Not sure if you heard, but we’re having a little shindig tonight. Eric is currently maintaining that he plans to have no more than three drinks over the course of three hours. That’s one more drink and hour since his declaration at noon Tuesday. Tim’s betting his mortgage on the over. Advanced wagers are being accepted on what Eric will say and to whom after, say, 10 p.m., how long before his bearish bare chest makes its first appearance for the night, who he will get into a fistfight with, and where on premise he will pass out. Betting windows are open.
Back in April, while the May issue of DallasCEO—with Match.com CEO Jim Safka on the cover—was still on newsstands, Safka was promoted by parent company IAC to head up a new, as-yet-unnamed project. At the time, our own Paul Kix referred to it as the “CEO bump.”
Now, EDS’s Ron Rittenmeyer, who graced the January cover along with then-CEO Michael Jordan, has been promoted to CEO of the company, effective immediately. IJS.
Crisis manager Chris Anderson at Dallas’ The Marketing Arm released a press release (as opposed to keeping it a secret, I guess) with some words of wisdom for Atlanta Falcon and alleged dog-fighting entrepreneur Michael Vick. The Smoking Gun has a copy of the indictment that has Vick in hot water. According to Anderson, the allegations will present Vick with a “reputational burden” for years, no matter his guilt or innocence. Hmm. Ya think? My advice to Vick is plain and simple. First, get a time machine…
Full disclosure: I glibly like to say that the only thing I read is my own writing, but that’s not entirely true. I ran across Merten’s piece as I was doing my nightly Google vanity search.
Folks, given that we have a Best of Big D party tonight, I’m likely to be firing on three cylinders tomorrow morning. So, you folks at the Morning News, would you be sure to e-mail me the Belo earnings release that will be issued at 7:30 in the a.m., so I can blog it? I’m terribly afraid I’m going to forget, because that just sounds so early.
I’m a little too ashamed to be working with you to post “Leading Off” right now, thank you very much.
Has nothing to do with me spending my morning making sure the gold tie and pocket square I purchased for tonight’s party really match. I suggest you go and buy yourself some tickets, kids. It’s almost 9 a.m., for heaven’s sake.
Over on Dallas Blog, a fellow named Sam Merten accuses me of being unethical. Why? You’ll have to read his post, but it has to do with something I said to an SMU class, the way I speculated about TrinityVote’s efforts, and The Monday Morning Haiku.
When Trey alerted me to this post, I was worried. But then I saw it for myself and was relieved. Because from the picture of me that Merten posted, you can’t even tell I’m going bald.