Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• The Olympic "Blade Runner" has been accused of murdering his girlfriend. If he had used his blade foot as the murder weapon it would have been the craziest story ever.
• Can they not find the guy who escaped in Grapevine? And he sounds like a complete nutball.
• If I hadn't been involved in my trial this week, I would have wanted to watch the bizarre Tarrant County case where a female marriage counselor is accused of criminally seducing a client. Has sin become a crime?
• The merger of US Airway and American has to be good for this area right? The largest airline in the world will be based out of Fort Worth?
• And throw in that in about a year that Southwest will be allowed to fly nationwide out of Love Field then we should see healthy competition.
• Crystal's Pizza in Irving is closing!
• Heard on the radio: Can some company please make decent Valentine's Day cards? I don't want to outsource a 200 word poem. When I open one up and it's blank on the inside, I'll buy it. 
• It's not unusual during a criminal trial for the family of the client to tell me, "I don't know how you do this for a living." Meaning: "How can you emotionally handle this time and time again?" 
• I like it when I can slowly change lanes on the highway and not hit one of the reflectors on the center stripe. 
• Fort Worth motorcycle death. And the victim was only 11.
• Just read there was a motorcycle death in Dallas this morning.
• Most trials don't have anyone in the courtroom who don't have some connection with it, but there has been an older couple who have sat through my whole trial and no one knows who they are. Considering the subject matter, it's really pretty unusual. 
• Mrs. LL was in the driveway this morning before 7:00 a.m. because someone brought by $7 for underpayment for girl scout cookies. Yep, I asked her, "You've got to be kidding." 
• It's Valentines Day: "And I need you more than want you. And I want you for all time." Still a great line from Wichita Lineman.