RE: BUSH LIBRARY

At least we can hope the Bushbots get a better architect than the one who built the last president’s library, which fittingly looks like a mobile home beach house.

RE: VOTE

QBU–why would we want you to go to the House of Belo? Stay here, girl. But if I were them, I’d snatch you faster’n a hungry coyote grabbin’ a stray lamb chop.

RE: VOTE

Before the polls close, I would just like to say that I am not taking the job at the DMN unless Evan Grant is my associate editor. Roddddd, since you voted outside the family, why don’t you call your beer-drinkin’ bud Robbbbb and get a quote from him?

RE: BUSH LIBRARY

I’d like to see the economic impact LBJ’s library has had on Austin, if such a thing can be measured. My guess is that it’s minuscule, the political equivalent of building stadiums in barren downtowns to jump start urban growth. (Which is itself a politicized issue, but that’s another story.)

I think Bush is the worst president we’ve ever had. And I voted for the guy in 2000. Our city is already tied to one presidential tragedy; now, alas, we have two.

RE: BUSH LIBRARY

Um, the $47 billion was an exaggeration, Nancy. And Paul’s over here making remarks along the same lines. “Bush is a bad president. It’s an embarrassment for Dallas. Blah, blah, blah.” Fine. I’m not a huge fan of many things his administration has done either. But it has done some rather historic things. Historic things that–whether bad or good–will draw visitors and scholars to the library.

RE: VOTE

Timmy, just got back from DMN. Waited forever. Finally, some intern came down and said that nobody could see me cuz I didn’t have an appointment. Oh well, got to see lots of starlings in the park across the street. One question about the Bush library. Is that forty-seven billion a year a positive or negative impact? IJA.

RE: BUSH LIBRARY

Bully for SMU. And for Dallas. Forty-seven billion a year in economic impact? What’s it supposed to bring? I’m sure Rod is already anxious to go check out some books.

HEY, HOUSTON PRESS

Apparently the blog at New Times-owned Houston Press (same folks that own the DO) hasn’t noticed that we’ve outed their foodie Robb Walsh as a candidate to work at the Snooze. Or that he trails dismally (I voted for you, big guy!) in the crooked poll that we’re running over on the right side of this page (remember Zac Crain for mayor?).

But what we noticed is that the Houston blog site format is exactly the same as the one in Dallas, and that on the main page, one of the lead stories is from Fingers of Fury. Some fingers.

RE: BUSH LIBRARY

Seems there’s a bit of confusion. The SMU email said the library selection committee had approved the “next phase of planning discussions.” DMN is reporting that SMU is “likely [the] site for Bush library.” The Star-T says SMU is the “lone finalist.” Sounds like it’s a done deal. Except it isn’t.

CHRISTMAS GIFT

A 5-year-old boy named Logan Doyle knows what he wants for Christmas. He wants people to pray for Connor Cruse, his kindergarten classmate at Prestonwood Christian Academy. Connor has a rare form of cancer. Logan plans to track emails from people praying on a map and present it to Connor. Here is Logan’s email:

littlelion2019@yahoo.com

I’ve never met Connor but I know his dad, Tate. And I can’t think of a better Christmas gift that any of us could give than to share our prayers with Connor and his family. Thanks, Logan, for coming up with such a powerful idea. (And thanks to the Frontburnervian who heard Logan announce it on KLTY-FM this morning.)

RE: BUSH LIBRARY

Thanks to an email-forwarding FrontBurnervian, I can save both of us a trip. Here’s a head’s up on the big announcement:

December 21, 2006
TO: SMU Students, Faculty and Staff
FROM: R. Gerald Turner, President
It is my pleasure to inform you that Don Evans, Chairman of the George W. Bush Presidential Library Search Committee, notified us that SMU has been selected by the Committee for the next phase of planning discussions. These discussions will begin after the first of the year. We do not know how long these discussions will take. However, any significant announcement concerning the process will come from Chairman Evans. Today at 2:30 pm SMU is hosting a press availability to which Trustees and the campus community are invited. The press availability will be held in the Hughes-Trigg Ballroom. We are obviously delighted to have reached this final stage of the selection process.

RE: BUSH LIBRARY

I’ve been meaning to tell you this, Tim. You’re misspelling his name. It’s W-I-L-O-N-S-K-Y. You might want to program your spell-check or something.

