Today is the day for my soccer team to finally do something they have been training for this last 11 months.  Finally play in a competitive tournament.  The girls all seem to be ready, and if they are not well its too late since our first game is about 10 hours. lol

I think they are ready for this challenge and we are going to use these 3 games this weekend to help us get ready for the next tournament in 2 weeks in Austin.

Us coaches are pretty excited that the season is basically beginning and the girls get to finally start playing some games, etc.

I will drop some updates after we finish up some games.

Here is another edition of some local short news stories from around my area!

Fort Worth:
Pier 1 is saying that they are going to close 20 to 25 stores by year end.  However the lucky people in the Dallas, Fort Worth Metroplex are saved as they said they shouldn’t be closing any of those stores.

DFW Airport:
Watch what your doing or else you might have your arm ran over by a forklift!  They airlifted him to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Grand Prairie:
What happens when you try to cover up something suspicious and don’t want anyone to find out about it?  You get stopped for a traffic violation and then the cops see suspicious package and it turns out to be ammonia (mainly used for meth (methamphetamine).  I guess they wont be dealing meth till they get some more.

Fort Worth:
Police got lucky looking for narcotics just to find out that the house they raided was running a pirating ring.  Police say they counted 113 burners, 3800 blank cd’s, 7000 blank dvd’s.  They were capable of producing 6700 discs per hour. — Link: Star-Telegram

So yesterday morning we had some pretty good storms blow there through.  The unfortunate part was that the storms were moving Southeast and I had drive Northwest.  So the entire drive I was heading into this downpour or rain and high winds.

Although it added about 15 minutes to the commute it wasn’t all that bad.  I like storms, so it didn’t bother me at all.

I actually wish I had my camera or video camera cause it was pretty crazy.  It was pretty light and then a couple minutes later it turned dark as night.  There was so much lightning I thought I was a pop star on the red carpet at one point.  lol

I’m sure most of our storms will not be severe (Tornados and Hail) but you never know.  I think we are supposed to dry out now for a few days..

OK I’m going to do a 3 things list for today…

3 Things I saw this morning at home before work:

• Garbage to take outside for the garbage man
• Clean clothes laying on the floor (I hate folding clothes)
• My indoor soccer shoes

3 Things I saw on the way to work:

• Fort Worth Police at an accident (3-cars pile up)
• Partly Cloudy Skies
• Bill Board Advertisements (Do this actually work)

3 Things I have in my office right now:

• A bunch of 19″ Flat Screens
• A Fan
• Stack of paper I need to sort through

3 Things I need to accomplish today:

• Find a new backup/DR solution for work
• Run some failed backup jobs
• Run a software inventory report on all the computers

3 Things to get done tonight:

• Entrecard Drops
• Blog Posts
• Clean the house

3 Things to get done this weekend

• Work on mountain bike and ride
• Coach 2 scrimmage games for my soccer team
• Sleep

Some days around here I have to wonder how people got their drivers license. People tend to float, speed, drive erratic, etc. It’s pretty crazy. Now, some days traffic is nice and just flows along without any issues. Now Fridays are something else all together. Fridays can either be mellow or look like something was just unleashed from hell or somewhere in between.

In fact just the other day on the morning commute some guy just about side swiped me without even looking. Maybe with all the craziness I should look into some cheap life insurance so my family is protected in case one day someone takes me out. lol A good point to bring up is the Fort Worth Police chase last night that nbc5 happen to cover watching this guy rip up and down residential neighborhoods at least at 60 mph. Thank goodness no one got hurt on that chase.

Now I’m sure this could differ from city to city, but in all seriousness there are times I wonder why everyone is in such a hurry that they have to do 75+ and weave in and out of everyone.

So Monday I took my little brother (Big Brothers, Big Sisters) to the Zoo. I haven’t been in a couple of years and they have been advertising that they now had penguins again and this new exhibit for them. Lets just say that I wasn’t really impressed. It was cool to see the penguins but it is really nothing like the penguins exhibit at the Dallas World Aquarium.

Ok so we got to see some really cool animals. That’s one reason I like to go to the zoo. Of course some of the animals just like to sit or sleep. Then again it was close to 93 out. The coyotes and the mountain lions were all taking morning naps. The Elephants were pretty active. The Hippos barely came out of the water. (I wonder how long they can hold there breath) The Apes and Monkeys are always fun to watch.

Overall it was hot and humid but a fun day none the less..

