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- While you were sleeping: Margaret Thatcher has passed away. (I actually blew by The Iron Lady with Meryl Streep on cable this weekend but didn't have much of an inclination to stay on the channel.)
- The only description for the above photo is "Texas Heat Wave 1995." In a different picture she looked like she was signing autographs at an auto show. Anyone?
- Oddest story in the Update: A guy's plane begins to stall so he begins to make an emergency landing in Wise County only to change his mind when the "plane began operating normally again." He ended up in a ditch anyway.
- That great theologian Rick Perry spoke at the First Baptist Church at Dallas. I should have expected that.
- And as I continue to rail on FBC Dallas for that construction project, this is all you need to know: "The church's planning and development committee surprised Pastor Robert Jeffress with news the outdoor focal point, a massive fountain plaza, is now named after him." So we've already gone from honoring God to honoring a pastor?
- Josh Hamilton on Friday after he was booed at The Ballpark In Arlington. "Where was Jesus got-after the most? His hometown.” Putting aside the Jesus comparison for a moment (and the phrase "got-after"), is that even Biblically correct?
- Another reason professional sports is off-putting: After Josh Hamilton got a double last night, Elvis Andrus covered his mouth with his glove and said something to Hamilton which made them both crack up. I understand a solemn "good hit" coming from Andrus, but that came across as two big money guys laughing all the way to the bank.
- Did the crowd actually do the wave last night?
- We had Sheriff's deputies actually walk around the courthouse for beefed up security in Decatur last week.
- The New Family Puppy is alive and well. So far he (I think its a he) is about as active as a sock.
- By the way, the Texas Supreme Court ruled last week that if someone negligently kills your dog, you are entitled only to the fair market value of the animal --- not compensation for the sentimental value. Hey, to have ruled otherwise would have been wrought with fraud.
- Luke Bryan won Entertainer of the Year at the Country Music Awards last night. Uh, who?
- A UT receiver was arrested this weekend for DWI.
- Love this photo: A guy is grabbed by security in Toronto as he tries to scale a fence to get off the field.
- The Mormons can pack a convention center . . .