RE: BUSH LIBRARY

Adam, get over there and “go live from campus.” We have to beat Wilonski on this one.

BUSH LIBRARY SMU-BOUND?

We may have an answer in but one hour. This note just came across the transom:

SMU will have an announcement for the media at 2:30 p.m. today, Dec. 21, in the ballroom of the Hughes-Trigg Student Center on campus. The speaker will be SMU President R. Gerald Turner.

WHEN: Thursday, Dec. 21, 2:30 p.m.

WHERE: Hughes-Trigg Student Center, 3140 Dyer St.
Ballroom, lower level

PARKING: Parking for trucks is available on the bricks west of the Hughes-Trigg student center.

Following the announcement, media wishing to go live from campus may do so by the flagpole on the main quad.

RE: AMAZING RACE

I did overlook Mary, darn it. Can’t add names on the fly, though. Sorry. The poll ends when we leave for the Monk today, kids, so get your votes in. And good luck on your interview, Nancy.

RE: VOTE

An Austin-livin’-bird-lovin’-opinionated FBFoodie sez:

The job is almost impossible to fill with one reviewer. The position warrants a high-brow AND a low brow point of view. I wouldn’t want the delicate high dollar pallette/gastrointestinal system of the gentrified restaurant reviewer to be tainted, nay contaminated, by the truck stop, greasy spoon, lunch buffet, taco hut, roach coach of gastronomy de-light where the rest of us (non-expense account having) folks eat. Or vice-versa. And, God forbid, someone needs to sample fast-food too (they do provide interns for the job, right?). Keep the fashionistas and face paint and suits in HP/UP/Preston/Uptown and Addison, send the hardhat/steel toes/cast iron stomach out to the ‘burbs and/or blue class/minority neighborhoods where working people eat and perhaps still buy newspapers (no offense to the working upper-mid class peeps).

Wow, that’s a more than a mouthful. Just vote, dude.

AMAZING RACE

Timmy, I have just received a write-in vote for Mary Brown Malouf. I’ll call you when I get back from my interview at the DMN this afternoon. Caio, Bello.

HOW TO DUMP A BODY IN BROAD DAYLIGHT AND NOT GET BUSTED

David Burrows is a local film producer we’ve mentioned before. He sends along some funny video he recently shot for a film he’s working on called Anger Management. Burrows says:

Here’s a clip from what happened on the set yesterday in Denton as we shot a flash-back segment–a Jack Ruby-inspired scene involving dumping of a ‘body’ off the old Alton bridge. I remember seeing a van drive by with shocked faces staring from inside. I laughed at first but had no idea that they would actually call 9-1-1 informing the Cornith and Denton police we were ‘dumping a body’ in broad daylight. I left to set up our next shoot and missed the fun. If you listen to the police officer explain, “Next time call dispatch and just tell us what you’re doing,” it would appear you could effectively pull off most any crime as long as you call ahead.

RE: PIMP GAME

Tiresome, gentlemen. Next topic.

RE: PIMP GAME

I didn’t inject race, Trey.

O RLY?

I don’t see pimping in the story, although he is black.

VOTE FOR THE NEW DMN FOOD CRITIC

Let’s go, kids. The poll is up at the top of the right nav bar.

RE: PIMP GAME

I didn’t inject race, Trey. It was in the formulation of your sentence and word choice. That you don’t acknowledge it is irrelevant, though characteristic. I could go on but will leave it to an FBvian who observes:

I mean, of COURSE he would have written that sentence had the guy been white. Of COURSE he would have. No DOUBT in my mind. [Are there enough caps to show my sarcasm? I can add more]

HEDGE FUND SHOWDOWN

Auto parts maker Delphi has been struggling. On Monday, an investor group came up with a plan to save it. Dallas’ Highland Capital, which owns 8.9 percent of Delphi, wasn’t a fan of the plan and wrote a letter that proposed another one. The Monday plan is in a judge’s hands.

Is it just me, or does it seem like lately hedge funds and private equity groups rule the world?

RE: PIMP GAME

Oh for heaven’s sakes Rod, it’s an expression for a man who has such control over a woman she defends him even when he hurts her. I don’t see why you have to bring color into it.

RE: PIMP GAME

“Pimp game?” Whatever else this guy has done, I don’t see pimping in the story, although he is black.

Let’s keep the white sheets and stereotypes off the blog.