Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• Rick Perry's official Twitter account had an offensive post this weekend which was taken down. I'm guessing some intern and Young Republican Club President got fired. 
• When New Family Pup #2 met The Family Cat they got nose to nose and stared at each other. And then both walked away. No violence. (Yep, still have the new dog.)
• I posted that "Game Warden Harassment" pic (below) on a Baylor message board. I forgot that most Baylor fans are Sean Hannity clones. I got killed with replies like, "I'm glad they were there to protect us." Sheesh.  I almost went out and bought a burnt orange shirt in protest. 
• "You wouldn't think that it it happened to one of your family members" is a dumb argument.
• That ESPN commercial with Kenny Chesney is funny.  
• Over 10 years ago I tore my right Achilles. It's been fine ever since surgery. Except over the last two weeks it has begun to hurt. I had to walk back to the house at the halfway point in my jog yesterday. 
• Sports: (1) UT quarterback David Ash won't play this weekend because of a concussion. I hate it for the guy, but he is done. And I also hate to break it to the Evil Empire, but you are about to find out how horrible Tyrone Swoopes is. (2) I'm extremely worried about Baylor's Bryce Petty. How do you have two broken vertebrae and be considered "day to day? If Art Briles doesn't sit him this weekend then I'm worried about Art Briles sanity. (3) Hey, you parents want your little Johnny to be a football star? Jackson Jeffcoat, Lache Seastrunk and Ahmad Dixon were all cut this weekend. (4) While I was at Game Day, I ran into an older Baylor fan who was there with his granddaughter. We started talking and for some reason I asked him, "Do you remember that California game?" He replies with, "I was there." I'm now interested beyond belief. But then he wanders off. People wander off on me a lot. (5) I thought UNT would hang with UT this weekend, but I didn't know UNT didn't have an offense. 
• It took me forever to find a scalper at the Baylor game on Sunday (there were only eight tickets left on Stubhub at outrageous prices.) I negotiated with the guy and he knocked $10 off. He then said he would accept a $10 tip. Funny. All of a sudden we hit it off and I ended up tipping him $20. Weirdest business transaction ever. 
• How did I miss this nude celebrity pic scandal?
• The concept (from the Update) that Bridgeport's class of 1994 having its twenty year reunion is mind boggling. 
• Whenever someone posts a lot of Bible verses or inspirational quotes on Facebook or Twitter, it's a pretty good bet they are in a crisis. 
• Chuck Canterbury of the "National Fraternal Order Of Police" was on WBAP this morning and said, "You know, police have a privacy right under the Fourth Amendment, too."  He might want to read that text again. (And that 6:50 WBAP segment where Hal Jay and Brian Estridge try to do an interview is a daily Dumb and Dumber segment.)
• Gregg Abbott backed out of his statewide televised debate with Wendy Davis and made the announcement on a Friday before Labor Day weekend. That has coward written all over it. 
• "DWI arrests grow 40 percent in six years in Odessa." Police officer Paul Hurley, with his two years of experience, might want to rethink that "automatic" blood draw. 
• I'm in a good mood. Promise.