10.27.2014

People of Walmart?

Story.
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And We Thought We Only Had To Worry About Player Concussions

Story.

Story.
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Index: 1974


If I remember correctly, that occurred on 114 as it bends around  Paradise.
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Random Monday Morning Thoughts

  • Random tweet I saw on Friday regarding the school shooting in Washington: "If twelve dead elementary school children at Sandy Hook won't cause changes in gun laws, nothing will."
  • I have it from reliable sources that a prominent Decatur banker was in Las Vegas this weekend and saw Official Liberally Lean Girl Britney Spears in concert. I'm jealous. 
  • Whatever happened to the crisis in the Ukraine? 
  • November 14, 2011 is the day that we had the last soldier die in Iraq in combat.  Edit for commentor: Do you know how to read the words "in combat"?
  • I was once in a board of directors meeting at a bank where they were discussing a church's loan that was seriously in default. The conversation ended with the Chairman, in a deadpan manner, saying, "Were prayerful." 
  • The goofy Texas Supreme Court judge was in rare form this weekend. 
  • I fed The Family Cat this morning. I petted The Family Cat this morning. Then it went over and peed on my suit jacket. Buddy, your days are numbered if you do that one more time. 
  • Very early Sunday morning I almost armed myself when I swore I heard someone downstairs. I got up to take a look and saw the mother-in-law roaming around. (I didn't get the message she was spending the night because her and Mrs. LL were going to do some mini-triathlon.) 
  • Sports: (1) How is TCU's Trevone Boykin not in the Heisman talk? (2) Give Gary Patterson credit for bringing in the Tech coaches to revamp the offense. But there is no question he has no idea how the offense does what it does. (2A) TCU is impressed by a school record 785 yards against Tech. They gave up 782 against Baylor. (3) TCU goes to WVU this weekend. I went to Morgantown a week ago and now ESPN's College Game Day goes to Morgantown. (4) "In Dallas-Fort Worth the Giants-Royals on KDFW (Channel 4) averaged a 6.3 rating on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. On Thursday night, CBS’ NFL offering that featured the Denver Broncos on KTVT (Channel 11) scored an 11.5." (5) There are sixteen one loss football teams in college and you can dang near make a case for all of them to make the final four. (6) After watching Real Sports, I was shocked to learn how little minor league baseball players make. They aren't part of the union. (7) Texas Tech is a 24 point favorite over the Empire in Austin? That cannot be right. 
  • I'm not sure anyone knows what the laws are regarding a "forced quarantine." That's something that doesn't come up every day.
  • In the weirdest wager ever, I bet Mrs. LL that "TCBY" either currently, or in the past, stood for "The County's Best Yogurt."  I lost and had to get a pedicure. (Which was a really weird experience.) 


at 8:38 AM

10.25.2014

Fat Man Throws TD Pass for Arkansas



Goes from guard to quarterback and throws it to the center?
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10.24.2014

Above The Fold

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Homophobic Redneck Gets Taken Down By Crowd At DFW Airport



Language warning. Big time.

Well, that was insane. Not something you see at an airport every day.

"This is America!" he says. Sheesh. Second only to "Same reason you get to walk and breathe while black. You know what I'm talkin' about."

(And I bet that guy in the pink shirt broke his ankle. You can hear it.)

This is a Hall of Fame video. I bet it makes it to the local news stations by today or tomorrow.
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TCU Taking You Into The Weekend





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Uh, Oh! Some Guy Just Went All Moses On The Ten Commandments In Oklahoma!


"The suspect said Satan told him to do it, Secret Service officials said. He also reportedly said he would kill President Obama and spit on a photo of Obama."

Story.

Read more: http://www.koco.com/news/ten-commandments-monument-smashed-to-pieces-near-state-capitol/29316430#ixzz3H5JFQp5G
at 12:33 PM

Wise County Sheriff's Office 1974


I would love to know if the allegations were true (if so, Andy would never have done that in Mayberry).  I'd also love to know the resolution of the lawsuit.

Edit: One of you fine commenters found the answer . . .


at 11:51 AM

Look What Ebola Can Do To You In The U.S.!


I apologize for the graphic nature of this photo.


at 11:16 AM

Ted Cruz's Chief Of Staff Last Night


But, technically, you can't call him a liar. A nut, perhaps. But not a liar.

Story.
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At Least Elections Look More Fun In Austin


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Random Friday Morning Thoughts


  • The Highland Park guy who has the Ebola themed Halloween decorations seems a bit off. When the cameras show up and he goes outside in a hazmat suit to get on camera, we aren't dealing with a normal guy. And I don't mind bits, but that one seems to be lacking clever execution. 
  • Someone pointed out that I incorrectly referred to the Pro Football Hall of Fame as the NFL Hall of Fame. Interesting. For all intents and purposes it is the NFL Hall of Fame or folks like Herschel Walker, who had gaudy USFL numbers, would be in it. 
  • Typical of Dallas DA Craig Watkins: Seize a Porsche, tell commissioners it will be used in undercover drug buys, let it sit on  the roof of the courthouse parking garage for month, it gets towed, and then some snooty assistant DA threatens the towing company with a grand jury investigation. 
  • 90 degrees on Saturday? Oh, come on. 
  • Sports: (1) Notre Dame isn't going to put up with one of its freshmen wide receiver taking an in-bed selfie with a porn star will they? (2) I watched the one hour replay of OU/KSU on Fox Sports Southwest. I heard OU should have won but I had no idea it was that crazy. (3) The NBA starts next week. Eight. Long. Boring. Months. (4) Yeah, sure, NFL players get rich. There are 256 players on practice squads. If they are lucky enough to stay on it all year, the earn $102,000. That salary can be covered if one in every eight persons buys one beer at Cowboys Stadium during one home game. ($8.50 x 12,000)
  • There is a fantastic "political cartoon" concerning the shooting of the Canadian soldier who was guarding Ottawa's National War Memorial on Wednesday. 
  • That new Northwest Eaton High School along 287 is going to be huge. 
  • I've been trying to figure out the new design of the 287/Business 287 exchange south of Decatur. I think I finally know. That's a heck of a project that is ongoing. (And, man, the cops have been making a killing off enforcing the 55 mph construction zone.)
  • For the record, I said a year ago that there is no way Wendy Davis can win. Even her margin of defeat might be misleading as an indicator of the GOP/Dem gap in Texas because she is such a lightning rod. 
  • I can always tell when Mrs. LL uses my toothpaste because she squeezes it in the middle. 
  • Ebola and the New York tabloids were made for each other . . .


at 8:39 AM

10.23.2014

Car vs. Gate: Who Ya Got?



I have no idea what is going on here, but there's a heck of a payoff at the end.

Drive under the gate = easy.  Backing up under the gate = just the opposite.

at 11:54 AM

Maze Has Gone Missing?


Honestly, I wasn't that familiar with Get Lost Maze but apparently it was pretty popular. But it won't be here this year.


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Halloween Tip: Instant Geisha Makeup

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Crazy Book In Photo From Last Night


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