Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

That's not a bad idea at all. The last 30 seconds of a close college basketball game is painfully unsatisfying. 

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• The National Weather Service has changed its forecast once again. 
• Yesterday afternoon, an Ice Storm Warning was added on top of the Winter Storm Warning for Wise County and a handful of other counties.  The previously announced ending time of 6:00 a.m. Thursday remained the same. 
  
  
  
• Then, in the middle of the night, that ending time was extended to 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. And the coverage of the purple Ice Storm Warning was expanded to included Dallas and Collin counties and others.
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
• But I'm here to help: My Official Liberally Lean Weather Team tells me that Wise County will be hit hard today beginning at around 10:45 a.m., and that when it comes in, it will come in very strong. And it also won't let up until late into the night.  This will be nasty. 
  
  
  
• Austin got hit with a different storm front a few hours ago. More than 100,000 customers are without power this morning, and that number keeps climbing. 
  
  
  
• Let me tell you, this wouldn't have happened when I was a kid! Nothing stopped them. Looking at the list, the only Wise County office mentioned was in Slidell.
  
  
  
• If you want to watch about a minute and half of cars sliding when going over a bridge in Dallas, here ya go.
  
  
  
• Then you see this and realize it's not all fun and games. Getting out their and working wrecks in these conditions is when they really earn their paychecks. And money doesn't seem adequate in some cases.
  
  
  
• The missing monkeys from the Dallas Zoo were found in a closet in an "abandoned" house.
  

Actual photo of one of the monkeys when located.

What I wish the photo had looked like. 

• Trump has competition. 
  
  
  
• Speaking of Trump, he reminded us yesterday of his payout to Stormy Daniels. This statement amounts to an admission not to mention its comedic value. "The very publicly known."
  
  
  
• A little legal news from our friends in Montague County.
  
  
  
  
• Exxon announced earnings yesterday and provided further proof that the gas price "inflation" surge was nothing but a big con. 
  
  
  
  
  
• Big 12 schedules released. It's weird not playing everyone.
  
  
  
• No Messenger today. This week starts the new Thursday-only cycle. 

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

I don't think it was/is. But that D.A. wasn't the brightest bulb in the box.

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• The Winter Storm Warning has been extended into Thursday and Wise County is the worst part of it. My Liberally Lean Winter Storm team tells me tomorrow will be the worst day:
  
  
  
• I-35 northbound at FM 407 just south of Denton last night. A sheet of ice.  
  
  
  
• Fox 4 had this shot last night of traffic "at a standstill on 287 northbound just at the Tarrant and Wise County line."
  
  
  
  
• And if this lady is telling the truth (you never know), 287 in Alvord was/is a mess this morning. She posted this message several times tagging many cities and entities. I presume she also picked up the phone:
  
  
  
  
  
• This seems a little weird from last night.
  
  
  
• Is there some animal rights activist who works inside the zoo? Something very odd  is going on there.
  
• A real photo from Maryland a couple of days ago.
  
• I'm a fan of the Zillow Gone Wild account and it featured this Southlake house yesterday. More pics here.
  
  
  
• Legal country news tidbit: Buried in this story is the statement that Montague County District Judge Jack will retire on May 31st. 
• Legal dark news: Two young lawyers in different big firms in Houston have died in a murder-suicide. Every story seems to be behind a paywall, but from what I've been able to piece together is that Candace Rechtmann, who worked for a firm called Germer, and Tyler Greenwood, who worked at Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, both died in an apartment in the Montrose area. This link says that they used to date each other and identifies Greenwood as the shooter. Greenwood's profile has been deleted from his firm's profile. Rechtmann's has not.
  
  
  
• He embarrasses himself every day. 
  
  
  
• During the Bills/Bengals game on CBS, the network identified the Super Bowl as being be played on February 29th and will be aired by Fox.  The game is actually on February 12th, and there isn't even a February 29th this year. 
  
  
  
  
• Thirty years ago today the Cowboys won the Super Bowl over the Bills, 52-17. These photos almost make it surreal. 

  

  Jerry and Jimmy liked each other.

  
  

  

  Michael Jackson did the halftime show.

  
  

  

  O.J. was working for NBC (and, oddly, did the coin toss.)

  
  
• The Big 12 releases its 2023 football schedule today at 1:00 p.m., but TCU accidentally leaked their schedule last night. Noteworthy is that they don't play OSU or Kansas and, of the new four teams, they play UH and BYU (but not Cincy or UCF.) Others can expect a similar conference format with different matchups. 

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

How wild this was. An assistant DA in Kaufman County was murdered by his car. And the killer wasn't finished. A couple of months later, the elected D.A. and his wife would be murdered in their home. Here's the Wikipedia page about the whole ordeal which is still hard to believe. Spoiler alert: A former Justice of the Peace was the killer. 

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• The Liberally Lean Weather Center is issuing a Wise County Weather Triple Alert warning. We were supposed to have an official Weather Storm Warning to start today at noon but, in a shocking move, the National Weather Service this morning moved it up to 6:00 a.m. The freezing rain will be on and off today, with the worst of it starting tonight.  I bet every school district in Wise County will be shut down tomorrow, and I think everyone should consider an early release today. 
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Example of the trouble this morning: Shortly before 6:00 a.m., freezing rain fell on 287 going into Fort Worth.
  
  
  
• That was due to a small batch of showers which developed and wiped out traffic all along its path. Once again, we will see this all day.
  

  

  
  
  
  
• Quick hits on the senseless killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis.
• If you watch anything of the video, these few seconds of blows to his face should be it. Five cops. They could have had him in cuffs in two seconds. But they played with him so they could beat him for fun. 
  
  
   
• But what did you expect of a group called the "Scorpion Unit"? Good gawd. 
• Have you heard Trye Nichols speak? He just happened to be interviewed in California. If you thought he was some "hood rat", you're wrong. Link
  
  
  
• The Google Streetview of the intersection is great. And you can see the camera that just happened to be there which caught it all.
  
  
  


        
• The unedited video of Nancy Pelosi's husband being attacked with a hammer should make every right wing conspiracy nut ashamed. 
  
  
  
• The guy swinging the hammer called a local TV station after the video was released on Friday. He said, on recorded audio, "I messed up . . .  I'm so sorry I didn't get more of them." Thoughts and prayers to his lawyer.
  
• The MyPillow guy lost his bid to become Chairman of the National Republican Committee. He was so close.
  
  
  
•  I actually tracked down and watched Trump's speech in New Hampshire this weekend. Let me tell you something, he's wilder than he's ever been. And if you thought he was unhinged from the truth in the past, get ready. He's ramped it. Oh, and he has some nutty ideas: 
  
  
• Wise County's representative in Congress continues to be as nutty as a fruitcake.
  
• Lisa Loring, the actress who play the original Wednesday Adams, has passed away. 
  
  
  
• Wins a National Championship and then comes to the metroplex to rub it in TCU's face. Side note: He was arrested at 6:00 a.m. knocking on doors in a neighborhood.  
  
  
• UT's fired basketball coach has put his house up for sell. Here's the listing. 
  
• 80 for Brady looks like the worst movie ever made.