Random Monday Morning Thoughts

•  "Texans should be free to express their religious beliefs, including prayer, in public places." - A resolution on the Republican primary ballot. Really.
• The Dallas Country Club has finally admitted its first black member. I don't know much about him other than he began caddying there around 1954, Let's say he was 15 at the time. That makes him 75 today. If he has been employed there all this time (I have no idea), this is nothing more than a pat on the head instead of a change in policy. We'll see.
• A shooting in The Stockyards in Fort Worth last night left one women dead. (It happened around 9:00 p.m. which is way too early for a gun fight.)
• I'm seven episodes into House of Cards. Good stuff so far. It's not Breaking Bad or The Wire, but pretty good. 
• There's a weird story out there about a metroplex criminal defense lawyer sexually assaulting teenage girls who were his clients. Very weird.
• Mrs. LL asked me what my favorite Beatles song is. I quickly said Eleanor Rigby. I'm still thinking about why I blurted that out so fast. 
• Someone running for public office bought an ad running over the Messenger's masthead in the weekend edition. What did that cost? 
• Dan Patrick's current ads for Lt. Governor have an eagle-fly-by sound at the end. As idiotic as it sounds, I could see him in a runoff with David Dewhurst. That would be high comedy. (And that scenario worked out well for Ted Cruz.)
• The BagOfNothing guy is having a retaining wall put in his back yard. Hey, buddy, email me and tell me what that cost.
• 16,579. The number of posts Google tells me I've done. 
• The Family Unit had a discussion last night about becoming a Foster Child Family. It would have warmed you heart. TV off. Everyone contributing. 
• The son of Jim Henson, the deceased creator of The Muppets, has died at age 48.
• There's a remake of About Last Night in theaters. The original, with Rob Lowe and Demi Moore, my be my most favorite cheesy movie,
• It's President's Day and I'm taking the day off. Mrs. LL and I are planning to walk a trail in something named Eagle Mountain Park. Will report. I'll decide.
• Ice skater Meryl Davis looks, well, different. I think it's the wide space between the eyes.
• "Republican candidate for [Weatherford] Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Greg Martin claims to hold a bachelor’s, MBA, law and doctorate degrees." It sounds like he's lying.