11.01.2017

Christmas Is Cancelled, Kids

Too soon?

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Above The Fold


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Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts


  • Eight people were killed by a legal immigrant in New York City yesterday. Don't forget that a white American citizen killed 58 in Las Vegas a month ago.
  • I'm a huge fan of Pulp Fiction, but I learned something at the courthouse yesterday about the movie. After the "Gimp Scene", where Marsellus Wallace is letting Bruce Willis go, and he's looking at the guy who did something, uh, bad to him, he says he is going to call a couple of "pipe hitting [n word]" to mess that guy up. For 20 years I've thought that meant people were coming over with pipes. Nope, "pipe hitting" is referring to a crack pipe. I had no idea.
  • Watching experienced civil trial lawyers who know what they are doing is a thing of beauty. It makes me realize what a sorry state the criminal bar is in. (There's a trial going on in Wise County.)
  • After I made my Bannon joke at the Brock Smith luncheon this week, I have received notices of  "You are my hero" to  "That was the greatest speech I've ever heard" to "Are you OK?" The last one was from someone who didn't understand what I did. I swear everyone of those are exact quotes. And I can't reveal some of the others.
  • Halloween was great last night. I've told this story many times before, but my buddy Kevin Clark, many years ago, ran out of candy and some straggler came up and rang the doorbell. He goes to his change jar, grabs a bunch of coins, and dumps them in the kid's basket. The kid turns around and screams, "He's giving away money!" and Kevin was suddenly inundated with kids. 
  • No one got crushed more than Junior on Twitter last night after he posted this. For example, someone pointed out that all the candy came from going door to door and asking to get it for free.  Junior has been acting strange lately. I suppose the thought of going to jail will do it to you.
  • Everyone realize this is the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas who people rely upon for spiritual guidance. This is strange.

  • I can't wait to read this just released by Texas Monthly. 

  • I stumbled on Jaws last night. It holds up.
  • I'm not a baseball fan, but even I'll watch a Game Seven of the World Series where Yu Darvish is a starting pitcher. 






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10.31.2017

Hey, You Wise County Old Timers!



Who remembers the proposed "Satellite City" development that was proposed in 1974? This is the plat. It was supposed to be on 2264 north of Decatur. Edit: Make that south of Decatur. I was temporarily directionally challenged.

It never happened. I'm not sure I've ever heard about it.

Look at it (if you can see it.) A ton of homes. Golf course. Hospital. Retirement center. And more.


at 2:43 PM

Wendy Williams Goes Down!




Sadly, I don't know what is real and what is fake any longer. 
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If You Think You Can Get Away With Anything These Days, You Are Wrong




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Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts



  • I caught so much grief over wearing cargo shorts in the photo that I posted yesterday. One of my buddies even gave me the business about it in person. As I told him, "Once you get to certain age, it's not that you don't understand fashion, it's about the fact that you just don't care."
  • Something that happened yesterday I would never have dreamed of: I spoke in front of a big crowd at the Decatur Convention Center, made a Steve Bannon joke, and actually got quite a few laughs. 
  • In the same event, Decatur lawyer Mark Howell had a very funny line as he takes over as the Wise County Bar Association presidency: "I promise to do the same thing as Barry Green has done for the last 15 years. Nothing." That's quality comedy, sir. And true.
  • I was exhausted yesterday. Traveled from Florida the day before, ended up watching what might be one of the greatest MLB World Series games of all time past midnight, and then woke up shortly after 5:00. I'm too old for that. 
  • The Russia Collusion thing heats up. Look up "Papadopoulos guilty plea." And I love Sean Hannity's defense: "He admitted, OK, he lied to the FBI. I think he is 29 years old." (But all I can think of now is Vegas Vacation and Papagiorgio.")
  • One thing I forgot to mention about Disney World: We did the Haunted Mansion "ride" and I wanted to because it fascinated me thirty years ago. Oh, my. Has it been ramped up. They had a hologram of a head which was one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen.
  • And one thing we didn't even think about: We were there right before Halloween and visitors were dressed up left and right in costumes. It was pretty insane. 
  • As I predicted yesterday, House of Cards has been cancelled. I'm an Entertainment Genius.
  • Reminder to self: Wear a cap or sunscreen when you go to Florida even in October.
  • As a kid, I never dreamed that giving out candy on Halloween would be more fun than getting it. But it may not happen tonight because of the rain.
  • I don't understand how you can deposit a check by taking photos of it. There are obviously safeguards to keep it from being deposited twice, but I don't know how it works. 
  • NFL Commissioner Robert Roger Goodell is a strange guy. I don't know if he is ethical or crazy. He takes on two owners and two of the best players in the league on, arguably, shaky grounds. That being Brady and Bob Kraft, and Zeke and Jerry Jones. He is paid millions a year and he may end up my be losing his job. 
  • There was a fake character on The Ticket once who called Zeke the "Ecstasy Ewok." That's funny.
  • Another travel story: We got to see the overbooked flight where they started the bid process to get someone to give up their seat. Mrs. LL and The Freshman in The House asked me what it would take to stay behind (it included a free hotel and a flight out early the next morning.) And said there was no price. Mrs. LL said there had to be a price. I finally said I would start considering it at $1,500. It went for $600. 



