Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• I had to "babysit" the Junior In The House last night because she had a root canal and, according to Mrs. LL who had to go to a softball game, "She's all doped up on valium." Ummkay. Before I got home I got the report that, "She put your reading glasses on and, in a Southern drawl, announced, 'I do declare!!!!'"  I was very nervous, but all went well. 
• Although she got to control the TV, so I had to watch about four episodes of some show about a family with nineteen kids. (Not bad by the way.)
• Given the choice of two dead journalists vs. 3,500 dead U.S. soldiers, I'll take the former. 
• Deion Sander's home in Prosper finally sold after being on the market forever.  The purchaser plans to turn the property into a subdivision -- a subdivision with, I guess, one huge house right in the middle of it. 
• I watched the scene of Breaking Bad last night where the Mexican brothers ambush Hank in the parking lot. Man, that show was so well done. 
• Denver Bronco Wes Welker was suspended four games for amphetamine use. Just like Cowboy Orlando Scandrick, he took X but it was laced with amphetamine.  The Dallas Observer did a post on this problem a couple of years back entitled  "Don't Panic, But There's Probably Meth in Your Ecstasy". (But at least we know why Welker looked high and was handing out $100 at the Kentucky Derby.)
• It's been a while (and it's up in Denison), but we have a parked squad car hit this morning. Pic. 
• We've done everything we can to find the owners of Family Pup #2. Flyers. Every possible message board and web site. And we got nothing. This is a well groomed and well trained dog. I actually caught the thing when some sweet gal stopped and got out of her car and the pup jumped in her car like she was going for a ride. It just seems odd we can't find the owner. Mrs. LL thinks the little thing was dumped. I don't know what to think. 
• Wendy Davis was on The Ticket this morning. It was funny because, as politicians do, once you ask them a question they will talk and talk and talk. Gordon Keith interrupted her by saying, "This sounds like a filibuster." I'll be dang, she stopped talking. They ended the interview asking her what she thought about the pics of Jerry Jones with the strippers and what she thought the Cowboys' record would be. She was very uncomfortable. 
• Is there any question that George P. Bush looked in the mirror as a teenager and thought, "Hey, my last name is Bush!!"

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Random Post Just To Torment The Anti-GIF Guy

Always support the bulls

So insane. So funny.

I've Never Been So Confused

Wait for it.

Atta' Boy, Jerry. He May Be Gay But Your Defensive Line Is In A World Of Hurt

Report: Cowboys intend to bring Michael Sam in to join team's practice squad http://t.co/CPYbsQf32C pic.twitter.com/HMk7XIl7Ox
— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) September 2, 2014

Got My Attention

FW police seeking woman, 24, in connection w/ Aug. 3 fatal shooting at after-hours club. http://t.co/duwcTBh0cq pic.twitter.com/Gfyi5hGSwy
— Deanna Boyd (@deannaboyd) September 2, 2014

So I did a little research . . .



I think this is the place . . .

And Another -- Private New York Catholic School

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The Index Was Doing Random Thought Girls Before Random Thought Girls Were Cool!

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• Rick Perry's official Twitter account had an offensive post this weekend which was taken down. I'm guessing some intern and Young Republican Club President got fired. 
• When New Family Pup #2 met The Family Cat they got nose to nose and stared at each other. And then both walked away. No violence. (Yep, still have the new dog.)
• I posted that "Game Warden Harassment" pic (below) on a Baylor message board. I forgot that most Baylor fans are Sean Hannity clones. I got killed with replies like, "I'm glad they were there to protect us." Sheesh.  I almost went out and bought a burnt orange shirt in protest. 
• "You wouldn't think that it it happened to one of your family members" is a dumb argument.
• That ESPN commercial with Kenny Chesney is funny.  
• Over 10 years ago I tore my right Achilles. It's been fine ever since surgery. Except over the last two weeks it has begun to hurt. I had to walk back to the house at the halfway point in my jog yesterday. 
• Sports: (1) UT quarterback David Ash won't play this weekend because of a concussion. I hate it for the guy, but he is done. And I also hate to break it to the Evil Empire, but you are about to find out how horrible Tyrone Swoopes is. (2) I'm extremely worried about Baylor's Bryce Petty. How do you have two broken vertebrae and be considered "day to day? If Art Briles doesn't sit him this weekend then I'm worried about Art Briles sanity. (3) Hey, you parents want your little Johnny to be a football star? Jackson Jeffcoat, Lache Seastrunk and Ahmad Dixon were all cut this weekend. (4) While I was at Game Day, I ran into an older Baylor fan who was there with his granddaughter. We started talking and for some reason I asked him, "Do you remember that California game?" He replies with, "I was there." I'm now interested beyond belief. But then he wanders off. People wander off on me a lot. (5) I thought UNT would hang with UT this weekend, but I didn't know UNT didn't have an offense. 
• It took me forever to find a scalper at the Baylor game on Sunday (there were only eight tickets left on Stubhub at outrageous prices.) I negotiated with the guy and he knocked $10 off. He then said he would accept a $10 tip. Funny. All of a sudden we hit it off and I ended up tipping him $20. Weirdest business transaction ever. 
• How did I miss this nude celebrity pic scandal?
• The concept (from the Update) that Bridgeport's class of 1994 having its twenty year reunion is mind boggling. 
• Whenever someone posts a lot of Bible verses or inspirational quotes on Facebook or Twitter, it's a pretty good bet they are in a crisis. 
• Chuck Canterbury of the "National Fraternal Order Of Police" was on WBAP this morning and said, "You know, police have a privacy right under the Fourth Amendment, too."  He might want to read that text again. (And that 6:50 WBAP segment where Hal Jay and Brian Estridge try to do an interview is a daily Dumb and Dumber segment.)
• Gregg Abbott backed out of his statewide televised debate with Wendy Davis and made the announcement on a Friday before Labor Day weekend. That has coward written all over it. 
• "DWI arrests grow 40 percent in six years in Odessa." Police officer Paul Hurley, with his two years of experience, might want to rethink that "automatic" blood draw. 
• I'm in a good mood. Promise. 

