Breaking: Mrs. LL Is A Black Woman

Mrs. LL loves macaroni and cheese but she never told me it was a "black thing". What other surprises are waiting for me?

(And don't you think that lady really wanted to slap Pat when he fired off that question? I bet she walks off that set every day shaking her head and mumbling something about  "that senile old cracker.")

Redeemed! Crazy Couple Goes To Church!

Source.

Oh, No You Didn't

Photo cropped due to my "policy"

It's an age old story. Boy (who happens to be a tattoo artist) meets Girl. Girl dates Boy. Girl cheats on Boy. Girl wants a tattoo. Boy finds out about the cheating done by Girl. Boy then gets Girl all liquored up and goes to work on the tattoo.  The result: Oh, my.

Edit: The Smoking Gun says this viral story is FAKE!!

And From The State That Refuses To Jail Lindsay Lohan . . .

News.

I Love Cases Like This

And I Love This Man

Julian P. Heicklen, a 79-year-old retired chemistry professor, has often stood on a plaza outside the United States Courthouse in Manhattan, holding a “Jury Info” sign and handing out brochures that advocate jury nullification, the controversial view that if jurors disagree with a law, they may ignore their oaths to follow it and may acquit a defendant who violated it.

So what did prosecutors do? Indicted him for "jury tampering."  Sheesh.

His defense is that his conduct is protected by the 1st Amendment's Free Speech provision. Now it's up to the courts. 

Story.

(Note: I'm reminded that in some courthouses in Texas there are DWI prevention posters showing a disfigured victim hanging in the halls where DWI trials are ongoing. Texas courts have found no error in such a situation.)

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• If you own American Airlines stock, that stack of magazines over in the corner is worth more. AMR has declared bankruptcy. It's reorganization and your tickets are still good, however.  But I wonder what happens to frequent flyer miles? Edit: Flyer miles not impacted.
• Everyone was calling it "breaking news" in the 7:00 a.m. hour but that bankruptcy news made the front page of the paper edition of the the Dallas Morning News.
• I agree with what I heard this morning: Every time I fly American, the tickets aren't cheap, I pay extra for baggage, and the flight is packed. So how do they lose money?
• Baylor plays Texas this weekend and it looks like a win (BU is the favorite, but I'm skeptical) will put them in the Insight Bowl in Phoenix against scandal ridden Penn State. A win also puts Baylor at 9-3 -- something I thought was impossible. 
• Our local DA and his wife had another baby yesterday. They can now field a basketball team. Or are they now into the creation of bench players? I've lost count. 
• The White Rock Half Marathon is this Sunday which is odd because it normally doesn't come up the week after the Turkey Trot. But I'm more worried about the weather. Current forecast: 42 degrees, 14 mph winds, and a 20% chance of rain. And that chance of rain may skyrocket if the front moves through a little slower. Beating. 
• Wordkyle sent me this video of two Corvette owners considering racing as they sat at a stoplight over the Thanksgiving weekend in the Woodlands.  The "One Percenter"  is taking on a whole new meaning. 
• Jack Del Rio was fired this morning from his head coaching job with the Jacksonville Jaguars. I knew a Bridgeport girl who dated him when he was a Dallas Cowboy.
• Fox 4 almost got a jailhouse interview with the young girl who drove the wrong way on I-35 over the weekend which "caused" the death of another. An updated story indicates it might have been a suicide attempt.
• Wise County criminal cases I haven't heard much about: The murder-for-hire lady from Wise County Park, the murder case where the lady ran over the guy on FM 101 between Bridgeport and Chico, and the crazy murder-hide-the-body case out of Paradise. And there seems to be another high profile one that I have forgotten.
• Herman Cain is done -- Not because of the claims of sexual harassment or yesterday's news of an affair, but because he's losing credibility with his denials. 
• So of all the people to run against President Obama it's going to be Romney? Really? 

