Peter Ogego, the Kenyan ambassador to the U.S., was in Dallas to talk business. And marathons, maybe. A couple of months ago, would-be presidential candidate Barack Obama said of Kenya — during a trip to his father’s homeland, no less — that it was a corrupt place. “There is a…
Just wanna give a big thanks and Merry Christmas to the folks at the North Texas Tollway Authority, who, last night at 8, reduced the number of southbound Wycliff Toll Plaza booths to four — two for the TollTag users, two for folks paying with cash (or those trying to…
Saw Matt Pinto’s Dallas Mavs-L.A. Clippers preview and noticed this listed among Pinto’s “Five Things to Know About the Dallas Mavericks”: “Rapper Joe Budden mentioned Josh Howard’s error in Game 5 of the 2006 NBA Finals in the remix of Gnarls Barkley’s ‘Crazy.'” News to me, but, yup, he’s right;…
I tore apart the house this morning looking for my copy of Idol Records’ 2000 Christmas comp Electric Ornaments, so I could share with you Chomsky’s peppy rendition of the gloomy holiday fave “Christmas Time is Here” from A Charlie Brown Christmas. No luck; guess it’s off to CD World…
Matt Doherty’s turning the Mustanks back into the Mustangs. Is it the holiday yet? Can we go home? First, a fancy library. Now, a legit basketball program? As Grandpa Bill Parcells says, it’s not time to get out the anointing oil just yet. But first-year head coach Matt Doherty at…
Look, maybe we just never get tired of running this picture of Ann Lott. Ever think of that? Guy Brignon, the chairman of the Dallas Housing Authority and a real-estate developer and apartment complex owner, said earlier this week he won’t OK or even discuss DHA president and CEO Ann…
Don’t know about you, but there’s one former Dallas coach I miss more than any other: Ken Hitchcock, ex of Your Dallas Stars. And, from an interview he gives in a forthcoming issue of Canadian general-interest mag Macleans, it would seem Hitch also misses Dallas — at least, those glory…
This is Desmond Howard before his brain fell out of his head. Where’s the helmet when you need it? I take it back. Female sideline reporters are not the biggest wastes of time on TV. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: Desmond Howard. Yes, that one. Won the Heisman…
This is so not how you break news. Our Man On Top Of It, Rich Lopez, phones from SMU, where moments ago President R. Gerald Turner announced, but not really, that the Hilltop was going to be the home to the George W. Bush Presidential Library. “I am not announcing…
Miguel Arango — the DISD teacher accused of inappropriately touching a 6-year-old student at Julian T. Saldivar Elementary School near Love Field in October — will remain in the Lew Sterrett Justice Center and under the authority of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the forseeable future. After listening to…
Dallas County District Attorney’s Office flack Rachel Raya can say whatever she wants, but she may be the only person who actually believes that Bill Hill has a real open-file policy. A few months ago, I spoke to several defense attorneys who describe a haphazard, unpredictable process that clogs up…
If Dane Cook’s a comedian, why isn’t he funny? At all. Ever. Wanna see some video of The Great Mark Cuban partying — by which I mean, talking on the cell phone for about 1.2 seconds outside West Hollywood hot spot Hyde? If so, go here; he’s at the end…
On a related note, Dazed and Confused is, like, the third-best film ever made in Texas. We’re too stoned to recall the other two at the moment. In June, we mentioned how the Dallas Film Commission and others from around the state had banded together as the Texas Motion Picture…
Beginning in June we told you the tale of South Side of Lamar coffee house-slash-performance space Standard & Pours Coffee & Stocks and how the actual Standard & Poor’s wanted it to change its name…or else. First there were threatening letters sent from Standard & Poor’s owner McGraw-Hill Company to…
The magnificent aroma had but to waft enticingly around my olfactory receptors, and I was seduced. The bubbly sound of plastic on plastic sent my senses into overdrive. Ravenous, I pulled the Lean Cuisine from the microwave, tore the clear wrap off my partitioned Salisbury steak and macaroni and cheese…
At first glance, Deborah Williams wouldn’t strike you as a hip-hop matriarch. In her mid-40s, the soft-spoken Williams has a kind face and a sweet smile. A single mother of two sons, Cordero and Curtis (who goes by Junior), ages 18 and 20, she moves with a certain relaxed air,…
One April morning, Richard Chichakli, a slender man of Syrian descent, was sitting behind his personal computer, checking e-mail and preparing for the day. His wife and teenage son were sleeping in another room of their modest brick home in Richardson. At 6 a.m., Chichakli says, he heard banging on…
High flying: ‘Tis the season of joy and peace and that sweaty, panicking feeling that afflicts those who, like Buzz, tend to procrastinate. Still haven’t got that special someone a holiday gift? Man, you are so screwed, but fear not, Buzz can help. First, get $200,000… Hah! Of course, we…
The Minutemen Payback is coming: I can honestly appreciate what Clark Kirby is trying to do for his country (“The Hunted,” by Megan Feldman, December 14). After all, everyone needs something in their lives to make them feel significant. However, this small hobby of his is distracting from the real…
Suhhhhhnnnaaaap! With a bold, brilliant pop of its fingers, the University of North Texas placed its football program in good hands. Great hands. Skilled, innovative, virtuoso hands. Todd Dodge’s hands. “I believe we can win, win consistently and win big here,” Dodge said to a beaming, buzzing Mean Green Athletic…
On Halloween we told you that the largest commercial real estate company in the world, Los Angeles-based CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc., was acquiring Trammell Crow Company for $2.2 billion. The only thing standing in the way of the deal going down was Trammell Crow shareholders’ giving their A-OK. Well,…
Photo taken by Ash Creek resident Jack Loughead A Friend of Unfair Park who’s been following our coverage of the closing of the Ash Creek Mobile Home Park points us to Pegasus News today. There, Mike Orren suggests ways folks can help the neediest of the some 100 residents getting…
