Armadillo Aerospace The artist’s conception of the so-called “Quad” layout vehicle, which Armadillo entered in the X Prize Cup 2006. In February 2007, Time magazine ranked id Software’s John Carmack high on its list of space cowboys with a legit shot at getting into space, which, as I’ve always understood…
A small pond hidden in the midst of the Great Trinity Forest This morning’s meeting of the city council’s Trinity River Corridor Project Committee looks interesting all the way around: They’re talking Trinity River Park Design Guidelines (which we covered here and here), the Gateway Projects in the Trinity River…
Dallas Fed prez Richard Fisher Following yesterday’s stock slide — down to 11,479.39, a 1.6 percent drop — more hold-your-breath news this a.m., concerning both housing starts (dismal) and commodities. But as Dallas Fed president Richard Fisher told Dallas’ Only Daily on Sunday: “I expect us to have a rough…
Over the weekend, Pete Oppel sent me this link to an item he wrote about — hang on, hang on — Jenny the elephant. Insists the former News-man, Paul Dyer, director of the city’s Park and Recreation Department, has come up with an option for the elephant that doesn’t involve…
Looks like Mr. Funny Guy’s done the serious business of clarifying Friday’s Dallas Morning News story about the Dallas Independent School District’s homework’s-for-suckers policy that isn’t, not really, kinda-sorta, maybe just a little? For now, then, a deep, though also deeply suspicious, sigh of relief amongst those of us with…
Brian Harkin Luis Yanez On Saturday night in Beijing, the dreams of Olympic gold fizzled for Duncanville boxer Luis Yanez. Today there was an interesting piece on Yanez in The New York Times that suggests the tension between Yanez and his Olympic coaches is emblematic of the problems on Team…
This is what PETA wants you to see just before hitting the head at DFW International. No, for reals. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals today shot Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport’s CEO Jeff Fegan a money-making proposal. The organization would like to help the airport, currently in the…
Joanne Jacobs is a former education-beat reporter at the San Jose Mercury News who left the paper to write the 2005 book Our School: The Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big Idea, and the School That Beat the Odds, about a charter school in San Jose hellbent on educating…
T. Boone Pickens T. Boone Pickens has himself a new acquisition this a.m.: the McCommas Bluff Landfill on Youngblood Road, which the City of Dallas owns and plans to shut down in 2042. Actually, to be more specific, Pickens’ Clean Energy Fuels, which distributes natural gas for transportation in the…
Interesting headline on the front page of The Wall Street Journal: “Price-Fixing Makes Comeback After Supreme Court Ruling.” Which is bad news for retailers and, you’d think, consumers. But turns out, yes, manufacturers are indeed allowed to set minimum prices for their goods after nearly 100 years of being told…
Just a tip: The best time to get yourself killed in the City of Dallas is between 6 p.m. and midnight on a Wednesday, if I’m reading my January-July YTD homicide statistics right, and I’d like to think that I am. (So you can forget what I wrote in May,…
The council’s Economic Development Committee will also talk “supergraphics” today — you know, those building-sized billboards. Dunno what, precisely, is the point of the meeting, except to come up with some uniform guidelines for the signage, down to how to measure the percentage of text allowed on the billboards. (Right…
The city council’s Economic Development Committee will deal this morning with how to best tear down Reunion Arena: slowly but surely. Should be a nine-month-long, $6-million affair, and it’ll look to begin with the removal of asbestos from the old arena — itself, a three-month job, which begs the question,…
Told you it was forthcoming: Criterion Collection’s blow-out edition of Wes Anderson’s Bottle Rocket, the best movie ever made in Dallas, damn right. Turns out, though, it’ll be available in November and not October, as was originally announced. The company’s finally posted all the details concerning the add-ons found on…
This is the last you’ll see of this sign, as it’s been scrubbed from the side of Booker T. Washington for good. Can you call off the dogs if you’re one of them? Too deep for me. Anyway, I admit that I was very upset when I heard that the…
It’s not the best quality, which is putting it mildly, but here’s a little bit of Jessica Simpson performing her song about Tony Romo at the Indiana State Fair. I’d transcribe the lyrics, but, seriously, my head’s killing me and life’s just too short. –Robert Wilonsky…
Looks like SEGA made the right decision putting Parker’s Nastia Liukin on the cover of its Beijing 2008 Olympics video game. Here’s something, then, for those who were up too late to watch morning TV: She and silver medalist Shawn Johnson were on Today today. But, hey there, what happened…
The Marcus House, as it looked during construction in 1938 At the beginning of the week, it looked as though Stanley Marcus’ 70-year-old Lakewood home was a goner, as Mark and Patty Lovvorn told the Texas Historical Commission they were razing the famous manse in favor of something more “energy…
John Travolta was supposed to be in town September 9 to speak at the Brinker International Forum, which’ll take place at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. But he can’t make it, says a media release that just went out — “due to unforeseen professional obligations,” by which I assume…
Betty Culbreath Dallas Housing Authority chair Betty Culbreath, who is known to enjoy hot ham sandwiches on occasion, is in the national news this a.m. — because she’s a Republican voting for Barack Obama, oh my! Notes ABCNews.com’s Marcus Baram, she goes way, way back with the Bush family, but…
Exactly one month ago, Dallas-based 7-Eleven announced its plans to drop a shop on every corner in North Texas — except the ones it’s abandoned, eh, Knox and Travis? Well, today comes news of further expansion: The former Southland Ice Company plans on broadening its menu by serving up chicken…
If you’re in need of a little light reading this weekend, may I suggest the following: the 2008-2009 Proposed Annual Budget for the City of Dallas, which was previewed to the media and presented to the council last week and is now available in its entirety from the city’s Web…
