She Has Responded To My Inquiry

I mentioned last week that she hadn't covered it.

On a broader note, I'm not really sure we are in any position to call for (or to not call for) an arrest.  We truly don't have any idea what happened out there.

From outside Dallas City Hall

Mrs. LL Just Told Me About Breaking News

The Family Cat either fell through or jumped through a second story window which was covered by a screen.

And, I'll be dang, the thing didn't hurt herself at all. She just scampered back in the house when Mrs. LL opened the door to figure out what the noise was about.

Stupid cat.

Oh, My

A beauty pageant has booted a contestant out the competition after . . . (story)  Edit: Link fixed

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• When watching a news clip on some health related issue yesterday, I saw a doctor hitting the knee of a kid with a little hammer to, I assume, to test his reflexes. I hadn't thought about that in years.
• The 60 Minutes segment on the wrongful conviction of Michael Morton last night will probably be the final chapter in the political life of District Judge Ken Anderson -- the prosecutor at the time who is alleged to have withheld favorable evidence from the defense.
• Radio is a cuthroat business: KLIF over the weekend completely changed their format leaving most of the hosts without a job. Now I feel kind of bad of dogging Jeff Bolton last week who is no longer heard on mornings.
• Dick Cheney had a heart transplant over the weekend. Is the priority list for a heart just first come first served?
• Rick Santorum said a bad word! Rick Santorum said a bad word!
• I stepped on a toy monkey last night that, much to my surprise, makes screaming monkey sounds.
• And to think I said one week ago that there wasn't enough enough press coverage about the killing of Trayvon Martin. Now you can't turn on the television . . . 
• The Pope wearing a sombrero is not a good look. 

Liberally Lean Tourney Update

Dang Missouri.

Full list.


Sponsors:

-All Wise Garden Center in Bridgeport has pledged and delivered a $100 and $50 gift certificate for in-house purchases (counts as two prizes). 

-Bloomoon Pet Resort in Chico has pledged and delivered a $50 Visa Gift Card

-Wise Liquors in Bridgeport has pledged and delivered a 1.75 liter bottle of Crown Royal for the last place finisher. Two caveats: (1) Your bracket must be completely filled out to win, and (2) I need a little Baptist forgiveness for this one. 

-A signed Lebron James jersey with a certificate of authenticity pledged and delivered by attorney Paul Belew

- New: $100 Silpada Designs Gift Certificate pledged by April Cowling (can be used online or through April)

-A $100 Visa Gift Card has been pledged and delivered by Chris Miller's Farmer's Insurance Agency in Bridgeport.

Get Me This Puppy!

Messenger Above The Fold

As Baylor Was Killed By Kentucky . . .

. . .  some dude only made it worse.

It's Mrs. LL's Birfday

The Family Cat and Family Pup Wish Her Well

Just Smiling: Baylor Goes To The Elite 8 For Second Time In Three Years

The next game is against Kentucky to get to the Final Four. Never heard of 'em. Should be a cake walk.

Edit: To you Baylor fans out there (especially the young ones), enjoy this Saturday night. At this moment and in this place, you have a Heisman Trophy winner, a men's basketball team in the Elite Eight, and a women's team that joined them this afternoon. Yeah, it's just sports. In the grand scheme of things, it means nothing. But in life there is the concept of pride. When it gets too big  and it controls you, it can be a very bad thing. But in the beginning -- the first time it really, really erupts after years of being dormant -- it makes you believe that nothing is impossible. Ask TCU after the Rose Bowl. Ask UT after Vince Young scampered to win a National Championship. It makes you want to got out, set a goal, and live.

As the Sports Illustrated story said . . . .

It's a good day.

Erika Jayne Taking You Into The Weekend

Honestly, I Had No Idea Who She Was

Anyone?

Edit: Channel 8 story.

We've Got A Dead Kid . . .

 . . . and everyone wants to talk about the line, "You know, if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon." (1:19)

I Want My Government Handout!!! Decatur Considering Purchasing iPads For All Middle School Students!

SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDS IPADS – As part of a new academic vision for the district, Decatur Superintendent Rod Townsend encouraged the school board at last night’s meeting to consider purchasing iPads for all students and teachers at the middle school . . . More in the Update (which wasn't loaded until well after 9:00 a.m. this morning)

Edit. Wow. Paradise is already doing this. Here's there* their "iPad handbook". (pdf)

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*Bridgeport education sneaking through again.

Liberally Lean Tourney Update

That Gardere Bracket bet the farm with  that San Diego State pick.

Complete.


Sponsors:

-All Wise Garden Center in Bridgeport has pledged and delivered a $100 and $50 gift certificate for in-house purchases (counts as two prizes). 

-Bloomoon Pet Resort in Chico has pledged and delivered a $50 Visa Gift Card

-Wise Liquors in Bridgeport has pledged and delivered a 1.75 liter bottle of Crown Royal for the last place finisher. Two caveats: (1) Your bracket must be completely filled out to win, and (2) I need a little Baptist forgiveness for this one. 

-A signed Lebron James jersey with a certificate of authenticity pledged and delivered by attorney Paul Belew

- New: $100 Silpada Designs Gift Certificate pledged by April Cowling (can be used online or through April)

-A $100 Visa Gift Card has been pledged and delivered by Chris Miller's Farmer's Insurance Agency in Bridgeport.

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• Suddenly there's a copy of The Hunger Games in the house. It was being read when I went to bed last night and as I walked out the door this morning. 
• Craziness in Irving last night. A couple run off the road and vehicle disabled off of Loop 12. A friend comes to pick them up and  parks on the other side of the the road. As the couple runs across the highway, the female ex-passenger is struck by a car. The guy then gets in the vehicle that had stopped and they take off. She's alive. For now. 
• Our freezer is now acting up. First the hot water heater, now this. 
• Apparently Tim Tebow had the choice of either going back home to Jacksonville or going to the New York Jets. He chose New York. I bet one day he will tell us that he felt "called" to the epicenter of America. And I bet he does.  
• Kay Bailey Hutchison defended Planned Parenthood yesterday. I bet she wouldn't have had the guts to to do that if she were running for re-election.
• No matter where you were in North Texas yesterday evening, that was a fantastic sunset.
• Our new flowerbed is beautiful but for the two grassy areas in front of it that I destroyed with weed killer. I'm really mad at myself about that. 
• Finished my book, Manhunt. The co-conspirators of John Wilkes Booth were tried by a military court instead of a civil federal court. And they learned of their death sentences less than 24 hours before it was carried out. 
• There was one photographer at the executions with his most famous shot of it here.  This one, since it involves a woman, is chilling.
• Michelle Obama strikes the Heisman pose.
• I wonder why Nancy Grace won't take up the Trayvon Martin case as her cause? Or do I even have to wonder at all?
• The City of Bridgeport's phone tree is hosted by a gal with a British accent?
• I will never visit sweetjack.com because of the ad campaign which can only be described as carpet bombing. (If you know what I'm talking about, you will absolutely agree.)
• Had a great debate yesterday at the courthouse as to what the public's attitude is about the guy who realizes he is too intoxicated to drive, pulls over to the shoulder and falls asleep with the car running and in park, and later found by a cop. Angry at him for driving in the first place or grateful he pulled over?
• Another courthouse question: Currently, what is the typical age of a person who truly does not know what a "carbon copy" means?
• Running for President would be a beating. 

Edit: I dogged sweetjack.com and looked what just snuck past my Gmail spam filter:

All Media Are Equal But Some Media Are More Equal Than Others

I take an interest in this story because I am part of the Liberal Media just like my friend April Thompson at WREG Channel 3 in Tennessee. I can't tell you the number of times I've been involved in an in depth investigation in the back woods of Joiner, Arkansas -- not trying to do no harm, mind you -- when some hillbilly comes up and threatens me with a hand cannon. But every time I've called for a deputy to help me out, I get a big bag of nothing.On the other hand, this fellow sister in the media gets on the horn for a deputy and the Sheriff in Arkansas sends some serious muscle out to assist them in record time.

Serious Muscle Looks At Exclusive Videotape

There's a lot of injustice out there.

"Ah . . . I work out" Pick Me Up Of The Day