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10.30.2017

Bridgeport Guy


Am I crazy for simply asking the question, "Why?"
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Cop Suffers Panic Attack



Two completely different points: (1) First I'm not sure why he quickly fired shots at the beginning. (2) The panic attack hits him at around the 5:30 mark. I've known people who suffer from them, and I've seen them. Crazy breathing that you can't control.
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From Last Night




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Random Monday Morning Thoughts


  • Special counsel Robert Mueller's grand jury has indicted Trump's former campaign manager in the Russia probe. It begins. 
  • And always remember this graphic from Fox News.
  • Kevin Spacey had a heck of statement yesterday regarding allegations he abused a young boy. If there was going to be another season of House of Cards there won't be now. 
  • My theory of there are ads buried everywhere became even more true during the World Series this weekend. In the bullpen, there was some website scribble on the back wall in big letters. Later, from the same camera position, it turned into a full blown professional graphic. 
  • I was in Florida this weekend for a softball tournament. Like I said on Friday, traveling is a beating. I had the most intensive TSA pat down going through screening and they even swabbed my hands with the guy turning to another TSA agent and saying, "I've got to check this" as he then went to some kind of machine. I could be wrong, but they seem to be on high alert. 
  • Oh, and American Airlines issued two boarding passes for me and another guy which had the same seat assignment. 
  • We went to Cocoa Beach which pretty much looks like Padre Island with all the sea weeds on the shore. 
  • But it did give rise to a picture of me looking at a Random Thought Girl taken by Mrs. LL. (The wind is blowing my hair by the way.) And, yes, I have no butt. 
  • We also went to Disney World. There are a multitude of parks now but I wanted to go back to the original for nostalgic reasons. Our family went there as a kid and after we got home my dad wanted to know the stock price of Disney. Nothing has changed. That place is printing money.
  • One thing I noticed about Disney World: Around noon all you see is beaten down parents with happy kids. A few hours later you've got beaten down parents and beaten down kids. 
  • "You stand right here and I'll be right back. I don't want to issue a 'Silver Alert'" - Mrs. LL to me. I tend to get lost from time to time. 
  • At the softball complex near Orlando, I took a walk and found a pond and, much to my surprise, a baby alligator. Mrs. LL came to see it and we both had the same thought: "Where's momma?" as we suddenly had our heads on a swivel.
  • The team of the Freshman in the House lost every game. I think it was eight. But Mrs. LL and I got into an argument when a coach of her team yelled at the third baseman (the dugout was on that side) after the batter laid down a perfect bunt which no one could possibly have gotten to. The coach yelled, "You have to anticipate that!"  My position: You're the coach. If you saw it coming (which is obvious), tell the kid to cheat up. You see that in college softball all the time. Her position: The coach is teaching the kid a lesson for not having situational awareness.
  • I watched about three episodes of the new season of Stranger Things. That's good stuff. And the fact that Paul Reiser, from Mad About You,  is in it is fantastic. (But, man, we all get old.)
  • That was a crazy Major League game last night but it was into five hours in the ninth when the score was 12-12.
  • As I predicted, Texas beat Baylor. #Liar #MayNotBeSportsGenius

at 8:37 AM

10.28.2017

Above The Fold


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10.27.2017

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

 "I asked for Little Caesars"! And you shall pay for your mistake!"
 How did this plan not work? 
 If you mess with the bull, you get the horns. 
 "I did the broad jump in high school. I can do this."
 "Give me a break. It's late. I've been at a wild Halloween party 
with a couple of Yorkies and I'm hungry."
This dog figured out that bits are fun. 
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Random Friday Morning Thoughts




