Grow your hair for peace, John Lennon once suggested. That, um, didn’t work out so well. Maybe cutting your hair for Democrats is a better idea. Maybe. Jonathan Van Voorhees, a former Dallas City Council candidate and hairstylist in the heart of Republican Richardson, is offering a free cut and…
Vice City Those of you who don’t know Dan Michalski should get to know him. He’s a freelance writer for a number of publications, including the Dallas Observer, Men’s Health and, I think, the venerable Car Shopper. He’s also the proud papa of two relatively smart and entertaining blogs: The…
It’s hard to figure who’s in a worse spot–the rookies Bill Parcells likes, or those he doesn’t. The rookies who aren’t his type of guys, you can see them straight away, and you almost feel bad for them. They’re too slow or too lazy. They don’t tackle properly, or they…
Kicked While We’re Down You jerks: I am sickened and downright shocked that your editor in chief allowed an obviously mentally disturbed member of your writing staff to print what is nothing short of a slap in the face of Deep Ellum (Full Frontal, August 26). There are many businesses…
OXNARD, CALIFORNIA–Off to the left, not more than a few feet away, a bird is perched high in a tree. It’s obscured by the foliage, but everyone at Bill Parcells’ daily news conference knows it’s there. The bird is determined to show up the Cowboys head coach with its loud,…
The Same, but Different No matter what team youre on, softball is softball At Kiest Park last week, Barbara Barnette, athletic coordinator for the Dallas Park and Recreation Department, was trying to determine whether the Gay Softball World Series was different from any other softball tournament that had been played…
Buzz doesn’t care for most sob stories. Buzz himself is about two busted deadlines away from caring a whole lot where that there homeless shelter gets built, so when someone calls to tell us about their problems, they often end up talking to the cat that sleeps next to our…
Off Target Sentence suppressor: There is something fishy about Mr. Terry Anderson (“The Shootist,” by Glenna Whitley, August 19) receiving only a 36-month sentence for possessing numerous automatic weapons and suppressors, some without serial numbers and none registered. This sentence is so far below the provisions of federal firearms law…
After the nine-hour flight from London, a weary Terry Anderson walked off the plane at 2 p.m., phoned his office and was surprised to learn Marylynn would be picking him up. Marylynn, a religion teacher at Ursuline Academy and his wife for almost 28 years, never did that. It was…
More Bushwhacking Yet another filmmaker sets her sights on the president In mid-July, Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 opened in France and made $3.4 million, showing on only 222 screens across the country. That weekend, in a single theater in Paris, a movie showed up that looked suspiciously like Moore’s, only…
Buzz still has some loose ends to tie up in the ongoing Dallas Morning News circulation scandal: Something you didn’t read in the DMN’s story about advertiser reparations (they’re gonna take a $26 million hit because of rebates and credits to advertisers over inflated circulation numbers) is that the Audit…
It’s August now–a traditionally disastrous stretch for the Dallas Observer sports desk. By this time, the Rangers are usually out of it, and I’m so bored that I have to amuse myself by stealing things from my co-workers–pens, computers, wallets, but never story ideas. I leave that last bit to…
‘Roid Rage You look crazy: I never knew this kid was a thief as well as a druggie (“All the Rage,” by Paul Kix, August 12). I hate to say this, but a white boy steals a computer and two digital cameras from foreigners, no less, and gets ordered to…
Eat My Briefs Restaurant owner takes a DMN critic to court Restaurateur Phil Romano wants to put a few people on notice, namely Dallas restaurant critics. Romano is mad as hell, and he’s not going to chew their tripe anymore. To prove he means business, last week Romano slapped Dallas…
Buzz is once again not happy, this time at The Dallas Morning News. You may have heard–news reports, that big sucking sound coming from Wall Street–that the Dallas daily’s stock fell 7 percent last Friday after the paper revealed it had been overstating its circulation. Following the announcement, Robert Decherd,…
News comes slowly on vacation, and, even if it does finally reach you, your brain has a way of not believing it. For the last week or so, I was at the South Jersey shore, but my brain was somewhere else–marinating in a never-ending cocktail of sun, sand, Heineken, poker,…
Back in ‘Nam Nothing cloudy: I have scanned your recent article, “Fog of War,” by John Gonzalez (July 29). You report that a small group of veterans is alleging that Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry “stretches the truth about his Vietnam service.” I suggest that their allegations are maliciously unfair…
He had two belts. He tied the first one around the handle of his bedroom door, then tied the second to the first and swung the slack over the door’s frame. There was just enough slack to form a noose. Taylor Hooton slipped his face through it. It was around…
When Tommy McHenry steps onto his porch, it’s obvious what the problem is. Or part of it, anyway. To the elderly ladies who’ve lived here in Casa View for three and four decades, the retired homemakers and widows of war veterans who get together and play bridge, McHenry probably looks…
Conservative local political blogger Sharon Boyd (www.dallasarena.com) sometimes reminds Buzz of the Terminator. No matter how hard you knock her down, up, up she comes again, ready for another pointless sequel. Sometimes we wonder why she bothers, particularly now. Boyd recently filed a lawsuit against DISD trustee Jose Joe May,…
Purple Heart Condition Unproved innuendo: I’ve just been reading John Gonzalez (who I usually enjoy); however, the reflections concerning Senator John Kerry’s distinguished war service are disturbing to say the least…I thought I was reading the Belo Daily News blurb (“Fog of War,” July 29). Since viewing the Democratic National…
It Hits the Fan The city washes its hands of James Jennings crap-filled house Almost 12 years have passed since the toilet at the back of his house turned into a giant turd cannon, blasting raw sewage all over his home, and James T. Jennings still can’t talk about it…
