4.08.2024

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




The time Jerry Jones' grandson (aka Spaudling) had a selfie made with Taylor Swift. 


  • It's Eclipse Day!



    • You heathens out there better listen up! MTG told me so. 

    • Marble Falls, Texas.

    • Dallas PD is invoking "rolling road closures" around downtown during the eclipse and, for the life of me, I don't understand why. "The department says they want drivers to make sure to pay attention to the roads, not the sky, during the eclipse."

  • If you want to see a fantastic video shot from a drone of the "crown" being placed on top of the Wise County courthouse, here you go. (Facebook link)

  • A Denver to Houston flight had a bit of trouble taking off yesterday morning-- which it did but immediately returned for an emergency landing. Video of the engine cover disintegrating.


  • A small earthquake hit New York on Friday morning, and the New York Post did not disappoint. 

  • If you like criminal trials, there seems to be an interesting one going on in Wisconsin. A guy gets taunted on a river by a group of teenagers and ends up stabbing one of them. The video was played in court last week. Video.
     



  • Trump actually followed through this morning on his promise for an announcement on abortion. Kind of. But in his video he said that “all legal scholars, both sides, wanted and in fact demanded Roe v. Wade be ended.” Sheesh.

  • I'm surprised he didn't say Jesus would be officially endorsing him on that day. 

  • Random photo: Bonnie and Clyde stars Warren Beatty,  Estelle Parsons, and Michael Pollard in front of a Holiday Inn in Denton in 1967.  And I loved the misspelled sign.

  • Don't be dumb.  The draft is three weeks away and he is/was projected to be a first or second round pick. 

     
  • Fun fact.


  • The Liberally Lean Tournament rewarded people for upset picks with once exception: It awarded mega points if you correctly predicted the National Champion. We've got a barn burner to declare a champion. 




  • Eclipse: Wise County isn't in the "path of totality" but you won't know it because we will still get a 99% blockage of the sun. (For comparison,  Lubbock is 89% and Abilene is 97%. Denver is 65%.)