"There's a right way to do this thing and this is not it."

Bring your appetite... but not your guns.

That's the message from Chipotle after a social media campaign after gun rights activists openly displayed their assault rifles inside one of its restaurants in Dallas this past weekend. More.

Check Out This New McDonald's Promotional Character

Hide yo' wife. Hide yo' kids.

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I'm Starting My "2014 Worst Person In The World" List Early

Random Tuesday Morning ThoughtsR

• The Family Pup loves to put her head on my laptop keyboard which always causes screen chaos.  And I have a hard time disturbing her comfortableness.
• I'm not sure I understand the current VA "controversy". It's been a disaster for as long as I can remember.
• And it is a little odd that the Far Right demands flawless and government provided health care for veterans but opposes any public funded health care for the poor.
• I watched the end of USC/Texas 2006 National Championship game over the weekend. And even as a Baylor fan, I have no problem saying that Vince Young is the greatest college football player ever. 
• We have a male "And Another" out of Denton and a lead paragraph that uses the word "ignominiously." 
• They've shut down Allen High School's $60 million stadium for the fall. Incredible. 
• I don't know anything about Brazil. I don't know anything about the World Cup. But I'm predicting the combination of the two this summer will be a disaster. Crime is crazy (police have already warned tourists "not to fight back") and labor issues will have some of the new stadiums incomplete. 
• The U.S. indicting "five Chinese military officials yesterday for allegedly stealing trade secrets" is simply silly. They'll never stand trial. It's all a waste of time but a way to get some news coverage. I'll accept Eric Holder rants on this one. 
• I'm not saying it'll be cheap, but with the repeal of the Wright Amendment we'll see the cheapest fares in America out of DFW this fall. 
• When Mrs. LL wakes up from a nap, I sometimes stand over her and say, "And you want to be my latex salesman?"
• A guy honked at the Sophomore in the House because she was driving too slowly last night. That really made me mad. 
• David Dewhurst may be the worst campaigner ever. And as I've said before, the man behind his goofy ads is the same guy which was behind Rick Perry's disastrous presidential campaign: Dave Carney. 
• "I Want To Marry [the Fake Prince] Harry" debuts tonight featuring three metroplex women: "The North Texas bachelorettes put to the test are Meghan Jones, 26, an artist from Dallas; Andrea Fox, 25, a technology sales representative from Plano; and Leah Thom, 24, a cocktail waitress from Fort Worth." I could see Mrs. LL getting sucked into this.
• I hate the phrase "we shocked the world" when spoken about any American sports team's accomplishment. And even the highly overrated writer Peter King said it the other day. 
• I love this title of an article written by a relative of a 9/11 victim: The Worst Day Of My Life Is Now New York’s Hottest Tourist Attraction

Where Do I Start?

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Oddest International Video Of The Day

The most confusing video ever? A cougar? In a room? A guy taking a picture of it? A guy who just happens to be from the Middle East kicks him into the cougar as a joke and comes within inches of being mauled? And both of them think it's the greatest knee slapping event in the history of ever?

Stuff like this makes me feel normal.

I Just Thought This Was Fox News Motivated

And I'm still not sure if it is a legitimate story.

Random Concert Review

And to think he once opened Monday Night Football.

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Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• With her mother's permission, the Sophomore in the House asked if we could host an "after party" for her flute section after some band prom on Saturday night. I, half listening, said "sure." That ended up in an overnight sleepover with thirteen girls. I think that's the number because I hit the bedroom at 10:00 and didn't reappear until almost noon. 
• While stuck in the room, I watched She's Having A Baby while Mrs. LL looking on in bewilderment at how much I love the movie.  I love all of those John Hughes films. 
• The discussion on here on Friday about how some sixteen year olds are in no rush to get their driver's license was fascinating. I had no idea.
• One more thing about the Sophomore, she volunteers to help a group that arranges Sunday afternoon softball games for handicapped kids. Since she doesn't drive, I took her there yesterday and hung around for the game.  If you ever need a reality check, do that. 
• I was watching Fox 4 News late last week when they were airing a story about a kid who had been struck by a train in south Fort Worth while he walked down the tracks. The reporter ended the segment with, "Police have not said whether they will add more officers to this area to monitor the tracks." It was thrown back to Steve Eager who replied, unscripted, to the effect of "And parents need to teach their kids to stay off the tracks." Preach on.
• The Paradise, Texas model is at it again.
• Sir Paul McCartney cancelled a series of shows in Japan. I hope the guy is OK.
• Household water should be more expensive than what it is. 
• The fact that Chewbacca lives in Boyd makes me smile. Now if that town would put his image on the water tower, I'd donate to the cause. 
• I was hearing yesterday that the gal who stormed off the set from that spare Dallas morning talk show is Robert Tilton's daughter. Confirmed? Anyone? 
• I was doing yard work this weekend listening to music (yes, music) and I began to contemplate why I don't listen to music that much. I think it's because I pay too much attention to the music and ignore the lyrics. The dawned on me while I was listening to Peter Gabriel's In Your Eyes and had a stop down moment. 
• Hey, crazy guy who sends in comments about one particular criminal case yelling at me for not posting them. I don't post comments about people I represent. It's called Blog Immunity. 
• The Family Pup wearing a tie and looking very beaten down. 
• "When US companies drug test, they wind up hiring more black people."
• Me, beginning a conversation this weekend with Mrs. LL:  "Hey, you know that song called turned up for something?" Her (smiling diabolically): "Uh, you mean Turnt Down For What?" I'm not sure I've ever been more defeated. 
• The Rangers gave away Prince Fielder bobbleheads on Sunday (does he deserve it?), but they misspelled Arlington. 
• And for those who found a horse named Barry Shortpants, I laughed. Big time. 

