Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• My haircut gal (seems like a new one every time) asked if I wanted a product that was on sale for $29 to help with my thinning hair. Hey! Don't mention my thinning hair and don't try to practice witchcraft on me. 
• Almost motorcycle carnage! Fifteen to twenty speed style bikers ran up on a Harley last night in Carrollton causing four to go to the hospital. No deaths. Edit: One death
• We are into being landlords for one week and the air conditioning unit has a major malfunction. Ugh. But I totally expected something like this. 
• Last month was the third hottest in DFW history. I believe it. (Global warming debate in three, two . . . . )
• The Associated Press has an iPhone app that sends out breaking news alerts. It sent one at 1:00 a.m. last night announcing the NBA lockout taking effect. That's the lockout that had been announced ten hours earlier.
• When I see the Casey Anthony party pics my first reaction is: Kind of hot.
• I changed the color of active links on here to red the other day. Ok? Edit: I've changed the color of followed links to blue.
• Random mascot. (Thanks, Michelle.)
• The "no picture" policy of the Wise County Animal Shelter caused the Sheriff to receive an email yesterday from a lady in Durban, South Africa. 
• There is no way this is true: A lady drowns in a public pool near Boston on Sunday, the pool is open on Monday with swimmers, and the body is finally noticed in that pool on Tuesday. The first blog to post this story started off with: "Am I on planet Earth?"
• I've had an impromptu runway fashion show and a cheerleading competition break out in my house this week. Am I on planet Earth?
• "Hey, now." And I do mean, "Hey, now."
• It's Vampire Weekend (aka "No Refusal Weekend") in Wise County and in most counties around the state. It's kind of hard to explain, but that really means "We're going to get a warrant this weekend for your blood even though we could get a warrant for your blood on any weekend we wanted to."
• If you are really into the John Wiley Price story and the mystery that surrounds it, Dallas Observer reporter Robert Wilonsky said this morning to remember the words "shakedown" and "inland port" which was summarized by WFAA in a story in 2009 here.
• Baylor had its best football season in years so the school is selling season tickets based upon the temperature in Waco on July 4th? And that will make them cheaper than the currently cheap rate of $23 a game? 

I Just Figured It All Out: The W Hotels Are Cursed!!

Remember the pic I put up about a month ago where two gals crashed through a hotel window to their deaths in Atlanta? Well, it was a W Hotel.

And yesterday when a guy fell to his death in Dallas? It was a parking garage by the W Hotel.

My hot off the presses Random Thought story from Tuesday of the Austin chick who worked at a hotel and walked away only to be found dead a month later wedged in a parking garage? She worked at a W hotel.

And yesterday, in a D.C. hotel, a woman falls 10 floors to her death from an outdoor bar in the .........you guessed it: W Hotel. (Speculation is that is was suicide.)

Hotels. Cursed. Case closed.

(Gawker got me to thinking as did BagofNothing, but nobody has put these all together like a supercomputer as I did. I'm a modern day Columbo - who died this week, probably at a W Hotel.  Hey, AP: I want credit once you pick this up!!!! And all you DFW media outlets, too!!!)

Behold The Jam Packed Loves

Got My Hands On The Official Press Release

Obviously, Greg Love may think he knows something about business but he doesn't know Wise County.  If you want to survive, you better mention something about the restrooms. We like 'em "new". Preferably with catfish on Fridays.

(What's a Chester's Chicken?)

President Gets The Age Of His Child Wrong?

Malia is actually 12 and turns 13 on July 4th.

The President was obviously "ambushed" here with a "gotcha" question. But, you see, he was technically correct.  Malia has been on this earth almost 13 complete years. In fact, she's 98% closer to the 13th anniversary of her birth than the 12th. To say she is "12" might be the common answer to those unfamiliar with the intricacies of days and years, but he was trying to give a complete answer. I'm going to edit Malia's Wikipedia page to make this clear.

(If he had only referred to her as the Almost Eighth Grader In The White House then he could have avoided this altogether.)

