Additional exposure in the state of Texas is certainly welcomed.

The state of Texas, the nation, isn't prepared for what's going to happen with diabetes … we're in for a rocky road if we don't figure out in the next decade or so how to prevent this. I'm an optimist – I think we'll figure it out.

This is an interesting case study. There's 40,000 Colorado State alumni in the Denver area. Wyoming has several thousand alumni living in Denver. Air Force has a lot of fans in the area. But for whatever reason, it didn't translate to sales.

I felt a little guilty about jangling the poor bugger's brains with that evil fantasy. But what the hell? Anybody who wanders around the world saying, "Hell yes, I'm from Texas," deserves whatever happens to him.

Texas is a pretty free state.

It's a truism to say that my state, Texas, isn't a red state: It's a nonvoting state.