More has been uncovered regarding Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan's murder spree in Fort Hood.

As you no doubt know, Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, opened fire at the Solider Readiness Center (where soldiers go before deployment and after they return from action), killing at least twelve and injuring 31 more.

Initial reports were that Hasan was killed, however it is now being reported that he is still alive and in the care of a hospital under military guard.

When I was a child, my father served proudly in the U.S. Army. There was even a brief time when my uncle, also in the Army, was stationed with his family in Fort Hood. Even still, I can't begin to imagine what the town and its community members are going through right now.

I'm really not even sure what to say about this other than my condolences go to everyone involved. It is a sad day.

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Were you aware that it is Big Bird's birthday? I certainly didn't. Really, I didn't even realize that puppets celebrated that type of thing. I mean, I know they get down for the major holidays, but celebrating Big Bird's birthday seems, I don't know, kind of weird. What do you even buy a giant fake bird? Giant fake sunflower seeds?

Sorry. I digress. I mention it only because it somewhat coincides with this nice little promotion that Yelp.com is hosting in Houston. It's called "Hawt on Yelp" and it's primary purpose appears to be to get you familiar with some fine local spas. They're offering up to 50 percent off many services. Here's a bit from the press release:

"These special offers are open to the public. Appointments must be made in advance by calling the business and mentioning Hawt on Yelp. No walk-ins."

After the jump, see which nine are spas are participating.

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Hi. In case you hadn't heard, there's this wee little election going on right now in Houston. Something about the Mayor of Houston or whatever; I'm not sure, I was busy searching out free Thanksgiving wallpapers for my desktop and Brandon Spikes eye gouging videos on Youtube from this Saturday's Georgia game.

But should you feel the need to participate in this pretty innocuous and inconsequential event, you can locate an official polling booth near you right here. However, I feel like I should let you know ahead of time that you do not receive any type of award for doing your civic duty.

Not even one single polling official will refer to you as The Greatest, Most Attractive Person in the History of the World after you've voted, no matter how long you stand around and wait for it (or even if you actively petition for it). 

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For the better part of its duration, the Houston mayoral race has been fairly cordial and pretty much free of mudslinging. (I really wish there were more occasions on which it was appropriate to use the term "mudslinging." It just seems so regal.)

But as the race nears the money stretch, candidates have taken to berating each other and their subsequent policies and views pretty good. So much so, in fact, that Bill White, who has elected to not openly back any one candidate, has intervened.

I don't know. It's kind of immature, but I kind of like when political candidates get to slandering one another. I always imagine these late night meetings where party underlings are sitting around drafting outlandish ideas that they want to attach to the competing candidates so as to destroy their credibility. "I heard [name] used to date a Nazi back in college," they probably say.

But in the end, the race has played out about as well as anyone can hope. Now it's just a matter of seeing who wins. (I would like to point out that I called Peter Brown being elected way back in February, which pretty much proves my ability to see into the future.) So, who ya got?

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