What a month in live TV.  Here are a couple amusing clips:

First, a moronic black dude claiming that George Bush doesn’t care about black people, then a moronic white dude suggesting that being black is a “condition.”

To Kanye West:  If you really want to make your point clear, maybe you should practice your rogue speech ahead of time?  You didn’t make any sense at all there.  The funniest part was Mike Meyers’ reaction.

To Wolf Blitzer:  WTF were you thinking?

Now playing: Enigma - Enigma - 12 the eyes of truth (gotterdammerung mix)

Well Houston is definitely panicked.  I didn't want to be around a mob of lunatics, so we packed up our stuff and went to Dallas via Bellville, Brenham, Temple and Waco, which turned out to be a huge success.  We made it to Dallas safely in 6 hours, which was much more desirable than the 24 hour wait on I45.

I hope everyone in Houston is safe, because it's going to be incredibly difficult to get out of the city now.  I'm glad we left when we did.

Trying to get back into the swing of things is hard.  I don’t feel nearly as motivated or focused as I did a month ago.

I know in time this will pass, but it’s tough “in the moment.”

On a brighter side, I got my omnifi installed in my car.  I’ll probably post some pictures of the installation here soon.

Now playing: Beck - Loser

My mom died last Wednesday, due to advanced ovarian cancer. She was 53. It has been quite a sad household for the past week and a half, and I don't expect it to get better anytime soon. I will really miss her.

Her funeral was on Saturday and the service was beautiful. Many people were present and I knew most of them.

My mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2001 and fought it for more than 3 years before deciding to choose quality of life over longevity. Cancer is an ugly thing. I'm glad she did get a lot of good moments and memories in the past year and a half that we've been taking care of her.

Anyway, consider making a small donation to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.

During this tragedy I didn't get out much, and had no idea about Hurricane Katrina until yesterday. The Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund is in need of cash donations, and I'm glad the Buzz stepped up. They are going to try and hit $500k by the end of the day. I really respect what they are doing.  What a sad month it has been…