So, my husband and I were eating lunch in a well-known restaurant, which I won’t name, when Salt-n-Pepa’s song "Push It" started playing loudly.

Residents of low-lying areas of Galveston County, Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula should be aware that we will probably see another round of high tides by Friday as a coastal low, an approaching upper-level disturbance, and high pressure off to our east produce strong easterly winds along the upper-Texas coast. Accordingly the National Weather Service has issued a Coastal Flood Statement for the area, calling for tides running 1-2 feet above usual levels.

Editor's note: Former Daily News sports writer and current Fort Bend Sun sports editor Corey Roepken was present for the season opener for the La Marque boys basketball team against Fort Bend Bush. La Marque's performance inspired him enough to write a guest blog for us. Here's what he thought about La Marque's 71-67 win over Bush.

UPDATE: The owner of the waterlogged Bugatti was identified by police on Friday as Andy House of Lufkin. Click here for the full update.

UPDATE: Rasmussen Reports issued a new poll Friday morning, Nov. 13, that now gives Gov. Rick Perry a lead in the race for the Republican nomination for governor with 46 percent of likely Republican voters backing the incumbent while Hutchison, who last month had a slight lead, has 35 percent of the support. The new poll came out after my posting yesterday that referenced the September poll and caused some confusion for readers who clicked the link that took them to the new poll instead of the September poll I referenced.

On Oct. 30, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed an $87 million fine against BP for a lack of compliance with safety regulations and agreed-upon improvements at its Texas City refinery after the March 23, 2005, explosions that killed 15 people.

Since The Daily News weighed in on whether golf carts ought to be cruising the streets of Galveston, readers have been calling.

Public sentiment is so fickle. One week people are ready to take on their government with pitchforks, buckets of tar and bags of feathers. The next week they seem to forget what happened to get them so riled up, only to return to it again with renewed ferocity months later. The city council will take up two issues tomorrow that have been through this cycle of anger and amnesia.

I wrote a piece for Sunday’s editorial page about public housing policy in Galveston. As I wrote it, the conclusion of the column was a direct appeal to Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas to seize control of the situation.

I may have had a hand in the birth of new Texism — those sayings particular to the Lone Star vernacular such as “That dog won’t hunt.”