Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen

11.19.2012

When Did This Happen?

Funny.

Edit: "The President is not impressed." Now he's become the subject of photoshop.

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

I agree. That picture is a little weird.
We've got a murder charge in Wise County. Here is the victim's Facebook page.
I slept a bizarre amount this weekend. Not sure why.
I was also basically off the Internet all weekend as well.
I even slept through the first part of #1 Kansas State v. Baylor and only heard that an upset was happening when I was in the shower. I yelled. Mrs. LL then came scrambling up thinking I was in distress.
A Bridgeport man is featured in an Ohio piece about the "father he never knew."
I took the new tollway on the way home from San Antonio. 85 miles per hour is very fast -- especially when full trash bags would suddenly appear in the road.
And troopers were everywhere. It was a ridiculous number of those guys.
They are repaving one lane of I-35 in between Waco and Fort Worth. That was a beating.
I made Mrs. LL watch Roadhouse this weekend. She was not impressed.
I know Israel has a much better military than those around them, but they might want to be careful stirring up the millions of folks that surround them.
I had the weirdest dream about hanging out with women who were in the Wise County Jail.
Conservative talk radio is in panic mode.
I'm hearing lots of bus about 60 Minutes last night. Something about an incredible Colombian drug organization and a segment on college football.
I don't understand any discussion about whether Texas can legally secede from the Union. It doesn't matter. That declaration would be more akin to an act of war than a divorce decree.

11.16.2012

Miss Big Beautiful Woman International 2012 Taking You Into The Weekend

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Jeff Gordon's 42 Year Old Wife

This War Will Be Twitterized

Israel posts constant updates of its bombing of Gaza on Twitter. It's like a "I just ate a sandwich" posting by a military.

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

I would like to announce that I had the greatest spicy grilled chicken sandwich in the world yesterday. And I got it at a mall food court. At a place I had never heard of.
Four people dead when a train hits a float at a Veteran's Parade in Midland is beyond horrible. The trailer that was hit was carrying 26 passengers — 12 veterans, 12 spouses and two civilian escorts.
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John McCain is firing off all sorts of hot opinions lately. And this is the guy who thought Sarah Palin would be a good VP.
I was in the elevator with a really fat guy yesterday who had to tell the person on the end of the phone that he had to do something like a race horse. Good to know.
My seminar crowd is not the normal motley crew of defense attorneys.
Sat by a guy yesterday who spent 30 minutes working on a "Waiver of Arraignment" on his laptop. If you know what's involved in that, you'd laugh too.
There are a million high school kids on the Riverwalk . What is going on?
Had a loyal blog reader who emailed me and said that he runs a gas chromatography machine all time and he'd be happy to give me a demo. Absolutely.
One of the speakers today might be the hottest lawyer I've ever seen in my life. She worked for Gerry Spence for a year?
Conversation behind me: "We went down to the riverwalk and had some Mexican food." Other guy: "You were able to find Mexican food?" Reply: "Yeah, down by the river."
I bet the leaves might be turning in the Hill Country. A lazy drive through there sounds more attractive than the tollway (although I won't do it.)
Hostess announced it will go out of business this morning after a bakers' strike. I shed a tear for the Ding Dong.
There were four people killed in Benghazi. I bet 98% of the population doesn't know that there were two separate incidents about a mile away from each other. Two were killed in one place and hours later two others were killed in another location.
I don't want to hear the 911 call from the woman who drowned last night when her car went into a pond in Fort Worth and sank. She had her 22 month old daughter with her. Tell me the news stations up there didn't play it last night. Please.

11.15.2012

"Squatter" Sentenced This Morning

That's pretty far from that "possibly life" sentence the media kept hyping.

Reading For You (The Seminar Is Actually Good So Far)

This is an update on the Tanglewood teenager murder. I haven't read it yet but I'm guessing it's not bad.

I'm typing this from a seminar hall in a hotel in San Antonio. Do you know how hard it is to find a Random Thought Girl with people possibly looking over your shoulder?
I miss the Austin bypass right past Georgetown every time. (Make that twice.) It is horribly marked with no words like "tollway", "bypass", or "alternate route".
I'm taking it on the way back, however. I'm even getting on the new section that comes in east of San Antonio which has an 85 mile per hour speed limit. Wouldn't surprise me to find Spritle and Chim Chim in my trunk.
I'm at the Menger Hotel. Something about a ghost?
I may have a ghost in my shower because something definitely made the hot water go to "burn your body" mode this morning.
There was an Aggie receiver that has been missing since Monday who was found last night. They are releasing details in a second.
I like "alone time" but I generally hate traveling alone. Weird.
What's up with the outlet mall north of San Antonio. Has all the high tone names but I'm guessing it's a rip off. Right?
I found a stuffed toy monkey in my baggage. Definitely the work of Mrs. LL.
I used to attend these things and get a seminar notebook that was four inches thick. Now they give you a thumb drive.
Topic at 10:00 a.m.: "Introduction to Gas Chromatography". Ugh.
The thought of George P. Bush running for office (it looks like Texas Land Commissioner) powers me down.
Anyone else tired of the Petraeus "scandal"?
Nothing wrong with the Mark Schomburg murder plea bargain mentioned in the Update but the Tarrant County D.A.s office would have tried it just for publicity since it sounds so sensational. That would be wrong, but they would do it.

11.14.2012

Afternoon Pick Me Up: Twin Peaks Calendar Shoot

Not Lizzie Borden

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Israel Is Mixing It Up This Week

Youtube description: On Nov. 11, 2012, the IDF targeted Ahmed Jabri, the head of Hamas' military wing, in the Gaza Strip. Jabri was a senior Hamas operative who served in the upper echelon of the Hamas' command and was directly responsible for executing terror attacks against Israel in the past.

Horrible Basketball Player Shoots At Wrong Basket

I wonder if he ran back down the court yelling, "Four offensive rebounds, bro!"

Random Tuesday Wednesday Morning Thoughts

Bridgeport made the playoffs with a 4-6 record which will always be a head-shaker to old-timers.
Do generals just sit around and write emails all day?
The reconstruction of the wreck on 287 was handled with arrogance by law enforcement yesterday. Traffic was routed to the service road and then to the Saginaw cutoff where no one was directing traffic. And the cops didn't seem in any hurry to "re-create" or measure or do whatever it was they wanted to do.
Channing Tatum is People's Sexiest Man Alive.
There's a "squatter" trial going on in Tarrant County where it is reported that the defendant faces "life in prison." While true, I don't think he'll get much, if any, time in prison.
Perry and Cornyn wanting drug tests for those receiving welfare sends a not-so-subtle message of rich white guys looking for a way to kick the poor.
I watched a 4th grade school choir last night. The number of cell phones that went up into the air in camera mode was amazing. I would think that camera sales have absolutely plummeted, right?
Pat Robertson on General Petraeus: "The man's off in a foreign land and he's lonely and here's a good looking lady throwing herself at him. I mean, he's a man." If Robertson is married, his wife might want to do some snooping herself.
The woman who is essentially the whistle blower in the Petraeus scandal called 911 about news crews on her property: “You know, I don’t know if by any chance, because I’m an honorary consul general, so I have inviolability, so they should not be able to cross my property. I don’t know if you want to get diplomatic protection involved as well.” A little bit of self importance?
From the Update: "BENEFIT ACCOUNT – A benefit account for Laura Davis has been established at DATCU in Decatur. Davis is uninsured and in need of a liver transplant." There's an Obamacare message in there somewhere, isn't there?
Overheard at the courthouse after the election: "Those people in other parts of the country just don't think like we do."