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12.17.2012
Random Monday Morning Thoughts
- There was a discussion this morning about shielding elementary school children from the news of the Connecticut shooting. Really? There's no way they wouldn't hear about it. Right?
- But there was no reference to the incident at the elementary school choir performance I went to on Friday night. I would think a vague reference followed by Silent Night would have been a nice touch. (They had time for it -- it lasted over an hour and a half.)
- After I wrote the above, I learned Saturday Night Live opened up with a children's choir singing Silent Night.
- And adults shouldn't at least talk about gun control? If not now, when?
- Will "Sandy Hook" have the same meaning as "Columbine"? I'm guessing the answer is yes.
- My favorite place in the world is my chair at home with the Family Pup beside me.
- I'm into Season Four of Breaking Bad. I think I end ever episode by saying, "This show is so well done."
- The Cowboys game was really entertaining. But why was Josh Brent on the sideline?
- Did you see the Danny Amendola's spike yesterday that almost blinded an old guy?
- Warmest December ever?
- Mrs. LL and I were sleeping bums on Saturday and it was fantastic.
- From the Update today: "Fiery Sunday". Why is "fiery" not spelled "firey"?
- The "Elf on the Shelf" bit is pretty cute. Still a little weird, but very cute.
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12.16.2012
12.14.2012
Taking You Into The Weekend
I had a different post automatically set to go up but I deleted it. UNLV cheerleaders were cute but that just didn't seem to be appropriate on the day of the second worst mass killing in U.S. history. Especially with all of the children involved.
On that note, I'm set to attend an elementary school choir's Christmas pageant tonight. It may turn out to be the most emotional unscheduled memorial service ever. At least for me.
The Killer ....Edit: Not So Fast
Per CNN based upon this Slate tweet.
Edit: What a screw up. Online magazine Slate quoted CNN as naming Ryan Lanza the killer (which is true) but then Slate linked to a facebook page.
Amazingly, Lanza listed his "hometown" as the location of the shooting.
Edit: It looks like this is Lanza's real twitter account. Edit: Heck, now I'm not even sure that's correct. This is insane.
Edit: Good grief. Instant news is instant inaccuracy.
News From Earlier Just Took A Turn For The Worse
This will keep the gun debate going.
Google news feed here. ABC news feed here.
Edit: Oh, my goodness . . .
Random Friday Morning Thoughts
- The "Elf On The Shelf" has made an appearance at the house. I had never heard of this thing/concept until a couple of years ago, and the book I read last night (which I believe it is based upon) was copyrighted in 2005. Is it that recent?
- He was up on a ledge this morning about 12 feet high. This whole concept kind of creeps me out. It feels more like Chuckie instead of an elf.
- The dress code for the club that Josh Brent was in before the fatal crash is unusual. I support the "no Ed Hardy shirts" but the code for women seems pretty strict for the club scene. And, of course, I know club scenes.
- I would support a "no Ed Hardy shirts" policy for the planet Earth.
- Up at the courthouse yesterday, I heard someone mention they had received duplicate charges for a credit card transaction at Walmart. I looked at the bagofnothing.com blog this morning and he mentioned he had been double charged there as well. What's going on?
- Mitt Romney's "47 Percent" gaffe tops Time's Top Ten Quotes of the Year.
- The "no parole" aspect for the Continuous Sexual Abuse law in addition to the 25 year minimum is truly insane. Those that practice criminal law understand this, but it's almost impossible to get the public to agree unless a specific case were to be analyzed.
- Fox 4's Clarice Tinsley really irritates me.
- The Ranger's first home game next year will see Josh Hamilton return as a member of the Los Angeles Angels. The boos will come pouring down. I think.
- Who would have the lower SAT score: Josh Hamilton or Dez Bryant?
- The Freshman-In-The-House has to read Animal Farm for school. I kind of want to read it since it's been decades since I last have. I might actually understand it this time.
- But I did remember and proclaimed in the house, "All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others." I got a lot of stares.
- How many people attend a function for the Wise County Fossil, Rock and Mineral Society? Seriously.
- Saw someone comment to the effect of, "The less you are attached to things the less suffering you will have when those things change."
- I don't know deer, but that looks like a big deer shot in Wise County.
