"Todd In Decatur, Texas"

. . . just called into the Rush Limbaugh Show. Sadly, he really didn't say anything crazy, and it seems like was just allowed on to talk about how great Rick Perry is and what a fraud Mitt Romney is.   Rush spends as much time harpooning Romney as he does President Obama.

Maybe a "Must See"

I finally got to see the ESPN documentary on Steve Bartman over the weekend, Catching Hell. It was absolutely fantastic.   From the interviews of those who were around him to the security card who actually took him to her apartment to hide him out that night, it's an examination of human nature. A human nature that can be very, very ugly.

Creepy Couple From Friday Get Kicked Out Of Pumpkin Patch Over The Weekend

Oh, my.

Decatur Pastor Cutting Baylor Funding

Ok, that's a complete misstatement. But someone has to be to blame!!

(Baylor's operating budget is $428 million but a million bucks is a million bucks.)

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• Hey, how about that fog out there?
• The murder/suicide in Sashse on Friday was chilling. A woman lost custody of her child in court that  morning and then went home and killed the seven year old child and herself --- all while the cops and the dad waited outside. 
• One part of that story that needs to be explored is that a jury terminated her parental rights that morning. That's far more than just losing primary custody. 
• Tired Head prose alert: New York Daily News blurb about St. Louis manager Tony La Russa asking Mavs coach Rick Carlisle for advice on how to beat Rangers: "I asked him about what we do to get an edge in this series and he said, 'Hand the ball to Dirk,' " La Russa said. "I said, 'I can't do that.' He said, 'This is Dallas; I can't be telling the Cardinals how to beat the Rangers.'"
• Third Grader In The House question: "If the umpire made a mistake and called the player safe, would he still be safe if he went to the umpire and said, 'No, you're wrong. I was out.'" You know, I'm not sure. 
• Mrs. LL and I walked to a restaurant on Friday evening. That was cool. 
• There was an acoustic singer at that place a couple of weeks ago who was really good. Nice songs. Nice lyrics. Small crowd. Then, out of nowhere, he sang the lyrics "I want to eat the flesh off your face down to the bone". It was just like The Dan Band had possessed him. (We both looked straight ahead and then slowly turned to each other after about 10 seconds with that "Did I just hear that?" look.)
• Cowboy fans might want to tap the brakes before they put DeMarco Murray in the Ring Of Honor. (He broke a Cowboy record with 253 yards yesterday.) 
• Gadhafi's body is now on display in a walk-in freezer at a mall. Feel free to take cell phone pics. (Video.) Sheesh.
• Paranormal Activity 3 crushed the box office this weekend with $54 million. I'm telling you, that "Bloody Mary" commercial was genius. 
• Biggest flop ever?: The Big Year (starring Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson). After earning a shockingly low $3 million on its opening last week, I couldn't even find it on the chart this weekend. 
• It's probably unrelated but in the upcoming Steve Jobs biography he said, without elaboration, that singer John Mayer was "out of control" and in danger of "blowing it big time." I suppose Jobs was referring to Mayer's lifestyle instead of his medical care, but Mayer had surgery on his throat over the weekend to remove a growth from his vocal cord.
• Delicious: Tonight pitcher C.J. Wilson has a chance to stop talking about what a killer life he has and just pitch. He also has the chance to become a punch line if he gets lit up.  Place your bets.
• A school administrator called the cops on Michael Irvin and had him thrown out of son's football game over the weekend. (Irvin's quotes are almost indecipherable.)
• Shout out to Tech for its upset of OU over the weekend. (I stayed up to watch it.) 

Sunday Ranger Game Observation

Well done, sir. Now shave that 'stache off and get to bed. You had a big day. 

Rick Perry Is A Birther?

Parade magazine interview.

Edit: For those who thought this was "no big deal" -- Drudge posted it on Monday.

Ranger Observations

Clearly he's out. (Led to big Cardinal inning)

"Honey, call the staff. I'll need Mimosas in the morning."

This will somehow turn into a Halloween nightmare for me.

Pujols' homer. Love the reaction in background.

If you bailed on the game, you got see a crazy Hail Mary bring down unbeaten Wisconsin

Bad Helmet Of The Day: Tulsa

It's like those old posters at the mall that, if you stared at long enough, you would see a ship or something. (Which, by the way, I could never see.)

Good Christian Assumptions On Facebook Of The Day

More Crime

What Do You Do?

As the blog post points out, what do you do with that seat if you are the stadium administrator?

You could rope it off, but that's a little awkward for all of those sitting around it. You could tell the ticket holder what happened and give him the option of  taking it or giving the seat up to the first I-Ain't-Scared-Of-No-Ghost fan. Or I guess you could take the extreme measure and shut down the whole section.

Messenger Above The Fold

That Weird Couple Taking You Into The Weekend

Christina Went Shopping. Presumably For Some Pants.

More.

(Thanks, Kat.)

Random Wise County Courthouse Guest Sign Ins

One person (without a watch) was looking "to find hope, help and the Constitution."

Finally!!!

It's Rangers Friday