Angela Hunt, known around the office as the future former Mrs. Jim Schutze, last night forwarded us this link to her blog, specifically the item about how doggies can now dine outside. Man, the city council sure does tackle the important shit, even when it’s canine-manufactured. Next up: giving kitty-cats…
The late Howard Forbes, who is no doubt very amused wherever he is So, let’s backtrack for a moment. On Tuesday, the missus wakes me in Utah to tell me about an obit in The Dallas Morning News for a man named Howard Forbes. Then, a few hours later, Paul…
Susanne Johnson, SMU Christian prof, isn’t so rankled by the Dubya library no more. Shame. You have two choices this morning: You can read the Associated Press’ piece about SMU profs softening their stance on the George Dubya Library, or you can go to my new favorite blog — The…
My chin and forehead are pressed against a white plastic apparatus that is, presumably, sterile. Jaime, the pretty woman in the black scrub-like garments, did wipe the diagnostic bubble down with a couple of moist towelettes before I stuck my head in it, so I’m feeling pretty good about what’s…
Bill Parcells is gone. And I know his replacement: Bill Jones. When Parcells went into hiding after the Dallas Cowboys’ season-ending loss in Seattle, it was the long-time metroplex TV sports personality who jumped into the head coach’s seat for the final two tapings of Channel 11’s Cowboys Huddle. “I…
I am concerned for my people. Last summer a neighbor spoke to me on my lawn in Old East Dallas—an artist, one of the original urban pioneers, a person who has lived an entire life of collapsing rooflines and spotty plumbing on our street midway between White Rock Lake and…
Although he’s been ordered to leave the country, the supposed ex-lover of Constable Mike Dupree may be of interest to the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office. Last week, Dallas County Commissioner Ken Mayfield asked new District Attorney Craig Watkins to investigate the bizarre plight of Angel Martinez, the friend and…
Official oppression: What was “Papa” Dupree doing by having intimate relations with his “adopted” son? (“Cold as ICE,” by Matt Pulle, January 4.) Why did this law enforcement officer harbor a known offender at his apartment? Using his official capacity for personal gain is what some would call official oppression…
An even dozen: That’s how many innocent people in Dallas County have been sent to prison in the last two or three decades, at least based on DNA tests. That’s more than any other county in the country. Last week, James Waller was the latest convicted sex offender in Dallas…
Buzz is a little late getting to the party with this, but it behooves us to say something about the city’s plans to tighten regulations and raise the fees for newspaper racks on city right-of-way—including the Dallas Observer’s. Ahem…here goes: It’s an outrage, an assault on our precious First Amendment-guaranteed…
I just got back in town — seriously, bags are still packed — and, c’mon, this shows up in my mailbox: a missive from Kenny Brattain, otherwise known as the guy who was going to reopen Trees. Or, looks like, not. As you no doubt recalls, a few weeks back…
Saturday a packed Good Records hosted the CD release party for the two-disc Zac Crain for Mayor comp, with performances by Baboon, Dove Hunter and Erika Wennerstrom of Cincinatti’s Heartless Bastards, who certainly appreciated the audience, despite most likely not knowing who this Crain character was. For those of you…
These are your lungs on air pollution. It’s good to hear President Bush is yet again giving lip service to cutting down on oil consumption and boosting alternative fuels. Problem is, his nice little State of the Union nod to global warming wasn’t his first attempt at pretending to be…
In hot, sweltering day in August of 2005, Robert Eldridge gave me a tour of his Kaufman County neighborhood. It was the worst tour of my life. Eldridge lives in an African-American neighborhood in nearby Kaufman across the street from Dallas Crown, one of only three horse slaughtering plants in…
The blog editor’s away, so cats will play on Unfair Park. When I was growing up, my family had as many as 10 and as few as 5 cats at any given time. Usually, they found us, showing up on the back porch looking for kitty chow, a warm bed…
Late last night, while pretending to watch the Australian Open but in reality merely ogling this chick, someone from my past popped onto the screen. OK, it’s the extremely recent past, but the irony of Bill Parcells’ presence just made me want to forget him that much quicker. Way back…
David Gordon Green, originally slated to direct Will Clarke’s novel, is off to, uh, greener pastures. Ran into David Gordon Green the other day– ya know, the Richardson-reared maker of such indie films as George Washington, All the Real Girls and the debuted-at-Sundance Snow Angels, starring Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell…
While the Mavericks are becoming as automatic as blinking — would you believe 21-1 since December 13? — Dallas’ amateur basketball team has kinda, sorta been issued an ugly reality check. Once upon a time, first-year coach Matt Doherty and his scrappy ‘Stangs were off to a magical season. Turns…
Just got off the phone will a Valley Ranch birdie that chastised me for not including Jim Bates on my list. Bates, who recently took a job as the Broncos’ assistant head coach, served as the Cowboys’ linebackers coach in the late ’90s. He’s a friend of Jerry Jones, a…
Hey, Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, that’s quite a spokesman you got there. Celso Martinez works as the spokesperson for DISD, where his job is to explain to the public how the school district goes about educating its students. Lately, my job has been to write about DISD, particularly how it goes…
This is what Billy Crudup looks like today — seriously, exactly like this, like, an hour ago. But we’d love to see his yearbook pic, Friends. For years I’d always heard that Billy Crudup — you know, the Golden God from Almost Famous — had attended Hillcrest High School. There…
Some people will believe anything. As Bible Girl has pointed out once or twice, Pentecostalism, the much maligned and misunderstood branch of Christianity, is growing at a phenomenal rate around the globe. A recent survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found that Pentecostals and Charismatics, or…
