Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• Significant lower court decisions yesterday: (1) Oklahoma's gay marriage ban was struck down, (2) Net Neutrality by the FCC was struck down -- which has something to do with charging for bandwith usage but that's about all I know, and (3) A district judge says that the multi-million dollar concussion settlement between the players and the NFL might not be enough.
• Parker County four year old calls relatives once mommy passes out behind the wheel after smoking K2. (There's some brands of that stuff out there now which will absolutely knock a person out. Let that be a lesson to all you mommies out there.)
• Wendy Davis claimed to have raised more funds than Greg Abbott over the last six months, $12.2 million to $11.5 million. And although Abbott has more "big donors", my eyebrows did raise when I saw Davis received $600,000 from "wealthy Houston trial lawyer Steve Mostyn and his law firm."
• There is an eleven full page public notice by Oncor in the Messenger today regarding some new power line. How much did that cost? (And this reminded me of a two year old editorial in the Messenger entitled "Public notices belong in print, not websites."
• A lady is suing a Dallas detective for falsely arresting and accusing her of killing her boyfriend, and she's kind of hot. 
• "(CNN) -- Bombings killed at least 29 people and wounded scores of others in the latest wave of attacks in and around the Iraqi capital." The "Mission Accomplished" banner was displayed on May 1, 2003. 
• Yeah, it's just regular season college basketball, but the end of Arkansas/Kentucky overtime from last night is worth a look.
• I don't think I've ever had a flu shot. It's not that I'm philosophically opposed, it's just that I have a history avoiding the flu without it. 
• When did Grace Fellowship church open an "Alliance" campus?
• Texas coach Charlie Strong has imposed some very strict rules so as to impose a "culture change."  I suppose lots of coaches have a "my way or the highway" attitude, but you never see the gauntlet thrown down like that in the press. 
• Bridgeport has a "Community Relations Manager"? (First item in the Update.)
• Robert Gates is out pimping his new tell-all book, but his neck brace is a bit distracting. (He allegedly fell in his home. Maybe like Derek Holland?)
• Someone suggested that the Fitbit segment on The Ticket yesterday was actually a commercial disguised as a segment. If true, it's the most dishonest thing The Ticket has ever done. 
• The case of the brain dead but pregnant Marlize Munoz is so complicated there aren't a lot of hot opinions about it one way or another. 
• The show Friday Night Tykes, a reality show about Texas pee-wee football looks good, but first you have to find the Esquire Channel to see it.