  • Tarrrant County DA Sharen Wilson tweets during the day for her re-election campaign when she should be working. I have never understood how public employees can get away with that.
  • Traveling is a beating.
  • I petted a service dog yesterday (a real one) of an elderly man. It was cute. Some small thing that never barked, looked at you with dumb eyes, and had his mouth open the whole time. The guy, who was in a wheelchair, said "I make friends because of him." And as I walked away he said, "Thank you."
  • Thousands of pages of JFK files were released yesterday but Trump is keeping some of them secret for another 180 days. What I've heard about them so far is fascinating. And there are 180 documents being held back for 180 days because of security reasons. Oh, my. 
  • What did he mean by "our" heritage?
  • What a vicious and illegal hit in last night's NFL game. The sport of football will not survive. 
  • I remember very little about every college course I took. For example, I took an accounting course, got an A, and really the only thing I remember is that Equity = Assets - Liabilities. (And that was taught on the first day of class.) I think the real value of college is hanging out with a diverse group of people, figuring out who are smart and who are dumb, and then hanging out with the smart people.
  • Did I mention that long time employee Tammy Sosa is running for Justice of the Peace 2?
  • I'm surprised that the Bridgeport City Council didn't back COMPLETELY down from their annexation invasion. If I'm a public official, I'd put it on the back burner until the heat dies down and then try again. (Below is stolen from the Bridgeport Index. Everyone go buy an Index. Don't sue me!)

  • For some reason, if I stay in any hotel I have a war with ice machines. They used to be on every floor but no longer. Last night I went to one on my floor, and much to my great excitement, found one. Yet,  "Out of Order" it said. Cue the Curb Your Enthusiasm music. It's not my  personality, and I would never do it, but I wanted to be Larry David and go down to the front desk and say, "Uh ....(pause) ...can we talk about the ice machine?"
  • Hey, you one Dennis Prager fan out there who reads the blog: Yesterday he said patting a woman's behind was not sexual assault and "there are some things that men just do." Incredible. And Mark Davis took issue with the term "sexual assault." Look, this isn't hard. "Assault" is defined, even under the Texas Penal Code, as "offensive touching." And if you do it for personal gratification, it is "sexual".  Sure, it's not a crime of "Sexual Assault" under any Penal Code but it's just an accurate description of men preying on women.  The old white men in this world are amazing. 
  • Speaking of, you have to read what a broadcaster said during a Cleburne, Texas high school football game. 



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10.26.2017

Get Me This Dog!

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Random Thursday Morning Thoughts


  • Texas House Speaker Joe Straus is not running for re-election. He was the only thing keeping the legislature from being out of control.
  • Long time JP2 employee Tammy Cowley Sosa is running for JP. 
  • “I’m a nice person. I’m very intelligent.” — Trump yesterday. I've never met anyone intelligent who told me they were intelligent. 
  • Oh, George. 
  • John Coryn endorsed crazy Roy Moore in Alabama.
  • I still find it amazing that Abilene High is in a district full of Keller High Schools. 
  • Did you know Congress late at night this week removed consumer protection against credit card companies and it took VP Mike Pence to break the tie vote? 
  • The Dodgers used 22 players in last night's lost to the Astros.
  • We had a Confederacy of Dunces gather in Texas yesterday: 
  • So the Democrats funded the researcher of the shocking "Trump Dossier"? Oh, the horror! Just wait until Mueller tells us that even part of it is true. 
  • Every now and then I'll get a call from an out of town attorney who has a Wise County criminal case and wants to know about the personality of the prosecutor. (Which is a great question if you are trying to help someone.) If I don't know the caller, I'll make it very brief. If it is a long time friend, I'll go on for 15 minutes. As I have been told, I'm an observer of the Human Condition. 
  • It bugs me that during the day, some new cars will cause one of the headlights to go off if someone hits their turn signal. 


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10.25.2017

Above The Fold


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This Isn't Good


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