Random Thoughts (while waiting for Saturday Morning Cartoons)

» It's quite a day for photo blogs. Kuff (via Juanita) offers a very Princess Bride type of moment for Tom DeLay's "irrevocable residency" in Virginia. Once more, it's worth pointing out that that word doesn't mean what he thinks it means. Then again, who could blame Tommie for moving back? I'm sure he's represented better in the 22nd by Nick Lampson.

Elsewhere, Muse offers her qualifications for Harris County District Attorney. I'm suddenly feeling qualified myself. Maybe I'll form a "Screwballs and Nuts" Party and run myself. I like to think that I'm starting off with a 47,000 vote head start.

» Some brief NFL talk since I'm actually blogging before the big games this weekend. I'm watching the HBO team basically come to the conclusion that Dallas doesn't have a shot against the Giants. But part of their premise is that Dallas will be TO-less. Not quite the case. We'll see how healthy he is, though. I'll be pulling for the Giants (sorry Wade!), but they're a bit more of an unproven entity at this point. My pick is on boosterism alone: Giants by 3.

My personal favorite Super Bowl option would be for New England to play Green Bay. But the Seahawks-Packers game will be two teams looking at each other in the mirror. I guess my pick here comes down to which factor I think is more important - Favre or Holmgren. Generally, I'd say the coach is more important. This one should be entertaining if nothing else. I'm only rooting for the Packers to get my Super Bowl choice. Otherwise, I'd probably be a slight Seahawks fan out of the NFC. I'll go on record as offering a high-scoring outcome something like 38-31, Pack. Slight case of boosterism involved in that calculation.

Over in the AFC, it strikes me as interesting to see how difficult the Patriots path to the Super Bowl has really become. The Jaguars aren't going to be a pushover. At least ... they shouldn't. I'll have to pick up the second half of this one at church tonight. Obviously, I'm pulling for perfection this year. Patriots 28-21 ... the Jags should keep the clock under good control to be close at the end.

Bolts & Colts? Oddly, the easiest game of the weekend. Now watch the Bolts prove me wrong by winning. I'll go along with the thought that the real Super Bowl is going to be between the Patriots and Colts. It's tough to not see that coming down in the AFC Championship Game. Tough, but not impossible to see another matchup. For now: Colts, 42-14. I think they enter the AFCCG with more momentum ... but come up short.

» Someone answer for me what taking down two paintings from the State Capitol has to do with dissing someone at a party.

» Trend of the future? ... or just an indication of how deep the subprime mortgage crisis is really hitting the stand-up comedian circuit? I dunno. I worked at IKEA for the first several years here in town. That was enough for me.