On D'Angelo, the Arts Center Public Forum and evil weather machines...

Media outlets got it wrong by reporting that D’Angelo had been critically injured in a car accident in Powhatan last week. Michael Eugene Archer got banged up a little. “D’Angelo” was critically injured when Kanye West and John Legend started making records. ...

An Idaho meteorologist explained his theory on WRVA’s syndicated Glenn Beck Show yesterday that giant weather machines controlled by the U.S. government and others are manipulating devastating storms like Katrina and Rita. This is old news. Viewers of General Hospital in the 1980s need only remember the Ice Princess and the diabolical plot of the Cassadines and their weather machine. Where are Luke and Laura when you need them? ...

Heckuvajob Brownie, the former head of FEMA, deflected blame for the botched response to Hurricane Katrina by saying, “My biggest mistake was not recognizing by Saturday that Louisiana was dysfunctional.” He went on to say, “My second biggest mistake was sending rescuers in on Arabian horses …”

The bad news for Juan Valdez is that he could only tie a computer-generated lizard for favorite advertising icon among ad execs. The good news is Valdez saved a bunch of money on car insurance by switching to Geico. ...

Quick preview of tomorrow’s T-D story about its Public Square forum tonight on the Performing Arts Center: “The public has spoken loud and clear. Some citizens strongly support the arts center. Some vehemently oppose it. Some said, “Arts center? I thought there’d be doughnuts …”