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Kinky Again?
Quite a few of us who enjoy Kinky Friedman’s brand of smart irreverence were disappointed in his 2006 run for the Texas governorship. It...
SANE Pets Barking At City Hall
For 15 long years I lived next to a rundown rent house in East Fort Worth and clashed with a steady flow of irresponsible...
Cowboys Tandem: Yin & Bang?
Stories circulating at the Dallas Cowboys training camp: Will Tony Romo finally win a playoff game? Will Marion Barber and Felix Jones carry the...
Weekender: Fri., Aug. 7, 2009
A friend of mine back home up north saw Motley Crüe a year or two ago when the legendary hair-metal band went through Pittsburgh...
Shack Attacks
This morning, I saw my first RadioShack TV commercial about its new nickname “The Shack.”
It was only 15 seconds long but almost put me...
Avoid The Chesapeake Chop
Cows are tough critters. If you don’t believe me, watch Rawhide.
Cows once walked on four legs across the toughest terrains imaginable in slushy winters...
Dinner Roll: Restaurant Round-Up…
... the abridged version. I usually like to do this on Fridays,...
Just Can’t Get Enough
As this week’s ”Eats” review attests, a burger shack – in this case, the downtown Jake’s location – needn’t commission a multi-million dollar ad...
Observations on the TABC Report
Having gone through the 32-page TABC report on their agents’ actions at the Rainbow Lounge, not much to report. The three agents did...









