Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen

2.07.2012

How Did This Decatur/Castleberry Fight Get Past Me?

I knew about the fight (it was all over the comments), I just didn't know about the video.

Hippie Court Rules In Favor Of Madonna Loving Gays

Only took 133 pages to say it.

This Ringmaster Is A Born Showman. Motorcycle Guy, Not So Much.

100% professional. Ain't nothing rattling him. “Ladies and Gentleman…focus on me…I am your ringmaster."

[Brief language warning from crowd.]

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

I check a lot of people's accounts on Twitter and Facebook simply because I think they are crazy.
In case you were going to Syria for vacation, you might want to cancel those plans. It would be safer to be a Mexican policeman right now. (Every country with half a brain has abandoned its embassies.)
Regarding the MIA obscene gesture during the Super Bowl halftime show, someone has taken a pic of the moment and pointed out the very odd double standards we have in the United States.
I got an iPod Nano. Lots of stuff crammed into that little thing but I'm not sure being able to load photos is particularly important. (Oh, an update on the ASICS running shoes I switched to a few months back: After years of Nike, Adidas and New Balance, I'll never go back.)
I know women's college basketball is boring to you, but what the Baylor women are doing borders on the bizarre. They are 24-0 and basically beat everyone by 30 points.
Heard on WBAP this morning: "Spanking is lazy parenting." Their listeners soundly disagreed.
One of the most horrible stories I've heard in a while: A wife goes missing. Custody battle ensues between her parents and the husband over two little boys. Husband burns down house with him and kids in it over the weekend. Oh, my.
Eighty people applied for the Boyd AD and head football coaching job?
Somehow over the weekend an old Charlie's Angels show ended up on my TV. I kept thinking one of the guest stars looked familiar and it finally hit me: A very young and brunette Kim Cattrall who later starred in Sex and The City. (You can see a good shot of her at the :37 mark here.)
Maria Menounos lost a bet and had to wear a bikini on the air. Hey, now.
Our "no dirty dishes in the sink" policy has been flawlessly implemented 98% of the time this year. That just changes the whole atmosphere and attitude of the house.
Three state elections are today and I keep hearing, "This will not be a good day for Mitt Romney" since Rick Santorum has a chance to rise from the dead apparently. What a cluster.
The holdup on the drawing of Congressional maps in Texas (looks like they got close yesterday before the wheels fell off) has got to be driving newspapers and TV stations crazy. Since we don't have a primary date, no one is spending on political advertising. And they make a ton of money on political advertising.
There's something peaceful about waking up and seeing the Family Pup has snuggled up beside me.
Rick Perry decided to come out of hiding and speak in Williamson County yesterday. After he was done, a George Washington impersonator fired off a joke: "A Communist, a Muslim and an illegal alien went into a tavern. And the tavern keeper said, 'What will it be President Obama?'" Wow. Just wow.

2.06.2012

The Messenger referred to the golfer as a former Decatur resident. The Star-Telegram has more on the story and a portion of the 911 call.

Edit: I'll give the Messenger credit. This story is picking up potentially nationwide steam tonight. I'm not sure how they learned of it in the first place, but Bud Kennedy sent it out to his followers this morning. Shortly thereafter the Star-Telegram ran with it. Now the SB Nation blog world has picked up on it (giving only credit to the Star-Telegram) so it might really pick up steam. It makes sense. The slow foursome on a golf course that almost results in death will get your attention.

Edit the following morning: It's in the USA Today with, once again, the Star-Telegram getting credit. I bet the Messenger's paywall is preventing them from getting credit.

Edit: So let it be written. So let it be done.

Another Reason To Hate Professional Sports

Wow. That is Rob Gronkowski (left) after last night's Super Bowl. And he plays for the losing New England Patriots. They had an offensive lineman dancing shirtless as well.

I've said it for years: The fans care more about the results than the players.

So What Was Controversial About The Clint Eastwood Ad?

I understand getting mad at him for Million Dollar Baby, but how can this bug you?

"Forever and Ever, Amen."

If Randy Travis getting arrested for Public Intoxication outside of the First Baptist Church of Sanger doesn't become a country song, there's no justice in this world.

Who Has That Kind Of Money?

I guess someone who has $50,000 in his pocket now.

Edit: The story.

Oddest Guy At Super Bowl Last Night?

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

I haven't read many reviews, but I thought Madonna at halftime last night was fantastic.
The video stage was great. Here's what it looked like from the stands.
It was pretty quiet at my house until an impromptu party broke out. Who was that guy who brought his own grill over and was lighting up the sky with a flame in my backyard?
The Patriots first play resulted in a safety (an odd call but a correct one.) Heard this morning that the Vegas odds of the first score being a safety were 75 to 1. Edit: Dallas is a 20-1 shot to win the Super Bowl next year.
I wrote a few weeks back how I was finally at the point of believing that teams should allow the other team to score in some situations. We saw it last night. It didn't work out, but Bill Belichick would have gone down as the greatest football genius in the history of ever if it had.
I took my football to the nearest goalpost yesterday and discovered I can kick an extra point. Barely.
I noticed my TV screen flicker during the halftime show. It wasn't until this morning that I discovered NBC was trying to censor MIA.
One of the gals over at the house last night, upon realizing that Cee Lo Green was at the Super Bowl and on The Voice immediately afterwards, asked, "How did he get there so fast?" Her husband and I tried very hard to suppress our laughter because she is not "slow to anger."
It is amazing how the Right Wing tried to dismiss the lowering unemployment numbers last week. Let me say it again: The way the number is calculated is the way it is calculated.
A nine year old in Rhome is in the death announcements in the Update this morning. What happened?
Someone pointed out to me that being a member of AARP makes your spouse automatically qualified to join AARP. I haven't told Mrs. LL that yet. I hope she is "slow to anger."
Ticket Fans: You should have heard shortly after 6:00 a.m. this morning when both their AM signal and FM signal went down. The only way the station was broadcasting was over the Internet and the Musers absolutely went off on an unnamed manager who "might destroy what we took 18 years to build."
If you believe Josh Hamilton doesn't drink on a regular basis, you're nuts. It's only when he gets caught do we see the press conferences.
It's news Mitt Romney won Nevada over the weekend? Mormons. Nevada. Hello.
I had to renew my driver's license at the Decatur DPS office on Friday. Those ladies are cheery but don't have a real sense of urgency about them. But, all in all, I think I'll take that. (But the Sargent behind them who looked up and said, "Oh, I know who he is" made me a little nervous.)

2.04.2012

Big Wreck Involving Decatur Girl

But the photo from the Messenger's site made it a little hard to see the carnage. Best case: It's my browser screwing up. Worst case: Auto wreck photo's have become covered in Nascar-like sponsorships.