise County crash. (Scroll down on Update.)
But in the description of the story at the top of the Update, the word "cranium" seems like an odd use of the word.
After listening to Greg "The Hammer" Williams return to radio on The Fan for the last handful of weeks, it sounds like he's going to be all right. (But what's with that late afternoon show? Sounds like a couple of guys from Philly who just say stupid things to rile people up.)
I always buy little tomatoes that are packaged in a red mesh. In an undisclosed grocery store not in Wise County yesterday, I picked one up which also had packaged within it a dead baby mouse. Yep. Dead. Baby. Mouse. (I'm pretty sure it was not on the list of ingredients.) In order to avoid seeing some housewife scream bloody murder, I took it to a clerk and told him he might want to get rid of it. He wasn't as shocked to see it as I was which make me thinks those guys see a lot of weird things.
I took a picture of it.
Channel 8's Cynthia Izaguirre's nose ran into a garage door that is keeping here temporarily off the air.
Crazy thing about World Cup soccer injuries: They immediately run two guys onto the field with a stretcher who plop the injured player (or faker) on there and run him off. It's very Benny Hill.
I've had lots of clients over the last year that were out of work due to the oil field going bust. But I've noticed more than one tell me they'll be going to work in Pennsylvania where drilling is booming. Pennsylvania?
According to the Dallas Morning News twitter feed, they are about to report on a 9 month old that was seriously injured last night while riding a motorcycle driven by a 12 year old. Good grief. Edit: Wow. They retracted it. No serious injury and no infant.
If I don't get an "A" for this golden Random Thoughts edition from commenter/grader/mystery man "Jim", I'm filing a protest.

6.21.2010

Double Fatality Up By the Rest Stop On 287

Edit @ 7:46 p.m.: Wow. Three now confirmed dead.

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.

6.20.2010

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.

6.18.2010

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.