Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• The pastor of the huge Fellowship Church, Ed Young, is far  more concerned with publicity than anything else. First he spends a weekend or more with his wife on a bed on the roof of his church, and on Sunday he had a caged tiger on stage. Then again, it might be appropriate for that circus act he's got going on.
• Yu Darvish got rocked in the first inning last night and got this close to being pulled. I'll give him credit for settling down and then going another four innings (but, man, there were a lot of hard hit balls in those later innings that went straight to Ranger players.) 
• You think with the bases loaded, two runs in, and one out in the first, Nolan Ryan thought, "$100 million? We paid $100 million."
• Fox Sports Southwest missed the first pitch on Opening Day and the first two pitches of the Yu Darvish start.
• I didn't matter to me. I missed the first part of the game because Mrs. LL got stranded with a dead battery. 
• Decatur High School lipdub?
• Remember the Watagua lady who walked off from a mid-cities pool party in the middle of the night two years ago and ended up getting hit and killed on Highway 183? Well, the cops think they found who hit her on or near the highway and indicted him.  And I'll give credit to Mrs. LL for finding this very uncomfortable Facebook entry by the deceased's husband (at least a comment is uncomfortable.) 
• Yeah, yeah, Baylor basketball - both men's and women's - may be sanctioned by the NCAA for phone and text message violations over a five year period. The funniest comment I say yesterday was, "If the Baylor Bears want to get past the Elite Eight, they are going to have to have bigger violations than that."
• I made reference to the "water sprinkler dance" yesterday and there was a fat guy who caught a Ranger home run in the grassy knoll last night who broke out into it.
• Someone mentioned that Fox 4 Heather Hays said there were "Hail sized golf balls" falling in Oklahoma last night. I haven't confirmed that, though.
• I bought a  Christopher Hitchens book. Uh, I think he's too smart for me. 
• Every time Mrs. LL sees Mike Napoli on TV she starts using a horrible Italian accent. 

Today's Viral Video

Let's all assume that chick is OK and now has a healthy respect for a jet engine.

You know, I posted about that beach a couple of years back. Of course, I couldn't find that post because searching past Blogger posts (hosted by Google) with Google is absolutely worthless. That's one of the Internets great mysteries.  Anyway, the cool part of this beach is not standing behind that beast when it's taking off, it's waiting for them to come in.  I could spend a whole vacation there. I even checked out that hotel in the background a couple of months back. Mrs. LL didn't quite share my excitement. Sheesh. She gonna let Tiffany show her up? ....

I Bet He Even Knows The Water Sprinkler Dance

I'm generally not a fan of the streaker/man-on-the-field/whatever because it's very 1970ish. I mean, seriously, if you are going  to stop down thousands of people in the audience you should at least have a little originality.  And that brings us to the 10 second mark in this clip. Maybe the ol'-start-the-lawmower bit has been around a while, but it's a new one to me.Well done, young man. Well done. Adam West would be proud.

And check out these Baltimore cops. They are so busy chasing real criminals (Hey, I've seen The Wire) that the last thing they are going to do is run around a field under the sun because of some jackwagon. Just wait for the Caped Crusader to get himself in position and then, BOOM! POW! Their work is done.

Miami's New Tricked Up Ballpark

I had heard about that thing in the outfield but had never seen it. I'm just not sure what I'm looking at.

Video From The Wreck Yesterday Sent In By Faithful Reader

For as many people who have mailed me about this, I haven't seen one news story. Anyone?

Edit: The Star-Telegram now has a story. Bridgeport woman was killed. Others from Bridgeport and one from Decatur were injured.

Sportzzz News

And I'll actually be locked in to watch Yu Darvish pitch tonight. (And I think we'll get the cheer of "Yuuuuuuuuuuuu!" after every strikeout. Could be wrong.)

Random Man In A Bear Suit

I don't know what the back story is, but that's funny.

