"I'm So Pay-ul"

And the gal on the right is like Pam from The Office.

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• Courtney Stodden has lost her mind as she acts like a cat.
• An Ector County prosecutor died of cancer yesterday. I researched a little bit about him, and I learned in February of 2010 he was given 22 months to live. That was a sad, but shockingly accurate, prognosis.
• I don't know anything about Kelly Hancock, but he's spent a shocking amount of money to beat Todd Smith in a Texas state Senate race.
• Paradise ISD is spreading more computers around according to the Update but providing the "high school staff" with Macbook Airs seems excessive. But I might simply be jealous.
• The Rangers don't look as invincible now. Yesterday  Neftali Feliz was put on the disabled list, and Yu Darvish got rocked against Seattle. I'll save my Hot Sports Prediction for the All-Star Break. 
• I've started a new book: The Hunt for KSM: Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9/11 Mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.  I learned yesterday that his first visit to the United States was to enroll in a private Baptist junior college in North Carolina. (He's the guy that looks like Jim Belushi, by the way.)
• Ann Curry tweeted this a couple of hours ago: "Morning. I love you." I wonder if she's about to be fired as co-host of The Today Show?
• If I start a sentence off with "I wonder" should it end with a question mark? That's a statement and not a question, isn't it?
• WBAP's Hal Jay told a pedophile joke this morning. 
• I watched a 10 and under girls softball game last night and the worst throw I saw came one hour later on TV when Josh Hamilton launched a ball into the dugout from centerfield in Seattle. (And did you hear that Fox Southwest had a technical problem last night that required the Rangers game to be commercial free? Same thing happened for Astros game as well.)
• The more you hear about the plane crash in Wise County on Sunday the more horrible it sounds. The young girl who is in critical condition worked at Wise Regional and went to TCU according to her Facebook page.
• I'm about to alter my policy on posting racist comments. After years, this blog seems to be getting hijacked.
• Those two guys in the Sonic commercials used to be funny.

Stop The Globe, I'm Gettin' Off

Still trying to get a story link, but apparently the parents put their toddler in a washing machine unaware that it would auto-lock. In all fairness, every time I've thought about doing the same thing I never considered that problem either.

Note: Yes, I'm aware of the race of the individuals. No need to remind us all.

Edit: Lots of people sent me the story. Here's the Yahoo version.

This Is The Premise Of Idiocracy

What Happened To Hannah Montana?

"They grow up so fast."

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• DFW sports radio rankings.
• Tim Reiger of Decatur was mentioned  by the Rangers broadcast team member Tom Grieve in the 9th inning on Friday night.  But I forgot why.
• Mrs. LL left me alone for the weekend as she ran off to Sea World. "No parties," she told me. Didn't have to worry about that.
• I watched the first five episodes of Mad Men. I'm still not sure what I'm watching, but the feel of the show is very, very cool.
• Young (and attractive) lawyer was randomly stabbed inside of a Dallas Target late last week.
• Horrible misprint on a  UT commencement program.  
• Is bull-nettle still prevalent in Texas? I haven't heard of anyone getting into it in a long time.
• I'll say it again, those anti-Ted Cruz "he-represents-the-Chinese" aren't just borderline racist, they are racist. David Dewhurst should be ashamed of himself. Crus is the ultimate conservative Tea Partier, and I'm no fan of his, but he needs to win that race.
• Good grief: Five people leave a Hooters off of Hulen last night and then proceed south on I-35. A car then pulls up next to them and unloads five gunshots into their car killing two of them.  Not that it makes it any better, but I hope that wasn't totally random.
• Saw a Trooper stopping a kid on College Street in the Decatur city limits this morning.
• Lawyer stuff:  The guy who represents Torii Hunter's son in the Prosper sexual assault case was in Wise County a couple of months ago representing someone in a criminal case. He actually stopped me on the street to ask me some questions about the ins and outs of our courthouse. Lawyer stuff #2:  Denton lawyer Tricia Perry (who used to come to Wise County) is representing the kid accused of setting the dog on fire in Dallas. I heard her on 105.3 The Fan on Friday afternoon. 
• Watched a fantastic documentary on VH1:  "Uprising: Hip Hop and the LA Riots."
• I watch a lot of TV when Mrs. LL isn't around. (And throw the ball into the backstop a lot.) 
• She went to Sea World with what sounds like a ton of Girl Scouts who actually spent the night in the park.  Mrs. LL says she tried to sleep while next to a glass wall which, on the other side, had a penguin who starred at her in the middle of the night.
• Oh, and she reports the bypass around Austin is the greatest thing in the history of ever and has a speed limit of 80 miles per hour. 

Plane Crash In Wise County

One fatality so far.

Developing . . .

Channel 5 has the first pic:

Edit:

Edit: You can see the grass runway from this satellite view:

There Was An Eclipse Tonight

Pete Delkus believes this is real. I'm not so sure:

Edit: Tony Jackson took these in Wise County

Stuff I LIke

I stumbled on this about two weeks ago and it stuck with me. I've always been a New Order fan and this song takes me back to circa 1990. I don't know who Nada Surf is, and I'm not sure what the AV Club is, but this project is pretty cool.

The trumpet (?) replacing the electronica and the beatboxing in this is cool. Very cool.

Link.

Funny

I think Bobby Valentine was suppressing laughter as he walked back to the dugout.

And the last 15 seconds of this video is pretty good. Slow motion. In reverse. Guys laughing.

Completely Fake Poster For Decatur Fundraiser

Messenger Above The Fold

Cuteness Taking You Into The Weekend

I Find Humor . . .

. . . in (1) the insane gyrations the runner goes through to avoid being tagged, and (2) the ol-throw-your-glove-into-the-ground move by the pitcher.

And Another - New Jersey

Story.

These teachers are putting up record breaking numbers quicker than Josh Hamilton.

The Story . . .

. . . says the city attorney prepared a three page contract regarding the coin flip. That got me thinking. What rules or contingencies would you need covered. Let's see . . .

• When
• Where
• Type of coin
• Who gets to make the call
• What happens if coin doesn't land flat (i.e. rolls and ends up leaning.)
• Who flips the coin
• Does the coin need to be tossed to a certain height

What else?

College Football Going Old School

The SEC and Big 12 just announced an agreement to have its conference champs play a bowl game on New Years Day.  The site is still undetermined but Jerry World has to be in the mix somewhere.

The only down side, if you can call it that, is that there will be a four team national championship playoff in a format that is yet to be determined. If the Big 12 Champ or SEC Champ it in the top four, they'll bypass the new bowl game. The last time that the Big 12 and SEC (combined) did not have a team in the final top four in the polls was 2001, so this new game will probably have a conference champ runner up in it every year.  Still, it's great.

Edit: Someone pointed out that they announced this game for prime time on New Years Day and they don't even have a television contract for the bowl. No worry. They'll come lined up with sacks and sacks of money.

Edit: Here's the matchups the game would have produced over the last ten years or so.

Mark Cuban Rolling Big Time At Some Restaurant Named Blowfish

He throwing down the Duck Face?

Source.