Final Parade Shots

I think I'll just take in the TV coverage later.

And a tweet from Sybil of 105.3 The Fan:

Uncomfortable Photo From The Parade?

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• The crowd for the Mavericks parade sounds like it will be insane. By 7:00 a.m., the crowd was jockeying for the best spots.  And by 8:00 a.m., Victory Plaza had been shut down due to reaching a capacity of 3,000 or more. 
• Random pic from a DART train this morning headed downtown. And the crowd outside the convention center (starting point)  before 8:00 a.m.  And a sneak peak of one of the (high school like)  floats.
• Anybody at that parade have a job? 
• The parade goes right by the old School Book Depository. I suppose it would be in bad taste to have the Mav's mascot "Champ" waiving from the Sixth Floor. 
• I don't know if I've ever cared about any team long enough to stand around four hours to see them pass by. 
• Electricity problems plagued Decatur yesterday. And some folks were reporting their electricity going off again this morning. 
• I bet if the Lake Bridgeport Sunken Safe had been hidden on a 100 acre ranch instead, there would have been less effort expended to find it. But diving is fun.
• I'm hearing lots of radio personalities pimping themselves out for some weight loss program called Medifast. Sad to hear the Ticket's George Dunham do the same claiming that he had lost 10 pounds in one week. What was the weight loss promotional product scandal in the 1990s? Vigerfit? 
• Sean Hannity thought his audience would enjoy him interviewing  Larry The Cable Guy last night.  Sadly, he's probably right.
• Looked up and saw Mrs. LL filling up at the gas station at the same time as me yesterday evening. Is it wrong to immediately think about how much money we were spending on gas at that moment after initially being glad to see her?
• The Maverick who was arrested for PI was interviewed by Fox 4's Shaun Rabb. The best part was Rabb going so street on us. 
• Rep. Weiner college pics take the scandal to a whole new level. Edit: And we're getting the first reports that he has decided to resign.
• The Soon To Be Third Grader In The House has picked up the phrase, "This will not end well." 

More Middle East Uprising?

Nope. It was crazy rioting in Vancouver after losing the Stanley Cup Finals last night. More. (And it's some serious rioting which apparently got lots of TV coverage last night after 10:00 p.m.)

How can this be? Hockey was still going on?

Edit: Yahoo has posted some pics on one page and they are pretty amazing.

The Great Lake Bridgeport Search Of 2011 Is Over

Behold!!!!!

High School Kid On The Cover Of "Texas Football" (Just Announced)

The kid out of Aledo is great but has questionable judgment in that he has already announced he will play for the Evil Empire. (He rushed for 3,221 yards and a state record 59 touchdowns as a Junior last year.)

And is it just me, or does that cover look like a horrible photoshopped job?

DeShawn Stevenson Was Intoxicating In The Finals

So much so that he got arrested for Public Intoxication in Irving last night.

Wednesday Morning Pick Me Up

"We're talking 'bout the U"

Countdown: 78 days until the first college football game. 

Countdown #2: It's a little over two weeks until the NBA collective bargaining agreement ends which means no more pro basketball until a new one is signed. 

Whoopi's Rant About Fox Business News

The Right better get Elisabeth Hasselbeck under control. She's just going to sit there and take that?

