Olympics observation

Only one thing's missing from the exciting Winter Olympics. I have yet to hear "Texas, Our Texas" during the medal ceremonies. Bummer, dude.

What are those great songs?

The songs in some TV spots just make you wanna tap your feet.

Go ahead; try to resist.

I dare you.

Miriam Makeba performs "Pata, Pata" in the Honda Accord Crosstour "Boxes" spot.

Michelle Branch performs "Everywhere" in this Chase Bank spot.

Shiny Toy Guns performs "Major Tom" in the Lincoln MKZ spot.

Roll with it.

I hope Jack Bauer appreciates this input.

Tick-tock. Tick-tock.

"The following takes place between 11 p.m. and 12 a.m."

No, Jack-o, it takes place between 11 p.m. and midnight.

Thank you, Harmon Morgan, for the many valuable lessons you provided in newswriting and editing.

"Twitter is over capacity. Too many tweets! Please wait a moment and try again."

Be careful what you ask for, Twitter.

It appears you're a victim of your own success.

Or poor infrastructure planning.

Or gremlins.

At the price I'm paying to tweet, I want uptime, dang it!

PRSA Dallas Feb. 11 Luncheon: "Super Bowl, Super Opportunities for Communicators"

PRSA Dallas welcomes Tony Fay, vice president, communications, for the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee.

Tony is responsible for planning and executing the committee’s public relations, community services and overall communications strategies.

He began his career with the Dallas Mavericks, where for 12 years he was the club’s director of communications. In that capacity he managed media relations, publishing, Web development, broadcasting and community relations.

Most recently at Fay Sports Publicity, Tony's clients included the Heisman Winners Association, Lifetime Fitness, Red Bull, Chuck Norris’ World Combat League and the Frisco RoughRiders.

The meeting will be Thursday, Feb. 11, at the Park City Club, 5956 Sherry Lane, Ste 1700, in Dallas.

Registration begins at 11:30 a.m.

Members and guests can register now at https://www.prsadallas.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115:monthlyluncheon&catid=38:groups

Black Friday lunacy has gone too far

Here's your Black Friday forecast:

—Old Navy opens at 3 a.m.

—Kohl's opens at 4 a.m.

—Target opens at 5 a.m.

I support free enterprise, but this is madness.

I won't be participating.

Everything you ever wanted to know about particle physics ...

Everything I ever wanted to know about particle physics I learned from the incomparable Stephen Colbert.

I'm thinking Stephen can teach you everything you'll ever want to know, as well.

For example, the Large Hadron Collider is a humongous particle accelerator created by CERN.

According to the October 28, 2009, episode of The Colbert Report, CERN is an important acronym that means exactly this:

Curopean
Erganization for
Ruclear
Nesearch

Amazing what you can learn on cable TV, yes?

CERN, of course, is an impressive research organization created by Tom Hanks for his film Angels & Demons.

If you have issues with the truthiness of this report, take it up with Colbert via his director Renata Luczak at renata.luczak@comedycentral.com.

And that's all I have to say about that.