Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• I had now idea that Alabama Governor George "segregation now, segregation forever" Wallace invoked "state's rights" when he stood in the doorway of a University Alabama building in protest of the enrollment of an African American student. (Famously re-created in Forrest Gump.) The more things change, the more they stay the same.
• I didn't realize that getting drunk on the weekend before Christmas in England was such a big deal. Pictures.
• Sports: (1) Tony Romo completes a game saving pass and all is right with the world. If he missed that then everyone would be calling for the coaching staffs' heads. All because of one play. (2) Philadelphia throttles Dallas next week, right? (3) ESPN went morbid. (4) The best basketball photo you'll see all year.
• Die Hard was based on a novel?
• A bad weekend for the Evil Empire: Three Texas players were declared academically ineligible for the Alamo Bowl, and a former player was arrested for Disorderly Conduct and Assault at Chili's in Grapevine on Saturday night. Chili's! Edit: The story actually says Chill Sports Bar. I could have sworn the first reports yesterday morning said Chili's.
• Horrific: A man and three year old fell 52 stories to their deaths in Manhattan over the weekend. And it was intentional. 
• We had six kids in the house over the weekend. I liberally invoked my Mrs. LL authorized right to "disappear" on numerous occasions.   
• Leaders of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth recently had stained glass installed in a campus building which included images of themselves. Some people are not impressed.
• I Googled an old law school girlfriend and found out she lives in a five bedroom, six and a half bath,  5,500 square foot house in Highland Park valued at $2.2 million.
• Two things about BagofNothing this morning: (1) You have to read his condom buying story, and (2) we were both stopped down by this picture of a grieving widow this weekend. 
• A guy running for Congress (who has a website that looks like he already is a member of Congress) compared that Duck Dynasty guy to Rosa Parks. 
• And Cracker Barrel decided to remove Duck Dynasty products from its shelves and then immediately retracted the decision. It was good to see them stand on principle for one day.