Above The Fold

Taking You Into The Weekend

Her post wave attitude increased her "Hey, Now" factor.

Help A Guy Out

I know you're probably sick of Supercat, but this family picture has been floating around.

Question: Who does she look like? It's driving me nuts.

I thought it might be former Channel 5 reporter Kim Fischer . . .

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Metroplex Lawyer Glut

.@TAMULawSchool first spring graduation where more than 170 will get law degrees. Former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card is keynote.
— Monica S. Nagy (@MonicaNagyFWST) May 16, 2014

And by the looks of things it'll get worse. (That law school is based in Fort Worth -- it's the former Texas Wesleyan Law School).

The glut seemed to begin about 10 years ago, and Wesleyan was largely responsible. And this will happen this fall  . . .

This Guy Just Served One Up For The Prosecution

Cedric Ricks: I don’t want everyone to look at me like I’m a monster. I tried to kill myself 2 or 3 times. But I can’t even do that right.
— mitch mitchell (@mitchmitchel3) May 16, 2014

Cedric Ricks' criminal trial is going on in Fort Worth at this moment where the defendant is testifying in the punishment phase of his capital murder case. The issue before the jury is life in prison or the death sentence. A reporter has been tweeting various quotes from the defendant during his cross-examination.

He'll hear this quote again in closing.

Edit: Maybe he's using double reverse psychology . . .

Cedric Ricks testified at trial for killing mother and her son: I turned down the life without parole because I didn’t want to live.
— mitch mitchell (@mitchmitchel3) May 16, 2014

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• That gal who stormed off that spare Dallas talk show over the NFL gayness controversy didn't have any trouble appearing with male exotic dancers.
• Sean Hannity had two of the four women of that talk show on last night and got mad at them since they both disagreed with him. He cut away from them by saying they should "Share a glass of wine and make some friends." That's a very dismissive Kathy Lee and Hoda comment. (Mrs. LL had to explain it to me.) 
• Two doctors in Decatur were disciplined but it doesn't sound too bad. 
• A highway most of us will never take is that new tollway between Fort Worth and Cleburne. It seems a little strange to me that it was even built. 
• For those interested in criminal law, check out this story of a man who was found not guilty in Brownsville yesterday. How in the world was he charged with anything? 
• The Sophomore in the House who just turned 16 is showing very little interest in getting her driver's license. That's one of the oddest thing I've ever seen. I kept a calendar counting down the days to my sixteenth birthday and took my driving test in Decatur on the day of. (The DPS office was in the basement of the courthouse at the time. )
• This still exists: If you steal a penny or an aluminum can in Texas, it is a felony.
• Nancy Grace wore a necklace adorned with a small set of handcuffs last night.
• Lake Bridgeport broke the 22 foot low barrier yesterday.
• The Ticket had Lucinda Williams, who is headlining a music festival in Fort Worth this weekend, on for an interview yesterday. I had never heard of her but they made it sound like I should know her. 
• I don't know who the Bakersfield Blaze baseball team is, but the Supercat who saved the kid will throw out the first pitch at a game next week. (That is so 'merica that it hurts.)
• The first item in the Update is a pronoun oddity. First, there is a reference to "White" with no first name. Then later in the story, there's the very casual reference to "Terri" and "Craig". EDIT: I'm not crazy. They changed it to add White's first name. It's not a big deal, but here's the original.

I Think I Like This Snarky Lawyer

I'm not completely familiar with the incident (although proof is certainly out there), but some porn star was hired by Hustler to get thrown off of a roof and into a pool by Dan Bilzerian who is described in places as "a millionare poker playing playboy."   And it happened. But she didn't quite make it, hit the side of the pool and may have broken her foot.

So she then has her lawyer send a demand letter since she wants $85,000 from Bilzerian.

This is Bilzerian's lawyer's response. (I'm guessing it's real. But I'm not sure why his name would be blacked out.) Man, there are some gems in there.

Edit: AboveTheLaw.com has the background of the letter and the censored video.

Here's The Supercat From Yesterday

Not real sure what the purpose of that interview was, but that cat still has its head on a swivel. Just looking for an excuse to pounce on an evildoer.

(And she's about three times as friendly as The Family Cat.)

31 Year Old Longview Woman Enrolled In High School

Fox 6 - A woman is behind bars after allegedly pretending to be an East Texas high school student. Charity Anne Johnson, 31, was enrolled at New Life Christian School in Longview as a sophomore. More.

Wait a second. She's also a master of disguise: