If the concept of watching Tony Romo throwing five interceptions and losing two out of three fumbles in a single 2008 season-so-far lowlight reel does not amuse you, do not jump. But what if I told you every pick and dropped ball was accompanied by a fart sound followed by…
View Larger Map At the corner of Wall Street and Main Street in downtown Grapevine, Reuters found the Revolving Closet, Beth Whitman’s haute second-hand women’s clothing store. Which, given the state of things on a morning when the Dow briefly dipped below 8,000, is probably where all my dresses will…
I smell an upset. Or is it just really dark urine? If you’re not too hungover tomorrow morning, ESPN’s Texas-OU GameDay crew will set up shop outside the Cotton Bowl at 9 a.m. I think it’d be funny to see someone hold up a Pacman Jones cutout in the background,…
If, by chance, you’ve been withholding your vote till Esquire’s endorsement issue, then you’re in luck, as the November issue’s out now with its who-to-vote-fer list covering all 482 races nationwide. Among the locals getting a nod from the magazine: Rep. Jeb Hensarling, who, despite not having a “major-party opponent,”…
Lily Tomlin, still a concerned citizen for Jenny Good Lord, it’s been ages (before the Great Depression of ’08!) since we’ve mentioned Jenny the Elephant, who the Dallas Zoo decided back in August to keep here rather than ship off to Mexico or Tennessee. But that hasn’t stopped the Concerned…
Trey Garrison has fact-checked the Build the Hotel media release — wherein the pro-convention center hotel folks blast the anti-hotel faction’s signature gathering methods as “manipulative, misleading and over the top” — and found it lacking in, um, facts. And, more to the point, he reveals the true identity of…
So what do you get when you mix Pacman Jones with Tommy Jones with Jerry Jones? A really bad sequel to 48 Hours. Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones just finished talking at Valley Ranch. In summary: *It’s an aberration, yet he’s very disappointed. *“None of our rules have been impacted.” *Pacman…
Yeah, seems like the Dow Jones took “Day of Atonement” a little too literally — 678.91 point drop, down to 2003 levels and headed to worst percentage point drop since ’31 status by year’s end. Some insight, then, from the few locals left not burying their heads in a bottle…
Getting kinda used to this, aren’t we? Pacman’s in limbo. Newman’s hurt. T.O.’s moody. Wade Phillips is edgy. For a 4-1 team, it’s difficult to find the Dallas Cowboys’ positives: Ah-hah! There’s one: Couple three years ago I was on the couch watching a Cowboys’ game with my brother. He…
This guy was collecting petitions for the no-hotel folks at the Dallas Farmers Market a few weeks back. And he didn’t seem too “over the top” to us, but little is. On their Web site, the Build the Hotel folks are accusing the Don’t Build the Hotel folks of being…
That’s what Dallas Independent School District managers are supposed to do, right after they tell a teacher: We really, like totally, screwed up, so, like … um, ya know?. Of course, the suggested small talk — “Hey, man, how’s it hangin’?” — will no doubt cushion the blow of the…
After speaking with a Valley Ranch source minutes ago, a couple of Pacman Jones details need amending: The incident occurred at 11 p.m. instead of 1:30 a.m. Alcohol was involved, but not intoxication. A light fixture was damaged, as well as a mirror. Jones was on the scene when two…
That’d be a terrible name for a cooking show featuring the Dallas Cowboys safety, along with his friends DeMarcus Ware, Roy Williams, Anthony Henry. Maybe: The Safety’s Off. Or Breaking Up Passes and Meat. No, not that. But I do like jambalaya. –Robert Wilonsky…
A heads-up for those heading to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport tomorrow: You’ll be greeted by picketing American Airlines flight attendants. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants, which reps the some 20,000 AA employees, yesterday announced it has chosen four airports for its Friday fun: DFW, Los Angeles International, New York’s…
A Friend of Unfair Park sends word that The New York Times was a few days late in getting to the Trinity Trojans, as National Public Radio ran a lengthy piece on the Texas-to-Tonga connection Saturday, matter of fact. Oh, and something like half a million folks have watched the…
Out of quarters. And second chances. On the heels of recently being told by owner Jerry Jones to chill down his profile, Cowboys’ cornerback Pacman Jones got into a violent altercation with one of his own security guards at the new Joule Hotel at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. That’s it…
Anne Raymond at the CATOH press conference a few weeks back We received this dashed-off media release at midnight: “Citizens Against the Taxpayer-Owned Hotel will be holding a press conference with officers and members of the organization present on Thursday, October 9, 2008.” Takes place at 10 a.m. at City…
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says a half-dozen players came to him at the end of last season, expressing a desire to play elsewhere if Avery Johnson remained the head coach. Let’s tiptoe out upon the limb and predict that Jason Kidd was included in the mutiny. Why? Because while…
A greeting, passed along in a coffee shop: “Hey, I haven’t seen you in a long time.” “How are you?” “Just like you—waiting to see if I’ll still have a job.” A long silence followed by a laugh that sticks in the throat and sounds like a last gasp. Those…
“Collateral Damage,” by Megan Feldman, October 2 Never Forget Just something I feel I need to clear up. This is one person’s view of me and my family’s tragedy. Let’s get something clear: I do not want to forget my brothers. I am not trying to forget…I moved to Austin…
Crises management: The news breaks suddenly, spreading anger, fear and distrust. Massive miscalculations and shaky financial structures threaten imminent doom. Our leaders should have seen this coming but didn’t. Now only massive, painful and unprecedented action will keep us from the abyss. Wait…are we talking about the international banking crisis…
Dallas may have cultivated the image of an oil town in the popular imagination. In reality, fortunes here were built on oil extracted hundreds of miles away. Wildcatters just didn’t expect there to be mineral riches under Dallas County, and until the last year, Dallas continued to look on enviously…
