Articles for January 22nd, 2011

Facebook Post of the Day: Adam Pitluk

Adam is the executive editor of American Way magazine.

Court Monday: Me vs. State Trooper David Nerling, Bdg.#13024. Alleged Crime: Failure to signal lane change. NOTE TO NERLING: Too bad that I was an investigative reporter for 10 years. I FOIA’ed your dashcam video. My turn signal is oh so visible in the video. And the audio of you blasting Slayer during a traffic stop is oh so audible. BTW, it ain’t legal for a Trooper to play music while on duty. See you Monday!

posted by Wick Allison | January 22nd, 2011 5:10pm | filed under Police, Super Heroes | 14 Comments »

Kayaking on the Trinity: It’s Happening Now

I admit it. I haven’t been paying attention to the Trinity River Project, what with all the levee troubles and bridge defunding and such. So I am was as surprised as anyone when FOF posted this video today:

posted by Wick Allison | January 22nd, 2011 4:55pm | filed under Local News | 4 Comments »

Who Could Lose Texas for GOP? Perry and Palin

Yes, yes, I know polls don’t matter this early. But still…

PPP reports the unsurprising news that almost any Republican nominee will carry Texas, with Huckabee the faraway favorite. But Palin only squeaks ahead of the president by one point and Perry, embarrassingly, does worst of all, only managing to tie. If that’s the case in Texas, I can only imagine what Ohio looks like.

posted by Wick Allison | January 22nd, 2011 4:31pm | filed under Politics | 1 Comment »

Judge Rules Against Fort Worth Bishop

In a decision with national implications for the Episcopal Church, District Judge John Chupp has ordered the Fort Worth diocese, which severed its tied to the national body, to surrender its property to the national Church.

posted by Wick Allison | January 22nd, 2011 9:50am | filed under Religion | 3 Comments »

Housewives of Dallas May Be Real or Unreal

Heidi Dillon IMG_0932Since QC Cong posted Facebook photos of a party at the Fashionistas’ Heidi Dillon’s (pictured) house, keyboards have been pounded to death. Seems the rumor mill is buzzing that it was a gathering of LA producers and likely house fraus for a “Real Housewives of Dallas” television show. One person SOS-ed:

“Is it true there is a Real Housewives of Dallas????? . . .There is some lady (Editor’s note: in the Facebook photos) with GIANT hair (even for Texas) Patty Comu or something.”

Asked about the rumors, Heidi lobbed:

“Nothing is for real until the day comes that you turn on the tv and watch the show. My producers and I are working on developing several shows for various networks.”

When pressed, Heidi coyly continued:

“You’ll just have to watch what happens.”

That Heidi knows how to play the situation like Jerry Jones knows how to cut a deal.

posted by Jeanne Prejean | January 22nd, 2011 8:32am | filed under Entertainment, mythical beasts, natural disasters, Television, whimsy | 10 Comments »