1. The Democrats are coming! The Democrats are coming!
2. Thanks to a law change, I’ll finally have the kind of person I’ve always wanted in the cockpit: a desperate, old pilot.
3. Dirk Nowitzki notches his first career triple-double in a Mavs win over Milwaukee. Typically, I was there, but had to leave after two quarters. I came down with a bad case of mysoniswhiningbecauseitsgettinglate.

Now that the monkey’s off his back, perhaps Dirk can have more triple doubles and the Mavs won’t be so inclined to spend their seed money on Jason Kidd.