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I'd Hate Having Friday Night Duty At The Messenger

But someone over there is not very familiar with how a box score works. (Original page.)

Fire

Structure Fire (Wise County, Newark) Multiple departments are working a structure fire off CR 4847 and FM 718.... http://t.co/y2hv3mZue6
— DFW Scanner (@DFWscanner) September 13, 2013

GIF Of The Day: Regretful Foul Mouthed Tech Girl

Crazy Like A Fox

From last night's Tech/TCU game.

Some speculated that this was a publicity stunt by Fox Sports which has launched its own all sports station.  What did they have to say for themselves? . . . .

We're getting a lot of tweets about a FOX on the field. We cannot confirm nor deny any involvement.
— FOXSportsLive (@FOXSportsLive) September 13, 2013

Greg Abbott Hired This Guy!!!!

Last year I went a little nuts over how horribly the campaigns of Rick Perry for President and David Dewhurst for Senate were conducted. And I was dang near giddy when (after more research than I normally would have to do, I discovered the campaigns were run by the same guy. My post began:

So yesterday there was some political commotion when Greg Abbott's "top political adviser" tweeted that Wendy Davis was "too stupid" to be Governor. Who was that "top political adviser", THAT GUY!!! He hired that guy!!!

I thought Abbott was a shoe-in for governor.  Not any more. That guy could screw up Ronald Reagan running for chairman of the the Tea Party in Wise County.

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• Email last night: "Rhome city council just voted to eliminate the paid first responder position on the fire department."  Sounds like there's lots going on in the background down there. 
• A female inmate in the Wise County Courthouse complimented my tie the other day as I passed her in the hallway. She didn't want any help because she was getting out of jail that day. She was just being nice. While in handcuffs. And in an orange jumpsuit.
• I had another inmate I was in the same room with say, "Hi, Mr. Green. Have you lost weight?" I have no idea who he was. (And I definitely haven't lost weight.)
• It's so easy to forget when watching Breaking Bad that we've already seen the future with Walt walking through his abandoned house (and buying a car with a machine gun in the trunk.) We just have to get there. 
• Tarrant County prosecutors are pursing a "deteminative sentencing" option against the teenager who allegedly drove drunk and killed four people in southern Tarrant County.  He faces up to 20 years with a twist. If sentenced, say, to 15 years. He serves up until his 18th birthday in a juvenile facility. Then there is an all important hearing where the juvenile judge decides whether the remainder of the sentence should be spent in adult TDC or whether he be released immediately on parole under juvenile jurisdiction until 21. (I think that's the way it works -- I'm not sure we've ever had a true determinative sentencing case in Wise County's history.)
• I heard that one Keller high school administrator came over the loud speaker on 9/11 to mention that historic day to the students but did so by referring to it as a day when "the Muslims" flew the planes into the World Trade Center. He later came back and apologized. This is unconfirmed, but I'm pretty sure it happened. 
• I really haven't listened to it, but it just seems weird that Kelli Rasberry and the bunch have continued with the Kidd Kraddick radio show. It would be like watching Seinfeld with Elaine, Kramer and George yuking it up in episodes after Jerry had suddenly passed away in real life. 
• I rarely use any type of paper. I've gotten to the point now where I email myself quick notes or use an iPad note taking app (using a stylus) for longer writing sessions.
• "A Keller man was sentenced to five years [deferred adjudication] probation Thursday for taking photographs up a woman’s skirt while she was shopping at a North Richland Hills store last year." I wonder if his lawyer knows that the statute his client was charged under was declared unconstitutional last week by a San Antonio court? (Maybe so. The San Antonio ruling is by no means the final word, and the lawyer might have agreed to give up a constitutional challenge in exchange for a good deal.)
• The other day my bank mailed me my bank statement as well as the statements of three other people. Somehow the three other statements got affixed to the back of my envelope. It was so weird that I'm surprised the post office didn't catch it.  
• Tech/TCU Thoughts: (1) I bet TCU will be yelling about the officiating for weeks. (2) Does Gary Patterson really have to scream at a player when he's two inches from his face? (3) Mrs. LL said during the game, "This is sooooo confusing." Due to all the crazy plays, replays, and rulings, I couldn't have agreed more. (4) There's a famous (and awkward) video clip of the Tech bell ringer. Deadspin put up a new one last night. 

Alabama Taking You Into The Weekend

Sorry Aggie.

This Guy Is Going To Die, Right?

Jonathan Trappe, 39, lifted off at 6.20 am EDT in heavy fog from Caribou, Maine, with the intention of making the 2,500 mile trip across the Atlantic to Europe.

Should he succeed, he would be the first ever person to cross the ocean by cluster ballooning. The journey is expected to take between three to five days, although the final destination could be anywhere.

More. (And youtube of lift off.)

