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2004 Stories by Patrick Williams

• Don't Mean a Thing

  published April 15, 2004

  When we last visited the hamlet of Burleson--in last week's cover story, "Sex Toy Story" by Glenna Whitley--the big question on many minds... More >>

• Party Pooper

  published April 8, 2004

  We're not a big fan of parties and festivals here at Buzz, and not because we're misanthropic. Well, not solely because we're... More >>

• Home Sweet Home

  published April 1, 2004

  Last week Jim Schutze wrote about open-records guru Russell Fish getting booted from his apartment for speaking up at a... More >>

• Guardian Angel

  published March 18, 2004

  We here at the Dallas Observer do read and sometimes even care about the letters you send us; they serve as a handy barometer of how... More >>

• Speechless

  published March 11, 2004

  Buzz is going to keep it short this week because we have a whopper of a headache, thanks to one Larry S. Kilgore, Republican candidate for... More >>

• The more things change

  published March 4, 2004

  Brace yourself, Buzz is feeling a bit George Will-ish this week, so we're gonna do some literary quotin' here. Our victim is George... More >>

• The Mommy Card

  published February 26, 2004

  Buzz, being born and raised in the heart of United Mine Workers territory in Illinois, can't help but feel some sympathy with organized labor. So... More >>

• Go Greyhound

  published February 19, 2004

  Michael Bills thought he had a pretty good gig with the federal Transportation Security Administration. His job as a screener at Love Field... More >>

• There Goes the Neighborhood

  published February 12, 2004

  OK, now we're confused. What else is new? Buzz essentially has only three states--confused, pissed off and asleep. Right now, we're... More >>

• Thanks for the Mammary

  published February 5, 2004

  Technically, Buzz is supposed to limit our insightful, thought-provoking commentary--OK, lame jokes... whatever--to local issues. Which is... More >>

• What a Pill

  published January 29, 2004

  A while ago, Buzz came across a T-shirt stenciled with the words "Jesus loves you. Everybody else thinks you're an asshole." We didn't buy... More >>

• Hello, God?

  published January 15, 2004

  There's a reason Buzz slaves away every week in the journalism mines, sweating to produce the fine product you hold in your hands. The reason is... More >>

• Sob Story

  published January 1, 2004

  It's January again, time for us to take one last gratuitous unkind swipe at the various adults who spent the past 12 months doing the grown-up... More >>