Law Man Walking: Nature Treks With Bill Holston

Bill Holston is a longtime FrontBurnervian. He’s also a lawyer in town who happens to dig nature. So much so that he actually gets outdoors and walks around in it. Insane. Bill asked if we’d be interested in periodic dispatches from his journeys in and around North Texas. I said that of course we would. After the jump, the first installment of Law Man Walking, a series that tackles the misconception that “Dallas nature” is an oxymoron.

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Leading Off (1/12/11)

Zale Makes a Comeback. A year ago, Irving-based Zale, was thought to be near bankruptcy. This Christmas, though, they sold a lot of bling, and a new CEO has the nation’s third-largest jeweler back on track.

Woman Arrested on Charges of Having Sex With a Teen. They met when he accidentally texted the wrong person. She’s 32 and from Missouri. The couple was traveling with the woman’s two children. The foursome was found in a Bedford motel.

Good 2 Go Good to Go. The much-ballyhooed taco joint formerly housed at Green Spot should be open in its new location by the end of the week.

Mystery Art at City Hall. For more than a decade, a painting of former mayor Woodall Rodgers has hung outside the mayor’s office. But now everyone has come to the realization that the portrait isn’t of Rodgers. In fact, they don’t know who it is.

The Super Bowl’s Economic Impact Is Slippery. The Star-T’s great Mitchell Schnurman breaks it down as best it can be broken down.

Josh Hamilton Hospitalized. No, no, no. Not drugs. He just got sick.

Michael Irvin Is Down With Jason Garrett. He is quoted, upon hearing that Garrett got the gig, as saying: “I said to the football gods, ‘You got this one right.’” The football gods could not be reached for comment.

DART to Spend $217 Million on New Buses. A DART board committee voted unanimously to buy 452 new buses by 2015. The buses will be powered by T. Boone Pickens’ spit or compressed natural gas, whichever gets the best mileage.

Mark Cuban Almost Got TCU to Play Auburn. Maybe “almost” is too strong. But on his blog he explains that he actually did some legwork to see if he could make the game happen. The schools weren’t against the idea.

Dallas Cop Fired for Lying. Ever tell your boss that you have jury duty when you really don’t? A Dallas cop did exactly that and no longer has a job.

Leppert Ain’t Running for Mayor. Gromer “Don’t Forget the Jr.” Jeffers breaks down the current thinking about how the mayoral race will shake out. Councilman Ron Natinsky has hired Tom Leppert’s political consultant, Carol Reed, which pretty much tells you all you need to know. Says Mike Boone: “Unlike previous years, I don’t see any obvious candidates. Time is short. We’ve got to crank this baby up.” Love that guy. Of course, Jim Schutze sees a conspiracy here. He thinks Leppert’s not running because he knows bad news is coming about the levees.

Steve Blow Says Arizona Murders Aren’t About Politics. Also, he says: “I think we can all agree that more civility in politics would be a good thing.”

Pete Wentz, Rev Run Do Something With Cars and the Super Bowl

I’ve read this twice. Each time, I understand it less. But this is what I think happens: Pete Wentz, who has nothing better to do, gets in a car with either Serena Williams or Nick Swisher. Which ever one of those two is left, Rev Run gets in a car with. The cars are provided by Mercedes Benz, and they’re supposed to be driven to Dallas, again, I think (which is not quite far enough if one wants to go to the Super Bowl, but I digress). Then something something Twitter, Super Bowl, possible opportunity to strand Pete Wentz in the middle of nowhere, I think.

Anyway, here. Also, I hear Pete Wentz has given up his flat iron.