Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• The kidnapping and murder of the 83 year old who was carjacked in her driveway in Arlington is shocking. I think she had lived in that neighborhood for thirty years. 
• And how in the world do Highland Park police allow a handcuffed man to "slip out of  the handcuffs" and fire at them. You just can't get out of handcuffs, can you? 
• "This is the greatest video of a bunch of cheerleaders singing in their bikinis since the last video of a bunch of cheerleaders singing in their bikinis." 
• Now our dishwasher is on the fritz. (Side note: No one seems to know the origin of "on the fritz".)
• Someone mentioned I sacked groceries as a kid. Nope. But I was a bank teller for a couple of years.
• There's some commercial running on conservative radio stations that, I believe, supports the proposed immigration reform. It is sponsored by some group called pray4reform on immigration. Not sure what's going on there. 
• I bet search warrants are granted in Texas about 98% of the time. And that figure may be too low. 
• Assuming the governor signs it, there will be a "10 percent pay increase for all commissioned DPS troopers in the Schedule C salary schedule over the next biennium, plus an equity adjustment for commissioned officers above a Trooper I level." I'm not sure what qualifies as a "Schedule C salary schedule."
• Every time I hear about a bad wreck in McKinney, I hear the words "Eldorado Parkway."
• I mentioned it a couple of weeks ago, but the electrical polls [edit: poles. Let the crotch kicking end] going up in Southern Wise County and along 287 may be the greatest eyesore I've seen in decades.They are massive and numerous. 
• There hasn't been much talk of the "online sexting" trial involving the former Boyd teacher that is currently going on in the courthouse. I'll try to check in on it today. 
• The government wants Chrysler to recall 2.7 million SUVs.  Chrysler says they aren't going to do it.