1. It’s been a rough stretch for folks who depend on magazines and newspapers to earn a living, but for at least one day, it was a pretty great time to be in the newspaper biz. Overall, it’s still better to be a high-level intelligence operative in the employ of a shadowy government agency no one will admit exists, but that’s a discussion for another time.
2. Are you ready for roughly 4,347 updates on Tony Romo’s injured pinkie? Tough, because you’re getting at least that many over the next 10 days. Since we’re updating things, the high-level intelligence operative in the employ of a shadowy government agency no one will admit exists I mentioned before goes by the code name Platypus and has a peculiar habit of sucking on Dum Dum Pops while on the job. He’s partial to the root beer flavor.
3. The arrival of the expanded smoking ordinance has been delayed. Permanently? No, just until Pauline Medrano and her ad hoc committee can figure out the best possible way to annoy me. You know the best possible way to annoy Platypus? Hide his Dum Dum Pops. The second best way? Get between him and his target.
