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Blabbermouths: Buzz is thinking about starting our own political faction. Call it the Beer Party Movement. In it, people gather at bars, drink beer and watch sports on television. Nobody talks. In fact, if anybody so much as whispers a word about politics, the rest of the Beer Party members…

People talk about the “magic of birth” and the “joys of parenthood” and, yeah, in my 12 months of mom experience, that stuff’s all totally real and exists, but that part’s like the Hallmark movie part. And in between those Hallmark movie moments, there’s a reality-show marathon. Sure, a baby…

Hadn’t really thought much about Jenny the Elephant or her myriad supporters till recently — when Spike joined Dallas Zoo officials last week for a sneak peek at the Giants of the Savanna habitat, which prompted Jenny’s friends to once more raise their collective trunks in support of her freedom,…

We led off yesterday with the news that Larry James and Central Dallas Ministries are preparing to turn one corner of Malcolm X Boulevard and Interstate 30 into a “center of hope,” as James calls it — 3.6 acres filled with what CDM’s CEO says will be “scores of new…

I’m going to use this opportunity to do two things: link to a New York Times story about the Dallas Museum of Art in order to give away 30 tickets to the Dallas Museum of Art. Good through June 30. Admits one; limit two per winner. Just post, oh, your…

After 18 years of providing Lower Greenville with an award-winning assortment of “cool stuff for cool people,” Lula B’s Antique Mall will be closing its doors at 2004 Greenville Avenue effective April 1 leaving one less retail destination in the area. But before you get too misty-eyed, the shop and…

Stayed up way too late last night reading all 148 pages of Blockbuster’s latest annual report, which was submitted yesterday to the Securities and Exchange Commission and is full of dire warnings that, look, bankruptcy may be inevitable no matter what CEO Jim Keyes says. It’s a pretty gritty read…

Passover, which I like to call the Jewish St. Patrick’s Day, is almost upon us. And while my parents and I argue over who’s smoking the brisket this year, this much is certain: Our formerly extravagant seder will continue to inch further toward becoming just a pain-in-the-tuchus dinner with a…

There’s not a lot going on at Dallas City Hall this week and next and next, while the council goes spring breaking. But there is something of interest on the Landmark Commission’s Designation Committee, which is meeting today: a vague agenda item that only says, “Discussion of Post War residential…

Here’s hoping St. Patrick chases away your snakes, or hides your eggs, or fetches you a pint of green beer, or whatever the hell he does. While we try to decipher his significance, how about a list of area athletes who have a sneaky Irish heritage? Cheers. 10. David Feherty, CBS…

At this late date, is there even any need to recount Blockbuster’s myriad woes? They are innumerable, but to the list add this one: the possibility of having to file for Chapter 11. CEO Jim Keyes says that’s so much nonsense, the doing of attorneys who have to give fair…

Old friend, guitarrista, author and one-time Observer contributor Josh Alan Friedman stopped by the office yesterday to drop off a copy of his long-in-the-works “autobiographical novel” Black Cracker, which has been available for der Kindle since May of last year. (As Josh summarizes, it’s the story of “the only white…