Here is another Friday round of local shorts. (might be something I do every Friday)

2 Pit Bulls euthanized after attacking 2 year old in Fort Worth:
The girl remains in critical condition at the hospital. Hope she makes it. The dog owners indicated that both of the dogs were female and neither one was registered or vaccinated. Great now she might have to deal with rabies to. The dogs are going to be tested.

Man killed on 360 in Arlington:
Man was stuck by a truck on Hwy 360 on an off-ramp last night around 7:45pm. They rushed him to the hospital in critical condition. He later died @ 9:35pm.

Back Itch in Fort Worth:
A guy who’s back was itching apparently grabbed the first thing he say to itch his back. Unfortunately he accidentally shot himself, lol. I guess that what happens when you stay up late drinking and playing poker. You forget your gun is loaded, haha….

FC Dallas:
FC Dallas next home game is this Sunday the 18th at Pizza Hut Park against the LA Galaxy (Hopefully Beckham plays) Currently FC Dallas is 2-2-3. Not very impressive from what I have watched so far this year.

Stars:
Stars won game 4, but are still losing the series 1-3. Game 5 is back in Detroit on Saturday at 12:30pm (ct). They better sharpen up the skills since they have to win the next 3 in a row to move on.

Cowboys:
New Stadium ticket prices were released and they start at $59 per ticket.. Wait, who really cares.. “Go Seahawks” lol

Just going to do an quick little shorts on a few topics going on around the Dallas, Fort Worth area.

Stars:
The Dallas Stars lost game 1 last night against the Detroit Red Wings (in Detroit) 1-4. Game 2 will take place Saturday night (again in Detroit). Hopefully the Stars will look like they are ready to play that game, cause honestly last night they didn’t look so good. And if they don’t start playing better, this will be a short series for the Red Wings and the Stars, well I guess there is next year, AGAIN!

Rangers:
The Rangers beat my old home town team (Seattle Mariners) last night 5-0 (At least one team from DFW Pro Sports won last night). But it looked more like a hockey match. The Rangers pitcher lofted a pitch that the batter thought was too high (It didn’t hit him) and he decided to clear the benches and go after the pitcher. Nice Sexson, really nice.

Robbery in Fort Worth:
Early this morning a woman was attacked by a 44 year old man at a doughnut shop and started to beat her in the head while she was trying to escape. A neighbor heard the attack in progress, and went and grabbed his shotgun and shot the guy in the chest.
:: Check Mark :: 1 more criminal off of the streets

She Cried Rape and He died (Follow UP):
A Woman who cried rape who was convicted on manslaughter charges was freed yesterday after 1 week in jail on an appeal bond. Yep $25K and she is free probably for at least 1 year. This story is crazy. Husband came home and his wife was taking care of business in her lovers car in the driveway and when the husband came home, she started yelling rape, so husband grabs gun and delivers a lethal blow killing this guy. Wife lied about it and they let him go with no charges and decided to charge her instead. Last week she was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

And Finally GAS Prices = Outrageous:
Yesterday one location in the South Arlington area posted up the following prices.
3.65 for Regular, 3.78 middle, 3.96 for premium. This is crazy for the DFW area. And I know people will say, “It’s way more expensive where I live” I’m sure it is, but for this area, it’s crazy.

Hope you enjoyed my shorts…

Well this guy who wanted his own record label decided he was going to do something to get his business off of the ground. So how did he decide to do this?

Well let me tell ya, he decided to steal a blank check from his girlfriends mother, proceed to a bank in Fort Worth, and cash the check to start his very own record label. But something got in the way. The bank wouldn’t cash his check, and called the GF’s mother who said he did not have permission then the police showed up.

The alarming part.. Charles Ray Fuller added ten zero’s to the check.

Yes he tried to cash a check for $360 BILLION Dollars.. lol Oh man that is too good.

So fraud charges came up and of course he had a .25 caliber gun and some drugs on him.. Good thing his bail was a lot less $$..

Article:
click here

Well I thought at one time we were going to lose a window. The hail was coming down so hard and fast I couldn’t believe it. I would say Dime to Marble size hail. Our street turned into a complete river.

I don’t think any of my pictures turned out but will check them out later and see what they look like and post them.

Earlier in the night there was a tornado warning out west by Mineral Wells and Weatherford. Spotters did confirm a touchdown out by Aledo, tx.

Our Sirens went off but not sure why as there was no warning. But always exciting to hear.