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Female Texas Rangers Fan Asked To Take Off Her Shirt

Sadly, it’s more ridiculous than salacious. According to this Dallas Morning News story, a Carrollton couple attended the Yankees/Rangers game on Tuesday. The lovely lady was psyched about wearing her 19th wedding anniversary present:  a “Yankees Suck” t-shirt. Too bad security asked her to change because “The Texas Rangers organization considers that shirt to be profane.” “Two things here: 1) Is “sucks” really that offensive? and 2) A t-shirt after 19 years of marital bliss? That kind of, well, sucks.

You Should Follow Mark Cuban on Twitter

Or so says Advertising Age. He made the list of 25 media people worth following on Twitter. Perhaps Laura Kostelny will make the next one.

D Art Slam Preview Party: A Photo Gallery

According to Tim, the VIP party last night for D Art Slam at f.i.g. was good times. Our sometime staff photographer Matthew Shelley snapped these shots at the soiree; our queen staff photographer, Elizabeth Lavin, was among the artists-in-mingling. To see more, stay with me after the jump. (more…)

D Art Slam and the New Dallas Nine

Last night’s VIP party at f.i.g. for the D Art Slam was good times. Alan Peppard was there. So, you know. That’s pretty much all that needs to be said, right? Nonetheless, I’m going to say more. Many thanks to John Sughrue and Lyle Burgin. And also to the f.i.g. staff and Lauren Christensen (who is funny even if her husband doesn’t think so). If you don’t know who these people are, Peppard will explain everything in his column. Also thanks to the folks who juried the show: Chris Byrne, Richard Davis, Eddy Rawlinson, Dan Rizzie, and Gail Sachson. The judges also picked the New Dallas Nine.

What’s the New Dallas Nine, you ask? Surely you know about the original Dallas Nine. Right, that. Well, ours is new. And they are, in really no particular order (really): Shane Pennington, William Young, Sunny Jacquet, Joshua Stone, David Leonard, Pamela Chance, Rich Morgan, Kathleen Wilke, and Jennifer Jones. Their work will be published in an upcoming issue of D Magazine.

Let’s see. Did I leave anything out? Oh, yeah. Thanks to my date last night, Laura Kostelny. You left your dress at my house.

The Slam goes through the weekend. If you’re in the market, you’ll find works from 150 artists. If you just want to look, you’ll also find work from 150 artists. Have fun.

DISD Saga, Ctd.

A hoops-lovin’ FBvian makes some points for reading with your eyes:

I agree the TEA might deserve some heat. But again, I think the DISD messed up the initial funding issue.

1. When the TEA informed DISD in Feb about the inequitable funding, did someone at DISD HQ (like the supe?) not know enough to red flag it and say, “Whoa, hey, this has always been OK. It’s court ordered. We have no choice in this matter. Are you sure we’re talking about the same funding?” Those questions/issues should have been resolved in a few days.

2. The school board is taking a page from the city council’s playbook: divide, don’t unite. With single-member districts, the only way to get anything done is the “I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine” approach. Which means board/council members have to go around and make deals. I know, I know. That’s politics. But it pits one against the other. And it has gotten this city and this school district in a bottomless pit of sewage.

DISD Saga: Clarifying Some Points

In fairness, I should say exactly why I think this was such a debacle for the district, and spread some blame around, because it needs to be spread.

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Mockingbirds to Dallas Cops: DUCK!

I lifted that headline from this story on the Channel 5 worldwide website about two mockingbirds who have been dive-bombing officers for about a month.

(Also, just want to say that those folks running the NBC5 website know how to have fun. They have a headline or story or do something that shows a good sense of humor every few days.)

Leading Off (5/29/09)

1. After 1 a.m. this morning, the DISD board finally called clock on itself and voted 5-4 to make the controversial staff cuts to the learning centers and magnet schools, with the exceptions of Townview (TAG) and Travis. I’ve been busy with the print product and couldn’t really comment on this issue like I would have liked. Suffice to say that, even though I understand it’s more complicated behind the scenes, and there are some people at the schools affected telling the public one thing and district officials another, I still think this was handled poorly, was unnecessary, and showed a lack of leadership by the board and Michael Hinojosa.

2. Mark Cuban sued the SEC, saying it is holding back documents needed in his insider trading trial. I believe these documents have to do with how much he hates referees. I maybe didn’t read this too closely.

3. Richardson’s The Living Opera has canceled its 2009 season three weeks before it was to begin to hold on to its effin’ hat. It hopes to perform in 2010, meaning, of course, the fat lady has not yet sung. (Sorry. So sorry.)