Edit: I'm starting to sound like those defending Palin for her Paul Revere remarks? Really? Despite the fact that I  used the words "ambushed" and "gotcha" and made a reference to changing a Wikipedia page (as some Palin fans did to Revere's page), I certainly could not have been intending a Palin parody post. **shaking head**

I'm Covering Sports Like No One Else

You probably didn't even know that the Women's World Cup was going on, did ya? Well, I happen to be a patriot which means I've been supporting my country while you guys have been concerned with things like work, bills, and family.

Meet Alex Morgan -- a member of the United States team.

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• Herm Edwards advice to NFL rookies yesterday: (1) Pick your friends, don't let them pick you, (2) Have only one piece of jewelry, and (3) have only one one wife or one girlfriend. It's kind of a modern day Ten Commandments (minus seven.)
• Anyone have any news on the wreck in Bridgeport this morning which required a helicopter ambulance? 
• The Fan (105.3) did a segment yesterday afternoon called, "When Did The Miss Texas Pageant Start Tricking Up Its Contestants Names?"  I support that theft of my extreme intellectual property. (Hey, where was Greggo yesterday?)
• I really have no opinion on John Wiley Price, but considering the FBI's all out intrusion into his life and home, there better be  a conviction of a significant crime in order to justify the government's actions. 
• This T-Shirt is being advertised everywhere on sports talk radio. Do you think Dirk is getting a cut since they are using his image?
• One final Mavs thought: It's no secret that I would have bet money before the season that they wouldn't win the Championship. But after I watched my first game (the dramatic choke job in Game 4 when they blew a 23 point lead against Portland in the first round), it is frightening as to how much I would have wagered if given the opportunity to do so at that moment.  Don't bet on sports.
• A new Fox News poll now has Rick Perry in second place behind Mitt Romney. Michele Bachmann checks in at third place. I'm telling you, the Republicans better find them a candidate and those three aren't going to cut it. I'd bet on it. 
• Do we still have "ozone action" days? Why haven't we had a dozen warnings so far?
• The liberal media? Time's editor-at-large, Mark Halperin, on MSNBC this morning called the President a very offensive name. Everyone is scrambling with an apology.  That is shocking.
• Mrs. LL asked about a potential purchase yesterday, and I got to respond with a phrase I used to hear all the time: "Do whatever you think is right." (It really wasn't a big deal.)
• A little kid was abandoned on the side of a highway in West Texas yesterday but the outcry over that will never be as loud as the right to take pictures at an Animal Shelter. 
• Guys, if you were a Nicole Eggert fan back in the day, do not click on this link. You'll never be the same. Never.
• FM 51 in Decatur in the area in front of Wendy's  and a 1/4 mile either direction is huge beating. 

Come On, We've All Busted Out Windows For Less

I'm not exactly sure what's going on here because I'm too lazy to read the short story, but I've got a secret for law enforcement which will probably have me disbarred by noon tomorrow: Instead of avoiding the cameras and shuffling someone away from the cameras, do what that cop did: Take that person in front of the reporters and let them talk. It's the greatest evidence you'll ever have.

There's an old saying: You'll never find anyone deaf, dumb, and blind in prison.

Side note: Haven't had ice cream out of an ice cream maker since I was a kid. Do they still make "rock salt"?

Dumb Prosecutor. Dumber Defendant.

Every prosecutor knows you can't make a closing argument that comments on the defendant's failure to testify. And if you ask a defendant a question during closing when you know he can't answer, you have no clue what you are doing. (The arrow points out the prosecutor's legal reasoning.)

Anyway, Trent Archie's conviction for murder is bouncing around in Texas appellate orbit with it already being determined that the prosecutor screwed up. The only issue remaining was whether he should get a new trial.

So what does the defendant do? He escaped yesterday.

Channel 11 Is Picking On Our Sheriff!!!!

When Did We Start Tricking Up Miss Texas?

