Articles for July 9th, 2009
American Airlines And Southwest Stymie Dallas High-Speed Rail?, Ctd.
Some think yes. Most say no. After the jump, three informative comments:
Wick Thinks Twitter Will Be Dead in Two Years. Does Oprah Agree?
I’m so confused. The D staffers continue to build our personal brands in the new social medium (follow me! @EricCeleste), even though Wick says every tweet costs him 2 cents in wasted salary. That’s because social media sites like Twitter are huge, and getting bigger, right? You can’t write about the new-media world without experiencing it, right? But now that Oprah has stopped tweeting … I dunno. Maybe Wick’s right. I’ll ask my tweeps what they think.
Possum Murder at Mesquite Summer Camp Being Investigated
No one is exactly sure what happened at Mesquite’s Camp Rorie Galloway, except that a possum and its young were killed by a 15-year-old camp counselor in front of a passel of young campers. A few stories are floating around, and a few different reasons — self defense, ignorance of how to handle a wild animal situation, terror — but no one is too concerned. At least about the possum: apparently, they’re considered “nuisance animals,” and castle doctrine applies; they can be killed if they’re on your property pretty much no matter what. Kind of a bizarre story.
Ford Shows Dallas Its Transit Connect, A Slimmed-Down Truck For Small Businesses
So what’s the next big thing in vehicles for small business? Ford contends it’s the new Transit Connect, a compact van/wagon the company’s bringing to the U.S. after seven years on the market in Europe. The automaker unveiled the light truck with the weird name to a group of Texas journalists today including a slimmed-down Jerry Reynolds, the ex-Ford mega-dealer turned radio car guy. (Jerry, who’s standing in the Transit Connect door in this photo, has lost 85 pounds thanks in part to Nutrisystem.) Ford even trotted out three local businesspeople who swear by its new little truck: Bronwen Weber of Frosted Art; Peter Ullrich of Freesia; and George Edwards of Four Seasons Decorations. Weber says she wants to replace her two Econoline vans with the 2010 Transit Connect, whose suspension is better suited to hauling around her high-end wedding cakes.
If You Think It’s Hot In North Texas, You Clearly Haven’t Been South
Yes, it’s hot today, but all told, the summer has been fairly mild in North Texas. Consider:
A “once-in-a-century” drought is baking a big swath of Texas, says John Nielsen-Gammon, state climatologist and a professor at Texas A&M University.
The drought is “zeroing out” crops and forcing ranchers to liquidate their herds. It’s also crimping summer recreation.
If that’s too much jargon you may prefer the take of vegetable grower and former Travis County district judge Harley Clark:
“It’s just damn unpleasant.”
The Coronation of Martellus Bennett, New-Media Superstar, Continues
Right here, via this hyperlink, is Dallas Cowboys backup tight end Martellus Bennett (aka Marty B, aka ‘Tellus, aka one-half of Moonshine Kids, aka Billy Ocean) on ESPN’s rarely watched First Take. Enjoy!
The Ticket Among Top Online Radio Programs, Ctd.
A cool-company-name-working FBvian asks:
Zac, are the two Ticket shows the only shows on that list that aren’t syndicated, or air nationally on NPR or the BBC?
After looking again at the rankings, I believe that is correct, yes. Well done, gang. Really, a lot of hustle.
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Release Fitness DVDs
I’ve never watched whatever the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders show on CMT is called. Maybe it’s just called that? I digress. That show, apparently, has led to this: three workout videos, whose particulars are listed post-jump. They’re available everywhere in October, but through the Cowboys pro shops (brick-and-mortar, and online) on August 4.
And it provided the footage that led to the photo you see here, because apparently I’m doing Tim’s job now. Send comments to him, not me, as he is the spiritual puppet master for this post.
Man Robs Metro PCS Store Two Days in a Row
He wasn’t really trying to hide that fact, either, as he announced, “You know why I’m here! Give me more phones!” And, really, can you blame him? It’s hard to decide between iPhones or BlackBerries. (I man BlackBerrys. I mean…I’m not sure what I mean.)
7-Eleven Celebrates 7-Eleven Day With Free Slurpees®
I believe the title is fairly self-explanatory, though to the calendar-impaired I will point out that 7-Eleven Day is on Saturday, July 11, aka 7/11. And there is tons more than you probably want or need after the jump, including news about some sort of live music giveaway.
Two Shows On The Ticket Among Top Internet Radio Programs
Yesterday the inaugural Radio Time.com Top 19 Programs list was released, measuring the most-listened-to radio shows online for the month of June. (Not sure why 19, though I am sure Eric Celeste likes the inexplicable nature of that number.) Anyhoo, two shows from Sportsradio 1310 The Ticket cracked the countdown — and at extremely appropriate spots. The Hardline, the afternoon-drive show now hosted by Mike Rhyner (of Petty Theft) and Corby Davidson, came in at No. 13. And at No. 10, you’ll find The Musers, the morning show helmed by George Dunham, Craig Miller, and Gordon Keith. That’s right, 13 and 10.
Sara’s Secret On Lovers Lane Knows How To Get Attention
This has to be my favorite Preston Hollow People headline ever:
Lingerie-Clad Models Cause Stir on Lovers
Alas, no photos. For the purient-minded, curious, or needy, here’s Sara’s website.
Restaurant Review/Essay: Bonathon on Stratos Greek Food in Dallas
Y’all remember Bonathon? The intern we dispatched to Vern’s last week? He wrote a review? You loved him? Yesterday, I made Bonathon eat Greek food at Stratos Greek Food in Dallas. Somehow he manages to work gerbils into his report.
Rick Perry Whomps Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ctd.
I think it’s pretty sweet that I got 7 percent. The next Zac Crain? Speaking.
American Airlines And Southwest Stymie Dallas High-Speed Rail?
That’s the conclusion of a FrontBurnvian who has studied the issue — and the routes:
Southwest Airlines has a strong lobby that opposes any such high-speed rail, particularly from Dallas to Houston, although they seem to be losing the battle as to their other major service routes out of Dallas Love Field. Having realized that, however, as I look at the map, it also strikes me that we Dallasites are not linked to the national rail system as a whole. All we can do is get to Little Rock, Tulsa, and Austin/San Antonio. If we could get to Houston, we could also then get all the way up the East Coast. Sounds like American Airlines is having better luck at lobbying against the rail out of Dallas than Southwest – and is sticking it to Southwest along the way.
Perhaps.
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