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Election Night

"You were lucky. They made me talk on the campaign trail. Oh, and can I borrow that Chinese ad when I try it again? I'm thinking about adding some foreign accents to it. I'll kill 'em with it!"

Races I'm interested in

• U.S. Senate: Dewhurst will win but please don't let him get over 50% and avoid a run-off. And I want Craig James to come in under 5%. Edit: I got my wish. Dewhurst and Cruz in a run-off. James received 3.59%.
• Wise County Count at Law #2: Stephen Wren and Marilyn Belew "battle" for the first election ever for this court. I like both of them but if Stephen doesn't win, I don't know the landscape like I think I do. Edit: I still know the landscape as Wren won easily.
• Constable in Decatur: Tom Bishop vs. Dennis Hudson. If you are interested in this, that means you are really interested in it. Edit: And a lot of people were interested. Hudson cruised.
• DA in Williamson County: John Bradley, "The Most Conservative Prosecutor In The State", is being challenged by the County Attorney.  I don't think any "local" race has been watched more from around the state. Edit: Bradley lost 55% to 45% which is a big margin in an election.
• And although it's a foregone conclusion, I wonder how many protest votes against Mitt Romney the Texas Republicans will register. Edit: Not many. Could be a sign of solidarity.
• Edit: I forgot about the Rush Limbaugh judge over in Parker County. He lost. 

I'll mention later the ridiculous resolutions (?) on the Republican ballot.

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Rangers Bring In Mercenary For $4 Million For A Half Of A Season

And to think they did it on JFK's 95th birthday. Coincidence?

A Couple Of Obvious Things I've Ignored

The Florida face eating naked man (but don't believe the gruesome alleged photo going around of the victim. It's triple fake.)



The "Greatest Proposal Of All Time."  I'm not so sure about that. Maybe the best proposal by a guy who used to be in One Act Play or something.  (And the chick in the red dress steals it. Just when I was about to tear up, she brought me back to reality.)

"Stop Stealing My Money"

Doctor arrested for DWI did not handle it well.

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• Not a great start: Our office phones are jacked up. 
• That man-on-crane story didn't end well. I can't tell if he intended to jump or not. It seems like he lost his balance while getting out of the crane and then ended up hanging out the side -- perhaps too weak to hand on for long. 
• I would have watched more of the crane incident but the females in the house had the main TV occupied with a Zac Efron movie -- and apparently that is very important.
• It's voting day. I don't care who you vote for in the Senate race, but please don't vote for David Dewhurst.  Because of him, I cannot get "Ted Cruz" and "Chines" out of my mind.
• Watched most of the new The Longest Yard on Sunday night. The Eighth Grader in The House who knows nothing about football thought the football scenes were awesome. That about sums it up.
• I got to use a circular saw for some fence repair this weekend. The sound made me feel like I was building a house. 
• The guy arrested after the wreck that claimed the life of the Alvord girl was released on a personal recognizance bond.  For an out of county resident, that tells me something really unusual might be going on. And that's typically the case with the unusual criminally negligent homicide charge. 
• Baptist Baseball: UTA will find itself surrounded at the regionals in Waco this weekend as they enter the first round against Baylor, Oral Roberts, and Dallas Baptist. 
• We are testing out having The Family Cat hang out in the back yard with us. So far she's really calm. And tries to eat grass. 
• I've always rolled my eyes about The Blind Side -- without seeing it -- because I thought it was a stereotypical "white woman saves the black man" movie. Well, I finally saw an hour of it yesterday and unless the end of it makes a miraculous comeback, it was worse than I envisioned.
• This line in a podcast I was listening to while jogging yesterday almost stopped me down: "When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, leaving something in its place I have traded for it."

From A Reader In Response To My Reference Of Pigs Swimming Across The Rio Grande

Family vacation in March.  Staniel Cay, Bahamas - pigs would swim out around the boats begging for food.  I saw some swim for over an hour straight before they would head to shore for a rest.

Loved this. 

Pop Culture Of The Day

How I'm* Spending Memorial Day**

Link.
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*Hey, watching it. Not doing it.
**Alternative title: Someone has got on board the crazy crane.

I Don't Think It Is Ever "Happy" Memorial Day

Edit: And the guy who is in France (see the Mona Lisa post below) visited Omaha Beach today. What a day to make that trip.

Random Monday Morning Thoughts - Limited Edition

• San Antonio teacher gets probation from a jury for Intoxication Manslaughter. That follows on the heels of a flight attendant who received the same sentence a couple of week back. mc death 
• Arlington motorcycle death./
• The Mrs. and I planted a ton of bushes this weekend. After one day, none have died. 
• I found the show where people bid on lost airplane luggage without having the chance to open it first. I would absolutely do that.
• Love this in an article about a column written by Randy Galloway and the quitting of a TCU Running back. "Despite the lengthy piece, however, the coach did not specifically address Wesley’s situation, at least in quotes utilized by Galloway for the article." Translation: Galloway mails it in by bloating his columns with quotes that often ad little or nothing. 
• I watched an Anthony Bourdain episode over the weekend where he went to the Texas/Mexico border.Did you know ferrel hogs could swim across the Rio Grande.
• Yale gal writes about her future for the school paper, and then dies after graduation one week later. "We're so young. We're so young."
• WBAP's ex Mark Davis has a new home.
• Trouble at the Empire: "The Texas football team is 13-12 over its last two season. The Longhorns men's basketball team has won two NCAA tournament games the last four years. The women's basketball team hasn't won any.Meanwhile, UT's baseball team has just completed its worst regular season since 1998 and just when the school's softball team seemed to be on the verge of a special year, they fell one victory of its first Women's College World Series appearance in six seasons after losing twice to Oregon on their home field Saturday in the Super Regionals."
• It hadn't made the news yet, but I'm hearing that Fort Worth police responded to the wrong address over the weekend. and then shot a barking dog. Edit: Has made the news.

Alvord Girl Killed In Accident

Story.

Facebook page.

This guy was arrested for "criminally negligent homicide" -- no allegation of drugs or alcohol -- just a sad situation.

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Hula Hoop Girl Taking You Into The Weekend

Taking You Into The Weekend (Part 1)

Bono Waitresses

Edit: Be nice.

Edit: Bud Kennedy on Facebook is on to this.

For Ticket Fans Only (Seriously. No One Else Will Care.)

As a joke, someone sent the producer/board op of the Norm Hitzges Show a copy of "Out" magazine.

Then someone got a picture this morning of Norm holding it.

European Vacation

For some reason, I like it when people post vacation pictures on Facebook while they're there. (At least if it is some place cool.)  One guy I follow is making me jealous as he walks around Paris.  He went into the Louvre and posted this picture of the Mona Lisa. Look how little it is.

Sadly, I'd be thinking, "So this is the scene of the murder in The Da Vinci Code?"

Another Umpire Giving Strike Three The What For