12.14.2016

Let's Check In On The Christmas Spirit




Language warning.

(Shout out to a faithful reader for sending me this.)
at 11:45 AM

Notable Deaths This Year



  • Muhammad Ali
  • David Bowie
  • Fidel Castro
  • The great Patty Duke
  • John Glenn
  • Florence Henderson
  • The great Harper Lee
  • Arnold Palmer
  • Prince
  • Nancy Reagan
  • Janet Reno
  • Antonin Scalia (who, it might surprise you, I respect to no end)
  • Pat Summit
  • Gene Wilder
Edit: Based upon the comments, this list is highly inadequate. I'll update it.

Edit: I can't believe I missed these:
  • Glenn Frey (Greatness, even though I hate the Eagles)
  • Garry Marshall 
  • Morley Safer (double greatness)
  • Merle Haggard 
  • George Kennedy
  • Alan Rickman (Greatest villain in the history of ever)
  • Natalie Cole 
  • And my most notable oversight: Harambe. #NeverForget


at 9:10 AM

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts



  • Alan Thicke has died. (I'll do a post in a couple of hours of everyone who has died this year. 2016 might be the worst year in the history of ever.)
  • There were low flying planes over Manhattan last night freaking everyone out. Remember I mentioned "rumbling" over the metroplex a few days back?
  • The worst weatherman in DFW history is trolling us this morning:
  • I'm in charge of the outdoor Christmas lights. Mrs. LL is in charge of the indoors. I went to bed early as she (finally - sorry, babe) got on it last night. She woke me up with, "That kid won't get off SnapChat!" as she tried to have a memorable evening with Eighth Grader in the House.
  • One odd thing is that my friends call me "BG". I don't know how that started. 
  • Baylor plays at Duke in football next year. I might put that on my bucket list. It's not a football school, but I'd love to see North Carolina's basketball arena and then travel up  "Tobacco Road" to Duke. I'm guessing both campuses are top notch. 
  • When I come up with ideas like that Mrs. LL yells, "Yes! Yes! Yes!" (Mark.)
  • "Christmas in the Lone Star state has no greater defender than Attorney General Ken Paxton. So when he read my column about a middle school in Killeen that tried to censor the true meaning of Christmas, he decided it was time to jingle somebody’s bells." Paxton is a moron. Replace it with a Muslim prayer and how do you feel?
  • One of the weirdest sports stories of the year is Wake Forest's radio guy leaking plays to opponents. Gambling motive?
  • Every day - several times, mind you - I stop down and remember Trump was elected as President of the United States of America.



at 8:36 AM

12.13.2016

Let's Relive The Moment


at 11:54 AM

Idiocracy 2.0


at 9:25 AM

Idiocracy Has Arrived


at 9:02 AM

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts


  • I'm feeling better. Not perfect. But better. (But staying in bed all day with the puppy dogs might be one of life's greatest joys.)
  • I'm not sure I've ever seen fog as thick as it was this morning. 
  • So Trump selects an oil baron and Pro-Russian Secretary of State?
  • And he chooses Rick Perry as the head of the Department of Energy - a department he wanted to eliminate and couldn't remember during a debate? This is fine.
  • Lane Kiffin takes a job at FAU and abandons his position as offensive coordinator at Alabama. I don't understand that. 
  • And you guys think I can't spell:
  • And again: 
  • When Trump holds his first press conference (if he ever does) it will be brutal. Smart people firing questions at him will be can't miss TV. (He said he would hold one this month but has "postponed" it until January.)
  • What did I just see? 
  • I've got the Army-Navy game on my bucket list. And Notre Dame.
  • Sports news: 
  • I said a couple of months ago, why can't the F-35s fly themselves based upon the cost? . . . 


at 8:32 AM

12.12.2016

Religion vs. Santa: Who Ya Got?


Credit to BagOfNothing for the video.
at 9:20 AM

Random Monday Morning Thoughts



  • I'm sick for the first time in a long time. If the following doesn't make sense anymore than usual, I blame it on that. And Mrs. LL.  (Although most of it was pre-written over the weekend)
  • Parker County has a nativity seen on the courthouse lawn. You guys understand that's illegal, right? (I had a buddy take a photo of it but he didn't send it to me as requested. A guy who ironically asked me last week, "You have buddies?")
  • I assume this is real. I hope it is:
  • I can't recommend Black Mirror enough. Think about this concept: Tiny drones which look like bees, can duplicate themselves with a 3D printer, have facial recognition software,,and are controlled by social media. 
  • Rudy Giuliani "withdrew" his name from Secretary of State contention late Friday. Translated: He got played by Trump and was trying to save face. As did Chris Christie. 
  • When Trump makes me hopeful:
  • When Trump reminds me he is a moron:
  • And we should all be scared to death about his thin skin: 
  • Our governor, in response to reports that the Russians have been hacking the election, said, "Aww shucks. It happens all the time." Edit: I must be sick
  • Wells Fargo keeps making news because of its crooked conduct. They might want to be careful or they will become the next Countrywide.
  • Worth your time:
  • Now to bed.



at 8:43 AM

12.09.2016

Above The Fold


at 8:13 PM

It's Friday. Let's Get Out Of Here.



