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Woman Just Casually Snorting Coke At Astros Game?

Damn shame.lady doing Coke at the Astros game

A video posted by @thebeastufc on Oct 11, 2015 at 4:04pm PDT

Let's replay that from a different angle:

Scantily Clad Cheerleaders Are A Little Odd For 2015 -- Or Will It Just Get Worse?

The NBA continues to send a bad message with its specialized fashion for women http://t.co/KxwOm1eR29 pic.twitter.com/bSEfcYhS0Y

— Mavs Moneyball (@mavsmoneyball) October 11, 2015

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• Cue the orchestra music. It's a weekend in review edition of Random Thoughts. And it was glorious. 
• It was late last Thursday when I thought about taking another long weekend. I've never driven to the Midwest, and  Baylor was playing at Kansas at noon on Saturday. Maybe I could drive up, stop at Oklahoma City to see the Memorial, and listen to an audio book the entire way. That would be relaxing. 
• Any other sporting events going on up there, I thought? I looked at the Kansas City Chiefs schedule and they were at home and kicking off at noon. That's a football double header that can be hard to find. It would be a heck of drive back after the game but it could be done. 
• No way the Kansas City Royals were playing, right? I didn't even know if they were in the playoffs. I'll be dang. They were playing Friday afternoon at home against the Astros. Now my mind is racing. Fly in early Friday if I could find a cheap flight and then fly back Sunday afternoon? After all, both are in Kansas City and that's where the airport is. 
• That's a crazy schedule but from late Saturday afternoon and into the night my time would be free. Anything else going on? I checked the schedule for the University of Missouri and they were playing at home against Florida. This would work. Watch the Baylor game at noon in Lawrence Kansas and drive to Columbus, Missouri for a night game. Heck, that gets me in proximity for the Chiefs game the next day at noon. 
• One last check: Who does Kansas State play and are they at home? Holy crap. TCU. At home. A night game. It's right down the road from Baylor's game at Kansas. This is the greatest Sports Trip Perfect Storm I've ever seen. I buy tickets on StubHub. It cost me $6 for the Baylor game. The Royals game had a cheap ticket for standing room only. The Chiefs game had nosebleed seats that were cheap. The most expensive ticket was for TCU/Kansas State which cost me $100. I'm spending less on four tickets than some hipster couple will spend on dinner and a night out on 7th Street in Fort Worth on Saturday night. 
• The key to these trips is to be flexible, prepare to wake up early, prepare to drive, and prepare to eat cheaply. (The latter is no issue for me since I'll take a fast food chicken sandwich over a steak from Del Frisco's any day of the week).  My flight left DFW at 7:20  on Friday morning which caused me to wake up at 4:00. I made it with no issues since no one else in their right mind is up that early.
• On the plane I sat next to an incredibly cute 20 something year old who was getting her arse whipped by an Eric Dickerson look alike who would not shut up. I was entertained -- until I fell asleep at take off.
• I land but I've got one problem: I had no where to stay. I drive to the "Sports Complex" in Kansas City which amazingly has Arrowhead Stadium and and Kaufman County Stadium side by side. I see a Marriott hotel right across the street. I walk in and ask for a room. Yep. $90. You kidding me? And they let me check in on the spot at 10:30 a.m. which is insane. There is a Taco Bell on the property. I'm in heaven. 
• I walk over to the Royals/Astros game at 2:30. Verdict: That place is fantastic. The fountains in the outfield are amazing and the fans were insane. (They like their baseball up there). And big shout out to the standing room only concept: You could go anywhere and always see the action.
• I go back to the room, watch highlights of what might be the most amazing Rangers game in their history, and fall asleep. But before I do, I look for hotel rooms in Lawrence or Manhattan for the next night. There is nothing available. How is that possible?
• At 5:45 a.m. on Saturday, I'm out the door and off to Lawrence, Kansas. For some reason, I was worried about parking for the Baylor game so when I got to the Kansas campus I was surprised to learn that I probably could have parked on the 50 yard line and they wouldn't even have charged me.
• I roamed the University of Kansas stadium as the sun is rising. (During that, I remembered The Ticket's Norm Nitzges once almost tearing up talking about the poaching of elephants because "those wonderful creatures  just love to roam for miles and miles". I realized that all my life I've just loved to roam.)
