Making a federal case of it

You louts in Washington pay billions each year to support Amtrak, which nobody rides in the first place. So how about you buy me a Vespa?

Instant Replay

How in the world the Supreme Court nomination formerly belonging to Harriet Miers didn't go to Mike Leach is beyond me.

Sorry, Boudreaux

Cajun food is highly overrated. Middle Eastern food is highly underrated.

Bold Prediction

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline will call it quits on or before July 4, 2006. On another note, I'm thinking of putting together a happy hour for Noam Chomsky's birthday on December 7. Let me know if you're interested.

Home Sweet Home

Ahhh...Houston! Nothing beats a traffic jam on Sunday afternoon.

Guns up

Dear Texas Tech, Give Mike Leach a lifetime contract and a weekly television show.

Memo to Astros Fans

Leave the bumbleebee costumes at home, thank you.

I'm in luck, now

I hope the talk of a pandemic outbreak of the H5N1 avian influenza virus turns out to be the biological version of the Y2K bug, because I'm starting to freak out about it. If worse comes to worse, I suppose we can follow Charley Steiner to freedom, right?

Book Review: I am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe

I can't believe I read 738 pages of that crap.

Hang up and listen

Yesterday I heard a caller on SportsRadio 610 use the term "escape goat."

One free lunch, please

The Houston Chronicle is a pretty good paper, but their website is crappy. And why are most of the articles on ESPN.com only available to ESPN Insider subscribers? C'mon, greedy ESPN, this is the internet. It's supposed to be free.

Fully Loaded

Poor Lindsey Lohan. After her latest car wreck, I bet her insurance premiums are through the roof.

Delayed Reaction

My shortlist for O'Connor's replacement: Ronnie Earle or Ric Renner.