Very Random Federal Appeals Court Opinion Issued Today

Excerpt from it:

A prosecutor named Luke Skywalker? Really? Yep, he changed his name from Stephen Peters after seeing the original Star Wars.

Calling All English Minded Folks

The editor of D Magazine just posted this on Twitter with the caption of "Dangling modifier of the day."  Lord knows I can't see it. You? Teach us.

LeAnn Rimes Bringing in 2013 In Cabo

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• Up until I tore my Achilles a few years back, I used to brag about never having spent a night in the hospital. Over Thanksgiving, I learned I was admitted to Cook's Children's Hospital when I was 18 months old. 
• X-box with the kinect is amazing technology. I'm giving big thumbs up.
• Sports: (1) RG3 had no business being on the field after the first quarter yesterday because he was so hobbled. If he hasn't torn his ACL or MCL, I'll be shocked. (2) I've watched a ton of college football in my life, but I've never seen a better performance than Johnny Manziel against Oklahoma. (3) Hockey is back? Meh. (4) I bet the Aggies will open up in the Top Five next year. 
• Two Southlake teens died of an overdose. I bet they "got hold of some of the wrong stuff."  And another guy was arrested in the incident who has one crazy book in photo.
• I mentioned my buddy Robert Wagstaff last Friday. His hunting accident made the Abilene news. He's lucky to be alive. 
• I've never had a flu shot. 
• There are lots of headlines about a Cleburne pastor having acted in prior porn films. His actual quote was, "Me and my ex-wife were in porn, we were in the booze and the drugs.” I think that's an admission of watching porn, not starring in it. (And after seeing his interview last night on the news, he was pretty easy to forgive.)
• The Ticket/Cumulus ran a radio ad a month or so ago advertising for a position in sales for females who were also young. Uh, you can't do that. I heard it once and have never heard it again. I'm guessing someone pointed that out to them. 
• And Another.

Tonight: Johnny Football In Oklahoma Casino?

Above The Fold

As you might recall, my in-laws "gave" me a goat for Christmas which was to be delivered to a starving family in Africa. Of course, the goat would open a Twitter account. (Seriously, I have no idea who is behind this.)

This Was BEFORE The Game

Aggies and Sooners Taking You Into The Weekend

Go Sell Crazy Somewhere Else. We're All Stocked Up Here.

In the ever increasing wasteland of what is Facebook, the above graphic is beginning to catch on fire.  Yesterday, only the part below "Sand Hook Actors" was circulating advising that Sandy Hook parents in news interviews weren't parents at all. Instead they were actors from Florida brought in by President Obama to beef up sympathy for gun control.

Today the graphic is expanded and we learn that the same lady also posed as the lawyer for the shooter in the Aurora Massacre.

This conspiracy runs deep!

President Obama Being Informed Of Sandy Hook Shooting

Official White House Photo.

I just knew when I saw this that his haters would go unjustifiably crazy.

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• A "Hey, Now" K-State fan from the game last night after the opening kickoff was returned against them.
• Also from the game last night: What happens in the bizarre situation of a blocked PAT that ends up in safety? Nothing? 2 points for kicking team? Answer. I had no idea.
• We've got a little girl in the house for a couple of days who apparently hasn't warmed up to me. When I came in last night in my suit and overcoat and hung around in the kitchen for a few minutes, a cute little voice asked Mrs. LL, "Why is that weird guy still here?"
• The Cowboy who was the victim in the Intoxication Manslaughter case against Cowboy Josh Brent had an alcohol concentration of .056.  That's much lower than I expected. 
• Former partner of Hal Jay at WBAP, Dick Siegel, died yesterday. I really didn't listen to them back in the day but apparently Siegel would broadcast as both partner and helicopter traffic guy. And get this: He flew the helicopter at the same time.
• Man, their are a lot of people catching the flu out there. Edit: OK, I screwed it up. I talk to my editor and copyright people.
• Wonder how my goat is doing. 
• The Navy's anti-bath salts video is Reefer Madness for 2013.
• For you hard core political fans, check out this article about the "Hastert Rule" and how Speaker Boehner decided to ignore it in order to get the Fiscal Cliff to a vote. 
• If there was ever an example of First World Problems, it was the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting in Southlake last night where a bunch of rich white people were arguing about whether high tone lights should be installed in a high tone high school baseball stadium next to a high tone neighborhood.
• I don't understand that first item in the Update.
• (Personal note: Many close friends of mine are also friends with attorney Robert Wagstaff out of Abilene. He's apparently fine, but I got a heck of a message last night about an incident he was involved in yesterday. You might want to check on him today.)
• Edit: No way I'm watching this: Prosper senior Torii Hunter Jr. and Notre Dame commit snaps his leg in an all-star game practice. Everyone says it's beyond horrible.

