2.26.2009

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

  • In my best Seinfeld voice: "What's the deal with the weather?"
  • I've got a seminar in Dallas tomorrow. I'm actually looking forward to getting away and not talking to anyone for a day. But it will have Inkernet access.
  • After three days of drinking Mr. Pibb Zero, I discovered I was drinking Mr. Pibb Extra. No wonder my teeth hurt and the spot in the parking lot where I poured a portion of one out is still there.
  • News of the morning: American Airlines is to layoff 410 flight attendants, Zales will shut down 115 stores, and GM announces a fourth quarter loss of $9.6 billion. Get ready, people.
  • Only Tiger Woods can get away with this cocky commercial.
  • Time Waste: A list of 99 things you have seen on the Internet.
  • I thought about going to the Florida Keys again, but I bet it is one humid place during the summer.
  • Lubbock is a long way to go for a high school basketball game.
  • Hal Jay bad joke of the day: "You know what Eddie Gossage should so to raise more money at the Texas Motor Speedway? Install toll booths on the track." [Insert wheeze laugh here.] [Insert my "kill me" comment here.]
  • The frequency that I I hear the phrase, "You've got some scary people that read your blog": Often
  • I've never understood why people, even 20 years later, say that Jerry Jones handled the firing of Tom Landry poorly. He bought the team from Bum Bright, Bright was about to call Landry, Jones told him no that it was his (Jones') responsibility to do it, then Jones flies down to Austin to tell Landry face to face. What more could he possibly have done?
  • People are crazy.
  • Just noticed that Voice Of The Previews Don LaFontaine, who is now dead of death, did not get a single mention at the Oscars. Those "commie, homo-loving sons of guns,"