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2007 Stories by Patrick Williams

• Take This Job...

  published February 8, 2007

  Take this job...: Buzz and, as far as we know, Mrs. Buzz, are not running for mayor. That makes two of us. As of Monday,... More >>

• You Don't Know Jack

  published February 8, 2007

  We, members of the NAAGP, hereby protest Casa Mañana's Children's Playhouse's premiere of a new musical, Jack & the... More >>

• Ten Paces

  published February 8, 2007

  He was straight O.G., out of Grayson County. He pimped, gambled, dressed like a dandy, sold intoxicants—sometimes illegally—and killed,... More >>

• Man From Hope

  published February 8, 2007

  Maybe the wife and I are just devoted Democrats. Maybe we just needed an excuse to get out of town. Whatever the case, we took a pilgrimage to... More >>

• Ethics, schmethics

  published February 1, 2007

  Ethics, schmethics: Starting Wednesday, the parking lot that is the Dallas North Tollway toll plaza at Wycliff Avenue might become a... More >>

• Pet Sounds

  published February 1, 2007

  I suppose there are children who find the combination of puppetry and classical music delightful. They're probably the same plaid- and Mary... More >>

• New Year? Try New Era

  published February 1, 2007

  Here's a number that might encourage you to attend New Tang Dynasty Television's Chinese New Year Spectacular in Richardson: $346.5... More >>

• Cost of Doing Business

  published January 25, 2007

  Buzz is a little late getting to the party with this, but it behooves us to say something about the city's plans to tighten regulations and... More >>

• Good Breeding

  published January 25, 2007

  I like cats...much the same way as I like having a clock radio. It gets me up in the morning. If it broke, I'd replace it. Same with cats. But I'm... More >>

• Road to Hell

  published January 11, 2007

  Road to hell: Buzz is going to let you non-white, non-liberal readers in on a secret of the pasty, lefty tribe. It's called the "white... More >>

• Weather Girl

  published January 11, 2007

  These days, you'd think most kids would be taught by their parents to run like the wind if a stranger offered them a ride on a "magic" school bus.... More >>

• C'mon Get Happy

  published January 4, 2007

  Buzz was going to begin our annual look back at the past year this way: Another year has come and gone. Good God, will they never end?... More >>