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Busted
There was a knock on the door, and Callie answered it. It was the mail carrier dropping off a package. Normally, the delivery person...
Cleaning Out The Fishbowl… Again.
Low incomes, theft, drug sales, and prostitution are problems any forgotten community might face. The issues don’t end there for Ash Crescent, the new...
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Stacy Bailey’s Still Out in Mansfield
The Mansfield school district is teaching an important civics lesson to its students: Cowardice has no place in administration. Fourth grade art teacher Stacy...
Music
Johndavid Bartlett’s Second Life
The lava-lamp and drug-hazed phenomena of psychedelic rock exploded across America’s cultural consciousness during the latter half of the ’60s, and Texas inexplicably found...
The Crystal Furs’ Twee
Let me go ahead and get this out of the way: I absolutely loath “twee pop” – the phrase, not the music. I enjoy...
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Please Drive Thru
I’m not a huge fan of fast food for two main reasons: 1.) I’m not 9 years old, and 2.) I don’t want to...
Not So Fast Food
Let’s play a quick word association game. When I say “Pantego,” what are the first words that pop into your head? I’m guessing for...
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Last Call
Booze & Bites at B&B Butchers
Friends are invariably asking me for bar and restaurant recommendations by throwing out random sets of facts about a total stranger. The routine generally...
Blotch
On Tap in Fort Worth: HopFusion Beers Abound
Terms like “saturation” and “tightening market” abound in craft beer discussions these days, but those are distant worries for HopFusion Ale Works co-founder and...
Top 5 Shows 4/20-4/21: “420 Weekend” Edition
1) Welp, it’s weed day, and holy shit, Sleep has a new album out! It’s called The Sciences, and it’s available for streaming and...
Goat Yoga? You’re Kidding Me.
I was half awake when I saw the new entry on our refrigerator calendar – April 15, GOAT YOGA!
“I got us tickets,” my lovely...
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I Feel Pretty: Witty and Bright
I'll admit I was skeptical about whether Amy Schumer's comedy would translate to the PG-13 context of her latest film I Feel Pretty, especially...
Big Fish & Begonia: Fly Like a Dolphin
Ten years ago, Kung Fu Panda came out in China, and while audiences there loved the story of animals who were martial arts warriors,...
A Quiet Place: Silence = Life
I've experienced many movies whose visuals needed to be seen on the big screen, but A Quiet Place is the first one that needs...
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