6.30.2014

This Is Equally Bewildering And Funny


at 3:19 PM

Uh, Oh. The "Speaks Volumes" Guy Might Have A Heart Attack





Developing . . . 

I've also directed [Homeland Security] Secretary Johnson and Attorney General Holder to identify additional actions my administration can take on our own, within my existing legal authorities to do what Congress refuses to do and fix as much of our immigration system as we can. If Congress will not do their job, at least we can do ours. I expect the recommendations before the end of the summer, and I intend to adopt those recommendations without further delay.

at 2:22 PM

"Oww" -- The Normal Reaction When You Almost Died

at 12:31 PM

Protecting Life?




I seriously need someone to explain that to me.
at 10:56 AM

That Was A Serious Effort



MICHIGAN – A man believed to be high on some mind altering drug, wielding a three inch pipe and claiming to be from the Planet Zoltran lept onto the hood of a Muskegon County police cruiser and smashed the windshield last Sunday night. Two squad cars responded to a complaint about the man trying to break into a home, and both happened to catch it on their dash cams as the suspect jumped onto the hood of the cruiser.

 It's pretty gutsy just to contemplate launching yourself into a moving police car, but it's insane to actually execute it. With gusto. 

And Planet Zoltran? Where the heck did he get that from? Oh . . . .


at 10:24 AM

Random Monday Morning Thoughts



  • Adam Sandler has had yet another bomb with tanking of Blended this summer, and I think his comedy officially died two years ago at the People's Choice Awards. I remember his acceptance speech and thinking, "What the heck is he doing?" because it was the most unfunny thing I'd ever seen. (As I went to search for it, I thought it had been at the Teen Choice Awards because that would be the only place it would be accepted -- but it would bomb there as well.)
  • Back in September of 2011, I switched to ASICS running shoes. I finally got a replacement for them this weekend. Oddly, it was the inside and not the outside that finally wore out. 
  • And while jogging yesterday, I came across a momma duck with about eight of the tiniest baby ducks crossing the street. When they got to the curb, there were some that just hopped up while two or three would go tumbling back down. Momma waited patiently until the last one finally made it. It was the best part of my day. 
  • Upon reflection, that Clint Eastwood and Empty Chair bit at the Republican National Convention three years ago was a disaster.
  • The Feds raided John Wiley Price's offices three years ago and he has yet to be charged? And now the want to "meet" with him? I'd tell them to take a flying leap. 
  • The Hobby Lobby opinion from the Supreme Court, which will decided the legality of the requirement in the Affordable Care Act that employers cover contraception, should be released this morning. Man, the Far Right will go nuts if Hobby Lobby doesn't win (which they are predicted to.)
  • The Tea Party is basically the Libertarian Party who want the government to impose Christian values on the masses. I mean, the two just differ wildly on social issues. 
  • The head of the Tea Party in Mississippi committed suicide after that crazy Senate election. 
  • Mrs. LL to the Sixth Grader In The House in a moment of reflection: "If he hadn't married us he would be in Costa Rica right now surrounded by girls in bikinis feeding him grapes." Sixth Grader (confused), "Why would they be feeding him grapes?"  
  • Ann Coulter trolls America with a stupid column about soccer.  But those games over the weekend were pretty dang entertaining. I should hate the concept of a shootout but I loved it (both of them.) 
  • Mark Davis has written his first book. It's about what the rest of America can learn from Texas. That doesn't exactly sound like a subject with mass appeal. 
  • I bet I watched about six episodes of House of Cards this weekend. I think I've decided that a laptop and headphones are the only way to go. 
  • The craziest story of the weekend: An incoming Texas Tech's star freshman football player was kicked out of school for slugging another person during a pickup basketball game. The person he punched was last year's leading scorer on Tech's girl's basketball team. 
  • The Dallas Morning News will oftentimes "feature" a metroplex mansion. Man, this one on Preston Trail is a doozy.   And I love the mortgage calculator option on that page for it.


at 8:37 AM

6.29.2014

Bridgeport News


at 4:06 PM

What A Screw Up




Background.
at 12:04 PM

What Do You See?




I don't know why I subscribe to the Denton Book-In twitter feed, but I do.

This photo popped up yesterday, and I find it hypnotic. 56? That's not that old. But what a hard, hard life this lady looks to have had.

Some, if not most, people will say "Well, that's the result of her life's choices." Perhaps. But no one who is a stranger to this woman knows that for sure.

