That Girl Takes A Great Book In Photo

Arrested for cocaine. In Las Vegas?

Friday Night Lights

Alvord at	16
Millsap	14
	FINAL
Godley at	49
Boyd	6
	FINAL
Bridgeport at	49
Glen Rose	26
	FINAL
Chico at	18
Perrin-Whitt	28
	FINAL
Decatur at	35
Whitesboro	20
	FINAL
Carr. Creekview at	17
Northwest	21
	FINAL
Venus at	0
Paradise	40

A Photo Bomb Takes Us Into The Weekend

Was actually at some Dallas club.

(Oh, and the fat guy we saw the other day has released a new dance video. I'll be bustin' a move to what he taught me.)

Worst Football Play Ever

Botched pitch, botched scramble to get away from defenders (run the other way!), and topped off by a crazed throw the ball up in the air move.

(No idea who, where, or when.)

Ruling This Morning

That WFAA report leaves Southlake in a bit of a pickle considering they've got a game tonight.

Story.

Day 3

Meet Mr. Lucky

He gets two life sentences for Aggravated Kidnapping out of Denton County even though the victim died during trial and wasn't able to testify.  No problem. The State admitted the victim's deposition testimony (and depositions are odd in criminal cases and are rarely allowed, but the judge let it happen in this case because the victim was gravely ill.)

Oops. The State took the deposition even though the Defendant couldn't be present because the Feds had scooped him up from the Denton County Jail in the middle of the night. (Federal government is out of control.)

That's a problem so says the Fort Worth Court of Appeals in an opinion released this morning. (PDF file). That little "Confrontation Clause" means he should have been allowed to be at the deposition. Convictions reversed.

Note: He had a ton of prior convictions according to this background story and at least one of them was from Wise County.

(The guy might not be lucky at all. I have no idea if the Feds pursued charges and I have no idea if there is sufficient evidence to retry him.)

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• It is six days to the start of college football season, so I'll start a countdown of the cheerleaders of the greatest sport in the history of ever. Today: TCU.
• On Fox 4 this morning, while covering the DWI story about changing the law to allow "deferred adjudication", anchor Lauren Przybyl referred to it as "deferred ajudification." 
• The Star Telegram has a story about a proposal to turn the Trinity River into a tubing friendly like the river in New Braunfels. One word: Nasty.
• I hope I'm qualified to give volleyball tips because I've been doing it a lot of it during my evening hours.
• There are a bunch of miners trapped in Chile and it may take four months to get them out. Rescue workers snaked a camera down to them yesterday and released grainy video footage. Wow.
• Ranger fans: What the heck has happened to Cliff Lee?
• Another Wise County Pee Wee football rant by a transplant. 
• Back to the cheerleader theme: UTA?
• Funny line about Bristol Palin being on Dancing With The Stars: "What star will she be paired with?"
• We're coming up on the five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. I went and looked back about what I thought about it as it was approaching and it turns out I was spot on. (Complete with satellite image.) That's why I'm the most trusted name in weather.
• Collateral thought: I've been running this blog for five years?
• I think the City of Denton has a new book-in camera. Clarity has improved.

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.