Things I learned over the weekend

Plano, TX, otherwise known as an unlikely winter wonderland over the weekend. 

Sorry, Southwest, but Silent Bob is just a character name

Kevin Smith in a puffed-huff.

(Courtesy:  viewaskew.com)

Southwest airlines chose the wrong overweight passenger to toss off a plane on a flight from Oakland to Burbank on Saturday.

Kevin Smith, the 39-year-old writer-director of "Clerks" and director of the upcoming "Cop Out," didn't take kindly to being booted from the Southwest flight for spilling over the armrest of one of those roomy airliner seats. 

"You (expletive)ed with the wrong sedentary processed-foods eater!" Smith posted on his Twitter account.

To get the fully, expletive-laced skinny, so to speak, check out Smith's Web site (if you're 18 or older).

Snow eventually melts, you just have to be patient

The frozen tundra, obviously lost and operating without a GPS, descended on North Texas on Thursday and didn't let up until about 48 hours later.

It was fun and weird all at the same time to hear the NBC promomeisters bemoan the lack of snow in Vancouver for the Winter Olympics while the Dallas area was digging out of the white stuff.

How to really surprise the wife

Valentine's Day, as you guys who forgot and are reading this in the doghouse finally know, arrived on Sunday this year.

If you can remember this for about seven years (when Valentine's Day rolls around on Sunday again), here's a tip to really score points with the wife (or hubby).  Find yourself a florist who delivers on Sunday.  They may be rare, but they're out there.

She or he will be convinced no surprise is forthcoming by the time Saturday night arrives.

Then, bingo!  It's Sunday morning and she or he's happier than Olympian Apolo Ohno after a couple of Korean skaters slipped down and let him glide to another medal.