Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• Six teenagers drown in the Red River in Louisiana. Three each from two families. None knew how to swim.
• Place your bets: Can the Texas Rangers possibly blow an eight game lead down the stretch? I'm a little nervous about that.
• And the "auction" of the Rangers that occurs today is incredibly confusing.
• Obama is sticking to his end of August timeline to get out of Iraq. There were 144,000 troops there when he took office. Soon there will be next to nothing. That's a huge campaign promise that was kept.
• Now get us out of Afghanistan. (I know I say that every week, but I think it more often than that.)
• I was in a Fort Worth post office yesterday. When did every postal worker get so friendly? I mean eerily friendly.
• Sarah Palin was on Fox News Sunday last weekend and uttered the phrase "In Alaska, we know only dead fish go with the flow." Host Chris Wallace acted like he had never heard that line before (even though she famously used it in her governor resignation speech.) How do I know that and he doesn't?
• I got to be checked out by a Walmart gal who acted exactly likely the Asian character "Jodi" who had a minor dope smoking girlfriend role in Knocked Up.
• Falling 500 feet to death with your wife while hiking in Colorado is not a way I want to go. Horrible.
• I woke up late this morning. I'm beginning not to trust my alarm which isn't a good feeling.
• Isn't Deal or No Deal a show that could take place in about five minutes instead of thirty?
• I've heard it's "Shark Week" but it would take me a bit to find that channel.
• I bought TCU/Baylor tickets yesterday.
• I don't know who Sophie Turner is, but she went to the beach. Hey, now.
• Breaking: At least three dead in Connecticut workplace shooting this morning. I fear the workplace shooting. Edit: Body count is up to 9 by noon.
• I think I fixed my computer virus by tinkering in the Registry. Always a dangerous proposition.

Channel 8 Covered Bridgeport Power Outage

Power Outage In Bridgeport?

So says the Messenger?

Any reports from you folks over there looking at your dark computer monitor?

From A Criminal Defense Lawyer Message Board

Rising Star: Antoine Dodson

This came out last week and it didn't really do much for me, but a lot of people get a kick out of it. The star of our show makes an appearance at the 1:03 which is the whole reason for the video's popularity.

Wise County Referenced In Today's NY Times

Link.

(Thanks, commenter.)

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• Bud Kennedy has a pretty good column about the weekend of the crash at DFW in 1985.
• And WBAP played the cockpit tapes from the crash this morning. Wow. I had never heard those. You could hear emergency warnings going up and a computer voice saying "Pull up. Pull up."
• I did "family grocery shopping" for the first time last night. Oh, my.
• Lindsay's free!
• I can't tell you how disappoinged I at at McAfee Security. After buying their virus protection program two weeks ago, I was hit with one yesterday. And a full scan now doesn't even detect it.
• Got to see the inside of an apartment/condo at the converted Montgomery Ward off of 7th Street in Fort Worth. Not bad.
• They are going to try the "static kill" on BP well this week. That could make the temporary fix a permanent one.
• The second story in the Update makes it sound like DPS can't test blood for marijuana. It can, just not at that lab in Garland.
• I haven't heard any updates on the Montague County Judge's death. If it turns out to be a suicide, we are in the midst of an epidemic of them.
• Very funny picture: Dad poses with barracuda and daughter after the barracuda took a piece out of the girl's arm.
• Drove a Uhaul truck this weekend without incident. But the check in line in Fort Worth was ridiculous. After waiting 30 minutes I was reminded that I hadn't filled the big rig up with gas and there would be a $30 refueling fee. But I was given the chance to get out of line, wait for the truck to be pulled back around, fight Saturday traffic to find a gas station and come back and stand in line. Nope. I'll eat the $30.
• All of Weatherford will be without water temporarily this morning.

Why Facebook Is Great

Someone finds an old picture, "tags" you in it, and you discover something you've never seen before. (Even back then I was wearing a suit. Lower left.) (Thanks, Jon.)

Bloom! The House Is On Fire

Kinda reminds me of that "It's fun to do bad things" kid.

Rankings Released: Is Our Children Learning?*

Search on your own.

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* Proof that this is correct grammar

Boom

Tornado Kick To The Head Kevin | MySpace Video Once the kick lands, he does a walk which is exactly like something I've seen on TV before. But I just can't place it.

Email News

Edit: I'm getting some reports questioning the suicide angle.

Weiner Goes Crazy

We need more of this. The Brit's have it right.

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

(Bonus pic since the one below is apparently a repeat)

• Is this a mistake? Jarhead's blog is open to the unwashed masses!
• I rarely mention it but, Crazy Texas Mommy's blog is funny.
• I'm driving a small U-haul truck this weekend. I expect tragedy.
• A story that makes me cringe every time: Toddler run over in his own driveway in Saginaw. I cannot imagine.
• Shocking Time cover this week.
• Hottest weekend of year coming up. Then next week will be a beating as well.
• You know, if you attach one of those broom stick handles to your paint roller, it makes your job a heck of a lot easier.
• I mentioned the crash of Flight 191 at DFW Airport a couple of months ago but I was reminded this morning that it killed the driver of a car on highway 114 when it crashed. (It's the 25th Anniversary.)
• The UIL tested 3,308 high school students last year for steroids. The results released yesterday: Not a single one tested positive. Can we stop the testing now?
• Gary Cogill says Inception is the best film he has seen in two years. (The director also didMomento Memento so I bet it will make your head hurt.)
• I'm craving home grown tomatoes. Are there any sellers in Decatur?
• Richie Whitt ranks the Top 50 "Power Brokers" in DFW sports.
• The Collin County District Clerk and a lot of her staff get indicted for Organized Crime? If every county employee were indicted for campaigning on county time, we wouldn't have much of a county government left.
• Remember that NY Giants' receiver in the Super Bowl who caught the desperation pass from Eli Manning against his helmet? That was his last catch. Ever.

Book In Photo Of The Week

Nothing like driving with three kids in the car and three times the legal amount of alcohol in your system to give you Pouty Lip.

Wreck

Got a report about yet another wreck by the Sheriff's Office on 380. Hey, one of you guys in the building run out there and snap a pic and send it to me. Chop! Chop!

Thursday Afternoon Pick Me Up: Work Out Edition

Wise County Pee Wee Football

If you want the impression of how a recently transplanted city gal thought of her first ever attendance at a Wise County Pee Wee Football practice, go here. Pretty funny.