Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• "Almost 1/3rd of law school grads aren't working as lawyers. Salaries are shrinking, while tuition is soaring."  There's just a weird atmosphere out there.
• Dallas ISD has a history of screwing up who it picks for superintendant. It seems like it has happened again. The new hire has decided to bring along a "spokesperson" (PR gal) from his past district. That's fine. Until you learn he wants to pay her $185,000. She made $87,000 in her current position and the old Dallas ISD spokesperson made $133,000. (And they might want to check into that relationship. She's smokin' hot based upon the photo in the above link.) Edit: She's only 31.
• The author of Farhenhit 451 died yesterday. I've never read it.
• My book on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is good but not great. But I did learn something yesterday that I should have already known: That guy was the one who personally beheaded New York Times reporter Daniel Pearl. Vicious.
• "It's D-Day and the History Channel has a Pawn Stars marathon and Google honors the drive-in theater." - Tweet from bagofnothing guy last night. 
• I'm in:  Quentin Tarantino is directing a new movie, Django Unchained,  a western about a bounty hunter who needs the help of a slave, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz, and Jamie Foxx.
• I've got a T-shirt of Travolta and Jackson from Pulp Fiction holding bananas instead of guns.
• Fox 4 had a reporter out at DFW Airport this morning to cover plane delays. What would normally be a throw away segment was pretty interesting. There were hundreds of people sleeping and standing in line all night (with no ticket agents even on duty.)
• The would-be Paradise model is Miss June on HowardTV.
• A fascinating trial in Houston right now where a man shot a party-goer from his neighbor's house and it was all recorded on tape.
• I would write something about the agg sex assault trial going on in Wise County but it is not fascinating. Thirty-something year old allegedly had consensual sex with a 13 year old which is a crime because she can't consent. 
• Dear Mrs. LL: Sorry I told you the final game of the College World Series was rained out. They actually played the game last night and it ended after midnight. The good news is that your prediction came true: Alabama won.
• Get me this pig!

Kennedy In Dallas Photo

Where did this come from? I've never seen it before.

Found on Facebook and the nutcases are already coming out of the woodwork in the comments there.

In Case That's Your Daily Commute

Need A Little Clarification

"At about 7:15 p.m., shots were fired and Arlington officer Bryan Graham, who was wearing a helmet, was hit above the right eyebrow. He was conscious and talking at the scene."

Did the bullet hit the helmet or not? 

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/06/06/4012253/man-killed-during-shootout-with.html#storylink=cpy

For All You Teachers With A Fancy School iPad

Try not to send racy emails on them. Especially if they aren't directed at your spouse.

What? No years of wheels off singledom?

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• A criminal defendant slugged his lawyer in Dallas yesterday.
• Two young girls sat in a booth behind me at lunch yesterday and I heard the following: (1) "probation", (2) "foster care", (3) "signing rights away to grandparents", (4) "baby daddy" - multiple times, and (5) "I don't think things through before I do it."  I'm making none of that up.
• I'm still unimpressed about Venus passing in front of the sun yesterday. It may have been a "once in a lifetime" event but that still doesn't make it spectacular. 
• Some knucklehead carrying a load hit the overhead railroad bridge on 114 by the Speedway last night. The highway is closed in both directions and traffic is being rerouted. (But that bridge has a clearance of less than 14 feet.)
• After watching the final four teams in the NBA playoffs, this question comes to mind: How in the world did the Dallas Mavericks win that thing last year? 
• Call me old, but the "lenseless" glasses the NBA players are wearing in post-game press conferences are silly.
• Mrs. LL went out for a jog on Saturday and the next thing I know we are out $40 for a bike from a garage sale she ran by.  But it was a heck of bike for $40. 
• I wonder how many people have drowned at Wise County Park over the years.
• Had a client who was incarcerated who wanted me to arrange for him to be married while he was up at the courthouse for a routine court appearance. 
• I remember the old Caravan motel sign on Jacksboro Highway in Fort Worth as a kid, and I swear I saw an exact replica of it not far from Cowboys Stadium the other day.  
• I don't know why I thought it was so funny that the kid was yelling, "Good job! Good effort!" at James and Wade last night. 
• I'll swear if Freddy Krueger made an appearance in my home, all the Girls In The House wouldn't react  as violently as when a spider makes an appearance. 

Lake Bridgeport Drowning

Messenger Above The Fold

Clever Headline

From the Huffington Post.

Political junkies were excited about this recall election. Results tonight.

Author Of "Friday Night Lights" . . .

. . . who is on a promotional tour for his new book does not think much of Dallas.

Romney's stage in Fort Worth

Flag issue? (credit Bud Kennedy)

Tuesday Afternoon Pick Me Up

Michelle Hunziker (and I'm still not sure who she is.)

"Alleged"

Is that some not-so-subtle message when the Penn State school newspaper refers to alleged victims with quotes around it? I mean, they are alleged victims so does the headline come across as sarcastic "air quotes"?

If You Drive A Big Rig, The Man Will Be After You Over The Next Three Days

Press release.

Some Video Editor Has A Lot Of Time

It gets pretty clever once the chorus kicks in at :35

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• That thunderstorm came out of nowhere this morning.
• It's early, but the Rangers are beginning to feel like the pre-World Series Rangers. (They lost 12-1 last night to a horrible A's team. It was so bad that Texas brought in Craig Gentry, an outfielder, to pitch at the end of the game.)
• There's something funny about a guy in a Darth Vadar outfit arguing with a cop about a parking ticket.
• I've seen the original Star Wars three times or so and I have to admit I have no idea what the heck is going on.
• Baylor and TCU advanced to the Super Regionals in college baseball last night and they are the only Texas teams to do so. (And I like saying "super regionals.")
• When the trash bin isn't emptied front of your home on trash day it kinda messes up your scene. My scene is messed up.
• I'm not 100% positive, but when WBAP's (annoying) traffic gal Laura Houston was told that Hulk Hogan was going to be on the show, she made reference to the chances of him turning green if he got angry. She got her Hulks confused.
• I'm not sure what the excitement is about Venus passing in front of the sun this afternoon. It'll look like a dot. And I don't need every news report to tell me: "Do not look directly at the sun."
• I've got a new landscaping project as I put in a flowerbed around the base of a tree. Those roots might make this a tad bit difficult (and I pray I don't kill that tree.)
• I had a buddy who had about three inches of top soil brought in to cover his backyard once and that slight change in elevation killed what had been a massive and healthy oak tree.
• Cruz and Dewhurst are thinking about doing a debate in Spanish? They'd stand a better chance of getting votes by replying, "I only speak 'merican!"
• Pictures of Jerry Sandusky arriving for jury selection this morning. That'll be a circus.
• In the MLB draft yesterday, the Houston Astros chose a 17 year old kid out of Puerto Rico with the first overall pick. That seems like a gamble. 
• Mrs. LL to me over the weekend: "Sheesh, you hold a grudge." (It was about a third party, not her.)

That's All We Need

More.

The officer's name was "Limbaugh"?