Houston Texans* Cheerleader Tryouts

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*This very important post originally left the "n" out of Texans. I regret this error.

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• "Standup comic John Pinette dead at 50; acted in Seinfeld finale."  That headline reminded me of what a horrible episode that was. 
• I'm not sure if I'm more surprised that three McKinney teens have died of synthetic LSD or that it is called an "N-Bomb."
• America: Screen shot of Bill Clinton, George W, Jason Garrett and wife, Tony Romo and wife, and Jason Witten at the game last night.  
• Louisville beat national champion UConn three times this year (once by 33 points). SMU beat them twice. Even Houston beat them. 
• Taylor Swift and Jerry Jones' grandson, Spaulding, take  a selfie.
• President Bush and Jerry Jones' grandson, Spaulding, take a selfie.
• I threw the softball with the Sophomore In The House about three years ago. Back then, the chances of her throwing it into the ground two feet in front of her were great. Yesterday we played catch again. She dang near knocked me down.
• The Family Unit turned on me last night for calling Prince Fielder "fat". I revised it to "Big Boned."
• Ticket Fans: Nothing makes me laugh as much as Jake Kemp's prank phone calls with drops of George DiGianni and now Norm Hitzges. (Can't find the link.)
• I don't know much about golf, but when a Decatur sophomore wins the district tournament by 26 strokes, that gets my attention. 
• I haven't seen Mike Judge's Silicon Valley on HBO yet, but it's on my radar.
• First term Louisiana "Congressman Vance McAllister, who campaigned for office last fall as a devout Christian and devoted husband and father, was caught in video surveillance two days before Christmas passionately embracing and kissing one of his congressional aides." Here's the gal. Not bad. 
• If I was a great college athlete, I'm don't think I'd leave for the pros until my eligibility was up. What do you think Vince Young would give now to return for his senior year at UT?
• I watched A Football Life episode last weekend on Jimmy Johnson where, near the end of the show,he philosophizes about having "quality time left". It was funny because as he said, "In the end, it's not about the money" as the documentary cut to a clip of him in his "Three Rings" boat. 
• "This NCAA Championship brought to you by Ameritrade, Jeep Cherokee, and Godzilla." -- Actually heard last night.

Crazy Amanda Bynes Sighting

Girl is in Cabo.

She's looking better than when compared to a few months back:

Wrestlemania Was Last Night

That looks like a sold out Superdome. The Internet freaked out because "The Undertaker" lost. This is real life. This is America. We're all doomed.

Open-carry protestors rally at San Antoinio police substation

Story.

In addition to the Confederate flag, zooming in shows these gems:

 Where'd you get that badge?

And that badge? (But funny t-shirt)

Source.

We Have A Liberally Lean Pick 'Em Winner

Here's his bracket (tonight's game will not prevent him from winning.)

The list:

2014 - Chris R (tell me your last name if you want.)
2013 - Tad Billmire
2012 - ????
2011 - Wise County Attorney James Stainton
2010 - Nine year old Blake Cooper (son of former Decatur stationed DPS Trooper Scott Cooper)

And Another - Houston

Strong to quite strong.

Story.

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• I don't care about NASCAR but I feel bad for NASCAR fans. Normally we have beautiful April days, but not this weekend.
• There was a TV shot yesterday morning at Sundance Square where ESPN's Game Day was set up and it looked like a ghost town.
• I found Bruce Springfield [Edit: Make that Springsteen. Not sure what happened there.]  online last night and I'll give the guy credit: Cold and rainy and he was still giving it the what for.
• “They did everything they were supposed to do to win the game and we hit a ridiculous shot . . . . And the shot they took -- if it banks in, they win."  - Kentucky coach John Calipari explaining that there's not much of a difference between teams.
• "Nobody is better with concrete than Dallas-Fort Worth. It's everywhere and it somehow looks good." - CBS Reporter. I had friends visit from New Jersey a couple of years back, and they remarked on the amount of concrete in the area.
• Death Machine: "After the U.S. Supreme Court reinstituted the death penalty in 1976, the first Texas execution took place in 1982; by the end of that decade, the state was responsible for 33 of the country’s 116 executions." 
• Where's the Right Wing applause?: More than 2 million illegal aliens have been deported under the Obama Administration. 
• There was a high school visitor of the Sophomore in the House this weekend who (1) asked me if the Cowboys used to be good, and (2) remarked "That song is so old!" when she heard Fergalicious in the background on TV.
• I saw a commercial for a ridiculous pillow shaped as a triangle  for the head of the bed. You know, not a bad idea. 
• No one saw it but UT beat Baylor 5-4 in baseball on Friday night when the Evil Empire, with two outs and a full count in the bottom of the ninth, hit a three run double. I was in a fetal position. 
• I have a wheel barrow and use it more than you would imagine
• Mrs. LL and I used to go out on Saturday night like crazy. In the last year we've become home bodies. I'm a little scared to ask her if it's OK. 
• Final Four tickets from $117 on Stubhub.
• Funny picture: Former Auburn coach Gene Chizik in the background of his daughter's prom picture. 
• I don't understand "Geocaching" but Mrs. LL is obsessed with it. 
• Oddest item from the Update this morning: "Funerals - None pending."
• "You're Americans. Act Like It."

