Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• My DWI trial (the one I'm defending - not accused of) will wrap up this morning. Those things are exhausting, and it's almost impossible to explain why.
• And we had a very funny moment in trial when a trooper referred to traffic control devices embedded into a highway as a slang term that should never be said in mixed company. When I heard it I turned to the County Attorney who was sitting beside me, suppressing laughter, who whispered, "Don't look at me. Don't look at me."
• Going to the mailbox really isn't any fun anymore.
• I absolutely hate watching news footage of kids getting a vaccine.
• Sheesh. The FAA revoked the license/certificate of the two pilots who overshot their airport last week. I understand a suspension, but destroying their livelihood?
• Browsed the City of Denton book-in photos. This one got my attention (and the commenters are pretty funny.)
• Lake Bridgeport is always hard to fill, but even I'm surprised it is still eight feet low after all the rain this year.
• Heard a rumor from a triple un-fake reliable source that the Messenger's Update is close to a redesign that might possibly allow comments.
• Did you know in 1998, before the Messenger had a web site, I got permission to scan the Update and upload it every day? Sure, I only got it uploaded in the evening, but that was pretty cool back then.
• Bridgeport's Kyle Clifton memorabilia on E-bay. (Thanks, Mike.)
• Anybody else uncomfortable with the DirecTV ad showing the very dead Chris Farley singing "Fat Boy in a Little Coat"?
• Texas has only executed 19 people this year. We getting soft on crime?
• A computer application I've always hated: Microsoft Outlook.
• Afghanistan is about to turn into a cluster. And the top general wants us to send in 40,000 more troops? Man, this is really beginning to sound like Vietnam.
• And all the while, Pakistan turns into a triple cluster. As you slept, a car bomb killed 80 in the most violent country in the world.
• Which reminds me of one of the dumbest things W ever said, "If we withdraw, they will follow us home."
• The Messenger did something genius this weekend: They began printing summaries of random calls for service that the Sheriff's office received. Completely wheels off and I plan to steal that idea.
• Halloween on a Saturday night seems like a dangerous combo. Or a fun one.
• For some crazy reason, the Ticket was debating how you "do meth" this morning. Host Craig Miller, at around 7:20 a.m., said, "Go to Wise County and ask somebody."