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    March 13, 2012

    If Nothing Else, Jason Roberts Has Already Raised the Bar for Congressional Campaign Art

    I, the overbylined, hereby solemnly swear that Unfair Park ("The Blog") will not, under any circumstances, devolve into a sycophantic shadow booster for the long-shot congressional aspirations of Jason Roberts ("That One Biker Guy"), even in the event that one Robert Wilonsky ("Biker Guy's Cyber-Boy ... More >>

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    February 16, 2012

    Savagely Adventurous and Thoughtful

    I, the overbylined, hereby solemnly swear that Unfair Park ("The Blog") will not, under any circumstances, devolve into a sycophantic shadow booster for the long-shot congressional aspirations of Jason Roberts ("That One Biker Guy"), even in the event that one Robert Wilonsky ("Biker Guy's Cyber-Boy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    "Force Place" or a Cut of $3 Million: Dallas ISD Teachers, the Choice, Apparently, Is Yours

    ​We told you yesterday that the Dallas Independent School District is considering offering "excess" Chapter 21 employees -- teachers, principals, librarians, counselors -- a pile of cash worth $3 million to retire. After last night's called board meeting, it became clear that while that's probably ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    OK, So Downtown Omni Has 400 Openings

    ​Last week we glanced at the Dallas Convention Center's schedule of events and noted one of interest scheduled to begin September 15 and run through the 17th: Omni Job Fair. Doors open at 9 a.m. and close at 6 p.m.; the city says it expects up to 5,000 people during that time, each hoping for a jo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    The Endless Summer? 800 DISD Teachers Vie for 700 Jobs At One Downer of a Job Fair.

    Photo by Leslie MinoraPolice directed traffic as teachers searched for parking at Harold Wendell Lang Sr. Middle School. We tried to get closer, we swear.​Hundreds of former Dallas Independent School District teachers flocked to Harold Wendell Lang Sr. Middle School late yesterday. They were h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    For Job-Seekers, It Pays to at Least Pretend to be a Teetotaler

    Definitely a bad call when your job interviewer is driving you to lunch.​Business etiquette books typically advise job seekers to take their cues from their interviewers, but a new study suggests that dictum doesn't apply when alcohol's involved. According to a study released today by the Uni ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 4, 2010

    Sisters Are Doin' It for...Others

    Definitely a bad call when your job interviewer is driving you to lunch.​Business etiquette books typically advise job seekers to take their cues from their interviewers, but a new study suggests that dictum doesn't apply when alcohol's involved. According to a study released today by the Uni ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 7, 2010

    Call Him Mr. Sensitive

    Definitely a bad call when your job interviewer is driving you to lunch.​Business etiquette books typically advise job seekers to take their cues from their interviewers, but a new study suggests that dictum doesn't apply when alcohol's involved. According to a study released today by the Uni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2009

    Pssst, Need a Job? How About a Sports Job?!

    You don't have to be able to dunk to apply.​Times are tough. Jobs are scarce, money's tight and our sports teams haven't lifted a championship trophy since 1999. We temporarily interrupt this recession depression for some good news, wrapped in an employment opportunity. The NBA's new F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    Job Hunting, One Dallas Intersection at a Time

    Kimberly Thorpe​Kwaku Twumasi had been out of work for seven months when he decided to try a new approach to job hunting -- right, the very one you see above. The 34-year-old SMU Cox School of Business graduate had exhausted the more traditional routes of job scouting, like mailing resumes and net ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    Well, At Least We Know Where Kwame Kilpatrick Won't Be Working in Dallas

    Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, now a Dallas resident?As Jim noted last week, disgraced former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is out of the joint and heading to Texas -- where, no kiddin', he has a job interview tomorrow. So reports The Detroit News today, which eliminates one potential emplo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2008

    DISD's Also Sending Recruiters to the Laid-Off DISD Employee Job Fair

    Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, now a Dallas resident?As Jim noted last week, disgraced former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is out of the joint and heading to Texas -- where, no kiddin', he has a job interview tomorrow. So reports The Detroit News today, which eliminates one potential emplo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    Advertisements for Itself

    Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, now a Dallas resident?As Jim noted last week, disgraced former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is out of the joint and heading to Texas -- where, no kiddin', he has a job interview tomorrow. So reports The Detroit News today, which eliminates one potential emplo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2007

    A Ritzy Job Fair

    Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, now a Dallas resident?As Jim noted last week, disgraced former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is out of the joint and heading to Texas -- where, no kiddin', he has a job interview tomorrow. So reports The Detroit News today, which eliminates one potential emplo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2007

    Help Wanted at the House of Blues

    Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, now a Dallas resident?As Jim noted last week, disgraced former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is out of the joint and heading to Texas -- where, no kiddin', he has a job interview tomorrow. So reports The Detroit News today, which eliminates one potential emplo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 25, 2007

    Space is the Place

    Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, now a Dallas resident?As Jim noted last week, disgraced former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is out of the joint and heading to Texas -- where, no kiddin', he has a job interview tomorrow. So reports The Detroit News today, which eliminates one potential emplo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 23, 2006

    Cue-Ball Comedy

    Spanky is a self-proclaimed slut

  • Calendar

    July 13, 2006

    Nich Catch

    Fish it up at Chamberlain's

  • Calendar

    May 18, 2006

    Ush-y Broad

    Pocket Sandwich debuts a new act

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2006

    W is for Talent

    Pocket Sandwich debuts a new act

  • Music

    September 29, 2005

    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Mark Gardener

    Tuesday, October 4, at Trees

  • Best of Dallas

    October 14, 2004

    Best Men's Shoe Store

    Whole Earth Provision Co.

  • News

    October 16, 2003

    Help Wanted

    Deborah Norville offers apology to fired security guard

  • News

    June 5, 2003

    Soler Power

    Plus: Summer Reading List; Iraq and Roll

  • News

    May 21, 1998

    Help wanted

    A shortage of workers spells happy times for job-seekers and college graduates

  • News

    May 7, 1998

    Doling for dollars

    The Cold War over, defense giant Lockheed Martin mines another government program for profit -- the war on poverty

  • News

    September 4, 1997

    Hard knocks

    A school's closing leaves a Dallas woman $10,000 in debt for a worthless education

  • News

    November 16, 1995

    'They wanted to destroy me'

    The truth about a troubled teacher--and why DISD deserves the blame

  • Calendar

    April 20, 1995

    Events for the week

    The truth about a troubled teacher--and why DISD deserves the blame

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