What Was That This Weekend?

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• I cut my toe by dropping a full shampoo bottle on it in the shower. That hurts, by the way.
• I went and bought a more durable baseball bounce back net.  I've played with it so much my neighbors are going to thank I'm nuts.
• Speaking of neighbors, the mom of the Mean Neighbor Kids offered Mrs. LL a bunch of home grown peaches.
• WBAP officially cut ties with Mark Davis on Friday. He confirmed he was willing to take a "substantial" pay cut but Cumulus wanted more. I'm telling you, if I'm a high priced Cumulus employee I'm worried. (They own The Ticket, KLIF, KSCS and The Wolf.)
• Well, it looks like I'm back to being a Sports Genius as my prediction of the Mavs not getting out of the first round became true. (And I've got the extra bonus of everyone dogging Cuban for not going "all in" this season. Dirk: " I just thought they had more weapons than us.")
• And Coach Rick Carlisle, who doesn't have a contract, sent a not-to-subtle message to Cuban about his status when speaking of the Oklahoma City coach who is in the same position: ""I hope [they have] got enough money to sign him, because he's going to be in high demand if they don't get that done."
• How in the world can The Avengers pull in $200.3 million for the weekend?
• The heck with the Super Moon, the lightning in the Southern Tarrant County sky on Friday night was spectacular. 
• Man, I got bombarded with emails when news broke last night of Jane McGarry's arrest for DWI. By the way, she takes a pretty good mugshot.
• I tend to lock into World War II shows on the History Channel and the like.  What an absolutely insane time in history. 
• Some speaker at my DWI seminar said, "We hare a high volume DWI firm and we try probably 80% of our cases to a jury."  I find that statement simply unbelievable. 

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Messenger Above The Fold

The roof is on fire!

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Michelle Hunziker And A UT Student Getting Hit By A Bus During A Sword Fight Taking You Into The Weekend

And I was kidding about the sword fight.

Defendant Was None Too Pleased This Morning

I remembered when this crime happened. The guy above, sixteen years old at the time, and another kid were burglarizing a home in Fort Worth when a high schooler who lived there walked in on him. That kid got shot in the head.  The prosecutors certified this defendant as an adult and his trial was this week. The punishment was handed down this morning and he went off on the jury. Fox 4 has video of it.

(I know what's coming, so I'll warn you I'll block the you-know-what comments. But the comments over at the Star-Telegram will be a war zone)

First the bear now ...

NO!!!!!!!!!

(NEWSER) – His sense of adventure, it seems, finally got the better of him. A bear who made his name by showing up on campus at the University of Colorado—where he relaxed in a tree before being tranquilized and tumbling into photographic infamy—has been killed by a car on US 36, the AP reports. Officials know it was the same bear because of a tag placed on his ear following the college incident, after which he had been relocated to a wilderness area about 50 miles west of Boulder. A driver was slightly injured in the accident yesterday morning.


Well, that just ruined my day. Greatest bear in the history of ever has met his maker.

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• Seminar Day Two.  I left this morning wearing jeans and a pretty sporty shirt (if I do say so myself.) Mrs LL looked at me like I was heading out for a night on the town. 
• The "biggest moon of the year" will be this weekend.
• There's always a bright "star" that is the first to appear in the western sky this time of year. This week I learned for the first time that it is not a star but a planet. 
• Without looking, I'm not sure I could name a single superhero making up The Avengers. When was that group popular? (Now if you want me to name the Super Friends, that'd be easy.)
• I saw the aftermath of a big wreck in Arlington yesterday on I-30. One of the vehicles was a yellow taxi van that looked like it had rolled. That made me cringe. Any change a passenger(s) was wearing a seatbelt in that?
• Yesterday at the seminar, there were two lawyers from Central Texas (man and a woman) sitting behind me who seemed to know each other and both were staying at the hotel. The guy was whipping that lady's arse with lame conversation like nobody's business. When they returned from lunch I heard the guy say, "Where were you? (Laughing) I thought you were avoiding me." I bet she was.
• He had a holster for his phone. But he also has an iPad. 
• When you overhear criminal defense lawyers talking about prosecutors, the greatest seal of approval you will hear is that the person being discussed is "fair and honest." 
• There's a female lawyer who is an in-studio Fox 4 consultant for the Deion/Pilar Sanders ongoing soap opera. I'd take her a lot more seriously if she wouldn't say "you know" like a teenager every thirty seconds.
• If Kim Mulkey could walk out onto the court and challenge every call, she would have been Mrs. LL's opposing softball coach last night. Sheesh, lady. This ain't Game Seven of the World Series.
• Morning News today: The son of a guy who was part of the French Army defeated in a battle by Mexico (which was the origin of Cinco de Mayo) moved to Bridgeport back in the day and bought a coal mine. 
• Did you catch the angry Mark Cuban dropping F bombs last night as the Mavericks were getting blown out? That made me giggle a little bit. Can't stand the guy. EDIT: Animated GIF!!!
• Has he had botox injections? 
• "Is this a sign of the changing of the guard?" - Announcer last night when Oklahoma City got out to a jaw dropping lead. Answer: Absolutely.
• Seven items in today's Update promote fundraisers.
• Fun to play with: Radio Time Machine.

