KXAS's Kim Fisher Got An "Awesome" Live Shot

I guess the grief about the dead toddler subsided after an hour.

Link.

(Yeah, this is a little nit picky, but two see those two posts side by side struck me as odd.)

Economic News This Morning With Battling Tweets

And CNN is liberal?

"Daddy's Baby Girl!!!!"

If you've been whipped by the last five seconds of this commercial, this guy's past (and current problem) will get your attention.

She's A Born Showman Like Her Momma

Story.

Those In Martha's Vineyard Think Differently Than Wise County

Who knew?

(Thanks, Keith.)

Brit At The Beach: Day Two

More.

Guy Gets Arrested For Calling Cop Nazi

The arrestee might be a little drunk, but I think he's dead on about being wrongfully arrested.

(I was told to skip to the 5:50 mark so I don't know what happened before that.)

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• There was a story last night where a respected prosecutor of DWI cases in Tarrant County was recommending that "deferred adjudication" become available for first time offenders. But as much as I appreciated that, I couldn't get past the local newscaster saying currently first time DWI defendants "just get jail time." Any one want to do a smidgen of research on that?
• Saw former Cowboy Robert Newhouse on the news last night recovering from a stroke. Felt bad for him. 
• Two things that drive me nuts: The annual "fried food" entries at the Texas State Fair and the national "air guitar" championships. Idiocracy.
• Hot girl jumps around during Colts pre-season came. You're welcome. 
• "Man In Short Shorts And Halter top Terrorizing Dallas Airport." You're welcome, again. 
• And we saw the obligatory story on the local news last night about some kid who won't cut his hair for school. Get the scissors.
• A Newsweek column last week pointed out, with the barrage of constant text messaging and Internet access, we are no longer ever "bored."
• How do I get one of those "International Intelligence Agent" badges that the guy had who was arrested in Denton yesterday?
• Football fans: Look at these career NFL records for field goal percentage. Wow, kickers used to be bad. (And you can spend hours at profootballreference.com)
• The City of Decatur has a multi-page ordinance regulating business signs, but every month it seems like the City Council grants a variance. The newest one is to Wendy's. 
• I've somehow won the position of making sure the household wakes up. I don't want that pressure. Edit: Well, I wake her up and then she wakes the kids up. 
• The NFL is getting close to an 18 game regular season with two preseason games. The players' union needs to get their act together.

"Brandon From Bridgeport" Was On Rangers Post Game Show

He's on the far left. Not sure about the photo bomber or the gal.

Small Things That Drive Me Nuts

What a tough judge!!!! He really gave it to that guy!!!

Nope. It was a capital murder case where the State did not seek the death penalty. Once convicted, it was an "automatic" life sentence. I guess the sentence was "handed down  . . . after hearing statements from the victim's family" but he didn't have a choice.

Brit At The Beach!

Mayor Candidate Is Back: Proposes Marriage

(And, sheesh, guys. I was kidding about voting for him.)

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• I'm not sure what I think about it: Channel 8 went after Southlake's new quarterback last night. They made it a lengthy lead story with the the issue being whether his family has technically moved to the town from Oklahoma. (I'm guessing the highlight was his dad being tracked down gassing up his boat in Oklahoma and throwing a bag of ice at a cameraman.)
• And Southlake's athletic director reminded me of the nervous Martin Short skit from SNL when he was portrayed being interviewed by 60 Minutes. (I just looked that up and that's a 1984 reference. Good grief.)
• Speaking of Short, his wife just died. 
• Fox 4 Frenzy: They went bonkers at 5 and 6 about a "kidnapped" child from a Dallas elementary school. The story didn't make sense at all. At 10, they announced the child wasn't kidnapped at all -- just the victim of mistaken identity.
• A marijuana case was tried in the County Court at Law in Decatur yesterday. Looked like the issue was whether the defendant actually lived in the house where the Devil's Lettuce was found.
• That's four trials in the CCL in the last two weeks. I think the breakdown is two guilty verdicts, one acquittal and one directed verdict for the defendant (by a visiting judge.)
• Enrollment at Chico ISD this fall is down almost 10%. Wow. 
• Texas Rangers' financial statement released yesterday: They spend $234,000 a year on baseballs.
• Beating: Waking up in the middle of the night, hearing wonderful rain, then hearing howling dog in the backyard caught in it. That caused me to stumble out of bed and pick the wet mutt up and put him temporarily in the garage.
• While waiting on the school bus yesterday, some people looked at me like Chris Hansen on Dateline. 
• While you slept: At least 46 killed in Iraq as bombs explode all over the country. (Flashback to "Mission Accomplished" photo.)
• It's amazing that the skydiver who got caught on a Ranger Stadium light pole last night didn't get hurt.
• John McCain won the GOP nomination for Senator last night in Arizona. Same verse, same as the first. No wonder "hope and change" sounds so good.

Woah

I'd Vote For This Guy

Nothing like running for mayor and using all your precious TV time to serenade the Fox Providences version of Fiona with a Christian song.   He's fearless! Maybe a little nutty, but fearless! That's some change we can believe in!

Side notes: (1) is it a condition of the employment of all Fox affiliates that the female be hot? and (2) how'd she not bust out laughing.

Ouch

Link.

The head push into the metal door frame probably didn't feel to good, but the slam onto the ground at the 1:04 mark was over the top.

That's A Little Harsh

Portion of a full page ad being run by Democratic challenger Bill White in 20 newspapers today.

Edit: A commenter is correct. It's was paid for by a PAC (although White does play the "he is scared to debate me" card.)

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

Edit: Ooops. This got posted below. My bad.

• Denton County book-in "Hey, now." (Thanks, emailer.)
• Mike Tyson's abandoned mansion. Wow.
• The most violent crash video you've ever seen. (Driver is allegedly still alive, and this happened yesterday). Warning: Disturbing.
• Miss Mexico won the Miss Universe pageant last night. We'd allow her to illegally immigrate, wouldn't we?
• First day of school was hectic but smoothly execute. I don't know how a single parent does it.
• Fall movie preview from the Dallas Morning News.
• I waited on a school bus this morning. I had never done that before. 
• The Rangers almost threw a multi-pitcher no-hitter last night. That was kind of fun.
• Caught Mark Cuban on Entourage from Sunday night. He's a heck of a lot bigger than I thought. (But he explains it by saying you always see him standing next to seven footers.)
• The heat was a beating yesterday -- I'm not sure I remember that much heat combined with no wind.
• I've been up since 4:50 a.m., yet I'm still scrambling.