Hey, I'm no Charles Lindbergh and my only experience in flying is sitting by a fat guy in coach from time to time, but this guy can't possibly make it.

I know how helium balloons work. I went to Six Flags as a kid. You bring it home and it's fat and tight and just wants to glue itself to the ceiling.   Then you wake up the next morning and you end up with little Barry tears rolling down your little Barry cheeks as the balloon is a shell of its once proud self. Heck, by evening your trying not to step on the dang thing. It's like watching the circle of life in 24 hours.

So this guy thinks those balloons are going to last three to five days? No way, buddy. I hope you've never watched Open Water -- this ain't gonna end pretty. Life's not a cartoon.

More Proof The World Has Gone Nuts

An Aggies fan just paid $115,000 for the rights to own this license plate http://t.co/tlH8VRAlUH
— darren rovell (@darrenrovell) September 12, 2013

Edit: That fan . . .

Edit: I forgot I kind of dogged this guy back in March. He was also mentioned in the May issue of Texas Monthly after suing Stanley Marsh, the eccentric artist out of Amarillo responsible for "ten tail-finned Cadillacs in a field alongside Route 66 . . . .  all of them inclined at the precise angle (52 degrees) of the sides of the Great Pyramid."

Somebody Put Michelle On The Horn!!!

Reddit  - It sounds like the original issue was that the company missed an appointment. Somehow the issue escalated to where a Michelle (probably a supervisor in a department who could do more to help) was made aware of the situation. She called him and left a voicemail and then probably went home. When the customer called back and tried to reach her or her department, because they had gone home, he kept being rerouted to the customer service/technical support department. After over 3 hours of it, he had had enough. This is his epic meltdown.

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• I checked on yesterday's ABC reporter's statement that a 9/11 victim was found in an apartment strapped in his plane seat. Yep, urban legend. But it's pretty shocking that a national reporter continues to believe it. 
• Boyd's own Chewbacca has had double knee replacement in Fort Worth. Has anyone ever seen him out and about in Wise County?
• I learned last night that the lyrics to Barbara Streisand's Memories are "light the corners of my mind" instead of my life long mistaken belief of "like the corners of my mind." Well, that certainly makes more sense. 
• If you are lower income and have been beaten down by the stupid Texas "surcharges" driving law, DPS announced a plan yesterday where you can get them sliced in half and get your driver's license back. 
• From the Update: "Boyd theater department is seeking a large cast of extras for a web-based show called Party Girl."  Is that part of the high school or some independent group? If its the school, I would think some administrator asked, "Now what exactly are you doing?"
• Fox 4 showed the video last night of Heath "Hooter" Boswell of Bridgeport getting stomped by the bull at a Decatur rodeo on Saturday but didn't show the moment of impact because it was too graphic. I bet it was. 
• I got 99 problems and my home air-conditioning, once again, is one of them. 
• The Fort Worth city council told Redneck Heaven (at Beach and 820) that it can no longer bypass city nudity ordinances by clarifying that body paint and liquid latex do not qualify as clothes. Does the Far Right Wing consider that to be an over-reaching act of Big Government? 
• Miss Montana Kansas is competing in the preliminaries of the Miss America pageant and is sporting a huge tattoo. (But don't you think she could have been a little more original than using the Serenity Prayer?)
• Sports: (1) I wouldn't bet a dime on TCU/Tech tonight -- I have no idea who will win. (2) The Rangers will stumble down the finish but barely hang on for the final wild card slot. (3) How bad was Dallas' defense on Sunday? They gave up a shocking and league leading 8.1 yards per play. (4) I have a lot of doubts if that lady truly swam unaided from Cuba to Key West.

The Great Decatur Taco Casa Credit Card Number Heist Made WFAA News

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Tarrant County Death Row Inmate News

This morning, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals curtailed the death machine that is the Texas justice system in an opinion concerning a death penalty case out of Tarrant County.

It beings:

In this case, we are asked to decide whether state or federal law disallows the execution of a mentally ill inmate who was previously found incompetent to be executed and later became competent only after he was involuntarily medicated pursuant to a court order . . . .  [W]e hold that the trial court's order mandating involuntary medication of appellant was not permitted under the competency-to-be-executed statute and did not meet the requirements of other statutes that may permit involuntary medication. Because the trial court lacked authority to render it, we vacate the trial court's involuntary-medication order. Furthermore, we determine that, but for that unauthorized order, the evidence conclusively shows that appellant is incompetent to be executed, and, therefore, we also vacate the trial court's order finding appellant competent to be executed.

The trial court's decision to drug the guy so he could be executed even caught my attention in 2006.

Someone Is Having A Bad Day On 820 in Fort Worth

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Film Crew In Decatur

Some series on the History Channel called Bullionaires which has to do with bull riding. (I can find basically nothing about the show.)