A PR-working FrontBurnervian notes that KERA’s Think (the TV version) is all over the space conference. She passes along the program notes for the 6/1 episode:
We’ll talk about shielding the Earth from space with Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart, who now serves as Chairman of the Board of the B612 Foundation. The foundation champions the protection of Earth from future asteroid impacts.
That episode will also feature an interview with my friend Nicole Small to talk about the Dallas Museum of Nature and Science. I doubt Krys Boyd asked Small how to protect the planet from asteroids, but I bet she could come up with an answer. (She = smart.)
In case you hadn’t heard, Rupert Murdoch wants to buy the WSJ. But (most of) the Bancroft family doesn’t want to sell it to him. The presumed swing vote, Dallas’ Christopher Bancroft, recently voiced his opinion:
“I’m open to any situation that benefits The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones and its shareholders. At the moment, I don’t see anything that would do that.”
As you may have read in the print edition of FB this month or seen here, the fine folks at the Belmont Hotel were scheduled to play The Princess Bride—also known as yours truly’s favorite flick growing up—in this evening’s edition of B Reel at the Belmont. But a quick call to the hotel revealed some very bad news: legal issues have kept them from showing Westley and Princess Buttercup tonight. Instead, margarita-drinking (hopefully not rain-soaked) movie lovers will be, um, treated(?) to this. To which we can only say: Inconceivable!
Mike Orren points out that one law voted on does affect us at FB central:
The Lege actually got one thing done that nominally affects D Magazine. According to the new anti-sunshine bill, you’re no more media than we are and we’re no more than a kid with a MySpace blog.
Huh. Whadya know?
Notice to our lawyers: Giddyup.
I was out of town over the weekend and missed many things. I missed each and every one of you, for instance. And I also missed the International Space Development Conference that just took place in Dallas. As one might imagine, people who attended were people who blog, so I can catch up on the goings-on online. For instance, thanks to Alan Boyle, I know that John Carmack at Armadillo Aerospace is going gangbusters. (If you read the July 2006 issue of DallasCEO, you’d probably guess that about him.) Also, thanks to Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit, I know that the space conference is getting more respect/interest from the money types as evidenced by the increased number of attractive women in attendance. Also, I learned the space bubble is expected to hit about two years from now. Good to know.
Dallas led Texas in job creation for the month of April, according to the latest stats from the Dallas Fed, with employers adding 6,500 new jobs, very few of them involving selling oranges at intersections or signing up three people under you to sell mangosteen juice. Especially good news for both the commercial real estate industry and striped shirt retailers — the bulk of the jobs were in the professional/business services and financial sectors.
The finals of the 24-Hour Video Race are tonight at the Angelika. For $3, you get to see 27 five-minute videos (each created in 24 hours). The first of five categories begins screening at 6:10, and it’s scheduled to conclude at 10. Come and go as you please. Among your “celebrity” judges for the evening will be yrs trly and none other than the future Mrs. Kix, Sonya Castex. Should be a good time.
Update: Except I just received an e-mail from Paul saying that Sonya is sick. Perhaps bronchitis. He’s taking her to see a doc. So unless she rallies, no Sonya tonight.
1. Not good news nationally if you’ve got a home for sale.
2. While we were gone, the Legislature didn’t get much accomplished except a fussin’ and a feudin’.
3. The Texas Rangers now have the worst record in baseball.