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12.13.2012
Josh Hamilton Really Is An Angel
The Rangers let crazy Josh Hamilton "get away" as the Los Angeles Angels sign him for 5 years and $125 million. The pastor of Dallas Prestonwood's Baptist Church (membership greater than 30,000) is not happy on twitter. (Above)
In other news, it's safe to go to the bathroom in Sherlock's now.
Oh, and a flashback from Josh's wife earlier this year in Sports Illustrated:
"Fans and reporters are so far off base with where we are," Katie says. "They'll say, 'Oh, Josh doesn't care about the money.' No, we don't really care about the money so much for us, but we have huge plans for this money and, no, it's not strictly for our bank account. It is for a hurting world."
So maybe Pastor Graham doesn't need to be upset at all.
Punishment Verdict In Wise County Case
Messenger's Joe Duty Not Shooting A Christmas Card Photo Of Defendant
60 years in prison. No parole for Continuous Sexual Abuse under Texas Law. Defendant is 44 years old.
(Live from courtroom)
Facebook Rumor and Innuendo: News
Breaking news: Kaufman Co Sheriff's Dept has confirmed a small plane has crashed on the Kaufman/Ellis County line near the Trinity River: We have crews on the way...
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The Wife Of Olympic Skier Bode Miller
But this isn't a Pick Me Up. You see, Bode and his wife decided to go golfing yesterday. I'm not exactly sure what happened, but Bode hit her in the face with what Mrs. Miller referred to as a "line drive."
Photo evidence? Oh, my.
I've Got A "60 Minutes" Type Expose!
Wait a second!! The "Crime Report" which had been appearing in the Messenger, referenced on Jay Leno, and featured by Texas Monthly (after the Messenger complained it was being ignored) was not written by the Messenger but by the Sheriff's Office? There are Sheriff's Office comedy ghost writers? I'm grabbing my camera crew and reporters and heading out to 200 Rook Ramsey Boulevard to get to the bottom of this.
- After six hours of deliberations, the guy on trial in Wise County for "continuous sex assault of a child" was found guilty yesterday evening. The punishment phase begins today with the range of punishment being no less than 25 years and no more than Life. He cannot get probation. There is no early parole. (And I can predict what will happen -- it will make sense tomorrow when I can say more.)
- I mentioned that the range of punishment for Intoxication Manslaughter is 2 to 20 years and the possibility of probation. A girl in Wichita Falls yesterday received a three year sentence yesterday from a jury for that offense wherein her brother was killed.
- Cowboy Josh Brent's blood alcohol level was released yesterday: .18. I'm more stunned by how quickly it was analyzed than the level.
- Horrible and strange story of a lawyer who was apparently "beaten" on Greenville Avenue in Dallas and now is in a medically induced coma. From a report this morning, however, it sounds like it might have been one blow to the nose causing him to fall back and hit his head.
- That low hanging front end on Mrs. LL's Gangsta Mobile is a nightmare. But I've become an expert in inconspicuous zip tie repair.
- Saw someone write that Decatur was on "Shipping Wars" last night. I don't know what that is.
- One of my weird greatest joys: Taking two swigs of tomato juice immediately upon waking up.
- The guy who carved a pentagram in his son's back then took the blood and smeared it around his front door. I'm guessing he watched the Passover scene in The Ten Commandments.
- Decatur attorney Mark Howell emailed me yesterday to say that he won the Punt, Pass and Kick Competition as a kid.
- As the malls are packed and everyone attends Christmas parties, a homeless man was crushed to death yesterday in Fort Worth after the dumpster he was sleeping in got picked up by a trash compacting truck.
- I watched some of the Sandy concert last night. It was a heck of a lineup. It was a heck of a Geriatric Convention.
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12.12.2012
Am I Missing Something?
This story is all over the place about the Plano cop who stopped a man for expired registration. When asked why that was so, the guy said he could either choose to feed his family or pay for the registration.
The cop, who is being hailed as the next George Bailey it seems, writes him a citation but slips him a $100.
Hey, he wrote him a citation!!!!!
And In An Old Man Voice . . .
. . . "In my day, we watched kids engage in the Punt, Pass and Kick Competition."
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