Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• I'm hearing tons of great things about HBO's True Detective. (And I learned this week that Mrs. LL had been watching it behind my back.)
• Facebook is buying the messaging platform WhatsApp -- a company I'd never heard of -- for $16 billion.  Tech bubble?
• "SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A northeastern Pennsylvania couple have been cited for contempt of court for sending back a jury questionnaire filled with profanity, crude language and racial slurs." Hey, it's Scranton!! The comedy capitol of America!
• In a crazy case in Houston, yesterday a jury found a guy not guilty of the capital murder of a DEA agent. The War on Drugs marches on. 
• What a weird Chevy Tahoe commercial where the babysitter asks for $60 instead of her normal $40 after seeing the inside of the car of the woman who drove her home. 
• I believe in hard work but I also believe in luck. You can put in 18 hour days but that won't get you anywhere if cancer, a serious car wreck, or a seriously sick kid enters your life. 
• How hard is it to be a Texas Republican political consultant? Guns. Immigration. Religion. Make sure "conservative" is constantly on the screen. Put on some jeans. Have a photo-op with law enforcement. Boom! Where's my check? 
• The "court cost talk" was a little dry yesterday but it was amazing that I posted a portion of a random case and by that afternoon I had the Houston attorney in the case contacting me to explain.
• Olympic Thought #1: Is some of the clothing on the ice skaters getting a tad bit skimpy?
• Olympic Thought #2: Bode Miller has gone from wild child to grumpy old man in record time. 
• Very obscure thought: How can Google Docs use that "format painter" (including a paintbrush icon -- albeit a roller instead of a brush) that I thought was invited by Microsoft? 
• Sports: To the guy who questioned my opinion yesterday about Baylor ex Josh Gordon might possibly become the best receiver in the NFL? He led the NFL in receiving yards last year and played only 3/4ths of a season. (You must not be familiar with my sports genius track record.)
• There will be drones with HD cameras covering sporting events soon, right? 
• We've made lots of progress in modern medicine, but it seem mental health treatment lags far behind. Then again, we don't exactly lobotomize people anymore à la One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest.
• Arial photo of the construction of Baylor's new stadium on the Brazos River. Oh, my. (They made that harbor next to it within the last six months.) That's I-35 to the left.
• "Denton's Mayor Bought a Condo at One Arts Plaza [In Dallas], Refuses to Return Seller's $175K Artwork." Loved one of the comments (paraphrased): "Uh, that $175,000 piece of artwork? Where is it? We took it with us when we sold the condo, right?"
• And, if you have time, that article led me to this one about a Dallas socialite (who started out in Graham????) and, as I'm as I'm legally obligated to point out, has a "Hey, Now" picture included. To round out that time waste, the post includes comments at the bottom from Mark Cuban's very odd brother who, ironically, thinks the article is about someone who doesn't deserve press coverage.