Broncos 17, Cowgirls 10. My Top 10 Observations.

10. Fox’s Pam Oliver stinks. While she was busy reading some shallow, pre-orchestrated featurette, we went three series before learning that Gerald Sensabaugh was out with a bum thumb. And though Marion Barber played just one snap in the second half, we never received an update. 9. Not only is Kyle…

Mayor Tom and His Tiny Scissors

While fast forwarding through a TiVo’ed version of Friday night’s 6:30 p.m. rerun of The Office on KDFI channel 27 (the one where Ryan burns his cheese pita in the toaster oven), none other than Mayor Tom Leppert appeared in a commercial break for yet another ribbon cutting — this…

Angela Hunt Tells Council and City Manager of City’s Permit Process: “I Hate to See the City Have a Hand in Shuttering Any Businesses.”

In response to DMN’er Sherry Jacobson’s story about the city’s frustrating permit process and its effect on neighborhood farmers markets, council member Angela Hunt has requested the investigation of the permitting processes in other cities so the city council can consider changes as soon as possible. Ed Lowe, owner of…

This Is Your Brain’s Health Center

So, you’re busy reading this blog at your desk (or on your phone … at a stop light … or in the HOV lane). At the same time you’re replying to an e-mail, checking your voice mail, answering a coworker’s question and doing whatever it is you do to make…

“Dirk is Clumsy on Horseback, Nash Skillful.”

A colleague in Miami thought we might find this interesting: “The Consummation of Dirk,” penned by one Jonathan Callahan. It comes from the latest issue of something called The Collagist, an online literary journal. Right. You know the drill.At first, I thought maybe it was a chopped-and-screwed variation on Jesse…

The “Mystery and Strange Horror” of Trees

The 6-year-old who lives in my house is a big They Might Be Giants fan — because, after all, they did teach him his ABC’s and 123’s, and they twosome are currently in the process of learnin’ him about the science. The one TMBG product in which he’s never shown…

Jerry Jones Admits to Watching Porn. Sorta.

On our midday show at 105.3 The Fan, I nervously asked Jerry Jones this morning if he had, um, seen the video of two fans “christening” Cowboys Stadium last Monday night in Arlington. After joking that he had called several committee meetings to investigate the situation, Jones simply said: “Yes. …..

Holy Crap People Love Zombies

Danny Hurley, who’s never met a grown-up playing dress-up he didn’t like to photograph, found himself amongst the living dead last night at the Zombieland sneak, held at the Studio Movie Grill on Royal Lane and N. Central Expressway. It’s Halloween already? Apparently — hence, the bloody slide show. And…

Project Recap: Lady Sings the Blues

Merritt Martin, your usual recapper, has let her personal life interfere with her TV watching schedule, so I have been drafted to fill in for her this week. With 10 designers remaining, and Heidi’s ominous warning in previews that “one OR MORE of you will be out,” we were really…

Governor Rick’s re-election campaign has the feel of an infomercial as he multi-level markets for paid volunteers

“Perry sets up pay for recruiters”—headline in The Dallas Morning News about Governor Rick Perry’s Amway-like campaign program that pays cash incentives to “volunteers” who recruit additional “volunteers” Coming soon to a cable channel near you: Perry, dressed in an electric-blue dress shirt, white belt and tan slacks, rushes from…

Steak and Ale’s Dead. Long Live Steak and Ale!

Seems like forever ago that Plano-based Metromedia Restaurant Group shuttered Bennigan’s and Steak & Ale — but, nope, it was just July of last year. A few Bennigan’s locations resurfaced shortly thereafter, when Richardson-based Bennigan’s Franchising Company, LLC assumed the position and reopened 100 eateries, half out of the country…

Today’s Important Advice Comes From …

… William “Tex” Moncrief Jr., the Fort Worth oilman and Internal Revenue Service fan who comes in at No. 366 on Forbes’ latest list of the 400 Richest Americans. So, what does the man in possession of 20,000 acres of undeveloped Barnett Shale property have to say in the magazine’s…