Articles for November 8th, 2010
Go See Ronald Omyonga Talk About the HabiHut
Who is Ronald Omyonga? He’s the guy who created the HabiHut. What’s the HabiHut? The thing Ronald Omyonga created. Okay, fine. Watch the cool video below, then jump for the full release. If you’re pressed for time, I’ve separated out the key details:
Omyonga will speak on “Equitable Design: A Holistic Solution to Housing” at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, in the Vester Hughes Auditorium, Room 147 of Caruth Hall, at 3101 Dyer Street on the SMU campus. A panel discussion will follow the lecture, examining questions such as the role of the international community and how the equitable housing movement is developing in Kenya.
It’s free and open to the public, should you want to go. Now the video:
Exclusive Wade Phillips Photo
Must credit me/us: Now former Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips putting on a brave face for local law enforcement on his last day.
Wade Phillips Fired, Etc., Ctd.
Now that this is actually happening, I think what I will miss most of all is Fake Jerry Jones talking to Fake Wade Phillips on The Ticket. And by that I mean, of course, the only thing I’ll miss.
Wade Phillips Fired; Jason Garrett Hired; Cowboys Still Unspeakably Awful
Just learned most of that on Twitter. Developing.
The Cowboys Gave LeBron James a Sad
Big Cowboy’s fan LeBron James said he couldn’t stomach watching any more of last night’s game, and changed the channel, opting for some Eastbound and Down.
Dirk Nowitzki Just Got His Hair Cut
I am sad. The long-haired Dirk made my loins burn. I wanted to run my fingers through his sweaty, golden German locks. But then he went and cut them all off. First Christina McLarty goes and gets married. Now this.
Matt Kelley Starts Petition for Perry Question
Tonight, Gov. Rick Perry hits The Daily Show to talk about his book, Fed Up. Change.org’s Matt Kelley has started a Twitter petition to get Jon Stewart to ask Perry to explain further a statement he made about Anthony Graves’ exoneration proving the justice system in Texas is working, and how it relates to the Cameron Todd Willingham case.
Kelley says:
When Perry appears on the Daily Show Nov. 8, Jon Stewart should ask him how this shows that the system is working, and whether the system was working when Cameron Todd Willingham was executed in 2004.
H/T: Grits for Breakfast
Things to Do in Dallas Tonight: Nov. 8
I’d like to thank coffee and chocolate for making this post possible today. Hurray for stimulants! Anyway, if today is your birthday (happy birthday, Dad) you are a Scorpio, and your horoscope is as follows:
“Try not to worry too much about how abstract principles are affecting the nuts and bolts of your life — you need to just go along with it all and make sure that you’re more or less where you want to be.” “Where you want to be” – that just happens to be my purview, brothers and sisters. Jump with me to learn more.
Nashville Chilly to Gay Singer Chely Wright
Chely Wright, who this year became the first prominent C&W artist to openly declare her homosexuality, says public reaction to her decision by the Nashville establishment has been muted at best. A number of country performers “supported me immediately in private, but only two have come forward publicly: Mary Chapin Carpenter and SHeDAISY,” Wright said at a reception Saturday at Dallas’ Black Tie Dinner, a big annual gay fundraiser where she was given the Media Award. “Nevertheless, I’m happy. It was a good decision for me.”
The 40-year-old Wright (pictured in photo by Jeanne Prejean) said she’d known she was a lesbian since she was 9. But she dated guys including C&W star Brad Paisley and scored a big hit called “Single White Female” (”Lookin’ for a Man Like You”) before coming out in May. She blamed Nashville’s reticence about her announcement on the record-label bosses–and she’s probably right. If so, though, you have to wonder whether the “suits” aren’t badly misreading the willingness of country fans to accept gay artists, especially those fans in their teens, 20s and 30s.
Christina McLarty Weds Joe “Girls Gone Wild” Francis
I report (or I link, anyway). You decide.
Dallas: Behind the Times When It Comes to Urban Planning
Last week I attended the Metromorphosis conference staged by the Dallas Planning Council. The theme for the all-day affair was “Dallas’ Post-Recession Renaissance.” There was a lot of talk about what Dallas needs to do to become a world-class city (cough, cough). I meant to put up a post about my thoughts on all that, but the end of the week got away from me, and now I’m glad I didn’t. Because I couldn’t have said it better than Tamar Wilner, a writer I met at the gig. Tamar came to our fair shores from London. She writes about urban planning and renewable energy. She doesn’t have a driver’s license (or a car). And she wasn’t terribly impressed with where Dallas is in its march toward becoming — COUGH, SPUTTER — a world-class city.
Just Who the Heck Does Patrick Kennedy Think He Is Anyway?, Ctd.
I don’t have the entire list in front of me — as Tim likely burned it immediately, and with good reason — but before we settled on Urban Affairs (which, to be fair, I do believe he came up with), one of the titles Tim wrote down for serious consideration was: We Built This City.
Zac and Tim’s Plan to Save the Cowboys’ Season
It’s simple, really. And it’s brilliant: Jerry Jones should fire Wade Phillips and Jason Garrett today. Then he should coach the team himself. We’re not kidding. Listen, no coach would take this team mid-season. Besides which fact, Jerry doesn’t want to hire an expensive coach because there likely won’t be football next season, and he doesn’t want to waste the money. So he should do it himself. The team isn’t going to perform worse, right? And the move would be the talk of the NFL for the remainder of the season. I mean, what if Jerry stepped in — all dudded up in NFL gear on the sidelines, wearing the headset — and actually won a game? Can you imagine the media tsunami that would create? People would tune in to watch that. They’d buy tickets.
Jerry, please. It’s time.
Just Who the Heck Does Patrick Kennedy Think He Is, Anyway?
Careful readers of the magazine noticed that we debuted a new columnist in our November issue. The column is called Urban Affairs, and a fellow named Patrick Kennedy writes it. In his first installment, Patrick tackled Dallas’ parking problem. I’ve heard from a couple people who’ve asked who, exactly, Patrick is. I can’t answer that question. I’ve only known him for a few months. But I can tell you approximately who he is. Patrick runs a blog called Walkable DFW. He’s semi-famous for not owning a car. And, besides that, he is a partner in the planning and design firm Space Between Design Studio, where he is Director of Development Quality and Livability Consulting. He is on the board of directors of the North Texas chapter of the Congress of New Urbanism. So there.
Joe Biden Visited Cleburne Saturday
Alternate Headline: Two Things That Happened in Cleburne Over the Weekend That Are Probably Not Related
Vice President Joe Biden came to Cleburne by surprise Saturday, to attend the nuptials of a staffer. Then Sunday, this happened. Like I said, probably not related. Probably. I mean, nobody’s checked for sure on the correlation of seismic activity and surprise vice presidential travel. It could just be that Biden was too much for Cleburne, and he made the earth move for every single person there. Conversely, it could also be that the earth was trembling in relief that he left.
But just in case, maybe we should do a story on seismic activity and surprise vice presidential travel. But I call not it.
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