A Liberally Lean Opportunity Missed: Wise County Guns With Santa Photoshoot

 "We don't believe in shooting blanks. Merry Christmas."

 "We don't agree with Santa stealing babies, but we'll fight for his constitutional right to do it."

"Merry Christmas and remember to practice gun safety. Dakota, Jr. and I miss you, honey"

And to think the Scottsdale Arizona Gun Club came up with the idea. Arizona for crying out loud!!  The birth place of this gem of a brain blast should have been Texas. And it should have been mine. That blog fortune I've been waiting for slipped right through my fingers.

He's Like A Real Life Austin Powers

"Hate the playin', not the playa"

Does he
a) Have 15 kids
b) Have kids with 13 different females
c) Have a 19 year old pregnant girlfriend
d) Have another child to be born next year who will have a 17 year old momma
e) All of the above.

I Found A One Percenter!

Crazy Couple Goes Shopping And Lunch Time News

• The judge found guilty in Collin County of bribery cut a deal with prosecutors before sentencing for 10 years probation, a resignation, and a $90,000 fine (max of $10,000 on nine counts.) Smart move.
• There was a guy threatening to jump from the High Five in Dallas which was messing up traffic for those who were just thinking about killing themselves in Dallas traffic.
• Barney Frank announced he won't run for Congress again. John Wiliey Price says he'll run for county commissioner again. 

More Catch Up: Black Friday At Mesquite Walmart

Just a sample of what it was like out there.  "After all, what are we? Barbarians?"

Pick Me Up -- Make Up Edition

During the Aggie/UT game, the cameras kept catching the Aggie QB's fiance in the stands. If I hadn't been so tired, I would have blogged it at that very moment.

Hey, Now.

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

Edit: I didn't notice that the coozie says, "Restraining Orders Are Another Way To Say I Love You"

• I took a trip to the Clinton Library while in Arkansas. Really interesting. And I felt a little geeky being especially interested in  96 notebooks - one for each month - that contained the daily schedule of Clinton for every day in office.
• A Barney Fife like security guard got on to me for standing by the entrance while waiting for Mrs. LL because "I don't know what you've got on you."
• There is a section dedicated to the Lewinsky scandal and the Impeachment.  Baylor's current president is (justifiably) not treated well.
• The Tea Party would have its collective head blow up during the tour. There was not a problem, it seems,  that wasn't tackled with new federal legislation. And then you see the section dedicated to the the economy in the 1990s where there was actually a balanced budget with a surplus.
• The portion of I-30 from downtown Dallas to Rockwall is depressing.
• Can't find a picture of her, but a cute girl with a six month old baby in her car was arrested for Intoxication Manslaughter after driving the wrong way on I-35 in Fort Worth over the weekend. Oddly, she never came in physical contact with the person who died.
• Sad to hear the NBA will be back.
• I think "Cyber Monday" doesn't exist. That is, I doubt this is the busiest online shopping day of the year. 
• A kicker did what on the sideline of a NFL game yesterday????
• Over the weekend, the house I was in became like the scene in Raising Arizona where Glen and Dot bring all their kids over to see Hi and Edwina. I retreated to a bedroom. Huge. Quickly. 
• And in there I came across the Kirk Cameron film, Fireproof. I started watching it because I was cynical, and the acting was just as bad as I thought it would be. But, you know, there was nothing wrong with that message. 
• Sports: (1) The over/under line on Baylor v. Tech was 102. 102!! And if you bet the Under, you lost; (2) In the first ever Pac 12 Championship game this weekend, Oregon is a 31 point favorite over UCLA; (3) Turner Gil got fired at Kansas after only two seasons and will be paid the $6 million still remaining on his contract; and (4) the Cowboy cheerleader who was tackled by Jason Witten had her Twitter account allegedly killed by the Cowboys.
• Crazy Sheriff Joe will endorse Rick Perry. That's the equivalent of stopping life support on his campaign.
• To not be a "people person", I sure have been around a lot of people over the last four days.

