The Day After Hump Day Thoughts

• It is sorta neat living through a historical event.
• Barack Hussein Obama was elected President of the United States of America, that gives me shivers just to write that.
• If a man is half black and half white, why does he only claim the black part? Why does the media only say "The first African American President? Why don't they say, the first half and half President?
• I really feel sad for Sarah Palin, I hope she is as Hawt in 2012 as she is right now.
• I can not believe that Lupe Valdez won the Dallas County Sheriff's race. She is a nut job. Not because she is a woman, not because she is a democrat, not because she is Hispanic, nor is it because she is a lesbian, it is just the mere fact she is a nut job.
• Yesterday was my last day on day shift for a while. I like the midnight shift, but evenings is a beating.
• My little Nissan Pickup is averaging 27.5 MPG.
• Gas in the area is averaging about $2.05 per gallon, I still see it around $2.20 at some places and last night I saw it as low as $1.96.
• My cousin is getting married this Saturday. When she was born, I took her to Tandy Center one day, she was only a couple of months old then, it seems like yesterday and now all of a sudden she is all grown up, starting a family and I feel so old. Congratulations and Best Wishes LaDayna.
• If a vacuum cleaner really "sucked", would that mean it is a good one?
• My new favorite Bar B Que Restaurant is "Red, Hot and Blue" it is some of the best BBQ I have ever eaten.
• I can not believe it is the "Holiday Season" already, I've already seen a Christmas commercial on TV.
• I conducted a traffic stop yesterday. a lady was driving 37 MPH in a 20MPH school zone, talking on a cell phone (ordinance violation during school zone hours), she did not have her DL with her, she was not wearing a seat belt, her tags were out of date and when she put on her brakes to pull over, she had a brake light out, that is a total of six violations. As I walked up to her Benz SUV, she asked "Is there a problem officer?", I laughed.
• By the way, she got three citations and three warnings...I'm a nice guy, what can I say.
• One of the things that I do each and every day is stop by some folks houses that have there garage doors open and remind them that it is open and warn them that a burglary can happen in a matter of seconds, 99% of people I talk to are very appreciative of this service and say how proud they are of the police department's efforts to make Highland Village the "Safest City in Texas". I smile real big as I walk back to my patrol car.
• Just to give you an example, The Azle News reported last week that Azle, Texas, population 11000 is expecting to have over 100 car burglaries (BMVs)this year. I looked up Highland Village's BMV rate for the year and we have had 7, oh yea, Highland Village's population is 17000, plus we have acres and acres of retail parking lots, Azle does not. I totally believe that this rate is 100% dependent upon the proactive Value Based Policing Model that the Highland Village Police Department adopts each and every day.
• And as each and everyone of you knows, I am a very blessed man and for that, I am so grateful.