7.01.2014

Above The Fold

at 11:11 PM

That's Quite The Crowd To Watch A Giant TV


Edit: Love the comparisons for this guy

Sherminator:
Prince Harry:
The kid from Breaking Bad:

Scut Farkus from A Christmas Story:

Commentor suggested: The kid from We're The Millers . . .


at 3:06 PM

News


Edit: At least a couple of reports say he was taken to "Briar Hospital". That's a new one on me.

at 2:15 PM

Cop An Attitude



This video has been around for a few days, but it really didn't look interesting enough to watch. But I heard someone mention it on the radio this morning so I gave it a shot.

A guy gets passed by a speeding cop, honks at him, so the cop stops him for "unlawful use of the horn." Their initial interaction is a little contentious, but no big deal. Right before the cop leaves to go run the guy through dispatch, he is informed that he is being recorded.   When the cop returns, the attitude change really is amazing. He goes OVERBOARD in being nice. I'm really surprised by that. I figured he'd still issue a ticket and come across as Joe Friday: professional and brief.
at 10:01 AM

Hot Texas Tech Cheerleader On Killing Spree


Daily Mail - Kendall Jones, 19, is posting the photos on Facebook, where some believe the shots should be taken down…Jones has posted shots of herself posing with dead elephants, hippos and lions among others that she’s killed across Africa
Jones claims her kills come after a ‘fair chase,’ but thousands are demanding that Facebook remove the posts…Jones is a cheerleader at Texas Tech and is gunning for a reality show about her African adventures
Global animal lovers are up in arms over a teenage Texas girl’s love of killing big African game, so much so that they’re even demanding she be banned from posting pictures of herself smiling alongside her trophies online.
Nineteen-year-old Kendall Jones claims photos of dead hippos, elephants, lions and other beasts on Facebook are a testament to her hunting skills and dedication to game preservation.
But critics are appalled by the teen’s beaming social media and are calling Kendall sick and depraved for killing the rare animals and boasting about it online.
Something is either weird about her. Or this story. Something seems fishy.

Edit: Article about her in Cleburne newspaper. (Thanks, commenter.)

Edit: But good grief, girl . . .




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at 8:51 AM

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts



  • Devon continues to move away from natural gas and towards oil. That can't be good for Wise County.
  • Please be real: Johnny Football is now hanging out with Justin Bieber. 
  • D Magazine has a guess as to who is behind the "666" vandalism in Dallas. (And is there graffitti that gets people more worked up than 666 or a swastika?)
  • If the cross stealing lady in Cleburne -- whose image was perfectly captured by a security cam -- is not under arrest by noon today, I'd be surprised. 
  • There's a weird murder case reported in the Update today. The guy was arrested earlier this year in Florida, but I don't know if it was on the murder warrant. (And if you want to read a news story about the arrest which has to be computer generated simply by using the arrest record, see this.)
  • There is a headline in the Star-Telegram today about the family of an inmate suing Tarrant County after that inmate was murdered in jail by another inmate. The background of the two is fascinating. The dead guy, Jonny Holden, was the subject of a very sad Dallas Observer cover story. His alleged killer is on death row for killing a metroplex pastor and may be one of the most violent people to ever live. He went berserk after his death sentence was handed down. 
  • I can't do many impersonations, but I can do a great Kevin Spacey from House of Cards.
  • I listened to five minutes of the Ben and Skin show on 105.3 The Fan yesterday. Who is that yuck monkey in the background who is always screaming? And that show is unlistenable. It's like they have the program director in studio who is holding up a sign that says, "More energy! More energy!"
  • We got new rugs for our fake hardwood floors and, as we were installing them, the Family Cat just sat and stared as if to say, "This must be my new scratch toys. I will destroy them tonight while you sleep." (He didn't.)
  • World Cup fun facts for today . . .
  • Belgium borders Germany and was able to hold them off for a whole 18 days in World War II. 
  • Over twenty Belgiums would fit within Texas. 
  • The only Belgium front page I could find referencing today's game against the U.S.:


at 8:38 AM

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
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