Random Stuff
Texas Rangers Getting Pudged
Jeff PrinceThis report that Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez is returning to the Texas Rangers is a shot of fresh air to this ornery old boycotter. See, I swore off the team after the Rangers dumped Pudge in 2002. He was their hardest worker at...
Beer Guts Are “In.” Seriously.
Anthony MarianiApparently in the Big Apple, hipsters are rocking beer guts. Proudly. The look is called the Ralph Kramden. (I’m not making this up.) The Times has the story. “I sort of think the six-pack abs obsession got so prissy it sto...
Restaurant Week Starts Tonight
eric.griffeyEvery year, restaurants around the metroplex offer a 3-course prix fixe dinner for $35 — a bargain considering the caliber of restaurants participating in KRLD’s Restaurant Week. A portion of the proceeds benefits t...
Playmaker, Iceman Set To Dance
Jeff PrinceOne of the baddest men to ever don a Dallas Cowboys uniform, Michael Irvin, and one of the baddest men to ever take a breath, Chuck Liddell, have agreed to look like fools on national TV. They’re among the just-announced cele...
Oh, We’re Going! To a Hukilau! A Huki Huki Huki Huki Hukilau!
Anthony MarianiAt 8 o’clock tonight (Monday) at the Southside Preservation Hall (1519 Lipscomb St.), an informal group called the Hepcat Hop is throwing a 1950s Hawaiian Luau. DJ Tyler Evans promises to play music only from 1950 through 195...
Lying Atop Marilyn Ain’t Cheap
Jeff PrinceFor anybody who dreamed of lying next to Marilyn Monroe, your chance is here. A Los Angeles widow is auctioning the burial plot directly above the sex symbol who died on Aug. 5, 1962. The widow, who’s trying to pay off her $1...
Former Bad-Ass Now A Pussycat
Jeff PrinceThe Cowboys are lucky to be rid of Roy Williams. I’m not talking about the current Cowboys receiver. No, I’m talking about the former Cowboys safety who went from great to bad seemingly overnight, from being the bad-ass hit...
Off Asides On Dallas Cowboys
Jeff PrinceOkay, sports fans, the season’s first preseason game is here and I’m settled in the couch. The game started an hour ago but I’ve TIVO’d it so I can skip commercials. My work colleague Anthony Mariani thinks it’s a...
Down With Hippies
Jimmy FowlerSince we’re now drowning in coverage of the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, complete with international commemorative concerts by frail survivors, let me take the time to confess: Hippies have always annoyed me. Specifically, ...
Jon Bonnell on National TV
eric.griffeyTexas cuisine impresario Jon Bonnell is scheduled to cook up some of his signature dishes on CBS’s The Early Show in New York on Saturday August 22. The show airs from 6-8am, so set your alarm.