So True

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Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• Moments ago the U.S. military announced they had killed the Taliban insurgents responsible for downing the helicopter that killed 30 American troops. Should I feel bad for being skeptical? What about when the statement says they specifically killed the individual who fired the rocket propelled grenade?
• This American Life had a show the other day about how some people buy software patents for the sole purpose of  suing those who might infringe on them. Then I was reminded that when D Magazine listed the most expensive homes in Dallas in 2009, the #33 ranked home was owned by a guy who did just that. (Frontburner)
• Completely unrelated: A Bridgeport company had a patent awarded to them this week based upon an invention by a Runaway Bay man. Other than it has to do with a drilling, I have no idea what the heck it is. 
• Well, I sat around and looked at the stray dog yesterday. Ugh. It's really just a bizarre moment when he's looking at me and I'm looking at him. And when I imagine him thinking, "You're not going to take me to the pound are you?", I know I'm done. 
• A reference to a real baby called Skyler that will only make you cry.
• Weird fact I actually calculated and put on my calender: As of today, the number of days that I have held a law license is exactly equal to the number of days I have not held a law license. 
• Is anything quite as dumb as the London rioters? (Pretty good photos of it here.)
• The Fox 4 weather guy was throwing out that there was a chance we might not reach 100 on Friday and thereby not match the streak. I think he might be doing a little publicity seeking with that prediction.
• Did you see those clouds that produced the thunderstorm over Gainesville yesterday evening? They looked a lot closer.
• We had a 17 year old in jail in Wise County on a misdemeanor theft charge for about a week who couldn't make a $300 bond.  (A bonding company would have written that bond for less than $100.) He and his family couldn't afford it. Kudos to the jail, the prosecutor, and the judge to make sure the situation was justly handled. 
• Another prostitution bust of relatively attractive women? This economy must be horrible! (The girl in the first pic has become the center of some research.) Edit: Sheesh. Those are the same girls I posted the other day. But the updated "research" link still has some value.
• Very random thought about Warren Jeffs: The man looks like he could use a few hamburgers. 

Horrific

Someone twitpic'd the scene from the upper level. Warning: It's a picture of body on the ice. If you want to yell at me, then don't click on it.

Wednesday's Messenger Above The Fold

That Was A Crazy Final Hour

That's right at a 640 point swing in 60 minutes.

Greg Louganis* Didn't Do It This Way

See gal in bikini. See gal in bikini wanting attention. See gal in bikini actually change her mind about jumping. See gal in bikini become human pinball.

We'll assume she's fine.
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*I suppose lots of folks have no idea who Louganis is.

If You Thought You Were Hot

And it's causing dangerously high temperatures in those prisons during the heat wave.


Story.


Let them suffer? Don't do the crime if you can't do the time? But this directly impacts you, doesn't it?

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• Well, we've got a verdict as to whether the Found Dog has a chip ..................That would be "no." Ugh. 
• Now what the heck am I going to do? I'll get a better picture of the doggie, but it truly kind of looks like a Portuguese Water Dog. It's probably just a mutt, but a guy can dream. 
• I forgot to mention that as Mrs. LL and I were watching it run around the back yard for the first time, I wondered out loud what its name was. She then yelled out, "Here, Skyler!!" (That was a Random Thought call back joke she threw down.)
• I'm not into music, but the new services Spotify sounds incredible. (In other music news which may or may not be significant, Gavin DeGraw was attacked in New York.)
• Somebody dropped off a "Bridgeport Tea Party Patriots" flyer at my office but it really didn't say anything crazy. Dang it. 
• My neighbor vacuumed her car out in a bikini on Sunday. She wasn't washing the car, just vacuuming it. 
• Whatever happened to "Google TV"? 
• Wise County Commissioners have started budget talks with department heads. Is the proposed/preliminary 2012 budget online? I haven't seen it if it is. And is there a graph somewhere showing budget increases over the last few years? Gimme.
• Funny tweet I saw about the downgrade of the United States: "Oh, great. America is going to bomb Standard and Poor's now."
• I don't think I ever seen so many people (who happen to be President Obama haters) so giddy about unemployment and a stock market crash. 
• I doubt if many of you watched the NFL Hall of Fame induction speeches, but I shook my head at Marshall Faulk who thanked his wife for "cooking for me." That's pretty much the best accolade he gave her. 
• As much as I want to learn about the "Collar Bomb" case that is back in the news, there's very little to help me out. The very detailed Esquire article leaves a ton of questions unasked, and a 30 minute special on CNN on Sunday night was shallow. (Note to those that actually read the Esquire article: Did the sentence that started "With the help of his pal Barnes" jump out at you? Is that the only reference to how the victim had any connection with any of the loonies in that case?)
• I've got a pimple. I haven't had a pimple in years.
• Tony Romo gave an interview where he said his new bride is making a lot of changes in the decor of his house even though, "I thought it looked OK."  Welcome to my world. 
• A Texas youth pastor, honey, teenaged girls, shower, video camera. Oh, my. (And it's a rare case where he was actually saved by the statute of limitations.)

And Another

This may be the strongest entry since Debra LaFave set the bar at a level never to be matched.

Story.

Black Monday and An Announcement From A Man Who Is All About Timing

This . . .

Begat that . . . ?

News And Facebook

Finding a news article and then the Facebook page associated with it.

Bigfoot At The Rangers Game Over the Weekend?

Makes perfect sense. (Source)

Wise County Girls Night Out?

Who Ya Got?: U.S. Going Broke vs. Feeding Starving Children

Story.

Something Just Jumped Out A Me . . .

. . . in this pic from the Star-Telegram's slideshow simply called "downtown Fort Worth club hop."

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• It always seems dangerous when a bull is dancing around a fallen bullrider. A death occurred because of it at a Hico rodeo this weekend. 
• Fox News isn't fair to President Obama, but Newsweek wasn't fair to Michelle Bachman based upon this week's bizarre cover pic.
• A traffic death can even get you if you're a Dallas billionaire driving a Porsche. 
• I pulled up in my driveway yesterday only to see some dog frighteningly dart into the garage. A brief minute and an untimely "here, puppy!" later, I'm comforting a lost dog (pic) by giving it water and food. 
• I now realize the utterance of "here, puppy" was a critical moment. But, sheesh,  I just couldn't let the the dog run off. Mrs. LL will head to the vet today to see if there's a chip in its dog body. Please. Please. Please. 
• It's a stout little thing and walks around the back yard like it's a pig. It's a really weird walk. Then Mrs. LL proclaimed it the ugliest dog in the world last night. So what if he's missing about three lower teeth? 
• Got a report that a "fancy" campaign bus was at a hotel in Decatur on Saturday afternoon. Anyone?
• The downgrade of the U.S. by SandP sounds more political than financial. And as much as the Right wants to yell, "See, Obama is destroying the country," the downgrade came with a press release that took  a shot at Republicans for not being willing to consider a tax increase. Edit: The editorial in the link, explaining what I was talking about, contains a link to the official press release.
• I guess I shouldn't be surprised that George Clooney's new girlfriend, Stacy Keibler, is a "Hey, now."
• I went to a wedding on Saturday afternoon at the Decatur Civic Center with Mrs. LL who heard, "So you are Mrs. LL" a lot. 
• Doesn't this sound like fun?: An outdoor metal rock festival beginning in the afternoon in Dallas on Wednesday which will be finished off with Godsmack, Megadeath and Disturbed. There needs to be an ozone alert issued because of that crowd.
• Below is from Decatur, Alabama.

Big Chico fire?

Thanks emailer.

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