Hey, Art Briles!!! Sign This Ball Boy!!!

Game Wardens Harrassing Boaters On The Brazos At Baylor Game

Your tax dollars at work.

Index - 10/23/64

• What a heck of a fire and death. But what an odd note about the $400.
• Shootin' Blind can even strong arm a Congressman.
• I had a classmate with the same last name as the person in the truck accident. I wonder.
• Take a look at those Bridgeport/Jacksboro football stats. Not exactly the spread offense back in the day. 

Hey, Anti GIF Guy!!!

The Bears beat the the Ponies!!!

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• It's Labor Day, there is no Messenger Update, but I'm here. Once again proving I'm the hardest working man in show business.
• I went to the Baylor game yesterday. That stadium is a showplace. I had high expectations and they were exceeded. 
• It's a weird world when Baylor is up 31-0 at halftime and the crowd is basically displeased with how the offense has played. (But I was pleased when "We Started From The Bottom Now Were Here" fired up over the sound system.)
• I counted four Game Warden boats on the Brazos by the stadium, and they were stopping any boat that moved. As I watched them on the bridge, I might have gone on a rant about a Police State, and I so hope I didn't scare a young lady who was agreeing with me but then suddenly walked away.
• I'm worried about Bryce Petty's back. I thought he just got hurt on a TD run but when I watched ESPN later, they showed him cringe on an earlier touchdown pass. If it's not structural, I sit him down next week. And maybe the next. We got a Romo Situation ongoing. 
• George W. Bush was there and performed the opening coin toss. The crowd started chanting, "Four more years!" I wish I had a picture of me in the crowd at that moment. You'd be able to spot me. 
• The funniest moment was "It's Getting Hot In Herre" blasting over the speakers but it was so Baptist edited it was dang near unrecognizable. 
• On my Saturday jog I came across another lost dog. (Picture.) It was before 8:00 a.m., and I ended up standing in traffic with my arms up to stop oncoming cars to keep it from getting killed. About five or six drivers stopped -- all appreciative of what I was trying to do. That is, except one stupid bubba in a truck who had to gun it in anger despite the dog still running around in the street. I yelled at the idiot. (Hey, I was in my jogging gear. If he got out to kill me he would never have caught me.) 
• A lost dog just stops me down. I turned the corner and saw the little thing with eyes that seemed so scared. It caused me to have immediate Slumped Shoulders, but I can no longer just ignore things like that. 
• The dog is still in the house. No collar. No chip. The kids put up flyers but no response so far. (Ticket fans: I wanted to name it "Cornelius, The Moron Dog" but that was rejected.)
• The Sixth Grader In The House told me that the vet (looking for a chip) told her that the pup was a Maltese. "Hey, she's a Maltese Falcon!" I said. The kid was confused. Heck, I was confused. I just referenced a 1941 Bogart film that I had never seen. 
• Wow. Six people killed in a one car crash in Dallas last night. 
• Michael Sam, the NFL player who just happens to gay, was cut and has yet to be claimed by any team off waivers. A guy who was the SEC Defensive Player of The Year and looked pretty good during the preseason can't get an NFL job? 

I Went To College Game Day

And you can send the Pulitzer for The Best Photo Taken With An iPad  to my home address.  

I'm replacing Joe Duty at the Messenger on Monday. 

Edit: Come on! A momma holding an infant and doing the tomahawk chop.  A bubba with a Florida shirt. Cheerleaders. The borderline famous mural in the background representing Fort Worth on national TV. This is art people!  You guys who don't understand make me want to cut my ear off!

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And Another - Louisiana

2014 better step up its game.

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College Station Furniture Store Offered Refunds If Aggies Won By More Than 10

Wait a second. A chain furniture store sold over $1 million in furniture in 11 days? To paraphrase a line from JFK, "Sir, I find your story simply unbelievable."