Edit: Along the same lines, here's a day late photo with the same theme

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• "I've never tricked up a a flower before." -- Third Grader In The House allowed to fold open the petals of a dying rose. 
• Question in the house yesterday: Are there more indoor or outdoor Easter egg hunts? I said outdoor. Mrs. LL questioned my credentials on the matter. 
• Mrs. LL failed sports question after a Texas Ranger got a big hit in Friday's game: "Was that Yu Darvish?"
• If you have at least two people looking a radar on their smartphones, both will believe their radar is the most accurate. 
• You couldn't help but feel great for Master's winner Bubba Watson yesterday -- especially after this teary eyed quote moments after the victory: "I never get this far in my dreams."
• But that was one funny missed handshake between Watson and the chairman of Augusta National.
• You'd think Bubba Watson would have a smokin' hot wife. Uh, not so much.
• WBAP has deleted any reference to Mark Davis on its website. If I'm one of the boys over at The Ticket, I'm a little nervous that parent company Cumulus believes there are no sacred cows. 
• Mrs. LL pulled out a big hat yesterday for Easter. I got tickled at myself for immediately going into a Michael Scott southern accent from an Office episode and proclaiming, "I do declare!!"
• I'm a huge fan of The Three Stooges, and I absolutely cringe at every commercial for that new movie.
• I don't think teen bride Courtney Stodder understands how you are supposed to dress at Easter.
• Thought about Mike Wallace's death: He was down at Cowboys camp a few years back to do a segment on then coach Bill Parcells. Later in the day, Parcells was asked in a press conference who he most admired and Parcells said Mike Wallace (who he allegedly didn't know was in the audience.) Sucking up, no doubt, so that Wallace would put him in a good light on 60 Minutes. It worked.
• I can't exactly say I've got a lot of others to judge it by, but this has to be the worst cheap shot on a guy standing on second in a community college game in the history of ever. 
• Hey you second and third place winners in the Liberally Lean Tourney, you better email me back or you're going to forfeit your prizes to those below you. 
• I got to see the last hour or so of The Today Show on Friday- the part which is co-hosted by Kathy Lee Gifford.   It's like a Saturday Night Live bit making fun of Kathy Lee Gifford.

Decatur Begger Sighting

Yesterday on 377 in Keller.

(Thanks, Kurt.)

Just heard

Montague county wreck in the area of 101 and 287. If I am right, five helicopters ten patients and one possible doa. Head on

I Wonder If Kids Even Know What It Means

And on a completely different note, the "Painter of Light" has died.

Messenger Cartoon

Messenger Above The Fold

English, Do You Speak It?

Ranger game in the first inning. Just checking out the advertising in the background. Yu Darvish Effect?

Over Decatur This Morning

Stolen from Kevin Burns facebook page.

The Statue

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• In light of suspended defensive coach Gregg Williams being caught on tape telling his players to target body parts of particular players, The Fan's Richie Whitt said yesterday that his pee wee football team would chant, "Kill. Kill. Blood makes the grass grow." So did mine.
• When I can, I like sitting down for Opening Day. Then I get bored by inning number two.
• Did that Arkansas coach really think no one would find out? That no one would request a copy of the accident report?
• I don't think I ever had the Easter Bunny come visit me at night when I was a kid. I'm pretty sure my house wasn't going to trick up a religious holiday.
• I used to think it was silly when a governor toured the site of the disaster. I still do, but I also understand how I'd feel if I perceived state government as not caring at all. All in all, I'd rather him show up.
• There were a lot of kids in my house for a sleepover last night. 
• I think everyone in the world has lost interest in the Republican primary process. 
• When I'm in line at the grocery store, I always think the person behind me is looking at my items and making a judgment about me. 
• I got to watch Ann Curry on The Today Show this morning. Man, I miss the joy of head shaking that she gave me. 
• Whatever happened to Suzy Bogguss?
• There will be free wifi at DFW Airport beginning on September 1st. That's hard to believe.
• The story of the 80 year old lady landing the plane after her husband/pilot collapsed and died is really amazing. (Audio was released yesterday of the event.)  I'd have to tell the control tower my experience consisted of playing Microsoft Flight Simulator for about two hours without one successful landing. 
• Video of hail destroying a car in this week's storms.
• Breaking: The unemployment rate fell to 8.2% last month. Remember, that's good news for your country. 
• Joe Avezzano's death while running scares me senseless.
• Dallas Cowboy first round bust Bobby Carpenter was signed by the Patriots yesterday. That will be the fifth NFL team he has spared to death. 
• I saw a Wise County pastor on Facebook cheering the fact that JC Penny laid off 14% of its staff at its Plano headquarters yesterday -- he attributed it to the "protest" of the company having Ellen Degeneres as a spokesperson.  I'm speechless.
• A drunk guy showed up at an Austin Walmart last night and police were called. The result: An Austin police officer was shot dead.

Married Arkansas Coach Had A Motorcycle Wreck This Week. . .

Bobby Petrino Before Mrs. Petrino Gets A Hold Of Him

. . . but he and the school weren't exactly truthful when asked about whether he was alone. It could be because it was this 25 year old "Hey, Now" who was on the back of the bike  . . . .

Not Mrs. Petrino

Younger Days. Game, set and match.