Acting Like A Fool

Sheesh. And why do I want to go to an NFL game when at least I'm safe on my couch. At least until Mrs. LL slaps me up side of the head for sitting on the couch too much.

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• The chances of Dallas DA Craig Watkins rushing the police-officers-beating-motorcyclist cases to the grand jury for political purposes? 100%.
• The Ranger/Tampa Bay games are at 12:37 p.m. on Wednesday and 1:37 p.m. on Thursday? Does Major League Baseball want to run itself into the ground?
• My Saturday morning walk pic. 
• Before the Texas/OU game someone suggested we walk around the block since it was so nice outside. "How sweet," I thought. When I returned I found the house outfitted in UT streamers and signs. 
• Baylor won big on Saturday (despite a horrible turnout by apathetic students). The last time Baylor won when UT, Tech, and A&M lost was 1991.
• I felt horrible on Saturday morning when I was jogging. A Down's syndrome kid was on the path and ran away from me as I came towards him as his mother, nearby, yelled at him to stop. I wanted to hug the kid. 
• Football note: When it's all said and done, Michigan's QB Denard Robinson may surpass Vince Young as the greatest college football player ever.
• Cool student trick: Iowa kids wearing alternating color shirts depending on what section they were in. But did one section not get the message? 
• I'm getting old: Watching children playing and laughing gives rise to a peaceful feeling. 
• I think the Family Truckster gave up the ghost this morning. Over 200,000 miles and a lot of memories. 
• Parkland Hospital is known around the world as the best burn injury treatment facility in the world. That takes doctors. And one of their best doctors has died: In, ugh, a motorcycle crash.
• "Texas Lawyers Divided Over 'Sex With Clients' Rule." Wait. What?
• Two 19 year olds from Boyd were killed over the weekend in Denton County in a wreck. Hadn't heard about that until I saw it in the Update. 
• Is it just me, or is it odd to refer to your son as "smoking hot"?
• Crazy woman sues Jerry Jones for sexual assault.

Someone Sent Me This And I Can't Get Her (?) Out Of My Head

Here she is in a video clip.

(Thanks, Chris.)

Put This In The "Greatest Golf Photo Ever" Box

Story.

Edit: Someone has pointed out that the "cigar guy" is a hidden piece of gold in this golden photograph:

And you just knew this was coming:

Baylor Game Screenshot Gives Me Confused Head

Messenger Above The Fold

Wise County Crime Report

My Favorite College Football Day Of The Year

Edit: Bring on the Evil Empire!

Edit: Finally, The Empire is destroyed. Oklahoma 28, Texas 20. And on Sunday, they fell out of the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2000.

Friday Night Limited Lights

Graham at	21
Bridgeport	34
Decatur at	42
Burkburnett	41

Another Reason The Internet Will Replace TV. Fired For Offending?

Link. (One of thousands.)

Break Dancing Assault

Bridgeport's Own Featured In Star-Telegram

Link.

OU/UT Cheerleaders in Dallas Yesterday

(Thanks, Keith)

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• What a great Aggie/Oklahoma State game last night. (Hey, Ags, your quarterback is a knucklehead, and you would have won that game going away if you hadn't turned the ball over a million times.)
• Repaving on 287 caused traffic to be backed up for two miles south of Decatur late yesterday afternoon.
• Now it's October. (I didn't get chewed out because the little kid got home late with her momma and announced that she was tired and going to bed.)
• Wow. In a few days, Germany will make a final payment of $97 million to complete it's obligations for damage caused during World War I pursuant to the Treaty of Versailles signed over 90 years ago.  World War I? What's the bill for World War II?
• "World War" is one ominous sounding name.
• I lost the bet to Mrs. LL about Jimmy Johnson's length of existence on Survivor. I thought it was a set up deal and he would hang around until the end for ratings. Now I think he just cut a deal of, "OK, I'll do this for a krillion dollars but get me out of there ASAP."
• Weirdest DWI trial yesterday in Wise County Court at Law: On the DWLI trial on Monday, the Defendant decided to let the jury decide punishment but no "Application For Probation" had been filed (as required) so the jury couldn't give probation if they wanted to. They gave him 30 days in jail for a first offense. 
• Some of the best metroplex criminal defense lawyers who try cases in Decatur always make the same mistake: They are hostile and condescending to the arresting officer. That may work in the big city, but you can't do that around here. 
• Crazy memory: When Cowboy games used to be blacked out in the 1970s, people in Wise County would go outside and manually turn their rooftop antennas to pick up a grainy Wichita Falls channel to watch it. 
• Horrible accidental death in Burleson last night.
• Got a vicious comment yesterday going after a couple of bloggers on my list to the right. Sheesh. Don't make it so personal, and I might have let it go through. 
• A jogger on Dallas' Katy Trail was critically injured when hit by a bicyclist. Her last name was "Huddleston" which I had never heard of outside of the Huddlestons from Bridgeport.
• Texas/OU prediction: I think OU rolls because Texas can't run the ball.
• I couldn't get a screenshot of the paper I wanted so I just found a random one out of California. Those folks are accused of killing a 15 year old girl. Reminded me of the movies Alpha Dog or Bully.

Fort Worth Weekly's "Best Of" Edition

Love this stuff.

Tiger At Ryder Cup Opening Ceremony

See This Story The Other Day?

A World War II veteran from Wills Point was beaten and robbed in his own home last Friday. Cops were looking for the culprit.

Well, they found him. (Allegedly)

Ah, Another Love Story

I've had my share of mad exes of my countless number of girlfriends over the years, but I've never encountered anything like this. But then again, I'm not (1) an NFL player (2) dating a 19 year old former Jacksonville Jaguar cheerleader (3) who was confronted by her ex with a gun and a bag over his head (5) causing her to jump off the balcony and (5) me to jump out of a window. Oh yeah, the cheerleader and the ex then squared off with guns with laser sights.

Kinda want to click on that link now, don'tcha?

Oh, yeah, and the 19 year old cheerleader. (Hey, now. What a pretty young lady.)