The Top 10 Bodyguards in Case of Zombie Apocalypse

So you’re having a beer at your favorite watering hole. Next thing you know, zombies. Through the door. Crashing in the windows. Falling from the ceiling. Purgatory-confined, blood-thirsty zombies. Everywhere. This hasn’t happened to me in a while, but when it does I want an athlete to be my bodyguard…

Out of Catastrophe: Caring

Sometimes I have hope for this big ol’ rock after all. With the Dallas Cowboys named as the construction company and the lead engineer denying hands-on involvement, the aftermath of the team’s practice facility collapse is eventually going to get ugly. And pricey. But out of the rubble emerges some sanity, in…

A Backward Way of Moving Forward on the Trinity

Better late…: After the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its report on the city’s levees in April, we were baffled to learn that construction on the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge would continue, especially since drilling a concrete pier for the bridge into the floodway resulted in the troubling discovery…

“Who Do You Trust? | “Dirty Dozen,”

“Who Do You Trust?” by Sam Merten, April 30 A Water Park Would Be Nice I can’t even imagine the wonders we could accomplish in this city with half a billion dollars. How many community centers equipped with tutors, teachers and computers that will change the future of DISD students…

“Content Matters.”

David Simon, sitting to the left of Dallas Morning News publisher Jim Moroney at today’s Senate subcommittee hearing on “The Future of Journalism,” edited his prepared testimony. The creator of The Wire left out the part about how, when a newspaper exec complains about how technology is the sole reason…

Greggo Explains His Wacko

Let me start off by stating that I only heard the opening minutes of 103.3 FM ESPN’s Choppy & Greggo last night. But just in that smidge, Greg Williams sounded, well, incoherent. First he said something about “ChoppyGreggo” and then some garble and then some mumbling and then something about “6…

Gumball 3000 Rally Makes a Pit Stop in Dallas

After speeding across the desert, dodging wildlife and the highway patrol, drivers in the cross-country Gumball 3000 Rally showed off their sick parking skills for a crowd of racing fans gathered outside the W Hotel last night.Dozens of folks, mostly kids with cameras, milled around outside the roped-off parking lot,…

Jim Moroney’s Clearly No Edgar Winter Fan

Oooooh, can’t wait: We’re about 15 minutes away from the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet “Future of Journalism” hearing, where, as we noted yesterday, Dallas Morning News publisher and CEO Jim Moroney will testify alongside The Wire creator David Simon and Arianna Huffington. C-SPAN 3 will carry…

In Oak Cliff, An Effort to Resurrect the Kessler

View Larger MapSome of you may have noticed that yesterday, in the item about Kidd Springs in Oak Cliff, Jeff Liles posted a link to a video you’ll find after the jump, along with the rather cryptic note: “Speakin’ of the OC, we have this to look forward to next…

This Just In: TNT’s Studio Crew is Comprised of Morons

Dear Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Chris Webber, And I mean this is the nicest way possible: Shut the fuck up! At the very least, actually listen before talking. Who knows, you might not make complete asshohles of yourselves next time. We all wish Mavs’ star Dirk Nowitzki was blessed with more…

Thuggets 2, Mavwimps 0

Already being out-jumped, out-run, out-dunked and out-funked, the Dallas Mavericks last night became a desperate team suddenly out-manned. And after another thorough loss to the Denver Nuggets – this one 117-105 in Game 2 of the NBA’s Western Conference Semifinals – it’s inevitable the Mavs will soon be simply out…