Yesterday, the anonymously penned blog Don’t Tell the Donor featured an item headlined “The difference between philanthropy and fundraising,” in which the writer, who presumably has experience in the nonprofit fund-raising world, essentially argued it’s better to have 2,000 donors writing $50 checks than one donor contributing $100,000. Because, “low…
In a couple of weeks, neither one of these folks will be working here. Hey, lookie there — our very own Matt Pulle makes the Nashville Post today. And its People section, no less — howzabout that, fancy. And what does it have to say about Matt? Lessee … oh,…
We’re goosin’ Gosselin’s weekly NFL rankings, ’cause. We all make mistakes. I’ve had my share find their way to print. But if you’re Dallas’ Only Daily, you just cannot afford an oops when it comes to the status of the beloved Cowboys. As I’m sure you’ve been made aware –…
Tony Romo hasn’t even finished his first full season as the Dallas Cowboys’ starting QB, but already there’s a tome-o about Romo (cough, sorry): Tony Romo: America’s Next Quarterback. Astute readers will notice two things: It’s being published by the same Random House Publishing Group imprint responsible for Frank Luksa’s…
As I’ve said before, we still receive a comment or two every other day to this September 4 post concerning the smoking-cessation pill Chantix, which Carter Albrecht’s friends and family partially blame for his irrational behavior shortly before his death in September. And today, a Friend of Unfair Park sends…
Kenny Goss and George Michael got Style! All the Dallas news that’s fit to print in The New York Times: Missouri Tigers QB Chase Daniel spoke Saturday about growing up a Southlake Carroll High School Dragon: “There can’t be a more supportive and nurturing high school environment in America.” Then…
I can only sum up the college football season thusly: WTF?! Capping a year that was crazier than Evel Knievel, No. 1-ranked Missouri and No. 2 West Virginia lost over the weekend to send the sport into utter chaos. After the humans and computers digested and translated a season in…
Memo to our very good Friend, Jack E. Jett: Do not watch the following video, courtesy those folks wandering the Highway to Hell. Whatever you do. Do. Not. Watch. –Robert Wilonsky…
Steve Nash told a London paper last week, “It’s not as though there was some irreconcilable divorce with Dallas.” Steve Nash said on Friday — in a Q&A with readers of The Times on London, no less — that he wouldn’t have a problem playing for the Dallas Mavericks again,…
Tony Walter, a columnist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette, discovered during last Thursday’s Cowboys-Packers game that Texas Stadium is a dump — gee, ya think, Tony? Turns out, he had to wait in a long line — “of at least 2,000 people (no exaggeration)” — to get a cab after…
According to Fortune this morning, Warren Buffett’s holding company — Berkshire Hathaway — bought $2 billion worth of TXU junk bonds late last week, helping TXU pay down some of the so-called bridge loans accrued during the Dallas-based energy provider’s $45-billion sale to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. Reports Peter Eavis, Berkshire…
Plano’s Karith Foster, whose new job is keeping Don Imus out of trouble Don Imus is back on the air this morning, this time with an African-American co-host — and she’s a Plano native, no joke, who moved to New York in 1999 so she could get on TV. Her…
Drew Carey’s price is right for playing Texas hold ’em in Dallas. Courtesy I Was The State, we spent part of this morning watching this five-minute-long Drew Carey-narrated video concerning the Dallas Police Department’s raid on the poker game at Audie Murphy VFW Post 1837 in April. Insists Reason.tv’s Web…
The R. C. Hickman Photograph Collection, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin R.C. Hickman R.C. Hickman died at his Oak Cliff home Saturday; he was either 85 or 89, depending upon the source. A brief bio, courtesy the Center for American History at the University of Texas…
Apologies to the civilians in the room. I need to speak directly to the bloodhounds at The Dallas Morning News. Please excuse us while we engage in a bit of canine shop talk, just among us ink-stained wretches. Your managing editor, George Rodrigue, posted a rebuttal this afternoon to an…
John Neely Bryan’s wife’s Bible is missing from the Hall of State. Speaking of the Hall of State, as I was moments ago, seems that the Dallas Historical Society is missing a few of “its most significant holdings” from its estimable collection stored there. So reports KERA’s Arts + Culture…
Jim, come quick — George Rodrigue has that answer you’ve been looking for! Seems he was persuaded by your charm and good looks — and because you’re “a colorful and persuasive writer,” which is why poor George just had to go and “defend” his paper’s “honor.” Oh, wait. I just…
Haven’t yet seen The Amateurs, about small-towners banding together to make the “first full-length feature amateur adult film.” Looks funny, though, and it does have a pretty decent cast that includes Ted Danson, Lauren Graham, William Fichtner, Isaiah Washington, Patrick Fugit, Tim Blake Nelson, Joe Pantoliano, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Glenne Headly…
The title of Stephen F. Austin’s Translations is so long, you’re really just paying per word. Looks like Heritage Auction Galleries’ CEO is having a garage sale tomorrow at the Hall of State in Fair Park — and you’re invited, though you’ll need a few big bucks should you want…
Say adios to La Preciosa, the Clear Channel-owned Spanish-language station currently sitting at 97.1 on your FM dial. At midnight tonight, it’s going … all-Christmas music, all the time, till at least the end of, like, Christmas. At that point, Clear Channel’s Dallas market manager J.D. Freeman says this morning,…
So, he told us in February he was done with the news business — was gonna take some time off, spend time with the missus and family, maybe do some teaching at SMU. Not so fast: KTVT-Channel 11 just sent word that Tracy Rowlett has signed a contract extension that…
Frédéric Fekkai, who cuts Scarlett Johansson’s hair — yours, someone else will do at the same price. Oh, ladies. Big news, apparently, courtesy Women’s Wear Daily: Frédéric Fekkai is coming to town. To Highland Park, actually, beginning Monday. Surely, you know who the eff-eff Frédéric Fekkai is, right? ” A…
