When Quinn Eaker dropped out of a Colleyville high school in the second month of his senior year, his mother was so happy she threw him a huge party. A hundred guests descended on their home to celebrate Quinn’s return to the freedom in which he’d been raised: days on…
A former accountant, prosecutor and judge, Margaret Keliher doesn’t seem like the type of person to daydream idly. Still, you have to wonder if she looks at Harriet Miers, the president’s besieged nominee for U.S. Supreme Court justice, and thinks how that could have been her had she ever met…
Wing and a prayer: Honestly, the bar scene is getting monotonous for the hot babes of the Dallas Observer. Night after night, it’s the same old lines: “Please bear my children,” “I can’t imagine my life without you,” “Can I buy you a drink?” Sadly, they’re usually only good for…
Stoner Chic The herbal life: I would like to thank you for publishing this story (“The Other Farmers Market,” by Anonymous, October 13). It’s a great way to open people’s eyes to the truth about marijuana. I’m a 19-year-old university student, and I’ve recently made the switch to the herbal…
Sitting at his locker following the Cowboys’ overtime escape from the Giants, he put on a gaudy cross necklace that would make P. Diddy blush, then put in perspective a tardiness to a team meeting that evaporated his running back role from 20 carries in last week’s second half to…
Ashok Padmanabahn is nobody’s fool. He’s a computer engineer, working on the next generation of display technology at the large Texas Instruments campus off of Forest Lane. He owned his own technology company in India before he signed a two-year contract to come to the United States in 2004, and…
It’s 9 o’clock in the morning when “Ace” begins his regular “wake and bake” routine of brushing his teeth, brewing a pot of coffee and rolling a joint. Today he has a job to do, and he won’t have to leave his home to do it. In a spare bedroom…
What’s in Store Can Urban Market make downtown relevant? After roughly three months, the numbers aren’t adding up. The ink smudges on the profit and loss statements are red instead of black. Still, Urban Market President Manuel Zambrana is thrilled. Why? Women stroll from across the street or from the…
Truth be told: When U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers takes the oath to tell the whole truth to the Senate Judiciary Committee next month, you might see former Texas Lottery Executive Director Lawrence Littwin in the gallery, smiling. He tried to get Miers to testify under oath six years…
Extend your pointer and pinkie for “Hook ’em Horns.” Turn it upside down for “Boomer Sooner.” Retract those two and proudly display your middle finger for a reminder to snobby, greedy officials from both Texas and Oklahoma that “Playing in the Cotton Bowl during the State Fair of Texas is…
The Truth About Harriet Born-again bias: While reading “Die-In” (by Jim Schutze, October 6), I could not help but notice that everyone who is quoted in the article praising Harriet Miers as a politician does not seem to grasp the fact that if she is appointed to the U.S. Supreme…
The sun hung in the sky behind the 400-year-old oak trees that surround Thee Hubbell House. Tim Carmichael, round and bearded, paced the front lawn of the historic bed and breakfast in Winnsboro, mowing the grass. It had been six weeks since he’d seen Paul, and his hope hadn’t run…
Wailing on Each Other A musical feud hits the accordion world About a minute after the first caveman began banging two rocks together in rhythm, another caveman came along and called him a sellout for commercializing the avalanche sound. Since then, no genre of music has been without its bitter…
No DeLay: Until last week, only one publication–this one–had written a word about Mark Birnbaum and Jim Schermbeck’s documentary The Big Buy, about Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle’s investigation into the doings of the Texans for a Republican Majority political action committee (TRMPAC), which, during the 2002 election season,…
Ties were created for Troy Dungan, calf ropin’ and Anna Kournikova’s brother. So by replacing overtime draws with sudden-death shootouts, the NHL got one right. One down, infinity to go. In case you’re one of the oblivious millions, the Dallas Stars are back in business and desperately searching for fans…
Bill-Whipped Master of manipulation: Richie Whitt threw a tight, accurate spiral over leaping defenders with his latest column, “Invinci-Bill” (September 29). As a lifelong Dallasite, I’ve watched a local sports media that usually enjoys ripping the udders off local sacred cows with venom suddenly become “B-Whipped”…Bill-Whipped. From the moment he…
Pass the milk and dab your doilies; the Cowboys media is suddenly softer than Tony Siragusa’s third chin. Coach Bill Parcells exhibited all the killer instinct of the Dalai Lama in the catastrophic collapse against the Redskins. His Cowboys ran when they should’ve passed, passed when they should’ve run and…
Like all the other guests invited to Mayor Laura Miller’s black-tie fundraiser, Ralph Isenberg and his girlfriend left their car in a parking lot and boarded a DART bus. Though both were underdressed for the occasion, Miller had invited them at the last minute, and Isenberg wanted her to get…
Thanks, But No Thanks In Dallas, troubled FEMA can’t even give away money In the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans and 25,000 of the city’s residents fled to Dallas County, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) aggravated local leaders by its languid response and lack of clear…
Go on, flame us: It’s been a busy few weeks here at Buzz central, as we’ve been doing our part to help put together the massive Best of Dallas issue you hold in your hands. It’s a lot of work, and it’s not over yet. Now comes the part where…
Del From Hell Caught up in the vision: I’m writing as someone who worked with Del Hendrixson (“Jesus in a Mullet,” by Rick Kennedy, September 22) for more than a year–from late 2002 through February 2003. I initially happened upon Del when my wife was working with one of Del’s…
Opportunity poops: Listen up, editors of Dog Fancy magazine: You missed the scoop (that’s our last bit of wordplay, we promise) when you excluded Dallas from the list of Top 10 canine-friendly cities in your current issue. Houston made the list. Austin made it. But not Big D, a city…
