2.05.2024

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




I always go back to thinking about him in Capote. If you've ever seen it, watch the actual Truman Capote interviewed by Johnny Carson to learn how much he nailed him.


  • We bombed everything in the Middle East over the weekend.


  • Last night a bi-partisan border bill was released. The Republican controlled House immediately said it was dead on arrival. If they supported a border solution there would be nothing to campaign on.  



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  • Meanwhile, I small "convoy" showed up at the border to . . . well, I'm not exactly sure what their purpose was. 





  • This happened yesterday. He was on the loose for 20 minutes and headed straight for McDonalds.

  • The jury begins deliberation today for the mom on trial for the sins of her mass-murdering teenage son in Michigan. I've done a complete 180 on her lawyer. She's a mess. She makes mistakes. She doesn't know how to preserver error. But her closing argument might have been the most endearing and relatable argument I ever heard. I love her. (Full video of her closing.) And I'd never convict the mom, although I fear this jury might. I just don't know.


  • A former Dallas Star stood trial for attacking three women in one day. It did not go well for the prosecution. (Franklin County is in East Texas and has a population of 10,359.)


  • The Super Bowl comes to Vegas this week. This is what the Luxor looks like right now. Really. 

  • Over the weekend we've learned nothing more about what happened to this woman after being "found safe" in Laredo.  Maybe I'm, wrong, but my radar is going off on this one. 

  • I was lucky enough to turn on the Grammy's at the exact moment this happened. It was fantastic. (Although 80 year old Joni Mitchell singing "Both Sides Now" later in the show was moving in its own way.)


  • Legal nerdy stuff.

  • I have a conspiracy theory that the number of views of a viral TikTok (i.e. "It has been viewed over 40 million times!") are ridiculously over-exaggerated and inflated.