Mascot on Mascot Violence

I really don't think much of this, but it's being posted everywhere this morning.

(And the attacking mascot better be careful doing that in Ohio State's stadium. Those people are crazy.)

Edit: Man, I missed this more violent tackle by the Oakland Raiders yesterday.

Somebody Call The Twitter Police

The Messenger is abusing it!!!!

Big Tex Looks Like He's In Critical Condition This Morning

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• Bill White has received a ton of money from Trial Lawyers. Regardless of the amount, the bad press that goes along with it isn't worth it. 
• The chance of getting in the playoffs after starting 0-2 is slightly higher than 10%. 
• Is there anything more defeating than looking at Wade Phillips on the sideline?
• Unluckiest man in the world? North Texas coach Todd Dodge. With a good showing against Clemson, his star quarterback dislocates a hip on the last series of the game. Then this weekend he loses his backup to a broken leg. 
• I guess those miners are still trapped in Chile.
• AnObiter's blog has been mentioning a kid that was beaten by other kids from his high school school. And her latest update has the shocking statement of "he probably won't keep his teeth." The best I can tell, the cops are involved. It has to be either Northwest ISD or Boyd. Not sure which. Anyone?
• I'm not sure what's more amazing: Delaware Tea Party golden child Christine O'Donnell admitting to dabbling in witchcraft or that she was on a show with Bill Maher in 1999. 
• I wondered when this was going to happen: Guy almost gets killed by the sharp end of a broken bat. 
• Funny video of NFL officials trying to get a Giant's helmet back from the crowd after the goof ball threw it in there. (But, man that's one ugly gal that appears halfway threw it.)

The Gutsiest Call In The History Of Ever

It's overtime. Notre Dame has kicked a field goal and you need to do the same to send it to the second overtime.

Wow.

And to make it more bizarre, Michigan State's coach suffered a heart attack after the game.

It's Official: I've Lost Control Of My House

Who are these people? How did they get control?

Spot The "Oh, My" Paragraph

This Made Me Think

This stopped me down.

During the Cowboy game I browsed around Facebook and came across this. Beth Hutto Costner died this week and the news hurt. She was a classmate of mine and lived one street over. We played together as kids, we talked about life, we talked about religion.  I remember her smile.

She was a good person.

But there was a little bit of controversy on FB when someone posted this picture. Is it offense? Is it distasteful?

Honestly, I don't know.

Interestingly, the Dallas Morning News photo blog tackled the same issue a couple of weeks ago.

TCU/Baylor Observations

• What I beating. The final score was 45-10. It could have been 100-10.
• Baylor's coach Art Briles was quoted after the game saying, "I feel embarrassed for Baylor University." Preach on, bruther.
• I still don't know if Baylor is awful or TCU is great, or both.
• I've watched every Baylor game over the last two decades and I never remember any team scoring five TDs on their first five possessions. That was a beating of biblical proportions.
• We parked at the Colonial Country Club thinking we could take a shuttle. (I did that a couple of years ago but forgot I had an invitation to a party nearby where wristbands were handed out for shuttle service.) Feeling uneasy, I asked a guy walking by if this was "public parking". He told me, "No, it's for Colonial members only." That doesn't sound bad, but he said it in a tone just like Judge Smails in Caddyshack. I almost started laughing. 
• Mrs. LL will walk forever and love it and not even think about complaining. Me likey. 
• We left in the second quarter. The second quarter!!!! We weren't alone. 
• After TCU quickly went up 14-0, I turned to Mrs. LL and said, "You have no idea how long I've suffered."
• TCU fans do not taunt. As much as they've been beating their chest over the last few years, they are gracious winners.
• As I type this, I'm watching the final moments of Tech losing to the Empire 24-14. Sorry, but Mike Leach's Raiders would have won that going away.
• And Mac Engel at the Star-Telegram is a fraud. (Trust me, I follow his lame Twitter posts.) There is no such thing as a $15 ticket.

Oh, My

Story.

Messenger Above The Fold

Sportzzzz

Bridgeport 37 Prosper 32
Paradise 35 Alvord 13
Decatur 34,Carrollton Ridgeview 28
Grapevine Faith 44 Boyd 0

Edit: I stole these scores from the Messenger website. I promise that had Carrollton Ridgeview instead of Carrollton Ranchview. That's what I get for stealing.

He's Kidding, Right?

An email sent out by the Bill White campaign (WBAP's Mark Davis jumped on it this morning as being pretty moronic. It is):


Why won't Rick Perry invite women to join him at the dinner table?