I used to listen to Dr. Laura Schlessinger's radio show and would get so outraged when she would just lay into some young mother who had screwed up. Schlessinger's basic thesis was that if a mother didn't properly raise her child, then that the child had very little chance to be emotionally happy and stable in adulthood.  And I always thought: What if that mom/caller was one of those kids who didn't have a chance as well? Maybe, just maybe, that's the reason she screwed up. It was as if no matter what your upbringing, Schlessinger hypocritically thought that once you hit 18 years of age you should just magically shed all your baggage and do all the right things. I suppose most of us are able to do that, but I suspect many of us cannot.

I'm not sure what category the above woman falls into. But, man, those eye. Those eyes.
at 11:56 AM

6.27.2014

Random Error

at 9:54 PM

Above The Fold

at 9:44 PM

Friday Evening Insanity

Bud Kennedy (@BudKennedy)
In Oklahoma, a defeated R claims his opponent is an impostor timothyraymurray.com/#2675


at 8:18 PM

My Analysis Of World Cup Sweet 16 Taking You Into The Weekend









at 3:00 PM

This Is Weird



J.D. Granger is the well paid Executive Director of the Trinity River Vision Authority and a former Tarrant County prosecutor (and more). He is also the son of U.S. Rep. Kay Granger.

Examined and enlarged.
at 12:34 PM

Important Information For Joggers/Runners


If you signed up for the Sexy School Girl 5K in Raleigh, North Carolina, it has been cancelled due to criticism. Another example of why we can't have nice things in this country.
at 11:10 AM

It's OK. They Apologized.

Really.
at 10:59 AM

Pete Delkus Is Losing His Mind


at 8:53 AM

Random Friday Morning Thoughts


  • The car vs. motorcycles crash near Slidell last month which left two dead has lead to the arrest this week of Sherri Rose of Weatherford for Manslaughter. (The two charges have bonds of $100,000 a piece -- which is insane.) Note the charge was Manslaughter (reckless killing) and not Intoxication Manslaughter. 
  • So I went to Victory Park yesterday to watch the US/Germany soccer match. It was really cool, but not near as crazy as I thought it would be.
  • The American Airlines Center was open for bathroom facilities and they had concession stands running. Smart move. 
  • I walked over to Klyde Warren Park since I was in the area. Dare I say it: Meh. It's really cool and worth the expense to build, but it just doesn't feel like a "park" at all. But it is great just to sit and stare at the Dallas skyline. (I finally figured out the controversy regarding that building reflecting the sun onto the Nasher Sculpture Center.)
  • To trick up the experience, I decided to take the TRE train between Fort Worth and Dallas since it dumps you off right at American Airlines Center. That thing is fantastic.
  • Fantastic unless you get confused and get off at the wrong stop on the way back. A second train to take me back five miles didn't arrive until and hour and fifteen minutes later. I definitely wasn't in Manhattan.
  • As I was driving home, I heard The Ticket's Mike Rhyner ask, "Did all four teams from the U.S. bracket move on [to the final sixteen]." Sheesh.
  • Baylor's Isaiah Austin being honored by the NBA last night was a tear jerker. 
  • The Update has a reference to Stacey Bernal who died of breast cancer. Here is her obituary in the Mason County News. She was 34.
  • The Star-Telegram's Etta Hulme, a long time political cartoonist, has died. The power of the political cartoonist can best be summed up by Boss Tweed: "Stop them damned pictures. I don't care so much what the papers say about me. My constituents don't know how to read, but they can't help seeing them damned pictures!"
  • BagOfNothing had a great tip on how to disable auto-playing videos for any browser. 
  • I hung a flyswatter inside the pantry. Ten years ago. It was accidentally so concealed that we just now found it. 
  • "Dateable girls know how to shut up." -- Faith based dating expert Justin Lookadoo last year while addressing Richardson High School.  He's in the news again after being found under the influence of alcohol in his parked and vomit stained car.
  • Mrs. LL is spending two days with The Kids In The House and friends at the Great Wolf Lodge.  She said their room faces east so they get to see the jets landing at DFW Airport. I think that would be cool. 
  • If you Mavs fans think Carmelo Anthony is coming to Dallas, you're crazy. 
  • I was able to watch The Today Show yesterday, and stopped down when Matt Lauer asked the head of GM if she could do that job and still be a good mother. I thought, "Man, that's sexist." Would he have asked a male if he could be GM and a good dad? It's good to see I wasn't the only one thinking that. 



at 8:38 AM
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