Teenage Wasteland
Texas has some great food traditions: barbecue, Tex-Mex, massive portions. But there’s one food tradition here, at least that I’ve run into, that really,...
The Chocolate Milk War
I really ought to reconsider my proud status as a non-parent. Not caring if the planet explodes after they lay them copper coins over...
Off Asides On Dallas Cowboys, B.J. Thomas
Traveling in East Texas yesterday afternoon, I “enjoyed” the Cowboys vs. Deadskins game on the car radio.
The game was expected to make my...
Trinity Visions
Tree huggers, owl savers and local historians, take note – tonight (Monday) at 9pm is when KERA TV Channel 13 airs its original documentary...
Today’s Most Gruesome Story
Times are tough here, but in some parts of the world they're considerably tougher.
Today's most gruesome story comes out of the Guardian, a British...
Victoire Imméritée (The Irish Were Robbed!)
The 32 countries in the World Cup soccer tournament were decided yesterday, and the French cheated their way in. I was planning to hold...
Hip Tips (Thu., Dec. 19, ’09)
MUST-SEE TV
He’s buff, has orange skin, and wears tight-fitting or little clothing. (“Sun’s out, guns out, bro!”) He pouts for the cameras, has spiked...
Dallas Study Is Big Fat Lie
Fatties are in a fog, according to a new study done in Dallas that says one in 10 obese people think they look just...
Big Bird
The Fort Worth stage meets world literature this weekend as Pantagleize Theatre Company offers a very rare production of Irish playwright Sean O’Casey’s 1949...
Off Asides On Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys and I suffered similar problems on Sunday – hangovers.
Mine came from a new idea I had regarding beer consumption. Seems that...