Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• A web site that should be great but is horrible: Fort Worth Weekly.
• I find Bill Maher to be hateful and not particularly funny.
• Some comments have asked me why I haven't posted the "pink bikini girl pic" that was sent to me. Uh, what pink bikini girl?
• The white blooms on trees that I thought wouldn't happen this year will probably occur after all. I predict Saturday will be the peak day to see them.
• This American Life has done it again: Want to understand how Citigroup or Bank of America's financial statement got out of whack in a simple and understandable way? This week's podcast explains. (I love that stuff.)
• If the major banks do fail (and they are far from out of the woods), the government will take them over on a Friday afternoon so that they can have the weekend to get organized.
• I truly don't know if people are basically good or basically bad.
• After representing hundreds of "alleged criminals" over the years, it's the habitual thief that has the worst personality. Those charged with drugs can be very secretive and reserved. And DWI folks are the most normal.
• Worst imaginable Texas legislature party invitees: Jane Nelson, Florence Shapiro, and Phil King.
• Heard a lawyer two days ago refer to representing people going through a divorce as having to "deal with two people when they are at their worst."
• Double Fake Financial Expert Jim Cramer became the subject of the daily presidential press briefing on Tuesday. How is that possible?
• Do people really "hang around the water cooler?"
• I'm still miffed about the guy that told me I couldn't take pictures at the Gun Show. And I've yet to have anyone verify that is a rule.
• Craziest KXAS website headline yesterday: "Texas: Happy Birthday. Now Die."
• T.O. is gone,and we now will rely upon former Evil Empire receiver Roy Williams. Anybody comfortable with that?
• One of my favorite movie moments was over 10 years ago when I went to see "A Thin Line Between Love and Hate" in a theater where there was a predominately African American crowd. I had never seen a movie crowd respond so vocally to what they saw on the screen. It was great.
• I attended it with a girlfriend whom I loved and hated.
• The best cops are those that understand they aren't there to change the world.
• Just heard about a two separate motorcycle accidents on the WBAP traffic report.