Explain This Photograph

Earlier today, as I was walking to work, I saw something strange happen downtown. The group of people you see here emerged from the First Baptist HQ carrying a piece of furniture. They proceeded to plop it down in the middle of the street, at the intersection of Ervay and San Jacinto, and arrange themselves for a photograph. The photographer was nearly run over by a DART bus (only slight exaggeration).

Your assignment, should you choose to accept it: explain to me what the heck was going on here.

Leading Off (10/12/11)

Rangers Lost. And now there’s talk of what went wrong and what needs to go right. But, I’m not worried. I have faith. Bandwagoners always have faith. (By the time we get to the action, most of the doubtful moments have already passed.) You know who else has faith? Ben Doskocil, the lifelong Rangers fan who caught the Nelson Cruz grand slam ball. (And, just in cause you’re wondering, he’s not selling.)

Pet Cemetery Could Be Destroyed. Listen. I know how these people feel about the possibility of their pets’ cemeteries being auctioned off. I recently said goodbye to my childhood home where Rusty, Flower, Rosy, Ringo, and Butch were all buried. It made me sad. The difference, though, is that my burial plots were free. These people paid hundreds of dollars to have their pets buried. And there’s the history. One tombstone dates back to 1945. So I see why they’d be saddened by this, and I hope something can be done.

Terror Plot Foiled. Manssor Arbabsiar offered a Drug Enforcement Administration informant $1.5 million to kill Adel al-Jubeir, a UNT graduate and Saudi ambassador to the U.S. The plan was for a bomb to kill al-Jubeir at a restaurant in Washington, D.C. Arbabsiar once lived in North Texas, but most recently lived in Corpus Christi. He was arrested two weeks ago. Obviously, he did not know that his hired murderer worked for the government.