Reader Sent In Photo From Decatur Courthouse

Please tell me I don't know this guy.

DWI Seminar

• That's where I'm at.
• Try getting to Arlington in rush hour traffic these days. Good grief.
• A guy was sitting behind me earlier who had the voice of the Honey Badger narrarrater.
• I heard a girl randomly says that she was one of three girls who was dressed the same "if you see the photo of the time that the goal post went into the stands at the Aggie/Tech game." I'm going to look that up. 
• A guy wanted to talk to me about a "cattle rustling" case. 
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• We just got shut down for over 30 minutes because the "electrical grid" in the area was shut down for a nuclear attack drill? You kidding me? 
• Don Wilson of Abilene came up to me during the break and told me he was an avid blog reader. Heck of a nice guy with great stories. (And you hardly ever hear me say that)
• I tried to talk to one of the course leaders about a case he would definitely be interested in. Instead, he was so enamored with his own voice that we didn't get a chance to discuss it. That guy's a beating. 

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Actual birthday cake he received.

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• "The Scream" painting (bet you can guess what it is) sold at auction for $120 million.
• Me + Jogging = I'm beginning to feel my age.
• For the millionth time, a person possesses methamphetamine not methamphetamines.
• The crazy guy who sexually assaulted the girl in Dallas who was on her way to school was kicked out of Prairieville Baptist Church. They have standards?
• Mrs. LL got a tiny trophy for running a 5K last weekend. I looked up yesterday and saw that it's on our mantel. I think she's doing shtick. I hope. 
• I've never heard anything positive about ultra-conservative Tarrant County judge Sharen Wilson. Why doesn't someone run against her?
• College kid sleeping on the couch during a drug raid is told he would be released but instead was placed in a dark cell, handcuffed to a wall, and forgotten for four days. Incredible.
• One of the buyers of the Los Angeles Dodgers, along with Magic Johnson, is Fort Worth resident Bobby Patton. I knew Bobby back when he was a criminal defense lawyer who pretty much earned a living like everyone else. Then in 2005 the Osteopathic Hospital in Fort Worth got foreclosed on and he scrambled and bought it at auction for $6 million (I'm not sure how).One week later he sold it to the University of North Texas for $16 million. 
• But there had to be even more windfalls than that in order for him to be part of that buyer's group.
• I've started reading Blackhawk Down. I've never seen the movie. I was hoping for more background but it may be more of a battle intensive book.
• The video of Junior Seau's mom grieving yesterday was really hard to watch. 

Wise County Cops Wouldn't Put Up This Occupy Movement

What the heck is up at the 12 second mark? Yesterday in Los Angeles, some 99%-er Eddie Munster look-alike comes up and whacks a cop in the back of the head and they let him walk away? Try to pull that here and we've got a whack-a-mole game breaking out while everyone yells, "You will respect my awwwthoriteeeee!!"  It'd be brutal.

And what's up with that kid's weapon? (Shown below.)  A mini washtub?

P.S. That cop wasn't very big. Maybe it was Take Your Kid To Work Day or something. 

Sports Death: Junior Seau

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