The Joys Of Running In The Snow

Wait for it.

(I completely missed this yesterday.)

Bobsledder Trivia

The bobsledder who destroyed a bathroom door is (1) From McKinney, (2) used to play football for the University of North Texas, and (3) was almost killed by Baylor's punter.

NBC Guy Is Not Impressed With This Luge Gal's Pre Race Routine

And Another - Washington State

Link.

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• I'm not sure how it can be misting in Decatur this morning with the temperature at 29 degrees. 
• Does everyone else think it's ridiculous when someone seeking a state elected office has an ad which says "I'll stand up to Obama."
• I'll never not like Aerial America.
• With the end of football, I watched too much TV this weekend. But I'm glad I did. I'm three episodes into House of Cards which, based upon politics and the media -- with an edge, is beyond fantastic, Despicable Me made me laugh out loud at times. And the documentary Mitt, about the two Romney presidential campaigns, is a must see for any political junkie. Finally, I've got the CBS Beatles special from last night on my DVR.
• More thoughts about Mitt: (1) From what I've heard, he pretty much let a friend film non-stop. That's what makes it great. It seems so real. (2) We should all have a family like that. (3) He never seemed to get angry whenever he faced harsh criticism. (4) There was a scene of him listening to the This American Life podcast. That was pretty surprising. (5) During any presidential campaign season, CSPAN or CSPAN2 will just follow a candidate or a candidate's wife during a campaign stop. No narrator. Just film. I recall watching it six years ago as Mrs. Romney went into some Podunk coffee shop to meet with about 50 people in New Hampshire. What a beating. I thought about that a lot as she teared up several times at the end of the movie. (6) It was fascinating watching the Romneys' say good-bye to their Secret Service bodyguards. "Thanks for protecting her," Mitt said after his wife hugged one guy.
• "The Wise County Republican Party will host a candidate debate 6-8 tonight at the Decatur Civic Center." A debate? With all the candidates? This has potential for comedy gold. Someone record it!
• I warn you Tarrant County, you do not want Sharen Wilson as D.A.  Dallas County has Henry Wade in its history. You don't need her. (That being said, one of her opponents has the most horribly written web pages in the history of ever.)
• A Dallas district judge, already accused of domestic assault, is (maybe) in the news again. The Dallas Morning News reported that a sexual assault allegedly occurred at his condo but carefully danced around saying he was involved.. (Oddly, there's a lawyer "representing" both the domestic assault and sexual assault victim even though they technically don't need representation. The State is in charge of the prosecution.)
• The lawyer fees in the American Airlines bankruptcy are ridiculous. I've worked in a "big firm". I've seen how it is robbery.
• There was a link on the Drudge Report this weekend to the Jacksboro gas/heating problem (the local CBS affiliate got the jump in web traffic). Someone commented as to whether a Wise County town had ever made Drudge before. Good question.
• Shout to a guy in the Wise County IT department who pretty much hacked, with the prosecution's permission, a DVD for me with surveillance tape video on it. Smart guy.
• The Messenger had a story of a former Bridgeport football player, Blake Mahon, who broke a vertebrae during his freshman year. He signed with Baylor last week. I had no idea.
• Someone explain to me this Twitter picture from the Bridgeport men's team basketball victory on Friday with the caption "Flint, Michigan Mega Bowl Champions"
• The Olympic opening ceremony was fantastic. That floor which served as a video screen was fascinatingly bizarre.
• The finish line of the women's biathlon (the odd combo of skiing and shooting) looks like all the contestants have been taken out by a sniper. 
• A college football player who should be drafted comes out as being gay. Yawn. 
• Great lines from an article on the death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman: "Heroin addiction, like a lot of addiction, is secret. Addiction is like a secret club where you don't even know the other members until something bad happens to them."
• Complete Time Waste: The Family Pup vs. The Family Turtle.
  

A Segment Last Night On "60 Minutes" About Philip Seymour Hoffman

Beginning question by Steve Cross "[One of your past director says about you] He works himself into a state of crisis and distress worrying that people are going to know he is a fraud and that his career is over"

Hoffman first laughs then drinks from a water bottle. He then jokes by saying, "He talks too much" and his face suddenly evolves into this incredible expression of internal pain.

I know people like that.

