Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• The picture of the vet examining a 14-year-old male orangutan has been everywhere, but it still makes me laugh. 
• I did some touch up painting this weekend and dang near destroyed everything I came in contact with. (Just picture Mrs. LL walking in and staring in stunned silence.)
• I wonder what Willie Nelson fans think about him endorsing Wendy Davis. 
• My Sports Nemesis battle: On Friday, Perez pitched a complete game and gave up no runs. Advantage (extremely to) my nemesis.  On Saturday, Lewis went six innings and gave up one run. Advantage nemesis. On Sunday, Ross went 5.1 innings and gave up seven runs. Advantage me. Don't get too cocky, buddy.
• The fact that Shin-Soo Choo's walk up music is Turned Down For What makes me giggle. 
• The Mavs lost? Does anyone care?
• There's a justice on the Texas Supreme Court, Don Willett, who is active on twitter and basically just whips you with "dad jokes". I'm trying to find out if he tweets while on the clock on while using a government issued phone or computer. 
• I went through Grapevine yesterday. There's a toll road now?
• A Dallas lawyer who had knee surgery wore a pair of shorts to court and got kicked out. Here's a tip: Find a better pair of shorts. 
• Resume (for a job) and Resume (to continue) are spelled the same way. (Just noticed that while looking at the Update.)
• Neil Young was at the Meyerson Symphony Center this weekend. If you offered me $100 to go see him, I'd turn you down. (I'd rather listen to my cat scream --- which,  basically, is the same thing.)
• News this morning: "A 16-year-old apparently hitched a ride from San Jose, California, to Maui, Hawaii, in the landing-gear wheel well of a Boeing 767, Hawaiian Airlines said Sunday."  Tap the brakes on this story. I'm not sure that's humanly possible. 
• My parents gave me a Makita drill for Christmas twenty years ago and it was one of the few times my dad actually mentioned the price. The batteries (finally) wore out this year, and I  replaced it this weekend. I now know why he complained about the price. But that thing is fantastic.  
• Mrs. LL went to see Beauty and the Beast last night with her mom, and I was put in charge of the Girls in the House. It went pretty smoothly. In fact, there were some pretty insightful discussions. 
• It makes sense, but sports talk radio is mainly concerned with the demographic of "men 25-54." (Local results here.)
• The Bag of Nothing guy is back! (Man, he had a lot of pent up thoughts based upon his "I'm Back" post.)