Posted on December 20, 2008 at 8:43 a.m.

News this morning says police aren't "ruling out" a murder-suicide by the mother, and implies that the police are now looking at whether the previous attacks were staged.

On Shooting death of North Dallas mother, two children leaves lots of questions unanswered

Posted on December 4, 2008 at 2:51 p.m.

The only ones that really bother me are (as Mike has noted) the hit-and-run one-time reviewers. Even something like a friendly "Congratulations first time commenter!" would signal that the review or comments should be taken with a grain of salt.

The verified-user indicator is very valuable -- I only know a couple of other people around here personally, but I give more credence to a verified stranger than an anonymous stranger.

If I find a comment incoherent, I tend to picture it being said by Abraham "Grandpa" Simpson -- "I am not a crackpot!". Or it brings to mind an old song lyric:

"'Every single day it gets Just a little bit harder to handle, and yet....' Then he lost the thread, and his mind got cluttered, And the words just rolled off down the gutter."

So it's either amusing or pitiable, or both, but nothing to get angry at.

On Comment on comments

Posted on October 22, 2008 at 12:08 a.m.

Think you're wrong on St. Mary's. Baylor Law School was founded in 1857; U. of Texas Law School was founded in 1883. St. Mary's Law School claims to be the successor of the San Antonio School of Law, which was founded in 1927.

St. Mary's University -- but not the law school -- claims to 1852, a few years after Baylor's founding in 1845 by the Republic of Texas. So it may be the second oldest University (which I haven't checked), but it doesn't appear to have the second-oldest law school, by 44 years or so.

On UNT students voted to help pay for new stadium

Posted on October 21, 2008 at 3:09 p.m.

Baylor may be a regional team, but they still sell out stadiums

Well, not so much. Whenever Floyd Casey sells out, there is more burnt orange or maroon in the stands than green & gold.

I give up -- what's the second-oldest law school in Texas?

On UNT students voted to help pay for new stadium

Posted on October 21, 2008 at 11:53 a.m.

Of course, she didn't need emergency services, as evidenced by the fact that she's doing OK without any. I'm sure she can go to any number of places, without much of a wait, if she's willing to pay for it.

On UPDATED: Dallas woman who left Parkland without receiving services has bill rescinded

Posted on October 21, 2008 at 10:50 a.m.

Pretty sure the Lord High Executioner has a little list of society offenders, not a little fist. Though I guess he might have that, too.

On Artisan Center Theater announces 2009 season

Posted on October 18, 2008 at 2:25 p.m.

Who will help take care of my parents, who will help take care of me?

Um, take care of yourself, lady. And take care of your parents while you're at it. It's no one else's job.

On Richardson Echo election series: Rain Minns, candidate for Texas State Sen. - District 16

Posted on October 16, 2008 at 10:33 a.m.

@Jason -- no, not me. The curse of having a common name -- there are several of us in the area, and one guy that has the same middle name, too. Got a nice audit out of that one, when the IRS decided we were the same guy.

Nobody that knows me would think it was me with a warrant out -- and if it was, I'd want to know. I did run my own name the first time I was on there.

Scott's position appears to be that if 10% of the population has warrants, then it's somehow unfair to let people know. I take the opposite view -- maybe if your friends and family know you're a scofflaw, you take care of your problems and bring that 10% down.

On Dallas using public humiliation tactics for petty scofflaws

Posted on October 15, 2008 at 5:36 p.m.

...do we really want to extend these tactics to every penny ante scofflaw who fails to pay Class C misdemeanor tickets or court-imposed fines?

Yes.

Thank you for asking.

On Dallas using public humiliation tactics for petty scofflaws

Posted on October 3, 2008 at 9:07 a.m.

The tragegy is repeated.

On Man leaves five iPhones in car in Bedford, has them stolen