Abbreviated Random Thoughts

• I'm thankful on Thanksgiving that I don't have to travel a long distance for the holidays. That would be a beating.
• Unless you are dying to see a reporter in a mall this morning, don't turn on the local TV news.
• I ran the Dallas Turkey Trot yesterday morning (8 miles in 1:08:57). I started doing that a little over 10 years ago and kick myself for not starting it 20 years ago. I absolutely love it.
• Nothing is funnier than spotting the guy running in speedos, feathers attached to his butt, and holding a big American flag on a pole. He's there every year.
• A&M scared the Evil Empire last night. And that A&M quarterback should give you Aggies a lot of hope for the future.
• Fun facts: No eventual BCS National Champion has ever given up as many points or as many yards as Texas did last night in a regular season game (without overtime.)
• Funny thing I read yesterday: If we never order turkey when we go out to eat then why do we have it for special holiday occasions?
• No way I'm getting up and going shopping at the crack of dawn when I'd have to fight the crowds.
• The Who is the halftime entertainment for the Super Bowl? What demographic are they going after?
• A high tone couple snuck into the State Dinner the other night with the gal getting her picture taken with Joe Biden? Secret Service fail.
• The last time TCU won the National Championship they beat Carnegie Tech in the Sugar Bowl. Carnegie Tech? Yep. And it still exists.
• Jerry Jones sure did cave in a hurry in hanging an American flag in the new stadium. I think he sensed that the story could blow up into an actual controversy.
• But is we are all so patriotic and love the flag so much, how come we just noticed there wasn't one there until two weeks ago?