• Then I roamed so much I couldn't find my car. Seriously. I couldn't find my car for over two hours.
• That campus may be the most beautiful one I've ever been on. (An October day with wonderful weather doesn't hurt.) The buildings were amazing and, for a state that is supposed to be flat, that campus has more elevation changes than Everest. At its highest peak, right above the stadium and next to a gorgeous bell tower, you could see for miles.
• I left the game at halftime. Baylor scored over 50 in the first half. It was like Southlake playing Boyd, and I felt truly sorry for Kansas. I went down to a Waco once where on a Saturday night Texas beat Baylor so badly I walked away before the half. I went down there once and saw Oklahoma beat Baylor senseless, and I knew it was going to happen on the ride down. I know what it is like. 
• I'm off to Manhattan at this point to see TCU/Kansas State.  I'm staying at a Holiday Inn Express and the amount I paid is embarrassing. And the only reason I found a room within 40 miles of Manhattan was because I had awoken in the middle of the night and found the last room in the world had become open. It would end up being worth every dime. 
• During the drive, I noticed I've developed a small "head twitch" that I can't control. I wondered about the first signs of  Parkinson's, and I thought of Michael J. Fox. 
• Shout out to Kansas highways: They are great. And there were two signs that got my attention. One was that I was going past Leavenworth. That's a famous prison location and for a moment I mistakenly thought that the killers of In Cold Blood were executed there. Then I realized I was actually in the land of In Cold Blood.  (I wondered where the Cutter house was and if I could get to it.) The other sign concerned directions to the Brown vs. Board of Education memorial as I was going through Topeka. Well,  I'll be. That landmark segregation case involved the Topeka Board of Education. 
• Here comes my biggest mistake. Hey, I just hiked to the highest point in Texas two weeks ago.  No problem. I'm a middle aged machine. My hotel at Kansas State was a little over three miles from the stadium so I thought that would be a great walk through a small Kansas town. And I didn't have to worry about parking, and it is a beautiful day. I do it.
• That town is fantastic. It's like a little Austin.  The walk was great. But a little further than I thought.
• I get to the stadium and I've never seen so much purple. I'm wearing my green Baylor shirt which causes me to get attention which is something I dread. (It dawns on me I might have made a deliriously choice since I've been up since 5:00 a.m.)  Two guys in purple come up to me and inquire why I was there. I explain my football trip and tell them, with almost anger in my voice, that I'm there to support them beating the crap out of TCU.  They are wearing purple but they then point to the emblem on their shirts. Those are TCU shirts they are wearing. I have Slumped Shoulders and apologize. Profusely. They are great sports about it. 
• Here's my biggest mistake: In what may be the greatest college football game of 2015, I leave at halftime. The walk there took more out of me than I anticipated, and I was going to have to walk back in the dark. (These type of mistakes is how I will die one day.)
• I stop at Subway on the way back and grab a sandwich to and dang near stumble back to the hotel because of exhaustion. I was actually praying no one at the front desk would see me because I was afraid I would hear, "Sir, are you OK? Do we need to call an ambulance?"
• I make it up to the room and lay down. I will awake at 3:00 a.m. cuddling an uneaten Subway sandwich. I suppose it could have been worse. Maybe. 
• The next morning I'm off early again. This time it's to Arrowhead Stadium to see the Chiefs/Bears.  I got there over two hours early yet traffic was a nightmare. And I paid $30 to park on dirt. My hotel from two days earlier was closer to the stadium than my spot. 
• At the game, a bunch of guys ask me why I wasn't cheering and why I was wearing a "neutral" color. (It was black).  I tell them about my weekend. I expect them to laud my as a Renaissance Man but instead they look at me like I was Charles Manson.
• I make it back to the airport with the only odd thing being a middle age woman walking past a television and sees the Cowboys score was 3-0. She looks at me and says, "Yes!!! The Cowboys are losing!!!"  Hey, lady, I'm here on on a sports trip but the scores don't matter to me. 

