Speaking of Tincy Miller, SMU anthropology professor Ron Wetherington is in the new documentary called The Revisionaries, an unflattering look at the Texas State Board of Education. Which gives me an excuse to post the following. Watch it. Laugh. Then ... »
As if everything in this super cute shop isn’t enough to convince you that a trip to Fort Worth is in order, one of our loveliest voices embarks on a three day concert at the Modern Art Museum this evening. Betty Buckley, a Tony Award winner and a Texa... »
Via Dallas Voice, from Friday night’s debate, after being asked if his personal faith would get in the way of supporting same-sex civil unions (something supported by 61 percent of Texans): “You know, I have said also, as I start every speech that I’ve... »
Hey, hello. Happy Dallas International Film Festival Day. Very exciting. If you want to go see movies for free, enter to win festival passes and ticket vouchers here. Tonight is opening night, and Ted Mosby, Architect Josh Radnor’s Liberal Arts will sc... »
How’s our old co-worker Eric Celeste doing in Atlanta? I’m glad you asked. Awhile back, I pointed you to a study the Atlanta Journal-Constitution did on cheating on standardized tests across the country. The AJC found more than a dozen North Texas dist... »
Last April we compiled a list of the Things Every Dallasite Must Do. Among those was greeting our military troops at DFW Airport. Channel 8 reports that this morning may be your last chance to check this item off your personal must-do list. The Army’s... »
I don’t necessarily excel at in-person storytelling. Mostly I end up flapping my arms and almost poking somebody’s eye out in my eagerness to share. That, and a serious case of stage fright, would almost certainly prevent me from ever attempting what i... »
Christian and conservative groups aren’t giving up bashing GCB, the new ABC-TV show based on Dallasite Kim Gatlin’s novel, Good Christian Bitches. Guess they forgot it’s a comedy. »
Here’s one of the huge puppets that made an appearance in today’s free Parade of Giants on Dallas’s Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge over the Trinity River. Created by artists as part of the Bridge-o-Rama celebration, the puppets honored 15 people who had a b... »
The TCU football program has had some well-publicized problems lately. But here is some good news. In 1994, there weren’t a lot of openly gay athletes in either the collegiate or professional ranks–not a lot has changed that way on that front. But half... »
Leap Day! I’m sure all of you will make the most of the extra 24 hours, much like Christopher Columbus did when he used his knowledge of this lunar curiosity to scam indigenous Americans out of their stuff. I have very clear memories of my elementary s... »
In case you hadn’t heard, it’s Fat Tuesday. Or as I like to refer to it, Nothing a Little P90X Won’t Fix Tuesday. Stuff yourself silly before before Lent starts tomorrow and you resign yourself to no alcohol and/or Facebook for 40 whole days. True maso... »
This morning I read an obituary in the New York Times for a man who rowed across oceans. Here’s a snippet: At 9, he settled a dispute with a pistol. At 13, he lit out for the Amazon jungle. At 20, he attempted suicide-by-jaguar. Afterward he was appren... »
On Wednesday I had the pleasure of eavesdropping on a post-disappointing Valentine’s Day conversation, in which a young, currently single lady was lamenting that fact that all her boyfriends have A) worked at Central Market and B) all turned out to be ... »
Dauben, the iconoclastic publisher we profiled last March, has been sitting in the Navarro County lockup since he was arrested on molestation charges in December. He filed for indigent representation on December 20, according to this story in the Corsi... »
