Leading Off (3/2/09)

1. The fancy new Whole Foods in Lakewood opens this morning with a ceremonial bread-breaking at 9:30 a.m. (I believe it’s a 7-foot loaf of challah.) I went there on Friday with the girls. It’s nice. Still, the misanthrope in me — which is to say, me — wishes they’d pulled up stakes and left the decaying husk of the old Minyard’s there, just as a double-guns to some of the self-important neighborhood folks who made them “reconsider” the original, awesome design.

2. When Jean-Jaques Taylor starts making sense — yes, the Cowboys did overpay for Jon Kitna, unless they were hurting for someone to lead pre-game Bible study — you know things are bad in Jerry World. Speaking of, I took a spin around the new stadium on Sunday morning, since I was in the area. Two-word prediction for future Sunday mornings involving the stadium: traffic apocalypse.

3. And finally, 147 guns were turned in on Saturday morning at Reunion Arena as part of a gun buyback put together by councilman Dwaine Caraway. I’m sure Trey Garrison will post a link to his take in the comments at some point, if you’re interested. Along with a quote from Office Space that Tim may or may not delete.