Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• It's that annual UCLA "undie run" and thank goodness someone brought a camera to document the type of activity that offends me.
• A couple of week's ago I wrote I was skeptical of a sexual assault claim made by a woman in Keller. While I was on vacation, apparently the police released a statement that it "may not have happened." But I can't find a link to it.
• T. Boone Pickens comes across as a snake oil salesman.
• Man, there is lots of Texas Tech hype this football preseason. I'll believe when I see it.
• The television series Black Gold really isn't that good. But I'm glad I don't work on an oil rig. I'd be killed within 48 hours.
• I don't understand anyone who eats in a restaurant by themselves but doesn't bring along something to read. Just staring off into to space seems weird to me.
• They sell Viagra over the counter in the Mexican airport. Does that explain the high number of illegal immigrants?
• I only drink skim milk. Even with cereal.
• I've hyped the iPhone for five months now. I'm not backing off. Two weeks ago Apple added applications/programs to its iTunes store (most of them for free.) Man, good stuff.
• During my cave exploring in Mexico, four 18 to 19 year olds were placed in my group of 8 to go with the guide. One of the kids kept referring to "when I was in Switzerland." Was it wrong to hate him for that?
• Finished watching Coming To America last night. Kinda funny but, dare I say, overrated?
• Man, there's a church on every corner in Wise County. So much so, you can find one that's "perfect" for you. Which seems backwards.
• I'm still can't get used to a McDonalds being in Bridgeport.
• I've not had a Big Mac since, at least, 1990.
• Once again, I am a meteorological expert by accurately declaring Hurricane Dolly to be no big deal.
• Argyle football player whom I feel sorry for if the allegations are not true. (And his family had $35,000 laying around to post as a cash bond.)
• There's a quote that has always stuck with me from the old Moonlighting show when the characters played by Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd were being shot at. Shepherd, fearing death, asks Willis if he is religious. He replies, as bullets go flying by, "No, but if you know one that's big on forgiveness with a short initiation period, I might be interested."
• Remember when everyone freaked when Magic Johnson announced he got The HIV? That was in 1991.
• I haven't been to the Wise County Reunion since 1993. And I was only there then to park cars. I'm still getting the dust out of my eyes.
• Stolen from bagofnothing.com: A satellite view of the high tone subdivision that the Jonas Brothers are moving into.
• How is it that even the poorest of the poor in America are still fat? (Heard that on Generation Kill last night.)
• Funny report from the Reunion last night: "I've never seen so much spitting in my life."
• The Cowboys open up training camp on Friday. Man, there is no bigger beating than the press coverage of it over the next four weeks. "Patrick Crayton made an outstanding leaping grab over Terrence Newman during 7 on 7 drills." Yawn.
• As I prepared to leave Mexico by getting in line to get my boarding pass, I couldn't find some danged postcard size customs form I was supposed to hang on to. At that point, the attendant said I couldn't get in line and "had to go see Immigration." All the life force was sucked out of me as I was pretty sure I'd be in Mexico for another week. But I walked down to the office, there was no line, they handed me another card to fill out, she stamped it, and I was on my way.

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