Harlem Shake? Turn Off The Internet.

The Harlem Shake meme involves 30-second videos that begin with a sole person, typically masked, casually bopping to music while a handful of people around him go about mundane business. Then “the beat drops,” as the kids say, the camera shot changes, and suddenly an entire crowd appears in bizarre costumes and they go crazy, flailing their limps, and, well, doing the Harlem Shake.

What the heck is this? What's so funny? 

And proof that it is not cool because The Today Show has done it. 

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• The Olympic "Blade Runner" has been accused of murdering his girlfriend. If he had used his blade foot as the murder weapon it would have been the craziest story ever.
• Can they not find the guy who escaped in Grapevine? And he sounds like a complete nutball.
• If I hadn't been involved in my trial this week, I would have wanted to watch the bizarre Tarrant County case where a female marriage counselor is accused of criminally seducing a client. Has sin become a crime?
• The merger of US Airway and American has to be good for this area right? The largest airline in the world will be based out of Fort Worth?
• And throw in that in about a year that Southwest will be allowed to fly nationwide out of Love Field then we should see healthy competition.
• Crystal's Pizza in Irving is closing!
• Heard on the radio: Can some company please make decent Valentine's Day cards? I don't want to outsource a 200 word poem. When I open one up and it's blank on the inside, I'll buy it. 
• It's not unusual during a criminal trial for the family of the client to tell me, "I don't know how you do this for a living." Meaning: "How can you emotionally handle this time and time again?" 
• I like it when I can slowly change lanes on the highway and not hit one of the reflectors on the center stripe. 
• Fort Worth motorcycle death. And the victim was only 11.
• Just read there was a motorcycle death in Dallas this morning.
• Most trials don't have anyone in the courtroom who don't have some connection with it, but there has been an older couple who have sat through my whole trial and no one knows who they are. Considering the subject matter, it's really pretty unusual. 
• Mrs. LL was in the driveway this morning before 7:00 a.m. because someone brought by $7 for underpayment for girl scout cookies. Yep, I asked her, "You've got to be kidding." 
• It's Valentines Day: "And I need you more than want you. And I want you for all time." Still a great line from Wichita Lineman.

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Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• This is an abbreviated version. Trial days will wear a guy out.
• Hey Rage and Wordkyle, the prosecutors asked if you were on the jury panel. I'm serious. 
• I watched a portion of the State of the Union. John Boehner looked like he was stressing over whether he should applaud or not over the next point the President was about to make.
• This on Twitter last night regarding Ted Nugent's appearance: "Imagine if a rapper had 1. Threatened the President 2. Brandished assault rifles 3. Got invited to the SOTU 4. Showed up in jeans."
• Marco Rubio's "water break" during the Republican Response. Even I worry about this country when that becomes a headline. 
• Based upon my inbox this morning, I was twitter hacked last night.
• Wrong way driver on I-35 in Fort Worth last night caused three wrecks. No deaths. 
• I'm behind on the details, but the circumstances surrounding the  presumed death yesterday of the crazy Los Angeles cop on the run sounds like a movie script.

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• Crazy escape last night of a prisoner in Grapevine who was being transported from Miami to Las Vegas. He stabbed a cop and took off in arm shackles. And he is still out there. 
• I got to explain to the Teenager and Wife in the House the source of, "Ain't nobody got time for that" last night. 
• Texas released another prisoner yesterday who was wrongfully convicted and spent nearly thirty years in prison. Incredible. 
• Randy Travis sang at Chris Kyle's memorial? Really?
• It's not a good morning for a motorcycle escort of Kyle's body from Midlothian to Austin. 
• North Korea tested a nuclear bomb last night. This one was so large that both the United States and China issued responses.
• Courtney Stodden and her dad.
• Fuzzy's is open for breakfast on the courthouse square, but I'm not sure they'll do that for long. Seems to be pretty empty -- but otherwise the the business appears to be a success.
• The Navy SEAL who shot Bin Laden gave an interview to Esquire. The article said that once he left the military he was denied medical care. But that's not true.
• I think I might get claustrophobic on even the largest of cruise ships, but put me on a disabled one being towed to Mobile, Alabama and I'd go crazy. 
• "An emergency alert interrupted Montana television viewers as they watched the Steve Wilkos Show Monday, and calmly informed them that 'dead bodies are rising from their graves.'"
• Postings will probably be non-existent. That is, if my felony trial goes off as planned. 

Picture From Chris Kyle Memorial Service

Credit.

Ted Nugent Is Going To The State Of The Union Speech

Really.

That Chick That Brent Musburger Was Drooling Over . . .

. . . in the National Championship game is in Sports Illustrated this month.

Sheriff Joe To The Rescue

 The self-proclaimed ‘America’s Toughest Sheriff’ is joining forces this weekend with action movie star Steven Seagal to train volunteer armed posse members to defend Phoenix-area schools against gunmen. More.

And while he's not using movie stars for trainers, he's driving up the price of sporting goods. 

My deputies are arresting several employees of Sportex apparel Tempe who are using false identification.12 in custody so far.
— Joe Arpaio (@RealSheriffJoe) February 8, 2013

Condor Gets Loose At Hockey Game

Lots of comedy there.

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• I made Mrs. LL watch Hustle and Flow this weekend and she made me watch 8 Mile. Both of us didn't regret it. 
• We also rewatched The 40 Year Old Virgin to see if we would notice any characters that are now somewhat famous.  We noticed Mindy Kaling and Carol the realtor from The Office, and I didn't know Kat Dennings went on to be on Two Broke Girls.
• The Pope announced this morning that he will resign.  I didn't even know he could. 
• Mrs. LL is playing a month long (or more) game of tag with about five friends. You never know when one of them will show up and surprise her. 
• Turned on the Grammys for a second last night and saw a cool collaboration between Sting and Bruno Mars.  And did you know Mars was a four year old Elvis impersonator in Honeymoon in Vegas?
• Katy Perry "hey, now". 
• Seems like there is lots of infighting amongst Republicans about becoming more inclusive vs. abandoning "core values." 
• Fort Worth police killed a man this weekend. Dallas police killed a man this weekend. 
• For the first time ever, I played a stranger online with the XBox.  That is surreal. And I kept getting killed in volleyball.
• Three shot at a Delaware courthouse this morning. 
• Teri Buhl and the "no tweets are publishable" controversy. 

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Jodi Arias Taking You Into The Weekend

This gal is on trial for murdering her boyfriend, and Nancy Grace has been dogging her for two weeks straight. All we've seen are photos from the trial. Little did I know she had different looks. (And, I'm telling you, a google search on this trial reveals a gold mine.)

What A Curious Case

Story.

Wise County Piglet

I'm not sure about the details of this pig hunting contest, but we've got a new leader in the clubhouse.

Edit: Info here.

And Another - New Jersey

Story.  2013 better pick it up.