According to his Twitter feed (@rhettmiller), the Old 97’s frontman will have a role in the season finale. Follow his feed for tweets from the set.
Can I bum a cigarette?
(Kidding.)
For those of you who have quit smoking — which I am attempting now, aided and abetted by Nicorette — what worked for you?
Allen Gwinn owns a lot of URLs. You know him best for Dallas.org. But he also owns DallasISD.com, DallasPolice.org and “a whole bunch of other names” that he points to Dallas.org. Yesterday for Dallas.org, he spent about eight hours at Dallas ISD headquarters, monitoring a board meeting (the fruits of his efforts are still ripening, and it’s an important question he’s raising about the wisdom of a large contract to lease computers from Dell). But also yesterday, Gwinn raised another question: what should he do with all those URLs? He’s fairly well set on giving up his watchdog hobby next year. Don’t blame him. So if you’ve got a suggestion, let him know.
1. Police are trying to catch a carjacker (or carjackers) who targets women in the Mockingbird-Abrams/M Streets area. He struck again Wednesday, and the area elementary schools (Stonewall and Lee) went into lockdown. Each attack took place within about a mile or so of my house. [Calling Trey again, taking him up on offer to arm and train me.]
2. Apparently, there’s been a problem with people being sued by their parents, who are trying to gain custody of their grandchildren, usually stemming from the decision to homeschool the little ones. A new law introduced by a North Texas legislator aims to make it harder for grandparents to do this. Meanwhile, I aim to pitch this scenario as a hilarious new Judd Apatow-style comedy vehicle starring Dane Cook and Billy Bob Thornton, tentatively titled Home Screwed.
3. And, the smoking ban takes effect today. Zac is using it as an excuse to try to quit smoking again. Look for some testy posts from him throughout, oh, the rest of his life.