Some city council members are iffy on the idea of “Mayor Dwaine Caraway.” But not Caraway. “I think, with the exception of a few last-minute blow-ups and mishaps, and maybe we should call them hiccups, I’ve displayed good leadership,” he says. And he’s right: aside from some blow-ups and mishaps or, as Caraway would have it, hiccups, or maybe gaffes or blunders, or we could call them letdowns or setbacks, or — hey — what about bad breaks? Yeah? No? Anyway. Aside from those things, totally smooth sailing.
ERCOT puts the state on a “Power Watch.” It’s not as much fun as when Epcot does it. I hope you read that half-sensical stab at something before the rolling blackouts hit your house.
Long-time Dallas Mavericks broadcaster Bob Ortegal is out after 23 years. Weird that Ortegal would be sent packing mid-season, and weirder that Mark Cuban’s aim to “freshen things up” means replacing him with Brad Davis and Derek Harper.
Mary Thornberry, 76, former Fort Worth nurse, is back from Cairo. No word on whether she still has her arsenal — walking cane, rolling pin, kitchen knife — on her, but I like to think you can take the 76-year-old woman out of Tahrir Square but you can’t take the Tahrir Square out of the 76-year-old woman.
Oh, and it’s cold. But it probably won’t seem that bad without a few hundred sports media folks in town griping about it.
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That’s unfortunate. I really liked Bob Ortegal.
Sad about the loss of Ortegal. Always liked his commentary and bball knowledge! Not so much a Brad Davis announcer fan…
Zac, would you please warn Tim not to try to come to work on the DART train this morning. If you check their site, you will see that some kind of once-in-a-millenium ice storm or something has fouled up the trains. Wow. Who could have seen this coming? I wonder if any weather historians out there could answer a question for me: has this ever happened before?
Ortegal was a great announcer. Wonder what he did to piss off the wrong people (or person). I hope “freshening things up” doesn’t involve more Skin, or Hair, or whatever he’s going by.
I’m just glad that I am not the only one concerned about the possibility of “Mayor Dwaine Caraway”.
JimS was up and posting early this morning –after all, 8:51 here is 7:51 in Phoenix!
Favorite Schutze quote about Rogers? “I [JimS] whacked you with a two-by-four. You [TimR}snapped me with your scarf.”
I liked Ortegal, too. Especially since he’s been working with the great Mark Followill. I also think they had a good mix with Followeezy and Skin and Ortegal, after a sort of shaky start figuring out how the pieces fit together.
I still think Cuban would be the ideal team owner to try my version of “freshening things up”: Have a regular broadcast, with Mark, Skin, and whomever — I don’t think Davis or Harp bring much, but they’d do, I guess. THEN, on HDNet or wherever, the Homer Broadcast. Completely biased coverage: calling out the refs, indulging long-held grudges and minor gripes, occasionally questioning shot selection, cursing, going wildly off-topic if the situation calls for it.
I think this would work.
@Zac Crain
Agreed on the HDNet idea. They could have one of the “Get Out” girls be the new Laura Green, err, Emily Jones.
@Charm Offensive – panic not. Dwaine Caraway is too much of a buffoon for people to elect him. It would, however, make for a hilarious and entertaining mayoral race.
You gotta love Caraway’s attitude. Strip away all the eff-ups and what you got is great leadership. Except for that little side diversion with the Jews — hiccups, really — Hitler displayed great leadership. Except for that little mishap with the iceberg — and shoot, that was only one hiccup! — the Captain of the Titanic showed great piloting ability. Except for that little incident with the cigar and the blue dress, Bill Clinton showed great marital fidelity.
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@Monica: Sorry. For now, you don’t have to pay for that. When you do, we won’t try to make you pay them.
Dear King/Queen/Prime Minister/President/Mayor Caraway,
Please start taking your med’s again and go for a lie down.
Not a fan of Joy Behar per se.. but this tweet from her today was funny..
“Over the weekend, Dallas gave Michael Vick the key to the city. What’s next for Vick–an award from PETA?”
I don’t have anything against Ortegal but to call him “great” is either disingenous, completely biased, or not objective. He was ok at best. A lot of the time I felt he harped on things that were obvious, didn’t give the other teams credit for being good when they were, and unnecessarily went out of his way to compliment a decent play that led to a big dunk or something that fans got excited about. I’m not a big Skin or Derek Harper fan either but you can’t compare Ortegal to the quality of the national announcers imo.