This Video Is All Over The Place . . .

. . . and it should be. That's insane.

Edit: Background.

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• One odd adjustment to this marriage gig with kids? Having to be careful with what I watch on TV. I'll record Entourage, Hard Knocks, and other HBO type stuff and used to fire it up any time I wanted. No more. Offended little ears and a mad mother are no way to go through life, son. 
• One in five U.S. adults smoke? I don't believe that for a moment.
• 5K fun runs used to be the norm but now they are tricking them up with obstacles. They had one in Bridgeport a few months back and this one in Roanoke this weekend sounds kind of fun.
• The Rangers are only in first place because they are (1) amazingly in a four team division and (2) the other three teams couldn't beat Chico.
• I'm guessing it's just an online mistake, but the Messenger's PDF paper this morning has two page 5s and no page 6 (which is where all the Editorial/Letters are carried over to.) But I might pick up a hard copy to see if that mistake actually occurred there as well.
• Have my number of postings slowed down? Yeah. Has the quality, too? Yeah. Don't worry. I'm committed to silliness. 
• I've heard about the Florida church that plans on holding the "Burn The Quran" this Saturday but have refused to post anything about it. It's so stupid that even I won't be sucked in. At least until now.
• Mrs. LL said she was almost blow off 287 in Rhome during the "tornado warning" yesterday.
• I fear the hydroplaning. 
• There was a picture of Hooter Girls taken over the weekend at a charity golf tournament, but something seems to stick out.
• Speaking of the Messenger, I like the concept of having the writers and editors do a sports "pick em" grid like the Dallas Morning News (and most big papers) does. But they picked only four college games this week and one of them is Wyoming v. Texas. But - get this - they don't use a point spread. Really? You boys going out on a limb by all picking Texas straight up?
• For you delusional folks that think we invaded Iraq "to liberate those people", why do we sit back and allow this to go on?
• We've named our new dog "Precious" after (don't tell the kids) the dog from Silence of the Lambs. I'll be coaxing her to get in the basket if she keeps whining.
• Saw a piece on Fox 4 where the Dallas County DA paraded a group of prosecutors, victims and exoneree in front of the Commissioners' Court to persuade them not to cut his budget like every other department. It worked.  He's shameless, no scholar, not much of a lawyer, but a heck of a politician. His plan worked.
• I purchased the NFL Red Zone for the year. Unlike the crazily expensive Sunday Ticket (which allows you to see every NFL game), the Red Zone cost $5 a month.
• Lake Bridgeport water level.  The rain hasn't had the immediate impact that you would think, but it'll continue to rise for a couple of days
• Lingerie football pics in a Star Telegram sister site?

Oh, My

"Left to right – Princess Letizia of Spain, French first lady Carla Bruni and, Michelle Obama."


I'm trying to verify this because it seems tricked up. Anyone? Here's the First Lady in that dress. I wonder if the other to gals have been photoshopped in. 

We've Got A Pink Shape Floating Over Us At 4:25 p.m.

I suppose that's important.

Edit: Tornado warning? Sirens went off in Decatur.

Edit: Messenger says "BREAKING NEWS - Rotation has been spotted between FM 2264 and US 380 headed North."

Edit: Delkus had it covered, too

Last paragraph. First sentence.

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• Rain for the next two days? Where did Tropical Storm Hermine come from? I've already experienced some serious rain this morning. 
• The National Geographic Channel is promoting "Giuliani's 9/11" and the former mayor is all over it. No one has tried to profit off the tragedy more than that guy. 
• After watching a few episodes of Hard Knocks, I despise Jets coach Rex Ryan. Classless.
• He's just like his daddy.
• How can you not believe in Boise State? Every time that team is in the spotlight, it wins.
• Sign in the stands that I remember from last year: "Boise Is Not A State. We Checked."
• A tradition that I was oblivious to but now am a big fan of: Virginia Tech entering the stadium to the music of "Enter Sandman".
• It's amazing the Jerry Lewis Telethon is still going on. And they've raised how much money? And they've cured what? 
• I can't wait to watch Nancy Grace's new show, Swift Justice. It looks like she'll become even more of a cartoon character. 
• The Google's logo turns into bouncing balls today. And you can scatter them with a mouse over move.
• Lady received $9,000 phone bill after using her phone extensively while on a trip to Israel. I blame her. 

