Articles for April 28th, 2010
D Home Offers the Perfect Mother’s Day Gift for Irresponsible Dallas Children
You’re not 8 years old anymore. You can’t just cut a vaguely flower-shaped hole out of a piece of construction paper, tape it to a piece of cardboard, scribble “Happy Mother’s Day!” across the top, and consider your filial duty fulfilled. Mom really deserves better.
But what can you possibly give this year to assure her that the more than $200,000 she spent on raising you (not counting the money you continued to mooch once you headed off to college), was somehow worth it? Well, look no further than the following commercial announcement:
D Home, which for 10 years has been a great shining beacon among the nation’s “shelter” magazines, is marking its anniversary with an opportunity to give an annual subscription for the special price of $12. That’s six issues (plus the 2010 Design Book) for 60% off the cover price. Heck, buy one for your wife and your grandmother and your sister and crazy aunt Gladys while you’re at it.
AP: Texas May Not Gain as Many House Seats, Thanks to Paltry Census Returns
Census returns haven’t been coming in so great in Texas, the Associated Press reports. Instead of gaining the previously projected four House seats, the state may only get three.
But that’s still better than California, which may actually lose one.
Census workers head out door to door this weekend. Did you fill yours out, or are you waiting for the home delivery version?
7-Eleven’s Game Day Beer: A Taste Test
By now surely you’ve heard that 7-Eleven is coming out with its own brand of beer called Game Day. It’s true. It’ll cost somewhere around $8 for a 12-pack, depending. It’s not yet available in local stores (as far as I know), so I asked the kind folks at 7-Eleven to send me some. They complied with my request. The beer arrived today. I made it cold, and then I made my co-workers drink it. Laura went for the Game Day Light. Zac and I popped a Game Day Ice, which, according to the can, is “always traditionally brewed with only the freshest ingredients.” Here’s the conversation that ensued after our first sips.
ZAC: “It kinda tastes like Keystone.” [Ed: the folks at the San Fran Chronicle agree.]
TIM: “If it was hot and I was at the lake and someone was handing me Game Days, I’d drink as many as they handed to me.”
LAURA: “If it was cold and it was winter, I’d still drink as many of these as you’d hand to me. But would I pay for it? I don’t know. It makes you burp a lot.”
ZAC: “It reminds me of high school, where you got what you got. ‘Here’s 10 bucks. Get me whatever beer you can.’”
Laura’s point about the belching is salient. I agree. It’s strange. This beer makes you belch big-time. But is that stopping me from drinking it? No, it’s not. And Zac pretty much nailed it. Game Day = Keystone + gassy mouth.
Update: Laura just finished her Game Day Light and said, “I don’t think I like it anymore.” Then she got up from her desk — either to go belch in the ladies room or to get another Game Day Light from the fridge. I’m not sure which.
Fort Worth Cop Is Kind of a Bud
A couple of weeks ago, Fort Worth police officer Michael Buchanan was so allegedly intoxicated that he ran into a house. You may have read about it, and thought, “Man, what was he smoking?”
The answer? Well, there may be a hint here.
Rick Perry to Coyote: “Eat Lead,” Ctd.
So I need to ask a question of our gun-toting FrontBurnervians: is running with a weapon really a great idea? If you fall, isn’t there a potential for, um, shooting parts off? The kind of parts that make you more of a man than a gun will?
David Brown Is Dallas’ New Top Cop
I guess we’ve known since yesterday that he was going to get the nod. But now it’s official.
An Apology From ex-Ticket Employee Mike Bacsik
We told you this morning about Mike Bacsik getting canned for tweeting about “dirty Mexicans.” Now he has issued an apology. (Note: probably not safe for work, unless you work at home.)
What To Do in Dallas Tonight: April 28, 2010
Yes, this is a D event. But if you’ve been to a SideDish Supper Club before, you know how much fun they are. Food editor Nancy Nichols has a great one set up at Sevy’s Grill for tonight. The theme is “Mythbusters,” and three of the six courses are blind tastings. This means you can finally figure out if farm-raised salmon tastes better than wild-caught, and so on. The event is sold out, but you can put your name on the waiting list and cross your fingers. Nancy sez: “It’s the fish event of the season!”