Final Four Concert

LL Cool J on the stage. A good crowd out here!! #WFAAFinal4 pic.twitter.com/CWFJJw0XuE
— Ryan Wood (@RyanWoodDFW) April 5, 2014

Not so sure about that second sentence.

Above The Fold

The Final Four Taking You Into The Weekend

Texas School Bus Driver Mocks Crying Girl

Well, we are missing a big part of the story here: What was she crying about? That could change everything.

Have the flu? No mock
Dog died? No mock
Dropped candy? Mock
Just drove by horrific car crash? No mock
The Wiggles were still on when you left the house? Mock
Learned Justin Bieber got arrested? Mock
Learned Liberally Lean won't be updated that day? No mock.

It's all relative. In criminal law, where there is also a lot of crying, we call it "totality of the circumstances."  We need more information.

George W. Reveals His Paintings Of World Figures on Today Show

Putin! Those eyes!

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Friday Random Post: Dog Slow Motion Face Plant

I swear The Family Pup did the exact same thing last night.

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• I caught an old episode of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations last night where he visited the Ukraine and Crimea in 2011. I learned more about the place on a travel show that I did by watching the news. (Then again, I'm not sure I even knew that Chernobyl is in the Ukraine.)
• Term I haven't heard in forever: Geiger Counter
• I got hail damage to my car in Decatur yesterday -- just enough to bug me. 
• Man, the local affiliates went crazy last night with their weather coverage, but what the heck was that tie that Pete Delkus had on?
• Doing a jury trial by yourself is stressful. The government always has two lawyers at the table. Always. Edit: I always get a comment from the "speaks volumes" guy about my "win/loss" record which I only publish because he has no idea. Visit the courthouse every now and then, hoss. 
• It was Doris Day's 90th birthday yesterday. Talk about a lady who stays out of public view -- so much so I was surprised to learn she was still alive. 
• David Letterman's retirement announcement sure got a lot of publicity for a show which no one has really paid attention to for  20 years.
• Funny moment during the Fox 4 6:00 news when Steve Eager interrupted the weather gal to advise that the Denton County Sheriff's Office had confirmed a tornado had touched down near TWU. She said she wasn't "buying it". Eager, with a hint of irritation, said, "I'll tell the Denton Sheriff the bad news." But I'll give her credit. I'm not sure any sheriff's office is in a position to "confirm" a tornado.
• Was no one in the stands at the minor league park in Frisco concerned about that cloud in the distance?
• There was wailing and gnashing of teeth last night on Twitter when SMU lost the NIT final. Baylor won the thing last year with barely a whisper from the media. Obviously, a vast Methodist media conspiracy.
• Paulina Gretzky on the cover of Golf Digest. "Hey, Now."
• "There were no American troop casualties in Afghanistan or Iraq in March, for the first time since February 2003, ending 133 straight months." Thank you, President Obama, for getting us out of there.
• Guns Galore in Killeen sold the eventual murder weapons to both Fort Hood soldiers (Ivan Lopez and Nidal Hasan) who went on shooting sprees.  Talk about a literal  Merchant of Death.
• Sarah Palin on Hannity last night and she's become a parody of herself. I absolutely believe everything that was written about her in Game Change -- She's a walking Talking Points Memo.
• Crazy story in the Dallas Observer about a wheels off heavy metal small band leader who hung out in strip bars in north Fort Worth: "The Infectious Metal Head and His Dangerous Secret".
• Ticket fans: I have no idea who CBS 11's Whitney Drolen is, but apparently she is not amused by what The Musers said about her. Tweet One. Tweet Two. 
• "Brittni Colleps, the Kennedale teacher found guilty of" being an extreme "And Another", had her conviction affirmed "yesterday" by the Fort Worth Court of Appeals. (I say "yesterday" because all opinions are dated on a Thursday but aren't released on the court's website until Friday morning.)  
• My dad gave me a book entitled "Our White Boy" written by Jerry Craft -- former mayor of Jacksboro and the "first white man to play in the 'West Texas Colored [Baseball] League.'" I'm excited.

Viral Video Of The Day?

So says this news story. But I'm not sure why the comments on youtube and the news story have so much outrage.

But it's a pretty good law school criminal law question (and I'm making some factual assumptions) : Can a cop enter the home of a third person without a warrant to arrest a person for committing a Class C offense (disorderly conduct) when the cop didn't witness the offense?  In Texas, I believe the answer is no. (But it could be argued that the offense of evading detention occurred if the guy opened the door to the cop and the cop asked him to step outside to discuss the incident. I'd like to know what happened before the filming began.)

Hail in Decatur right now

And a lot of it.

Edit: And from later in the afternoon to the East

Several hail stones collected from the northeast portion of Denton. @NWSFortWorth @TxStormChasers #hailhell pic.twitter.com/OlwPYV8a9B
— DFW Scanner (@DFWscanner) April 3, 2014

Not Even Sure How This Idea Was Dreamed Up In The First Place

People ask why we are going to be at the Diadaloso event this year and enforce the law instead of just leaving... http://t.co/vtHAnMLZnX
— WacoPolice (@WacoPolice) April 1, 2014