How Twitter May Have (Wrongly) Changed A Texas Tech Fan's Life Overnight

Link.

Edit: Oops. Accidentally deleted a comment I did not intend to.

USA! USA! USA!

...With no phone to call for help, I used my bobsled push training to break out. #SochiJailBreak pic.twitter.com/apZRefgvCO
— Johnny Quinn (@JohnnyQuinnUSA) February 8, 2014

Above The Fold

Wise County Cop Cars

Missed this story (Boyd):

And someone sent this to me (Rhome):

It's Olympics Opening Ceremony Time

And those Ruskies are sending a message!

This Kid Might Be Sick Of The Cold Weather

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• You don't see this very often: Texas man who shot a deputy executing a warrant at the man's house will not be formally charged.  There appears to be an issue as to whether he knew the officer was an officer. 
• Olympic confusion: The Downhill. The Slalom. The Super G. The Giant Slalom. I have no idea what the difference is. 
• Just as confusing are the past Olympic names of Lolo Jones and Hope Solo.
• Bob Costas has a weird eye infection.
• Snowboarder Silje Norendal is a "Hey, Now."
• If I could golf, I'd golf Pebble Beach. If I were rich and couldn't golf, I'd golf Pebble Beach.
• Baylor basketball thought that no one cares about: (1) Baylor's men's team is in a freefall because that's the laziest team in the history of ever, (2) Baylor's women team is pretty close to being as good as last years team because a tiny point guard has oddly taken the leadership role over from the departed Britney Griner.
• Pete Delkus took the position last night that by a "dusting" he meant "less than an inch of snow." Come on. Admit you were wrong.  Just under an inch of real dust would be called dirt.
• “'The average age of a skilled craftsman such as a carpenter is 49; welder. 55; plumber, 56; and stonemason, 69',” said Phil Crone, executive officer of the Dallas Builders Association. That's just a random sentence out of an article in the Dallas Morning News on the labor shortage in the housing industry. I find those "averages" hard to believe. 
• New unemployment numbers were released this morning but I won't even mention the number to avoid the online beat down. 
• I didn't care enough to check in on Jay Leno's last show.
• Jacksboro became a media hub last night, but that allowed me to learn that its Faith Community Hospital had two patients.  (And does anyone ever show up to a shelter created by the Red Cross? I always see a gym with a ton of cots lined out but with no one in them.)
• Not sure what HornedFrogBlitz.com is, but it named Decatur's Grayson Muehlstein as TCU's "Offensive MVP" in this week's signing class.  
• Has there ever been a Wise County football player sign with a team with a larger profile than TCU?  Bridgeport's Kyle Clifton and Colin Jones as well as Decatur's Kevin Haney and James Maness all went there. I suppose Boyd's Billy Joe Tolliver and Bridgeport's Phillip Daugherty being signed by Texas Tech could rival TCU.  But didn't some Bridgeport QB make the team at Auburn in the last 1990s?

Calling All Photographic Forensic Experts (Or Guessers)

FOX 4 Photojournalist @kdfw015 Nune Tarango shot this pic in FW..kids on bus said been there more than 1/2 hr @FOX4 pic.twitter.com/s4jsdVYPLR
— Brandon Todd (@BrandonToddFOX4) February 6, 2014

Based upon the tire tracks, did that bus do a 180? Or did it just slide back down the hill (like it appears Mr. Fed Ex did)?

Snow Day Pick Me Up

Snow day! pic.twitter.com/F0CkHVpkcs
— Sydney Durso (@DCC_Sydney) February 6, 2014

From Bridgeport PD

We are asking for your assistance in identifying the couple seen in this picture. They were involved in a Robbery incident that occurred on February 5, 2014. 

At approximately 2:57 pm, Officers responded to a Robbery call in the 900 Block of Halsell Street. The two subjects seen in this photo were involved in the crime and observed leaving in a Black 4-door passenger vehicle. 

Please contact the Bridgeport Police Department with any information concerning this incident. 

No details about the "Robbery incident" or how this picture came to light.  That part of Halsell Street would be the lower west end of downtown.

Oh, My

KXAS needs to do some serious editing of the video, but this near death experience is amazing.

They Are Colder In Jack County Than In Most Places

Schools without heat with other heating problems reported at the hospital and the state jail facility.

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