Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen

6.12.2012

In Case You Are Interested

Full press release here.

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Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

Arrests have been made in the "82 year old bound and gagged" case. Still getting details.
That was a heck of a lightning storm.
That Lockheed Martin strike is in its eighth week. That's a pretty long time for a strike, and it doesn't seem to be getting a lot of press.
Photo of gay couple's car vandalized in Arlington. (Facebook.) Good grief.
I DVR'd the Baylor/Arkansas game last night and was about 45 minutes behind as I watched it. As the recorded version ended, the score was 0-0 heading into the 10th. Ugh. But maybe I didn't want to see the Razorbacks eventually win 1-0.
A friend told me he was getting divorced after about 25 years of marriage. Kids are raised and are doing fine. Maybe I'm wrong, but you can almost call that a successful marriage can't you? I mean, it probably lasted 80%-90% longer than most.
"Sam Drucker" has died. (There are probably more people who don't know who that is than do.)
I'm interested in seeing who this is: A guy driving a Mercedes on the George Bush Tollway in Richardson last night causes a fatal accident and then runs away on foot. He is caught about a mile away.
Mrs. LL has discovered that every episode of The Office in syndication is missing about five minutes of content because of increased commercials. Now she's going back on Netflix to find out what she missed. (She's obsessed.) Remember when I said I never saw a re-run of Dwight dressed up as The Joker? That's why. It was cut.
Two 40 somethings acted like it was Mardi Gras on a Monday afternoon on a Missouri golf course.
I never saw a complete episode of Dallas.

6.11.2012

Ex Mrs. Tiger Woods Afternoon Pick Me Up

The Greatest Robber Beat Down In The History Of Ever

If you don't mind looking at a guy's bare butt*, you've got to see this video.

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* Joke series begins in three, two . . .

An 82 year old man was found bound and gagged in his Wise County home on Friday night near Briar. He is listed in "serious" condition at a Fort Worth hospital, and it is believed that he had been tied up for several days. After not being for most or all of last week, a neighbor became concerned and looked through the home's window where he made the discovery.

Developing . . .

Developing . . .

Texas Case of the Day

The chances of being indicted? One in a thousand. But here's a chilling thought: What if the guy is making up the molestation claim as a cover for an unjustified killing? There's no evidence to support that, but it's something the cops would definitely check into.

Story.

I Was Telling Mrs.LL That Exact Same Thing The Other Day

And how about we create a pot to raise enough money to send Becky Oliver to interview this guy. It'd be more action than the Pacquiao/Bradley fight on Saturday.

Burying The Lead

DM- A woman who was given a $2.1million tax refund after filing a false claim went on a massive spending spree until she was caught. Krystle Marie Reyes was only caught after she reported the Visa card containing the seven figure sum had been lost. By that time she had already spent more than $150,000, including buying a car and other household items. The 25-year-old from Salem, Oregon, had used Turbo Tax to file her income tax return for 2011.She claimed earnings of $3 million but used the tax calculator programme to claim a refund of $2.1 million, Oregon Live reported. Incredibly, they approved the payout and Reyes was sent a visa card by the tax preparation computer programme containing a balance of $2.1 million. She later reported the card missing, prompting an investigation which uncovered the massive fraud which is believed to be the biggest in the history of the state of Oregon.

Yeah, everyone is up in arms about this gal trying to rip off the State of Oregon, but you know what I think the most amazing part of the story is? She had a Visa card with a $2.1 million balance on it. That's possible?

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

Three separate motorcycle deaths in Austin over the weekend. And three separate drownings in DFW lakes.
Over 20 years ago I hated lawn work so much that I got a nasty letter from my homeowner's association. Now I walk around the lawn looking for spare weeds.
Mrs. LL might have met an officer who thought she might have disregarded the speed limit in the great state of Texas.
Baylor came within three outs of going to the college world series yesterday. Now they are 27 outs away. After Arkansas tied the game and with the bases loaded, Baylor's relief pitcher came in and threw one pitch and hit the batter. Sheesh.
Lindsey Lohan managed to total her Porsche on Friday. I'm surprised she wasn't badly hurt.
The "private sector is doing fine" gaffe by the President was one heck of a gaffe. The Republicans were smart to jump on that.
It's not often you see a bridge pillar broken in two but when it is hit by an 18 wheeler which never hit its brakes, it can happen. What a mess on a shut down I-30 in west Dallas.
I looked up at the TV on Saturday night and saw the movie Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus. And they said Hollywood was out of ideas.
The Electric Daisy Carnival looks like a scene.
Mrs. LL apparently still can't hit a softball but she had learned to run to first on a dropped third strike. She felt like a Softball Genius. Attagirl.
The new Dallas ISD superintendent defends the $180,000 salary of his 31 year old communications director: “If Jennifer Sprague were an ugly, slightly older male with 20 years of experience who had won all these national awards would any of you make a story of it if he received the same salary?” Well that 20 years of experience might be a little different.
Lady Gaga got hit in the head with a pole while on stage and it looks like that would have hurt.
Kenney Chesney has been trying to position himself as the next Jimmy Buffet for 10 years and when he's now playing in front of 50,000 at Cowboys Stadium, he might be getting there.
The Family Cat now makes a break for it every time the back door is opened. She then hits the brakes about halfway into the lawn and starts grazing. It's like a "Hey! I can eat this green carpet!" moment.

6.09.2012

The Messenger is doing something different -- a four part series on a lady sent to federal prison. And the author is a name that I haven't seen before (but maybe I've just missed it.)

A19 year old from Saginaw is walking to Washington DC with a cross on his back. I don't like his chances.
LeBron James is only 27. He was a beast last night. And had a beer poured on him on the way to the locker room.
"Spectator at Fort Worth murder trial lunges at defendant." And he was tackled "mid-air" by a bailiff?
There's a chance to see a Triple Crown winner tomorrow but it is exactly the kind of event I'll forget to watch. (And when I hear the name of "I'll Have Another", I think of Animal House.)
Mrs. LL sent in her passport with a name change form and she got a new one within three weeks. Everything was great except the new one didn't have her name changed.
There was a wreck at 114 and 51 yesterday. Two days ago a lady up at the courthouse was telling us how dangerous that stretch of road is due to the construction.
Is the "Glee Camp" listed in the Update based upon the TV show Glee?
Dennis Miller is at the Bass Hall tonight. I wonder what attendance will be like. A humorist who appeals to curmudgeons seems like a tough sale.
If the prosecutor in the George Zimmerman case really threatened to sue Alan Dershowitz for slander, then George Zimmerman should be very happy: The government's lawyer is an idiot.
I'll try to find out what the story is with the "not guilty" verdict in the Sexual Assault of a Child case in Decatur. There was a weird vibe around the trial because no one seemed very interested in it. And the jury even seemed different, but I'm not sure I can explain how.
Military suicides has become an alarming trend.
There's some kind of bomb threat in Burleson this morning. Developing . . .
In the appeal of the "no body" Denton murder case, the defense asked for four extensions of time to file their brief but after about six months from when it was initially due, it finally was done.