Housewives of Wise County?
Fast and Furious: Three Stooges Edition
Those stitches might hurt that blossoming modeling career.
Not kicking the ball doesn't mean you're not a jerk
Double Fake Tony Hawk
Double Fake Rage?
at 2:00 PM

Double Take Of The Day


at 11:19 AM

Let's Go To The NFL Game Last Night


at 9:19 AM

Random Friday Morning Thoughts


  • Free Judge Reinhold!
  • Art Briles has sued Baylor for defamation. He might be a in a win-win situation here: (1) If he wasn't defamed, Baylor will still probably settle to keep the details of the sex scandal from becoming public. And they would pay a lot for that. (2) If he was defamed and made a scapegoat, Baylor should be scared to death. Briles' damages are astronomical. What would a scandal-free Briles be worth on the open market? 
  • Trump appointed a lawyer and the head of Carl's Junior as the Secretary of Labor. Once you get past the fact he seems to hate employees and the working man, we have to get to the great Idiocracy connection. In the movie, one dumb guy introduces himself as, "I'm Secretary of State - brought to you by Carl's Jr." 
  • It won't be public, but there will lots of finger pointing between DPS and the Wise County Sheriff's Office after yesterday's wreck. 
  • There are reports from across the metroplex on Twitter about a weird rumbling last night. And no one has an answer.
  • Our brand new dishwasher has gone completely out. It's under warranty so we have someone coming out today to look at it. Mrs. LL and I came up with a possible diagnosis last night: We have a few electric sockets in our house which have a reset button. The cord to the dishwasher and socket is behind the dishwasher, butt there is no way I'm pulling out a professionally installed new dishwasher to look. (The service call might cost me if it is not a dishwasher issue, but at least I'll know where to cut a hole under the sink to be able to get to the socket next time.)
  • The Austin attorney who was sanctioned for abusing the American Disabilities Act comes on the heels of a 60 Minutes segment about the issue last week. In most states (and I don't understand why state law gets involved), you can just see a violation of the ADA and file suit even if you aren't disabled.  
  • New this morning: "The pilot of a hot-air balloon that crashed last summer in Texas, killing himself and 15 sight-seeing passengers, had taken a cocktail of prohibited drugs including the opiate pain-killer oxycodone, according to documents obtained by Bloomberg News." That is a very, very vague statement. "Prohibited" as in you need a prescription or he didn't have a prescription?
  • I don't know anything about Tomi Lahren, and I don't know a single person who watches Glenn Beck's The Blaze networrk.
  • In a crazy night at the Supreme Court, they denied a request of a last second stay of execution, then granted it, and then vacated it. The guy was then executed. One crazy thing about this case out of Alabama: The jury recommended life in prison but their state law allowed the judge to override the recommendation and sentence the defendant to death. That is insane.

at 8:39 AM

12.08.2016

Chase Goes Horribly Wrong


at 1:21 PM

You Boys Need To Respect Those Of Us Who Wear Jackets


I'm not sure what could happen in the checkout line to cause this to go down, but I hope it was a major transgression.

That guy might be the most intimidating figure in the history of Pharmacy Fights. Doesn't even think about taking the jacket off, and just pulverizes the guy without showing any sense of panic that he's in a fight in freakin' Walgreens! And using the magazine rack was a nice touch because it was the equivalent of throwing a wrestler into the turnbuckle if a turnbuckle was covered with People and Cosmopolitan. And then after a blow to the back of the head (clearly a violation of ethics in this type of situation), he finishes him off with one final smooth move and slowly walks back to pay the cashier to probably pay for his Viagra.

Shout out to the gal doing the squeals -- she seemed to be more entertained than horrified.

Edit: They took the video down. A slightly different angle (and worse quality) is here.


at 12:51 PM

Watch Ted Cruz Talk Very Oddly About Queso




The funniest part is John Cornyn in the background deciding that he'll just get the heck out of there at the end.
at 12:30 PM

Funny Year Old Tweet


at 12:04 PM
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