That's the question everyone's asking after the Dallas Morning News revealed that Perry's planning a "male-oriented" fundraising dinner where "a few, select men can pay $15,000 each to eat pheasant and wild sausage and have meaningful conversation with the governor."

How about their wives and "significant others"? Well, they're welcome to join the men for post-dinner festivities.

Only in Rick Perry's Texas would the voices of women be considered so unwelcome.

Please contribute $5 toward Bill White's 5,000-donation goal right now to elect a governor who will make sure every Texan has a seat at the table.

It's no wonder Rick Perry can't prepare Texas for the 21st century; he's still stuck in the 19th.

As Christy Hoppe, a writer for the Dallas Morning News, quipped, Rick Perry must want to keep women away from the dinner table so as not to "worry their pretty little heads over all the big words, male talk and cigar smoke."

Whatever Rick Perry's reason for excluding women from his "meaningful" dinner conversation, it's just plain wrong. But this is exactly how Rick Perry runs his state: Some people are invited to the table, and other people simply aren't.

Please contribute $5 toward Bill White's 5,000-donation goal right now to elect a governor for all Texans.

We need a governor who believes that every Texan ought to be at the table when decisions are made or when policy is discussed with the governor.

Thank you for everything you do to elect a governor who'll respect the views of every Texan.

Sincerely,



Ann TravisSenior Advisor
Bill White for Texas

P.S. Perry's press spokesperson claims that females are welcome, but the invitation says the attire is "blue jeans, boots & sport coat." This is the second "wild game" dinner and Perry's campaign hasn't released the names of those who attended the first.

Edit: I have no idea what that corrected formatting was about.

Friday Randomness Ctd.

What junk food does to girls. 

Do not try to hand this lady's husband an advertisement for escorts on the Vegas strip. (Language warning.) And, if you've ever been there, you know what a beating that is.

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• Tech fans plan to be silent when The Evil Empire enters the field on Saturday  night as an intimidation ploy. That would probably work if you could convince tens of thousands of hyped up fans to shut up. Not gonna happen.
• A chat with Decatur guy that came in second on Big Brother. (I didn't read it.) 
• The rumor is that the Black Eyed Peas would be the halftime performers at the Super Bowl in Arlington. Big thumbs up. 
• Lady says she has acid thrown into her face and becomes a Celebrity Victim. Now she says the injuries were self inflicted, but no one knows why. Uh, weird. (I would be mad at her but she's the one with the acid scarred face.)
• I just had a 12 year old do a rap about Reese's Puffs cereal here at the breakfast table. "You put the milk on em. They taste like chocolate."
• If you didn't know the difference, you'd think Bill White was running as a Republican based on his commercials.
• At 1:00 p.m. in downtown Chico on Saturday there will be a public reading of the Constitution. (Per Update.) The reading of the Bible all the way through is a good idea too until you get to those "begat" passages.
• There was a murder/suicide at Johns Hopkins Hospital and in Lewisville yesterday and in both locations cops sent in a robot to determine if the shooter was dead. 
• There sure were a lot of people jump on me yesterday supporting the life without parole sentence for the Deaf Defendant. Hey, the sentence may be justified but can you really have that opinion without knowing the facts of the case?
• The littlest girl in the house exclaimed, "There must be a million news shows on TV."  Probably need to throw on the Disney Channel every now and then. 
• Speaking of murder/suicide, the shocking final report of the Coppell mayor who shot her daughter and then herself was released. The shooting of the daughter occurred early in the morning, and then the mayor/mother ran errands the rest of the day and didn't kill herself until at least 14 hours later. 
• You can ride in a balloon at the Plano Hot Air Balloon Festival this weekend. Cost: $250 per person.
• When I was the DA, I'm proud to say I never texted a victim: "Are you the kind of girl that likes secret contact with an older married elected DA … the riskier the better?”  But this guy did.
• Prosecutors always refer to themselves as "wearing the white hat."

From The Masses

Breaking News: Victoria Secret Models Are Hot

More of them.

DPS Misinformation?

DPS Public Information Office just posted this. Over 25,000? So far?  This is the 259th day of the year so were talking over 96 people a day if my new math skills are working.

I find that hard to believe, but even my Googling skills for past stats haven't been successful enough for me to confirm or deny this. Anyone?

Edit: Finally found the official stats page. Wow. The number in the tweet is shockingly LOW.

(Technical note: The use of the acronym "DUI" in the official DPS report is weird. For minors who have consumed alcohol but are not drunk, it is "DUI." For drunk driving adults, it is officially "DWI". But the same page of the report from the excerpt says that ".3 %" of the 96,350 were juveniles so the total number includes both DUI and DWI despite "DWI" not being used.)