Leading Off (12/24/10): The “I’m Up Anyway, So I Might As Well Do This” Edition

1. At first, I thought that there was actually a commission that just looked at joint surgeries. But no, the Joint Commission just looks at hospital accreditation, period. It’s just coincidence that they are now investigating a botched knee surgery at Parkland.

2. Someone is stealing the mobile computer units from Dallas police vehicles awaiting repairs at a secure facility – and have been doing so since July.  Maybe this is a silly question – but why wouldn’t you remove those before the car was taken for repairs?

3.Seriously, people. They are shoes. They don’t cure cancer, they don’t improve your jump shot, and Michael Jordan didn’t actually wear them. So simmah down. It’s almost Christmas, which is not the holiday for douchebaggery.

4. It is apparently a good time to be an artist who paints horned frogs.

5. Happy Christmas Eve. If you haven’t done your shopping yet, here’s some tough love: Get out of your pajamas, get in your car, and suck it up and do some shopping.