Messenger Above The Fold

Random Check In -- From The Land Of The Hogs

• Who has two thumbs, ran an 8 mile Turkey Trot, did not take a nap, stayed up later than expected on Thanksgiving night to watch the Aggies and Horns ending, and then got up at 4:00 a.m. to drive three sleeping humans to north of Little Rock for lunch? This guy!!!
• I'm delirious.
• So delirious I created a "Do you have a ticket to the carnival" game today with a four year old that required her to bring me every card in a playing card deck so that I could check her ticket to see if it were valid. Even I don't know what that means.
• If I pump The Ticket through my phone into the auxiliary jack in the car on this road trip, do I have a problem?
• Back to the Aggies and The Evil Empire. I have never seen a UT offense that was in so much complete chaos. Then again, I've never seen an Aggie team that gives away games in the second half more than this Aggie group. Absolutely amazing.
• Aggie coach Mike Sherman would have been fired last night if he hadn't been given a huge contract extension last year.
• I don't mind admitting that I get a little emotional during the Turkey Trot run. I put a bunch of songs on the iShuffle from my past and, when they pop up in random mode, I reflect upon where I was when the song became important to me. 
• The new Omni hotel in downtown Dallas is really cool looking. 
• There was the weirdest fog cover about 200 feet above ground level at the beginning of the race. When the course looped us back around to downtown Dallas, we were less than a quarter of a mile away from downtown and couldn't see the top of any building. 
• I got to watch the Arkansas/LSU game in Arkansas amongst Arkansas fans. Kinda cool.
• I'm in the house of Mrs. LL's grandparents who are still pretty feisty despite their age. The grandmother is a huge football fan and actually used the phrase "unabated to the quarterback" when we were talking about an offsides penalty during the game.
• I intentionally didn't look at the comments for the last couple of days. Even I need a break every now and then.
• The Runaway Bay Golf Cart Assault probably had the local PD going insane.  
• The Rifleman just came on (in the Arkansas house) and I said, "Let's watch Lucas McCain kill another person in self defense!"  All I heard were crickets.
• But I just looked up and Lucas is building up a ton of resentment towards this episode's Bad Guy. If I'm the Bad Guy, I wouldn't make a quick movement towards any weapon.
• Oops. Too late. 
• On the morning road trip I started listening to a new audiobook, Chuck Klosterman's "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto".  I wished someone would have told me that I was going to be bombarded with F Bombs during a discussion of love, John Cusack, and Coldplay. (Thank goodness the rest of the car was asleep.) 
• I went to my parents for lunch on Thanksgiving and took along a four year old niece of Mrs. LL's. Words cannot do justice to the nursery rhyme presentation she provided to the Extended Family Unit where she repeated (over and over and over) a word that sounded soooooo inappropriate for a family gathering. I don't think I've ever seen my brother laugh so hard. 
• My Halftime Cowboy Game Observation upon seeing Pitbull take the stage, "I bet that's a real crowd pleaser." Mrs. LL (about three minutes later): "Oh, I get it!!!"
• A triple murder in Desoto?

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten (82) rolls into Cheerleader Melissa Kellerman

I've got none. You know why? By the time this is automatically posted I've been on the road to Arkansas for at least a couple of hours. Probably more.

Thanksgiving

As this post appears, I will be in a mass of bodies in downtown Dallas for the annual Turkey Trot. I'm there because it has become a passionate ritual for me. I will stop when I can no longer do it -- a thought which scares me a little bit.

And that brings us to Thanksgiving and my annual call back to this post, a favorite of the Liberally Lean readers,  that I put up six years ago. . You know, I love going back to it. It is still true. And it t needs to be read slowly -- the way it was written.

Thanks to all of you for this crazy little club we have.

Descendants Of First Thanksgiving Taking Us Into Thursday