Articles for December, 2008
How Many Suits Does Tom Leppert Own?
Laura Miller had a pin-striped suit she was partial to. So does Tom Leppert. Every big-time event he attends, I think he wears the same duds. No? Here’s his look from the Big D NYE (shot from my TV, if that gives you an idea of how many going-out suits I own).
FrontBurner For Your Ears (Sorta): Kiddie Edition
I could post a picture I just took of an orange-crowned warbler, but I’m not in the mood to get blasted by anti-birding comments. Instead, I put forth a (poor quality) video I took of two of my five perfect nieces, Mia and Katie, who sat on my couch and, unprovoked, burst into song singing (a capella) “Tape of Love” by Flight of the Conchords. To me, it was just one of the many special moments in our family holiday season. To you, it may just be a waste of time. But here goes. Ladies and gentlemen, two of my five perfect nieces. (Hi, LK!)
Happy New Year
Here’s hoping your 2009 goes like my 2008 is ending right now: alone, with no one to play with, cold, and frustrated with your inconsistency and lack of focus. Oh. Wait. That didn’t come out the way I meant it to.
Happy new year, everyone. If you’re running out the clock, here’s a time-wasting question: what are you doing for New Year’s Eve?
Medical Examiner: Jeanmarie Geis Killed Herself
The medical examiner said today that Jeanmarie Geis committed suicide. In a post to this blog earlier today, a commenter wrote:
Now is the time to ask why the Dallas Police Department didn’t think Child Protective Services should be consulted after the series of odd police reports.
This case raises a lot of questions. I hope we’ll get them answered in the coming weeks. But how do we know that DPS didn’t consult with CPS? Let’s be careful with the speculation.
Update: Our own Josh Hixson includes in his report the salient stuff about Eric Hansen, the man romantically involved with Jeanmarie.
Calling All Pets Has Made Its Last Call — Thank God
KERA is making some adjustments to its TV and radio lineups. For the full release, jump. But one change in particular thrills me: the insufferable Calling All Pets, which aired on Friday afternoons at 1, has been axed. Lest you think the programmers at KERA have made a New Year’s resolution to stop airing insufferable programs, the move was forced on them when Wisconsin Public Radio, producers of CAP, killed their own syndicated show. Replacing it on KERA will be something that sounds very NPR: A Way With Words, described as “a lively and informative discussion and Q&A program about language.” The grammar police that lurk in our comments section are, I’m sure, thrilled.
Rawlins Gilliland On A “Glass Half Full”
Our star commentator — whose life may have been the inspiration of Forrest Gump — reflects on the New Year.
Leading Off (12/30/08): Good News Holiday Edition
1. U.S. home prices have fallen by a record 18 percent from October last year. In Dallas, though? Only a 3 percent drop. By my math, then, things in Dallas suck 15 percent less hard than everywhere else!
2. Over here, Dave Levinthal is asking people to vote on the most effective Dallas City Council member. So far, Angela Hunt is in the lead with three votes. That’s three people who took the time to vote!
3. A fan showed up yesterday at Valley Ranch to protest the lack of effort from the Cowboys. He got into a scuffle with Bradie James, who allegedly and perhapsedly broke the fan’s sunglasses. As James optimisticly noted: “[I]t just goes to show you are the heart of the city. When we lose, people take it personally.” Someone cared enough to protest!
Santa Was Good to Adam
Here’s a shot of Adam trying to figure out how to use his favorite Xmas gift, a Ripstick. No injuries. So far.
Tom Craddick Out As Texas House Speaker?
Democrats say they have the votes. Now the question is, which Republican will they throw them to?
“The Evaporation Of The American Newspaper”
I don’t know how many more of these pre-obituaries I can stand to read, but Joe Duggan has a good historical perspective. Also, I like the use of the word “evaporation” because it summarizes just how quickly this disaster has befallen the once-mighty monopolies of news.
Stephen Quinn Has A Bright Idea
I’m late in posting this. TCU’s professor of economics was included in the year’s roundup of best ideas by the NYTimes Magazine a couple of weeks ago for his proposal on how to handle the securitization mess. Out of the thousands of economists throwing out their pet solutions to the problems of the economic collapse, Quinn was the only one featured.
Bush Library To Be “White Elephant”?
Here’s a rather odd piece from yesterday’s Times of London by one Sarah Baxter. She intimates but does not say that the SMU library project is having difficulty raising its $300 million goal, wonders if it will be a white elephant because of the secrecy laws imposed by Bush, then introduces a quote that says all presidential libraries are white elephants.
Former DMN Restaurant Critic Waltrina Stovall Died on Tuesday
Teresa Gubbins reports Waltrina Stovall, former restaurant critic for the Dallas Morning News, died on Tuesday at Baylor Medical Center. She was 71. Waltrina’s voice in the food-writing community will be missed–she was straightforward and never shy to tell you how she really felt. Teresa was a long-time colleague and friend of Waltrina’s. For more, read Teresa’s story.
The Year in Music: Part 3
In 2008, nothing was as awesome as this.
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