1.02.2023

Random Monday Morning Thoughts





Nothing changed, and I'd still take Danny White over Romo. And I found the video on YouTube of the interception that I was referencing. Man, it was horrible. It was against the Redskins and RG3 in the last game of the year. 


  • News this morning. Apparently he likes driving heavy machinery. He's been in a ton of things, but I really liked him American Hustle.

  • We had an arrest ate last week in the Idaho murder mystery. The probable cause affidavit, which will detail what evidence they have against him, will be released once he gets extradited back to Idaho which should be this week.  I'm very interested in what it says especially since police have hinted that DNA is involved.  Genetic genealogy involved?

    • Funny.

    • I got a late Christmas gift when I looked up the other night and saw Nancy Grace covering the case on Fox News. She told us that it looked like the accused was "born with a silver spoon" based upon "all the trees" and land surrounding his house from the aerial shots. 

  • Good grief. They spent a week in jail. 


  • When the Catholics display a body, they really display a body.

  • All the tabloids are running with the headline of "sucked into plane",  and it may very well have happened that way, but I haven't seen any credible new source describe it that way. The most they will says is that it was an "industrial-like accident".  The FAA should release a preliminary statement today. 

  • Tim O'Hare has already been sworn in as Tarrant County Judge. This will be a disaster. And he made sure that he took the oath on an extra large Bible which is simply foreshadowing. And he wanted to send a  message that he is extra Christian.

  • Interesting side note:  "The property was purchased by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation based in central North Dakota."  There's a fairly new documentary about the shooting on Paramount+ called 11 minutes with a bunch of bodycam and cellphone video from that night. It looks intense. 

  • I normally wouldn't care about a racetrack in Anna, but the story in the Morning News referenced Decatur. 


  • Local radio: Long-time board op for The Ticket for the Musers and the Norm Hitzges show, formerly known as Jeremy Moran and who recently retired from the station, announced on Twitter last night that he is in Transition. She even added a picture.  The comments posted have been nothing but positive.
  • Most of the New Year's Eve shows on TV are gawd-awful, but there was one very cool performance by David Byrne and Miley Cyrus covering David Bowie's "Let's Dance."  Byrne looked a bit uncomfortable at first, but soon got into it. His voice is still there. Video.
  • Just Ginni Thomas admitting she was talking with her Supreme Court Justice husband about overthrowing the election while she was texting the Chief of Staff of the defeated president. And Clarence Thomas didn't recuse himself when the cases came before the Supreme Court -- and instead dissented with an opinion in one of them.  





  • Link to the disturbing video of UT coach Steve Sarkisian absolutely losing his mind because a guy, who was in charge of telling them when they can run onto the field, touched him. That man's not right. 

  • I cannot believe TCU is going to play for the National Championship, but that was a wildly entertaining game.  A lot of people ridiculously thought TCU was was going to be a blow-out after Michigan's first play of the game was a 53 yard run to the TCU 22 yard line.  To me, that brought back memories of the first play of the previously most famous bowl game the Frogs were in, the 2011 Rose Bowl against Wisconsin (which they also won.) That first play: 

  • THWMISB™

12.30.2022

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






Random Friday Morning Thoughts




This was in the final 2012 issue of the Messenger which was its "Year in Review" edition. I'm not sure I've mentioned that wild case of a lady's body being found in his garage rolled up in a carpet in Paradise.


  • This is a very weird story. We don't know what happened to the girl, if anything. There's no indication she told police what happened (although she was taken to the hospital for "evaluation".) And then there's this kicker: "Two other women, who are believed to be unrelated to the man, were also inside the restroom. Police said neither witnessed an assault, fighting or signs of a struggle while inside the restroom."

  • A breaking news headline. There's absolutely no details in the story, but adding that it happened in the "cultural district" is a nice ironic angle. The lone fact is that it happened "at the intersection of Bledsoe Street and Currie Drive." 

  • There's no way to explain this in a bullet point. Look it all up. (And although the arrest is true, the pizza box angle is probably false.) 

    • Not a bad explanation attempt, though:

  • A bill has been introduced in the Texas legislature to allow Justices of the Peace to authorize the taking of blood from you without your consent. This one is authorized by Jacksboro's David Spiller. David is a friend of mine, but that bill is a dumb idea. It's tried every session, but inevitably fails. 

  • It's really amazing that an outdated software system is behind the Southwest Airline issue. There's one thing this country is full of is people who can competently design and manage databases and logistical systems. And expense is not a big problem.

  • Remember this guy, Doc Gallagher? . . .
     

    • Well, he appealed his conviction and sentence, but his court-appointed lawyer concluded there wasn't a valid ground for the appeal. The Fort Worth Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction yesterday as a result. 

  • Baby Jesus will get his vengeance. The two arrested were of the ages of 33 and 39.  

  • I hadn't checked on Fox4Terry's Twitter account in a while. He's still out there pounding the late night streets. 

  • Business quick hits from today's Dallas Morning News:
    • From the "Investment Year in Review" shows that I continue to be vindicated:

    • Checking in on mortgage rates:

  • I have no idea what is going to happen tomorrow in TCU v. Michigan, but I'm extremely interested. TCU could get blown out, or they could win it outright. As a sports expert, I'm clueless.

  • But here's a hot sports opinion: Texas' Xavier Worthy ain't that great. That horrendous drop in the third quarter last night (video) isn't anything new. 

  • Time which has passed since the Wise County Sheriff's Office, despite having a full male DNA profile, has failed to solve the murder of Lauren Whitener in her home at Lake Bridgeport: 3 years, 178 days.
  • Messenger: Above the Fold


12.29.2022

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts




Do you remember we had an actual White Christmas in 2012? The forecast issued the night before (above) actually came true. I should have posted this on Monday.


  • Southwest's troubles continue this morning.

    • But a local radio talk show host was able to make it out to Phoenix for this weekend's TCU/Michigan game. (Cue the orchestra music.)

  • If people want to get all up in arms over the lying Congressman, I'm right there with them But I think it's a bad look for a D.A.'s office to go looking for crime in reaction to sensational headlines.

  • I'll say it: He was unnecessarily mean and a bully.

  • A sentencing hearing before a Tarrant County judge in an Intoxication Manslaughter case was held yesterday after the defendant pled guilty and waived a jury. It sounds like a heart-breaking case with the victim being an assistant dean at TCU.   The sentence was seven years


  • DFW radio ratings were just released, including the results of the new sports station "The Freak" (I still hate that name.)
  • This is going in at Alliance Center at I-35 and North Tarrant Parkway. It seems like only yesterday where that whole area was just pastures. 

  • Very random thing I noticed that no one cares about but me: A brief split second of a local commercial for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra showed a guy who reminded me of Will Bailey from The West Wing


  • Come again? (Here's the Petition.) The replies to the tweet remind me of what a bloodthirsty country we are. 


  • Bowl quick hits: 
    • Good win for Tech over Ole Miss, 42-25.  Ole Miss went 2-for-7 on fourth-down attempts, and had five turnovers. They entered the game as a 4.5 point favorite. 

       
    • A touchdown reception in overtime in the wild Kansas/Arkansas game was obscured last night by a pig and/or demon. 

    • Based upon amount of advertising I'm seeing for Cotton Bowl tickets, I don't think they've sold many to the USC/Tulane game. And that makes sense. SeatGeek has a mountain of tickets for sale for . . . $5. 
    • The Evil Empire plays in the Alamo Bowl tonight (ESPN at 8:00) at the same time as the Cowboys play (Fox/Amazon at 7:15). I bet they've never been on TV simultaneously before.