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• There was a shooting at Northern Arizona University this morning. But I've only  seen a news blurb. It's obviously too early for classes. 
• I'll be in Kansas this weekend for another crazy football trip. Baylor and TCU will join me. And there are other sporting events going on if I can pull it off. After all, time is not your friend. 
• So Kevin McCarthy withdrew from the House Speakship because of a veiled threat of impropriety? The GOP needs to relax. 
• I feel like I'm the only one who thinks of a radio host when I hear the name Kevin McCarthy. 
• If you saw the video of the lady trying to fight off the purse snatcher in Dallas I hope your thought was "give him the purse and live". 
• The re-enactment of Kennedy assassination yesterday in Dallas creeped me out a little bit. But women do need to bring back the pill box hat.  That's a good look. 
• I had an email conversation with a Houston lawyer yesterday regarding a potential statewide scam. And he provided a theory which I had not thought of 
• That crazy pillow gift I received a couple of days ago may be my favorite gift ever simply because of the puzzlement it provided me. 
• I'm sitting on a plane right now next to an Eric Dickerson lookalike who won't shut up and is doing a comedy routine. I never thought I'd have a moment listen to George Lopez. 

The Liberally Lean Position: I Always Support The Bull

Bull fighting is a blood sport. I assume the guy will be fine.

But that's a heck of an effort from our horned friend.

Let's Check In On the Dysfunctional Washington Family

Fox News is told #McCarthy simply said it was not his time: http://t.co/LTDrMgXf5y by @foxnewspolitics pic.twitter.com/WRn4V32g1A

— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 8, 2015

Random Car On The Courthouse Square In Decatur This Morning

Credit: Tara.

And for a conspiracy theory: I posted out of the blue yesterday about Faith Hill's music video filmed in Decatur over a decade ago. That wall in the background was what was used in the video. I'm not sure what it would be a conspiracy about, but I thought I'd throw it out there.

A closer look:

Cue Blue Oyster Cult

Let Me Whip You With A Couple Of Old Photos I Saw Last Night

I love both of them for completely different reasons.

This is from when I went to College Game Day in Fort Worth last year. I will always believe that baby was working on his Tomahawk Chop:

And this from when I was in a plane at the crack of dawn coming back from Baylor's loss against West Virginia. Cloud cover below. A different plane in the distance.  I think I heard Ronald Reagan saying, "touch the face of God":

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• I dog WBAP's Brian Estridge a lot but he did a good job this morning doing a couple of interviews about the Waco Twin Peaks Police/DA/Judges Massive Screw Up (my words, not his.) The only way the DA's office gets any conviction out of the more that seventy that are arrested will be if someone takes a plea bargain to avoid being unjustly convicted. The DA is incompetent, but the the Waco Police are lying about what happened. 
• "[Dallas DA] Susan Hawk admits she felt paranoid. Admits she made her employees feel uncomfortable. Admits that in the darkest moments of her life, she was not the best district attorney she could be. No more, she says." I believe all of that except that last four words. 
• Two guys carrying fake rifles scared a lot people along Dallas' Katy Trail yesterday. And you realize the could have carried a rifle, shotgun, or an AR-15 and they wouldn't be breaking the law, right?
• When I was at Love Field a couple of weeks ago, two twenty-somethings were running around the terminals using the modern day equivalent of a hover board. The only thing that made me think less of them was when I heard them speak, and I realized they had no idea what "conversation" means. 
• For some reason, I'm getting slower and slower to recognize when I'm sick. 
• The Ticket's Junior Miller got called back to the dermatologist for more skin removal after a mole tested positive for melanoma. He's fine and was joking about it on the radio this morning, but that would have scared the heck out of me. 
• This has to be a Texas Monthly Bum Steer award, right?: Tarrant County Tax Assessor will no longer encourage employees to donate to the United Way because the organization has "ties" to Planned Parenthood -- even though the United Way does not provide any funds to Planned Parenthood. But here's the kicker: Although the thinks the United Way does some good,  he will “remind all of [his employees] that Hitler made the trains run on time."
• I'd love to be a fly on the wall if Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton, Konni Burton, Jonathon Stickland, and Dan Patrick were all in the same room. I just imagine the kid from Step Brothers being in the room and saying, "What these guys' deal?" 
• I had a Bridgeport banker tell me yesterday that his son wanted to debate me on my proclamation that Superman would crush Batman in a fight. Why? Batman, who has no special powers, has incredible human courage.  (I actually pondered this for a while.) 
• Allen High School has won 49 straight football games. The Texas record belongs to Celina with 68. I'm going to guess the Wise County record has to belong to Boyd since they went on a state title run back in the day, but I have no idea what the number is. 
• There's a 25 year old from Alvord who died. I haven't heard the cause. Edit: Motorcycle accident.
• I don't understand: "Yemen (CNN)- Airstrikes hit a wedding celebration in Yemen, killing at least 30 people and leaving dozens more unaccounted for, local officials said . . .  It wasn't initially clear who had carried out the strikes." Huh?

