Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• Former FAN host Richie Whitt is getting married in Bora Bora. Have you ever looked to see where Bora Bora is? Good grief.
• Sports: (1) The third Texas Tech quarterback in the last month has announced he will leave the team. What's going on there? (2) Los Angeles Dodger pitcher and Highland Park product, Clayton Kershaw, received an extension which will pay him $30 million a year -- that's basically $1 million a start. And that's insane. (3) There are a record 90 underclassman entering the NFL draft but only three from the Big 12. (4) Johnny Manziel was revealed to be #1 on ESPN's Mel Kiper's draft board yesterday. Is he doing a bit? That would be a gamble of all gambles. (5) Mark Cuban's accidental plan to run the Mavericks into the ground seems to be working perfectly. They led by 17 with 4:49 to play last night and still lost. (6) Cable TV available on the Baylor campus has the Longhorn Network but not ESPNU. (Which was good thing last night as Texas Tech thrashed the Bears on ESPNU last night.)
• My two year old laptop computer has Blue Ray technology but I've never owned a Blue Ray disc. That is, until Christmas: I got the first season of House of Cards.
• An "expert" testified yesterday that Josh Brent would have had to have 17 "drinks" to get to a blood alcohol concentration of .18.  The courts accept such testimony but its very close to voodoo science.
• My hot legal opinion: If Josh Brent gets out of this thing with less than 10 years, he should consider it a win.
• A little kid came to the door yesterday selling cookies. I think it was $2 for 4. Once he was gone we discovered they were nothing more than store bought cookies placed in a baggie. (But he was funny as he freely admitted he wasn't raising money for any organization but was instead selling them as a "businessman".) 
• My stock market confusion: Best Buy announced that same store sales were down 1% over the Christmas season compared to last year and that news caused its stock to fall more than 30% in pre-market training trading.
• I heard a commercial this morning for Lt. Governor candidate Todd Staples which focused almost exclusively on "comprehensive immigration reform" with emphasis on "securing our borders" and not offering "amnesty." Uh, I presume he knows that's a federal issue so why exactly is he making that part of his platform for a state office? 
• The teenage daughter of the producer of the Mark Davis show tweeted last night (according to her mother who asked people to support her): "My hardcore liberal English teacher put down my values while reading my paper to the class."  My reaction? Roll with it and grow.
• Here's the U.S. Select Committee on Intelligence report on Benghazi that was released yesterday. Few will read it, instead relying on silly Facebook "postcards" to get their information.
• Most newspaper headlines about the report referred to the tragedy as "preventable". Isn't every act of terrorism preventable? 
• Dennis Prager is throwing a cruise vacation for an average of $6,500 per person. I bet that's a party!!!
• The Ticket's Corby Davidson, in talking about the Derek Holland injury yesterday, said "everyone" would lie about how they were injured if it meant the difference in receiving $3 million in salary. I'm shocked by that statement. 
• Oscar nominations just released.