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Not Much Privacy In This World

Just a couple of interesting twitpics that went up. One is of Braylon Edwards (the Jets receiver arrested for DWI last night -- caught before driving) and the other is Tom Hicks trying to get something done in NYC this afternoon (probably trying to unload the Liverpool soccer club.)

Not Only Are The Alleged Drugs Odd . . .

. . . what's that on his face? A spit protector?

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Ain't This America, It's Something to See

We've got hot girls, a fat guy, a MMA fight, and the worst national anthem I've ever heard (other than Carl Lewis and Roseanne Barr.)

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• I whining kitten is driving me crazy right now. And if you chew through that electrical cord I'll be seeing your skeleton like in a cartoon in a second. 
• Just saw that a trooper was killed in a crash in Montague County last night. (I check my database and saw that I was in a hearing with him in 2003.) WBAP says it involved avoiding cow and being hit by an 18 wheeler on 287.  Edit: The newspaper in Bowie has some info.
• Wow. Bleachers collapse at a Brazil race injuring 111. Video. (It's like falling dominoes of people)
• I live in a house where 75% of its members are giddy over the Glee premiere tonight. What?
• Is being a 23 year old NFL player who hasn't got on the field for his first two years due to injuries enough to kill yourself? Maybe so for a Denver Bronco yesterday. Good grief. 2010 is the year of the suicide. Edit: I stand corrected. He was placed on injured reserved last year but played a little before getting hurt.
• Everybody got all excited about In-N-Out burger coming to 7th Street in Fort Worth. Me? Meh. (But that 7th Street development is really cool.)
• Nine American soldiers died in Afghanistan this morning. Get. Us. Out. 
• Hey, Tea Party folks: Christine O'Donnell will end up hurting your cause.
• College football fans: Have you ever seen Crunch Time on ESPNU? Fantastic.
• Yesterday Lindsay Lohan has a warrant issued for a failed drug test and Paris Hilton admitted to using drugs in open court (photo). What's happened to the women in my life?
• Sportz: Reggie Bush has a fractured fibula and Jets Braylon Edwards got arrested last night on DWI. Fantasy Football owners panic across the nation. (I'm 2-0 in our Wise County league, by the way.)
• For most of my life I've been a night owl --- rarely getting to bed before midnight. Over the last year I've made it a point to go to bed before 11:00 and shoot for 10:30.  It's made a world of difference.
• And one thing I don't suffer from is insomnia. I'm fast asleep within five minutes of my head hitting the pillow. 
• There's a crazy Twitter virus this morning. I think it's so bad they are shutting down the site. 
• I may start using the New York Post for the "above the fold" feature  -- it's far more entertaining. (And I figured this one would please the masses.) I'm shocked -- absolutely shocked -- that Fox and Friends had her on this morning.

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?

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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

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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.