Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• I'm not sure I understand the pro-gun folks mockingly say "Ban knives!" in light of yesterday's stabbings at the community college near Houston. Don't they realize there's a little difference of no one dying in that attack?
• There was a bill presented to the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee yesterday afternoon which would legalize switchblades. That's some very bad timing. 
• Accidental Racist by Brad Paisley and LL Cool J may be the worst song in the history of ever. Its race relations lyrics are beyond childish and simple, and the combination of Paisley's "country" and LL Cool J's rap is a train wreck.  However, I can see how Paisley thought it was a good idea, but what in the heck was LL Cool J thinking? If he was still relevant in the rap community, he might get banned. 
• I've got a friend who had a Double Fake DEA agent call her yesterday and demand $1,800 in cash as a "fine" to be paid immediately via wire transfer. I heard the initial message and the boldness was shocking. 
• Funny tweet from Steve Martin yesterday about North Korea: "When I was 12, I wanted to fire a missile, too."
• The Dallas Morning News Local Broadcaster Bracket is genius in its simplicity. All those guys will talk about it driving web traffic. 
• The Navy's Blue Angels have been shut down in light of the Sequester. But at a cost of $25 million a year, is that a bad thing?
• Latest stat: "About 22 percent of births for Texas girls ages 15-19 were repeat births. The U.S. rate is 18.3 percent." Mind-boggling. 
• The Fourth Grader In The House has a new bit. For some reason she tends to hear the last half of a brief comment or conversation between others in the house and then is obsessed in knowing the whole story. "What did ya'll say? What? What was that?"
• Mrs. LL says she has the Baby Pup sold. After counting the vet bills and breeding fees, I pray we break even. 
• I don't know who Jacqueline and Maxwell Anderson are, but their split is apparently big news in Dallas. And D Magazine went so far as to link to a couple of "Hey, Now" pics of her. Edit: Link fixed.
• When I have to pick my year of birth from a drop down list on the web when signing up for something, it seems like I'm having to scroll pretty far down these days. 
•  I was going to write "What ever happened to Congressman Gary Condit?" Then I went on his wikipedia page and got sidetracked by learning that a guy was sentenced to 60 years in prison in 2011 for Chandra Levy's murder. No one got knocked off the front pages by 9/11 than Condit.