Belated Monday Morning Random Labor Day Thoughts

• I installed three ceiling fans this weekend. The first one took about eight hours. The second one about 45 minutes.
• I now understand the term "learning curve." 
• Never before have I cared so much about the difference between a #8 and a #10 screw.
• I also had to buy a "screw extractor" and a "T wrench". That should tel you I was beaten down to no end. 
• Home Depot should make me honorary Chairman of the the Board based upon the amount of money, and the insane number of trips, that I allocated to the company this weekend.
• I jogged in the morning all three weekend days. Fantastic.
• My post jog this morning involved the oldest stepdaughter (hate that term) riding her bike with me. What a great experience.
• TCU did well.
• I could have sworn I heard the Texas Tech crowd chant "BOR-ING" after the Raiders first offensive series.
• They might run a silly hurry up offense, and they'll miss Mike Leach, but the offense is not boring.
• Oklahoma looked unenthused. As did the Evil Empire.
• For the first time in years I dressed casually last Friday. Then my assistant reminded me I had two court appearances (which I swore weren't on my calender but were). I ran home and changed into a suit. Beating. 
• I'm waiting for a toy dog to arrive at the house as a new member. He's from Oklahoma. I'm plan on reminding this very Empire friendly house about that every day.
• Remember the fight between the young guy and the old guy at the U.S. Open I posted the Friday? Now there's audio. (Language warning. Big. Time.)
• Guy gets hit in the head with a foul ball during batting practice. The Zapruder film quality begins at the 30 second mark. Ouch. 
• Ugh. Saw a news story of  six month old being killed in a crash on I-35 just north of Hillsboro. Why does it seem even more horrible when you know the stretch of highway?
• I just woke up from a nap and feel like Otis from the Andy Griffith Show after a bender. 
• The Deutsche Bank golf tournament was on TV this weekend. I just love being able to pronounce it: Doy-cha Bank. By the way, that outfit was one of the biggest suckers of credit default swaps during the last-big-economic-crisis. 

Random Denton County Book In Photos From The Weekend

Bad night?

Completely Missed This A Couple Of Weeks Ago

Thanks Melissa. (I need to check my Facebook more often).

Friday Night Lights

Whitewright at	14
Alvord	6
	FINAL
Boyd at	26
Gunter	35
	4th
Decatur at	33
Gainesville	41
	FINAL
Burkburnett at	14
Bridgeport	50
	FINAL
Allen at	46
Northwest	7
	FINAL
Henrietta at	7
Paradise	27

Verdict In A Case I Mentioned In Random Thoughts

(story continued.)

The range was a maximum of 20 years and a minimum of probation.

Although she is eligible for parole in 2 years, trust me, she'll serve the whole thing.

It's TCU Day At Love Field

And a faithful reader sends along this pic as proof.

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• It's Friday. It's a three day weekend. It's the opening week of college football. A cool front has blown through and it may be in the upper 50s tomorrow morning to compliment this morning's 70. Everybody happy?
• Bad texting Fort Worth bailiff. 
• I'm writing this sentence at 6:00 a.m. and I think I hear someone practicing the flute. What?
• The media's coverage of your typical spare hurricane goes from intense to apathetic the moment it hits.
• The new national unemployment rate was announced this morning: Went from 9.5% to 9.6%. Is it ever going to start coming down?
• A "jayhawk" is a mythical bird? I would have sworn I heard people point them out to me when I was a kid.
• Great moment in the Pitt/Utah game last night: Coach tries the stupid call-timeout-the-second-before-opposing-kicker-attempts-a-field-goal trick only to see the kick sail off to the right and be no good as the ref calls the play dead. The kicker's do over sailed through the uprights.
• Old guy/young guy New Yorker fight in the stands of the U.S. Open. Waiting for it is half the fun. 
• Had the always uncomfortable moment yesterday when  I was recognized by an old high school friend outside of Wise County and drew a blank when I looked at her. (I'm awful about that.) I issued my standard response of, "I'm sorry. Help me." She did and my memories came rushing back. 
• More bad Fort Worth PD: An officer was fired over excessive force in an incident that no one had ever heard of. (When I saw the headline, I expected it to be the cop that face planted the handcuffed guy in the jail a couple of weeks ago.) 
• Mormon porn? 
• Didn't watch a second of the Cowboys' preseason game last night. 
• How many would have bet that 10 years after 9/11 that Ground Zero would remain vacant?
• Fox and Friends resident simpleton, Brian Kilmeade, is in Texas this morning playing with former President Bush. Fair and balanced. 

Double Rainbow Guy Got A Windows Commercial Gig?

(I debated between this or a sneaky cat or a kid in a wheelchair being hypnotized and having things not go well. It's stuff being all things to all people.)

"My Daddy Taught Me Good"

The only way this lady survived is by keeping her mouth shut.  If she had started babbling like that, even her co-victims would have demanded she be shot.

But now I've got "Backing up. Backing up. Backing up." stuck in my head.

Uh oh. This sounds familiar.

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• Dove season has to be a game warden's favorite time of year. So many people to detain on just a whim. Or maybe not even a whim. 
• Worst job in the world: Being a broadcaster on the Cowboys' super meaningless preseason game tonight.
• There was an overturned car in Rhome this morning.
• Fox 4 spent an inordinate amount of time on a story that wasn't a story last night: An American Airlines flight was delayed at DFW after a pilot was accused of drinking although it turned out he hadn't been drinking. 
• A Vanity Fair reporter was on CNN this morning and said about Sarah Palin, "There is no topic that is too small for her to lie about." And "the only time she treats other people well are when other people are watching." Apparently the magazine has a new article about her.
• I tried to help with subtracting negative integers last night. I'm not smarter than a seventh grader. 
• Before 8:00 a.m. this morning there looked like a pretty big fire somewhere in the middle of the Decatur/Paradise/Bridgeport triangle. 
• That was a heck of a fight last night in the Marlins/Florida game last night. 
• Nothing like being awaken by a lightening blast. 
• Rick Perry doesn't like gay people.
• One of those many wrong way drivers on the tollway that happened last year went to trial this week in Collin County on charges of Intoxication Manslaughter. Punishment verdict probably today. 

Rainbow In Southern Wise County Tonight

Credit.

It's not a double rainbow across the sky but pretty darn good.