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• That was a bizarre storm in Decatur last night with quite a few downed branches around town. And a lot of people are still without electricity. (Well, at least one of our staff members is without electricity so I consider that to be an adequate sample of the population.)
• Mark Cuban at a urinal holding the trophy. What?
• Journalism? WBAP does a quick story on the value of Mavericks memorabilia so they get a sound bite from an owner of a Dallas memorabilia store. Hmmmm. I wonder what he will possibly say?
• My wheels were completely off this weekend. It doesn't happen very often, and I hate it when it happens.
• Decatur's quarterback has a recruitment video.
• A guy in Fort Worth allegedly got drunk at a topless club and then killed four teenagers in a wreck way  back in 2005. So the bar gets sued and finally gets to trial last week. Responsibility? 35% bar/65% driver.  Really?
• Lawyers quote that jumped out at me: "These guys are so cheap and so greedy, they don't even buy insurance to protect the public."  Translated: "I may never collect on this verdict."
• Quote #2: "[My clients are happy] the jury said, 'Alcohol dealers -- drug dealers -- you're partly responsible for this.'" Drug dealers? 
• The WBAP traffic gal actually said this morning, "A family truckster is broken down on  . . . . " I wonder if that was mine that I sold? 
• A lot of people on criminal court dockets seem to have unexpected car trouble on the morning they are supposed to appear.
• Hey, I'm happy to see Michelle Bachmann enter the GOP presidential race. I need material.
• Pretty funny picture of the guns being recovered by the diver at Lake Bridgeport yesterday. 
• There's still a safe out in the lake they found which is 50 yards off shore and 20 feet deep. Highway 380 will probably be shut down for a bit today so they can fish it out. 
• DPS has been awfully quiet since its "shootout with the cartel" last week.  Turns out the whole thing was over marijuana that some guys were trying to get to the Mexican side of the Rio Grande by a raft. Edit: To the commentor who question me about the marijuana going into Mexico, use something called "Google". 
• I kept seeing the reference to an Australian reporter telling a joke to the Dalai Lama so I finally watched it. It was pretty funny (the interviewer reminds me of Andy Bernard from The Office.)
• Edit: Most offensive political ad in the history of ever.

Exclusive Picture Of Part Of Tin Roof Stuck In Tree Due To Last Night's Storm

Hello, Pulitzer.

She Looks Talented

This former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader, Erica Perry, will be singing as the opening act at Bono's in Decatur on Friday night.

Images

During the 1993 Cowboys Parade, that's current Dallas Police Chief David Brown on

 top of WFAA's Brett Shipp. Story

Soon to be part of a parade.

Very Few Cases Go To Trial . . .

. . . it's even rarer for one to be retried after a reversal on appeal. I think that's whats going on today in Decatur.

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• Still no official news story about it, but it appears a couple got into an argument and a man jumped to his death off the balcony of the Love Shack in the stockyards in Fort Worth yesterday. (Photo of balcony.) Now that's irony. 
• On a lighter note, I heard that's a good place to eat. 
• The Aggies and Longhorns both make the college world series. Dallas Baptist, which had a good story going, got knocked out by California. 
• There is a Tarrant County trial that started yesterday which deals with some gruesome facts concerning alleged murders in Kennedale. Nevertheless, I'm not sure why the prosecutor needed an hour for an opening statement. I'm not sure I've ever seen a judge that would allow it. 
• The Older Kid in the House was delivered at band camp yesterday. I think mom is realizing the goodbyes from a 13 year old aren't the same as they used to be. Uh oh. 
• Add "Hard 8 BBQ" to the following restaurants in Roanoke: Babe's Chicken Dinner House, Twisted Root Burger Co., Classic Cafe, Prairie House, Tortilla Flats and Gerhard's.
• There is a bizarre case going on where the sheriff of Winkler County, Texas is facing criminal charges for retaliation against a couple of whistleblower nurses. If you are in the legal or medical profession, you'd probably be fascinated by it. It was also the subject of last week's radio show, This American Life. Good stuff.
• If you want to beat on me for my Mavs prediction, you should really jump on Morning News columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor. Check out what he had written here (about 75% of the way down.)
• At a Tea Party rally in Austin on Saturday, one speaker said that Texas won't pass illegal immigration legislation because there are "too many Hispanics" in the legislature and that needs to change. Oh, my. I wonder how the Hispanic leader of the Bridgeport Tea Party feels about that? (But, man, that audio is horrible.)
• A north Fort Worth strip club, a stabbing, a bouncer, and a dead patron does not sound like a good scene. And the place looks seedy.
• Dale Hansen went off last night on how it's a little silly to call the Mavericks the "world" champions. 

Anyone?

From the email bag:

Guy Didn't Make It To Plea This Afternoon

Not Actual Arrest Team But I Hope It's Close

I've seen a photograph of it (I'm trying to get a copy) of a guy arrested on the courthouse square in Decatur around noon today after he was seen sprawled out on the sidewalk with a 40 ounce nearby.

Turns out he was (allegedly) drunk and arrested for Public Intoxication.  The same man was set to plead guilty in court at 1:00 p.m. and was to receive an eight year prison sentence. I don't think he made it.

Jennifer Aniston Is Huge In Dallas

Taken today.

Here's the photo of the ad for a closer look. You know, for research.