Texas Government Won't Offer Directions To Gun Shows

More.

Countdown to Perry, Dewhurst and Corning coming over the hill to stomp out communists at TxDot in three, two, . . .

Ted Cruz Off To A Roaring Start

Sen. Ted Cruz, sworn in today, confirms his first bill will be an Obamacare repeal. Called bill's chances "bleak."
— Aman Batheja (@amanbatheja) January 3, 2013

Introducing legislation that has no chance of passing.

We Are Getting A New Channel

Heard someone on the radio host ranting about this story this morning (fake laughing with a "I thought this was a joke!!!" diatribe) followed by crazy right wing callers saying that America will be infiltrated with a message from those who want to kill us.

Hey, goofballs. Al-Jazeera is owned by the country of Qatar which may be the most progressive (and richest) country in the Middle East. Now that may not be saying much, but it understands that it is surrounded by instability and has been a generous host to the U.S. Military. Hillary Clinton has said this about Al-Jazeera: "Viewership of Al Jazeera is going up in the United States because it's real news. You may not agree with it, but you feel like you're getting real news around the clock instead of a million commercials and, you know, arguments between talking heads and the kind of stuff that we do on our news which, you know, is not particularly informative to us, let alone foreigners."

I think it'll be interesting to get a different perspective.

Dallas Church Will Buy Your Guns This Weekend

On January 19 from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m., the The First Presbyterian Church of Dallas will swap cash for weapons: up to $50 for working handguns and shotguns, and up to $200 for semi-automatics rifles. Story.

Kind of gives a whole new meaning to clinging to your "guns and religion."

What RG3 Said To Tony Romo After Redskins Game

After the Cowboys beat down during the final game of the year, the cameras caught RG3 grabbing Tony Romo and saying something to him. It was odd because if lasted longer than a casual "good game". So much so that I turned to Mrs. LL and said, "I'd love to know what he just said."

Well, it turns out RG3 was mic'd up for the game for Showtime and the channel aired the footage yesterday.

What did he say? “Hey Tony. I just wanted to say to you, don’t listen to what anybody else is saying about you. You’re a great quarterback, man. And this game doesn’t mean anything. Do you hear me?”

Hey, everyone knows I love RG3, but if I had been Romo I think I'd of gone off on him. "Don't listen to what anybody else is saying?" Heck, the game had just ended. Robert been checking the Internet during the 4th quarter? And what do you mean the game doesn't mean anything? The Redskins were going to the playoffs. The Cowboys were going home.

I think his intentions were good, but that was poorly executed. (You can watch it here.)

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• The in-laws gave me a goat for Christmas. Well, actually a goat which will be delivered to a family in Africa. If that organization is a legit, that's actually a fantastic gift. 
• The Republican Party was almost bi-polar yesterday on whether the vote on the fiscal cliff was a good or a bad thing.
• Another Fort Worth Police Officer was arrested for DWI (but it's a little confusing that he was stopped in Westlake on 114 by a Keller officer.)
• Fox 4 had a story last night that Medstar was experimenting with a program where a person would be treated by health care professionals but there wouldn't necessarily be an ambulance ride. The shocking thing was they featured a woman who had taken 44 ambulance rides last year alone.
• Fox 4 also did a story on the Decatur house fire from yesterday.
• I had a dream last night that I was hanging out of the back of Mrs. LL's car and she wouldn't start. I started yelling at her in the dream. The yelling turned real and she had to wake me up with an, "It's ok. It's ok."
• A lady died on an airliner bound for Dallas from Brazil yesterday. How bizarre and shocking would that be. They unloaded the body in Houston. 
• Mrs. LL left with two kids yesterday afternoon and came back that evening with two more for the night.  I was suddenly sleepy when I saw that. 
• A former pastor at the high profile Broadway Baptist Church is taking 30 days off to get treatment for anxiety and depression.  He admits to trying to control the issues with alcohol and prescription medication. 
• Sports: (1) Florida had no desire to play in the Sugar Bowl last night against Louisville, (2) but they were playing like thugs with cheap shots left and right, (3) coach Will Muschamp didn't seem to care, and (4) it was the lowest attended Sugar Bowl since 1939.  Oh, and Britney Griner and the Baylor women were in Fort Worth last night and beat TCU, 74-35.
• Chris Christie just beat Speaker Boehner to a pulp yesterday in order to get a vote on the relief bill for Sandy victims.