I heard on the radio that the Miss Texas Pageant was going on this week in Arlington and there would be thirty-three contestants. Of course, I guy has to check it out. But what happened to good ol' names like "Miss [insert Texas city]" or "Miss [insert Texas county]"  And how does one become, for example, "Miss Trinity River"?

Can we enter a Miss Big Sandy Creek? A Miss Pasture Near Cottondale? A Miss Liberally Lean?

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• A 26 year old referred to as an amateur photographer fell to his death in downtown Dallas this morning.
• I completely missed that TxDot is actually going to install a red light on 380 by the Sheriff's Office at the Business 380 exit. To quote Antoine Dodson, "You are so dumb. You are really dumb. For real."
• Reno (by Springtown) has one police officer who almost shot his pinky off on Monday. The Weatherford Democrat gets kudos for having the headline begin with "Reno 911". 
• I saw where there is a case in the County Court at Law where a guy allegedly exposed himself in the Decatur Walmart on two separate occasions. How did we not hear about that?
• Switched my jogging routine to mornings when it is way too early to be jogging. It was still in the 80s today before the sun was up.
• Dave Campbell's Texas Football picks Bridgeport to finish 2nd and Decatur 3rd in the district with Bridgeport wide receiver Garrett Mullins is the magazine’s choice for the district’s Offensive MVP.
• Climbed up in the attic last night to inspect the AC Unit that is causing condensation to go to the overflow pan.  I'm this close to believing I can unplug the stopped up PVC pipe by taking my handy hacksaw to it and then repairing it.
• The Soon to Be Third Grader In The House (who was the only one brave enough to go in the attic with me) said, "I think you might want to leave that one to the experts." 
• I was surprised to learn Rick Perry is 61.
• Heard a conservative talk show host this morning say that Sarah Palin has a "Persecution Complex." Man, that is spot on.
• The felony docket on July 11th in Wise County has over 100 people on it. 
• One weird thing on the docket is a Boyd teenager, who was originally indicted for Intoxication Manslaughter, is set to plea on three separate cases of DWI With Two or More Prior Convictions. I'm confused by that one. 
• Belen Rodriguez
• WBAP's Hal Jay asked a guest this morning about this week's Supreme Court ruling overturning the ban on violent video games to minors. "That was a California Supreme Court ruling, right?" the guest asked. "Yes," Hal Jay replied. "Does anyone over there follow the news?" I asked myself.
• Two teens in Haltom City place "two dead dogs" on a railroad track? Uh, where did two kids who would be so inclined just happen to find two dead dogs?

Messenger Stealing My Trademarked Phrase In Today's Paper

They Might Need Some Water

How Not To Tweet

I don't want Channel 8's Brett Shipp to go after me, but I don't think this is the way Twitter works. ("JWP" stands for "John Wiley Price".)  If it's important enough to be newsworthy these days, it can't wait eight hours before you tell us about it. Either someone will beat you to the punch, or it's really not a big deal at all.

Ryan Seacrest's Girlfriend

Edit: These are not Ryan Seacrests girlfriends

This Poor Girl Is Going To Get Pummeled. Maybe Unfairly. But She's Got A Bull's Eye On Her

John Quincy Adams was nine years old in 1776.  (From Good Morning America today.) I don't think in any stretch of the imagination he can be called a "Founding Father."

And from yesterday:

Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has a thing for John Wayne. In an interview yesterday with Newsmax, she said she wants to live in “John Wayne’s America.” And in the Iowa town of Waterloo today, where she announced her presidential candidacy, Bachmann told Fox News, “John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That’s the kind of spirit that I have, too.” But unfortunately . . . the John Wayne born in Waterloo is John Wayne Gacy, the notorious serial killer who murdered 33 teenage boys and young men, not the iconic Western actor. Watch it.


Edit: Oh, yeah. I forgot that Tom Petty told her to quit using "American Girl" as part of her campaign. (Which, by the way, was the song the gal was singing right before she got kidnapped by Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs.)

And Another

From Iowa Park ISD.