Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• A recession? A depression? Dallas City Hall just installed a $70,000 television. Yep, a television.
• Ok, I watched a little bit of the debate, but I can only remember "Joe, The Plumber."
• Weird: Yesterday I reminisced about having a golf ball dropped onto my windshield while going down the road in Fort Worth. Today: The Star Telegram has a story about rash of those problems lately.
• Tony Romo is thinking about playing on Saturday? Even Ricky Bobby couldn't drive with a broken arm after an unfortunate bar incident.
• It's just a weird feeling seeing gas prices drop every time you turn around. I've never seen that before.
• Somebody told me there were baseball playoffs going on. Go Rangers!!!
• As I continue my contemplation about the demise of the Unites States, if a state voted to secede (which isn't a bad idea), would the U.S. actually bring in troops to take over the land like in the Civil War?
• I roll my eyes at the "state's rights" argument over the cause of the Civil War. It's usually uttered by guys that dress up in Union uniforms and go out every chance they get to re-enact some bloody battle. Edit: Yep, should have said Confederate uniforms.
• I don't know why I'm talking about the Civil War.
• I normally vote Republican in appellate judicial races for civil courts but Democratic for state appellate edit: criminal courts. (And if I didn't practice law, I'd have no idea what to do.)
• I need to mow my lawn one more time.
• If the Cowboys lose two games in a row, I could actually envision Jerry firing Wade Phillips in the middle of the season.
• For the last two nights I have awakened/awoke/woke up at 3:00 a.m. in the morning on the dot. And I mean exactly at 3:00 a.m. according to my bedside clock.
• The DOW fell over 700 points last night and it really wasn't even the lead story on most of the newscasts.
• I promise I heard this from the KLIF talk show host Jeff Bolton this morning, "Obama wouldn't want to debate a guy like me. I'm the kind of guy that wouldn't be interested in making 'debate points' and I'd demand questions to my answers."
• Coming back from Fort Worth yesterday, it looked like a police state along 287 with all the cars stopped and cops on patrol. I've said it before: Cops are everywhere.
• Farrah Fawcett was in bad health a couple of years ago. Haven't heard anything about that lately.
• I thought this was very funny: If you're "old" enough to remember Aha's famous video of "Take On Me", you'll get a kick out of this new "literal version" (wait for the singing to start.)
• How would you like to be a college senior looking for a job in this market?
• I like pizza. I deprive myself of pizza.