Articles for June, 2009

Another Scene From the Apocalypse

A mayhem-avoiding FrontBurnervian sends this pic from the road, taken at Henderson and Belmont.mayhem

posted by Tim Rogers | June 11th, 2009 10:11am | filed under Local News |

Turtle Creek Is Just a Tad Swollen

If Turtle Creek looks like this, I wonder how those Trinity levees are holding up right now.

posted by Tim Rogers | June 11th, 2009 9:42am | filed under Local News |

Flooding at White Rock

These pictures are terrible. You’ll forgive me. But the north end of White Rock is a mess. Buckner is under water.

posted by Tim Rogers | June 11th, 2009 9:03am | filed under Local News |

Leading Off (6/11/09)

1. Some guy is suing Match.com. There’s a joke to be made here. Something about bad dates. But I just can’t get my head around it.

2. The second comment, by “Ivan,” to this story about the city settling with people who were attacked by Jabari the gorilla is why we turned off comments. (Update: the comment has been taken down.)

3. More revelations about the collapse of the Cowboys’ practice facility. Turns out that when the team hired Summit Structures to build the facility, it knew that a similar structure built by the company in Philadelphia had collapsed in a storm. I’m no legal expert, but I don’t see how that will help the Cowboys in court when the lawsuits are eventually filed.

posted by Tim Rogers | June 11th, 2009 8:30am | filed under Local News |

For All You Men Out There Who Are Man Enough To Get a Facial

Here’s how you get one for free.

posted by Jennifer Chininis | June 10th, 2009 10:57pm | filed under Events, Giveaways |

Dallas Group Launches Radio TIVO Application

So now I can record my favorate radio programs like I do with TV. Big-time radio guy (KLIF, etc) Dan Halyburton leads the venture.

posted by Wick Allison | June 10th, 2009 4:13pm | filed under Media |

Dallas County Gets Hosed On Stimulus Dollars

Here’s a handy little interactive map of where federal stimulus transportation funds are going.  Just to save you scrolling time, I hit the top metro counties in Texas. Harris (Houston): $300,457,587. Tarrant (Fort Worth/Arlington): $259,587,715. Travis (Austin): $105,946,789. Bexar (San Antonio): $68, 176,707. And Dallas? A measly $35,475,827. Chump change.

posted by Wick Allison | June 10th, 2009 2:56pm | filed under Local News |

Back to You, Tim

posted by Eric Celeste | June 10th, 2009 2:33pm | filed under Local News |

National Review’s Pick For Texas Attorney General

AG candidate Ted Cruz has friends at NR. First, Mark Hemingway wrote an effusive piece in the May 4th print edition. Then, Jay Nordlinger chipped in with a long and oddly rambling post on the website. Unfortunately, neither one of them can vote for him.

posted by Wick Allison | June 10th, 2009 2:16pm | filed under Politics |

Raise Some Cash for Cash, Hal Samples’ Bulldog

I wrote about Hal Samples a few times while I was at the Observer, and we’ve been friends since then. So I’ve around been Hal’s constant companion, a sweet bulldog named Cash, a ton of times. She’s been really sick lately, and is about to start chemotherapy. Vet bills and so on have left the two of them cash strapped, so there is a fund-raising shindig tonight at Hal’s studio, SPACE. Hit the link and you’ll find out about the art for sale, and without you having to go anywhere else, I’ll let you know that Robert Gomez and Sarah Jaffe are playing. 2814 Main in Deep Ellum. Starts at 7.

posted by Zac Crain | June 10th, 2009 2:01pm | filed under Animals, Events |

Cleburne Quakes, Act II: The Suspense Builds

I really need Zac Crain to cast this Cleburne quake movie, but I’ll give it a shot. (Working Title: Terror Tremors.) Right now, Dr. Brian Stump (Jeff Goldblum), an SMU geological sciences professor, is taking 10 portable doohickeys to measure a quake’s epicenter. I’m sure he and his team, starring plucky SMU student Ashley Howe (Mandy Moore), will discover just how dangerous the situation really is. (With the help of a mysterious West African seer, played by Djimon Hounsou.) Somehow they convince the stubborn, wily, big-hearted Johnson County Sheriff, Bob Alford (J.T. Walsh), that the city needs to be evacuated. That’s when the evil government suit (Chris Pine, miscast) shuts down the entire operation. The ground begins to rumble, and … c’mon, this writes itself, people.

Update: Wes Mantooth points out that J.T. Walsh is very dead. He suggests John Goodman. Zac, where are you?

posted by Eric Celeste | June 10th, 2009 1:58pm | filed under Local News |

Neiman, Ctd.

Wick beat me to it, but my headline was better.

posted by Eric Celeste | June 10th, 2009 11:42am | filed under Local News |

Neiman Marcus Holds On To Elegant, Stylish Effin Hat

Same-store sales (my ska band name, btw) down 25 percent in fiscal third quarter. No problem, though. Don’t worry about it. We’re just playing economic rope-a-dope. About to come out swinging aaaaany minute now.

posted by Eric Celeste | June 10th, 2009 11:38am | filed under Hold On To Your Effin Hat, Local News, Shopping |

Neiman’s Reports $3.1 Million Loss For Quarter

Revenue nosedived. Same-store sales in its third quarter fell 20.8%.

posted by Wick Allison | June 10th, 2009 11:28am | filed under Business |

An Open Letter To @RogerStaubach

Sir, you were my hero growing up. And I see your Twitter account was opened in March. I have only one question: What are you waiting for? Tweet me, Rog. Tweet me now.

posted by Eric Celeste | June 10th, 2009 11:26am | filed under Local News |
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