10.20.2021

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts




Ten years ago this week this blog was full of World Series posts.  This GIF was in one of them. The play, which is still amazing, happened in the 5th Inning of  Game 2 of the World Series against St. Louis. The Rangers won 2-1.  

  

  •  The Update lists that the services for "Alexius Mills, 29, and Dexter Mills of Bedford are pending at Hawkins Funeral Home in Boyd." She was killed by an alleged intoxicated driver last weekend in Arlington that had heavy media coverage. I'm pretty sure that Dexter is the name of the child who was delivered but died after the incident. 

  • After four years of Congressional subpoenas being ignored, is there any reason people are also ignoring summons for local jury service?

  • This plane crash on takeoff near Houston happened yesterday morning. "DPS officials said 21 people were on board and all made it out safe. One person was sent to the hospital with back injuries." They were headed to the Astros/Red Sox came in Boston. 


  • I'm nitpicking, but Texas still calls it "DWI" instead of "DUI."

  • Just when exactly did Ted Cruz completely lose any sense of statesmanship and dignity?

    • Never mind. 

  • Speaking of, I try to avoid Trump but this was really something yesterday. "[B]ut anyway," apparently, there is no bottom.  

  • President Biden's disapproval rating has now cracked 50%.

  • Attempted presidential assassin John Hinckley joined Twitter yesterday. (Anyone else scared about the abnormal is becoming the norm?) Yep, that's him. 

  • I had to jump start a car yesterday. These days the tricky part is finding the connections which aren't even near the battery (which might be anywhere.) Thank goodness for Youtube.
  • Weird image thread: 
    • This Dallas house really goes over the top.

    • I'm not sure what's going on with a statue of Harambe being strategically placed where it stares at the Raging Bull on Wall Street now surrounded by a bunch of bananas, but I kind of like it. 

    • This is really Trump's old lawyer, Michael Cohen, and Kanye West, wearing a mask, in Manhattan on Tuesday.

  • ESPN introduced a pretty simple, but really cool and badly needed graphic in its Monday night game to help determine if a first down occurred.

  • I'm two episodes into Showtime's Buried about the "repressed memory" murder trial, and I'm already screaming at the screen. And it's great. 

  • Messenger: Above the Fold.



at 8:30 AM

10.19.2021

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts




Still one on my favorite entries I saw while looking at the "guestbook" at the Wise County Courthouse. The person's comment was "TO FIND Hope, help, & the Constitution?" With the bonus information being that the person wasn't able to put the time of his/her visit because "? no watch." 

  • Well, it's something at least.  Right before midnight last night, the legislature -- moving at lightning speed -- voted to allow the homestead exemption for property taxes to increase. I thought that would be more than $176 in savings, however. 

  • Yesterday, I mentioned that there was an Amtrak wreck in Oklahoma involving a trailer full of cars. I had no idea there was a video. Oh, my!

  • I've heard, but not confirmed, that the case was moved to Jacksboro after a hearing was held on Friday. (This is the murder case outside of the tanning salon in Decatur.)

  • From yesterday's Update. Maybe I'm missing something.

     

  • We haven't heard much about the victims, have we? I scanned the Ohio newspapers (that's where the missionary group is based out of) and didn't really even see any coverage about it. 

  • Dennis Prager has COVID.  Don't worry, the psuedo-intellectual told us yesterday he intentionally got COVID so he could build up his immune system in order not to get COVID. Really. 


  • Funny column describing Tony Romo's weird broadcast on Sunday's Cowboys game especially after a segment ran about cancer patients receiving a day of pampering at Gillette Stadium.

  • Yesterday, Trump sued to prevent the Select Committee investigating the January 6th Insurrection. Why did he do it? The National Archives wrote him and told him the documents he didn't want released would, in fact, be released on November 12th unless a court stops it.  

  • I think that is a strange hill to die on -- not literally, I hope -- especially when it costs you $3 million a year. 

  • So Cumulus launched this radio show to replace Rush Limbaugh's old show, it's been a huge success, and now the host now makes this threat? No way. This is a publicity stunt (which is working.) 

  • I didn't realize that Tarrant County voters will decide whether to give the DA's office its own building at a cost of $116 million. 

  • I hate all BBQ talk, and especially hate it when someone refers to it as "cue." Texas Monthly released its list of top Texas spots yesterday which I won't look at. 

  • Both Texas and Baylor are open this week before facing on October 30th.  It will be the fifth straight game that UT has had an 11:00 a.m. kickoff. What's up with that? And Kansas gets the prime time gig?

  • Forgot to mention yesterday about the three guys being tried this week in state court in Georgia for the murder of  Ahmaud Arbery: Why in the world are the three men being tried together in one trial? That's a disastrous prosecution decision.




at 8:33 AM

10.18.2021

Random Monday Morning Thoughts





Hadn't thought about this since I wrote the bullet point. Link here.   

  • Breaking: Colin Powell, 84, has died of COVID. And fully vaccinated? Yep, it can still happen (especially when battling multiple myeloma.)

    • His weapons of mass destruction position before the U.N. in 2003 is an ugly stain, but his heart was good. Many people in the last hour have pointed out his thoughts on this photo he gave on a Sunday morning show.

  • I probably wouldn't be a good Secretary of State, but the thought occurred to me why the U.S. doesn't just take over Haiti and make it a territory.  American companies would flock to make it a premiere tourist destination. And the people would welcome it, right?

  • We all know there is a car shortage, but it doesn't help that an Amtrack train going from Fort Worth to Oklahoma City hit a trailer carrying a load of cars over the weekend. 

  • The trial of these three men on the charge of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery begins today in a state court in Georgia.  I've got a weird feeling on how this one is going to turn out. 

  • There's a pot hole on southbound 287 about a mile this side of Rhome which I'm pretty sure was blowing out tires this weekend. (Outside lane. Right tires.)
  • When I saw this headline, I was reminded that I had forgotten that the phrase "the rabbit died" was a way we used to say, "she's pregnant." I heard that as a kid all the time, but I haven't heard it in 20 years. 

  • Another memory flashback: I loved Thelma Lou when I was kid.

     

  • Legal stuff: I saw a random transcript of an interrogation of one of the Trump Insurrectionists posted on Twitter, and it is a perfect example of crap cops can get away with. 
    They are not your "advocates"

    Uh, it's called a Miranda *waiver* of rights!

  • The most important moment of the Cowboy game was Cedric Wilson catch on 4th and 4 on the game tying drive in regulation. That ball was headed to a Gatorade cooler.  If he doesn't make that catch, they lose. Video.


  • That's sorriness. Someone had to fix that. 

  • Why Texas lost to Oklahoma State: The Longhorns ran only 17 plays in the second half and managed only one first down  -- and the first down was on the opening drive.  (But that 84 yard pick six when the Empire was about to go up 24-3 and run away with game cannot be understated.)

  • I can't find the attendance at NASCAR this weekend at the Texas Motor Speedway. It's got to be dismal, right? That's this finish:


at 8:32 AM

10.15.2021

It's Friday -- Let's Get Out of Here

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