(Oh-and we’ve seen her costume. We think this one might top the geisha girl).
Here’s another idea, for those of you who are young and/or open minded. Pretty Lights is playing at the Granada tonight, and people who know something about music tell me they have a similar sound to Girl Talk, a group everyone seems to be obsessed with. The music involves “sampling” from different songs, and Pretty Lights uses a lot of hip-hop and rap. It’s cool, at least that’s what they tell me. And it’s just $20.
More Wednesday events can be found here.
Huckabee Wary of Arizona Immigration Law
Unlike some of his fellow Republicans, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee isn’t a fan of Arizona’s tough new immigration law, which some would like to see adopted in Texas. States and localities shouldn’t have to do the feds’ job of protecting the borders, the former GOP presidential candidate said here yesterday. Previously he said that Hispanics are right to be “offended” at the prospect of being stopped indiscriminately in Arizona and asked for documentation.
In Dallas to address a pro-life dinner sponsored by the Missouri-based Vitae Foundation, Huckabee listened as a reporter pointed out that, under the new Arizona law, police have to have stopped a person for some legitimate apparent legal violation–they call it “lawful contact”–before asking for his or her immigation papers. So, what’s wrong with that? “If there’s probable cause, then I think they’re off the hook,” Huckabee said. “I still think there’s some concern that somebody could just come up and say, ‘Can I see your documents?’ “
Rick Perry to Coyote: “Eat Lead”
This is a little off topic, but I can’t resist. I’ve never been a huge fan of Rick Perry’s — until now. Did you know that he jogs with a laser-sighted pistol loaded with hollow-point bullets? And that he’s not afraid to use it? If this story is true — and the Associated Press really does need to track down the carcass to be sure — then you can now count me as a Perry supporter. That’s Texas!
PS: We’ve got an early leader in the clubhouse for the cover of Texas Monthly’s annual Bum Steer Awards issue.
Kelcy Warren Scoops Up Mega Colorado Ranch, Biggest Private Real Estate Deal in U.S.
Oh, how we love the oil natural gas bidness. Details on DallasDirt.
Sammons Park Designer Talks About Why No One Goes There (Yet)
If you spend anytime downtown, do yourself a favor and read Peter Simek’s Q&A with Deb Mitchell, one of the principal designers of the park that sits between the Wyly and the Winspear. David Dillon, in the Dallas Morning News, has said the elevation difference between to the two buildings and the stairs it necessitates is a real problem with the park. Mitchell’s response to that? “We found the Wyly was high, but the Winspear was low. We discovered that in 2005, so it’s not like we never saw it, like we’re too dumb and we didn’t see it.”
Leading Off (4/28/10)
1. Ticket 1310 producer Mike Bacsik was fired late yesterday for drunken tweets he made referring to “dirty Mexicans” after the Mavs lost to the Spurs earlier in the week. Here’s the thing: nearly every Ticket host could be fired if you transcribed the choicest words that have come out of their mouths on the air. I’m not saying what Bacsik tweeted was funny or ought to be overlooked. But I am saying if Gordon Keith had tweeted something similar, it WOULD have been funny, and he would not have been fired. So that was Bacsik’s biggest mistake: not being Gordon Keith. That and the record-setting meat ball he served up to Barry Bonds, which every story about his Twitter boner has mentioned.
2. If I told you that police investigating a murder scene in Lewisville found a chainsaw still running when they got there, would you want to read more? I wouldn’t blame you.
3. Okay, what if I told you that some bar patrons in The Colony chased down a guy after he slit a man’s throat?
4. Don Hill got 18 years, but Terri Hodge only got 12 months? I’m lousy with questions on this Wednesday.
5. But I’ve got just one more: hey, Rick Carlisle, why did it take you this long to sit Dampier and run Butler all night? Cause even a drunk-ass Mike Bacsik could have told you that you should have done that before the series with the Spurs got out of hand. Anyway, good win last night.
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