Application Today For Court Appointed Attorney In Wise County

That job market must be as tough as Wordkyle said it is.

What Is This Gift!!!!!!!!!??????

I just received it. I have no idea!!! Furry on the outside. Insulated but not waterproof. The person who sent it promises it is not some type of obscene contraption.

Our office just wasted an hour studying it.

Edit: And the crazy answer is this.

Ads Disguised As Content

Hey, I've ranted about this for over two years much to the mockery of my loyal readership. It is one thing for a radio host to transition into an ad seamlessly (See Hannity or Limbaugh), it's another thing when the news is peppered with what is obviously a commercial.  Hey, if Deadspin thinks the same, I feel pretty, pretty good about my position.

Key phrase: "integrate the company directly into EPSN programming". Wow.

Start listening for it!

The other day, The Ticket had (the very spare) Peter King on for his weekly segment and he referenced a website that focused on analytics twice in quick repetition. It was the equivalent of, "I looked at the news about Wise County  on Liberally Lean dot come the other day and it was really interesting about what is going on in Rhome. Liberally Lean dot com said . . . ."

It's like Inception. Peter King gets paid to do weekly segments across the nation and he gets paid by advertisers to mention them within the segment.

Texas Court Of Criminal Appeals Rules Today You Can Destroy The Texas Flag!

Opinion.

Which, of course, is a no brainer. Your property. Your right to free expression. How in the world could the government ever tell you that you could not do that?

But it almost hurts that they have to apologize for the holding:

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• Very funny comments yesterday about the office toilet wearing a shirt and tie after I wrote a horribly crafted sentence. I admit my grammatical error. As you know, there will be many more to come. Probably even today. 
• This will be a little shorter today since there was another "walk out and see a flat tire" issue. What a beating. 
• "Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton each lead their party's respective primary race in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania . . . . " And it is October which means it is getting real. (And I apologize to Reagor Dykes who advertises on The Ticket and who is goofy enough to think that "I gotta keep it real" will make anyone buy a car from him.) 
• I've not looked into the scandal of the "insider betting" of the gambling fantasy football sites of DraftKings and FanDuel but what we are seeing is unprecedented. Congress basically made gambling legal for fantasy football in 2006, it took everyone almost a decade to realize it, and those companies are now exploding with money (and spending a fortune on ads.)
• Ameritrade bought 78 acres in Southlake. Ameritrade is still in business? There are 78 acres available in Southlake? 
• On my trip to El Paso  two weeks ago, I flew on Southwest. Those seats were nicer and roomier than an American Airlines seven hour flight I took earlier this year. (Cue orchestra music.)
• I hate small talk, but I love those very rare moments in life when you confide in someone with extreme intensity. There's is the underlying implicit agreement of, "We trust each other." 
• I think DPS replacements for the border have arrived. I got a report of at least four DPS cars patrolling 380 this morning. 
• Seinfeld voice: And what's the deal with the Wise County Sheriff Deputies making traffic stops on 287? 
• WBAP's and TCU play by play man Brian Estridge tweeted naked booties this morning. 
• I've never met or talked to BagOfNothing but I think we are amazingly similar. Then I read his Sierra Mist vs. Sprite bullet point today and think we could not be any more different. 
• I talked to two guys at the courthouse yesterday and tried to convince them that the two part Wired article on Silk Road was one of the greatest things I've ever read. I've mentioned it on this blog at least three times, but I've yet to hear from anyone who actually read it. Hey, the online graphic alone is enough to suck you in:
• 
• And now to today's front page . . . 

Rhome Government Will Get Reviewed By The Texas Attorney General (Assuming He's Not In Prison)

From the list of request for opinions from the Texas Attorney General:

Full request here.

Chicks Fighting While Rafting

(That would be a great band name by the way.)

Language warning.

I have no idea what's going on here, but I was almost expecting Burt Reynolds to show up with a bow and arrow to end this thing.