Friends of Unfair Park I like to call “Mom” and “Dad” suggested this photo op on Meaders Lane, where, from the looks of our drive last night, damned near every house between Preston and Inwood Roads appears to have one of these signs planted in the front yard — on…
If it’s good enough for Kidd Kraddick and Casey Kasem, then a vacation week laced with “Best of …” programming is good enough for my lil’ corner of the blogosphere. Left to digest how the pre-season Super Bowl favorites missed the playoffs and how the group of Cowboy cast-offs in Miami…
Sandwiched between reports of strangulations, strikings and stolen cars on Saturday’s Dallas Police Department crime report is this item from the Fiesta at 9727 Webb Chapel Road in Northwest Dallas: “AP ATE A CHOCOLATE DONUT AND LEFT WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT.” And, yes, “AP” means the guy was arrested –…
Moments ago, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas released its latest Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey — a snapshot look at what folks are making, ordering and selling — and it’s not looking good, not surprisingly. As in:Texas factory activity deteriorated further in December, according to business executives responding to the…
Flickr photo: sbisson Broadcasting & Cable brings the news that Belo Corp. and Charter Communications have reached a tentative deal that will keep the Dallas-owned stations on the cable carrier in three markets: St. Louis; Norfolk, Virgina; and Charlotte, North Carolina. So far, though, there’s been no word from WFAA-Channel…
And now, we finally have a photo to replace this one of Tony Romo weeping at the end of Seattle 21, Dallas 20 on January 6, 2007. Said a friend as we were watching the predictable demise of Dallas, no image better defines Cowboys 2008 than this one, screengrabbed by…
Shittingly. Fittingly. The most disappointing season in Cowboys’ history ends with THE most embarrassing loss in Cowboys’ history. Favored to make it to the Super Bowl, the Cowboys finish 9-7 and miss the playoffs. In a do-or-don’t game, the Cowboys absolutely pussed out and were peed on in a 44-6…
First Sergeant Jeffrey R. McKinney died in Adhamiyah, Iraq, on July 11, 2007. Officially, the Garland soldier’s cause of death was listed as “injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident.” But, as recounted in this July 2008 story from the Army Times, McKinney killed himself in front of his men…
On this Acid Flashback Friday, while Pete’s busy posting best-ofs and music-biz breakdowns over on DC9 at Night, let me extend to the Deadheads among the Friends this Chrismukkah offering. It’s a soundboard recording of the Grateful Dead performing in Oakland in February 1993, during which they were joined by…
If you had Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins in your office’s Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year pool, well, collect your winnings. (This no doubt displeases Dallas County Commissioner Ken Mayfield, who says in the piece that Watkins and his DNA exonerations are “costing the taxpayers $480,000 per…
Look, goddamn it, Wade Phillips will be back as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys next season. And Jason Garrett ain’t going nowhere, neither. And, look, don’t ask Jerry Jones any more questions about that, K? Because he don’t wanna hear that shit.”Look, can y’all not understand statements?” Jones…
Conroe native Matt Lepsis, pictured at right, retired from pro football on New Year’s Day 2008 after 11 seasons with the Denver Broncos. Noted The Denver Post of the 34-year-old’s decision to hang it up: “He felt his play was slipping.” Now we know why: The offensive lineman was playing…
Speaking, as we were below, of The Great Depression II: Electric Boogaloo, Forbes asked some of the wealthiest folks in the U.S. and A. to predict where the economy’s headed in the coming year. Among those to respond to the survey was Mark Cuban, who offers his prophecy in terms…
A friend went out this a.m. in search of post-Christmas deals and found few — and about as many shoppers too, much to her surprise (these folks’ too). Then again, buying new is so 2007; we’re the Garage Sale Nation now, sucking up the second-hand and the slightly worn for…
Two weeks after the city council expanded Dallas’s smoking ordinance, state lawmakers are, yet again, looking to make all of Texas’s indoor businesses smoke-free. At least, those are the smoke signals being sent by state Sen. Rodney Ellis of Houston and state Rep. Myra Crownover of Denton, who yesterday told…
Lufkin High School’s Jamarkus McFarland, a highly coveted defensive tackle, committed to the University of Oklahoma yesterday; Merry Christmas, Sooner Nation. And it’s a double kick to the Longhorns’ pants: The University of Texas had hoped to land the 6-foot-3, 280-pounder, but instead a post-Texas-OU party in Dallas helped McFarland…
As if I needed to remind you, don’t eff with Santa. – Richie Whitt…
“The Quiet Man,” by Matt Pulle, December 11 Roll Them Bones Holy crap, Batman. The leaders at City Hall have done more damage to our fair city than what the Joker, Riddler and King Tut combined caused to Gotham City! Once again I pick up the Dallas Observer and find…
Condom sense: Ignore the two charts that appeared this week on the Metro page of The Dallas Morning News—one showing a sharply sloping line tracking a boom in the number of people living with HIV/AIDS in Dallas County, another a graph tracking a decrease in new cases. The charts accompanied…
State Representative Allen Vaught, an Iraqi war veteran and one of the bright, young stars of the Texas Democratic Party, is a trial attorney. Over the final months of a hard-fought re-election, Vaught’s peers gave generously to his campaign. Baron and Budd, which mastered the lucrative art of asbestos litigation…
Standing in the world’s most famous sports tunnel last Saturday night, the symbolism smacked me like the arctic north wind howling up from Texas Stadium’s frigid field. In a chaotic clash of eras—smack dab in the middle of the Astroturf-lined walkway where championships were celebrated and legends were born—the present…
Is it a sign of the apocalypse? Something in the water? Or is it just the way the wind is blowing?Whatever the case, when our often-contentious quintet of film critics put their heads together about the best movies of 2008, they managed to agree (more or less) on a dozen…
