Its passing has thus far gone without much mention, but after 13 seasons, Fox is firing poor ol’ Hank Hill and canceling King of the Hill, created by former Garland resident Mike Judge and set just outside of Dallas, of course, in the fictional ‘burb of Arlen. (Favorite episode? The…
Peter Calvin Laura Miller, planting one on Billy Jack Ludwig way back in the day There was another notable death mentioned in The Dallas Morning News today, though you’d be forgiven for missing it, as it received but a single line in the paid-for obits buried in Metro: Kenneth Ludwig,…
U.S. Geological Survey This map of The Great North Texas Quake of ’08 is referred to as “intensity.” Which is, like, intense. In the comments to the morning’s first cup, former Dallas Morning News-er Bill Marvel suggests the following may be responsible for the morning’s wake-and-shake in Irving and the…
Mark Graham Fred Baron After the jump, Frank Stevenson II, president of the Dallas Bar Association, offers a statement concerning the death of Dallas attorney and Democratic Party fundraiser Fred Baron, who yesterday succumbed at the age of 61 to multiple myeloma, an incurable cancer of the plasma cell. It…
On Politico.com this morning, Obama spokesman Bill Burton confirms Matt Drudge’s post concerning the campaign’s giving The Dallas Morning News — along with the New York Post and The Washington Times — the heave-ho from the campaign plane. Says Burton: “We’re trying to reach as many swing voters that we…
DISD school board trustee Carla Ranger Maybe we oughta turn Virtual Coffee — that’s right, isn’t it? — over to Dallas Independent School Board trustee Carla Ranger; this makes three posts in three days, fancy. But you knew this one was coming following last night’s board of trustees vote to…
Over the last couple of days, three of Dallas’s wealthiest GOP supporters have been pumping big bucks into the Republican Party of Texas’s piggy bank in an effort to keep them Dems outta the House. On Monday, Harlan Crow kicked in $50,000 — or half of what Harold Simmons deposited…
At the Trinity River Audubon Center, no less. Either that, or I misread the press release we just received from The White House Office of the First Lady. Awfully smoky in here. Nope … that’s what it says — showtime’s at 1:30 p.m. Says the brief missive: “MRS. BUSH participates…
After the jump, courtesy the U.S. Attorney’s Office the story of Dallas’s Freddy Lee Foots, a 51-year-old today sentenced to more than 29 years for robbing an armed car — and using some of the loot to buy a used Mercedes. But the story does not yet have an ending:…
Patrick documented the Giant Beach Balls bounced through downtown over the weekend. But this video just makes it more, I dunno, real. –Robert Wilonsky…
That is, he’s leading in the Dallas Independent School District’s Mock Election 2008, taking place today all over the district in grades K-12. (The boy said this morning he was going to vote for Boba Fett.) And with a scant 9 percent of the vote in, it’s Barack Obama by…
Always a delight to dial up ESPN.com to find a piece by Frank Luksa, who’s been spending the last little while dipping into the Dallas Cowboys Bag of Memories on behalf of the Worldwide Leader. Fine by me, as today he corrals some of Tom Landry’s men to find out…
A story in two parts today: “Dead voters cast ballots in Dallas County,” in which Melvin Porter dies in January 2007, only to vote in the March 4, 2008, Democratic primary. And this follow: “Polling place books may hold clues in mystery of Dallas County’s dead voters,” in which Danny…
Forbes today directs our attention to the 2008 Stress in America Survey, released earlier this month by the American Psychological Association. Good thing too, as the survey has its very own report for Dallas, in which “267 adults aged 18+ who reside in Dallas” insist, like, they’re not terribly stressed…
DISD school board trustee Carla Ranger Yesterday, school board trustee Carla Ranger was insisting you can’t trust Dallas Independent School District’s leadership. Today, in advance of the board of trustee’s vote on their own ethics policy amendment, Ranger again insists it doesn’t mean squat: “The proposed Dallas ISD Ethics policy…
Yours for eight bucks on eBay. Mighty nice of the NBA to send out this media release moments ago regarding a 5 p.m. press conference today: WHAT: Major NBA Announcement WHO: David Stern, NBA Commissioner Mark Cuban, Owner, Dallas Mavericks Jerry Jones, Owner, Dallas Cowboys WHEN: Thursday, October 30; 5:00…
Jovan! Don’t call it a comeback, he’s been here for years, rockin’ his peers and puttin’ suckas in fear. Philyaw’s the name. Jeffry Jovan Philyaw — the man of the hour, tower of power ready to devour yet again with a whatsit whose description sounds vaguely like his CueCat, the…
There will be no more polarizing film released in 2008 than Synecdoche, New York, the directorial debut of Oscar-winning screenwriter and mind-fucker Charlie Kaufman, heretofore known as author of Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. (Though there is a very good chance Kevin Smith’s latest,…
Ostensibly, Zack and Miri Make a Porno should be money-shot Kevin Smith: Pals make a porn to pay the bills and, in the process of gettin’ it on for the video cam, cum to realize their years-in-the-making friendship is really a love affair. Awwwww, how sweet. In other words, it’s…
Craig Hodges Hellacious last few minutes of trading there — way up, then way down. And for a local perspective on the way-ups and way-downs of the stock market, one need look no further than 2905 Maple Avenue, where Hodges Capital Management is managing some billion dollars in assets, which…
This photo comes from the Web site DallasSucks.com. I will fight you. In this week’s Sports Illustrated Peter King dissects the Dallas Cowboys’ woes, and far as he’s concerned, last week’s win over Tampa Bay was just postponing the “inevitable disappointment” that comes with realizing your Super Bowl-bound team just…
Among my most prized possessions is a videotape containing, in its entirety, the 1978 made-for-TV movie Cotton Candy, directed by Ron Howard (and co-written by Opie and brother Clint). It was given to me years ago by Mark Ridlen, better known to you as Deejay Mr. Rid and a founding…
