Leading Off (9/5/08)

1. DFW Airport will spend $5 million to upgrade its video surveillance system, which will then allow it to purchase (at a greater cost) nearly 2000 more cameras to track passengers in the airport. Somewhere, Trey Garrison’s Republi-tarian head just popped off his shoulders.

2. If a little furry creature is gnawing at your ankles as you mow your lawn in Plano, it might not be Trey Garrison: it could be a bat.

3. Finally, in a story about a lack of available statistics: nobody knows how many Texas cheerleaders are being injured doing their routines. Who is volunteering to track these incidents in a well-worn composition notebook? Trey Garrison.

7 comments

  1. I’m going back to bed.

    @ 7:29 am on September 5, 2008
  2. In that case, *I’ll* volunteer!

    @ 7:43 am on September 5, 2008
  3. I think it is about time for No. 3.
    The dumbest thing I see as a newspaper photographer during my time at a high school basketball game on the hardwood is cheerleaders throwing each other into the air. DUMB! Schools are begging for lawsuits.

    @ 8:02 am on September 5, 2008
  4. One of my daughters was a competative cheerleader and “flyer.” She could do all the college level “illegal” stunts that were forbidden at HS level competition.

    One of the things she could do was a Triple Down, which involves being thrown into the air and spinning three times before being caught….right before hitting the floor!

    I rarely attend her practices because I couldn’t stand to watch her fall. I just told her coach where to reach me in case they had to go to the ER.

    My daughter knew the risks, hit the ground hard quite a few times, but still wanted to do it.

    Sometimes you just have to let go and let your kids do their thing.

    @ 9:55 am on September 5, 2008
  5. Wow, Triple Down – I bet she was quite popular at the frat parties.

    @ 10:10 am on September 5, 2008
  6. NotTim = NotFunny

    @ 11:44 am on September 5, 2008
  7. There was a bat in my husband’s office in Plano yesterday. It was very much like The Office.

    @ 6:18 pm on September 5, 2008