For all you budding would-be lobbyists or special-interest devotees or just plain regular good citizens, here is a great new tool for following bills introduced in the new session. You can choose by category or by representative/senator. You can read the bills. You can follow their progress or lack of same. You can decide which representative/senator is insane and which is actually doing the job you paid him to do.
What’s New Year’s Eve without a few resolutions? Here are mine:
Be more accountable. When former TV anchor/reporter Brad Hawkins, now a spokesman for Southwest Airlines, was busted by cops on a public lewdness charge in a Dallas park, I made a joke here regarding Southwest’s LUV symbol. But when the charges were later dropped, I failed to note that on FrontBurner. Which wasn’t fair to Hawkins.
Don’t have such a short fuse. After my car was broken into in a DART parking lot the first day I rode the light-rail, I swore off DART here for good. That was dumb. Even though I’ve never parked in a DART lot again, I’ve ridden its trains since and most always had good experiences.
Trying to save money, do not order in sliced turkey breast instead of a full cooked turkey for Christmas dinner even though you know your Better Half prefers the dark meat and the turkey legs. After that happened something else almost got sliced, too.
He put one out as a joke when he was signing books on tour, and in Dallas he collected $530.
Well, Rangers fans, it looks like we won’t have superstar pitcher Cliff Lee to lift our hearts next season. According to my buddy Evan Grant, the dean of Rangers Reports, the stinky Yankees offered Lee $168 million dollars over seven years to pitch in NYC.
I’ve been a sports fan all of my life, but about eight years ago I gave them all up because I got tired of using my economics degree to read the sports pages. The fun, for me, was gone. This year I was lured back into loving a team. For seven months I was swept off my feet. I sold stock to buy World Series tickets. I lost my voice screaming at the games. I paid $6 for Bud Lites. And look what happens. Cliff Lee breaks my aging heart. (Hint: this is also why I don’t date.)
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An interesting controversy erupted late last week after DMN restaurant critic, Leslie Brenner, released her Best in DFW: Barbecue list. Some folks think she ripped the list off from a local food blog. In case you have been leading a normal life and missed the brouhaha, you can catch up on SideDish.
Just in case you missed her double feature with Rick Perry, Barnes & Noble says Missus Former Governor Former Vice Presidential Candidate Mama Grizzly TLC Realty Star Fox News Commentator Author Sarah Palin will be signing her latest book, and only her latest book, on Nov. 28 at the Lincoln Park location.
However, you will need to clear your calendar for the entire day. Skip church. Because you’ll need to be in line for a wristband at 9 a.m., and then come back at 6 p.m. for the signing.
Well, frack. After I finally fell asleep last night, I had a horrible dream in which suspected sociopath Tim Lincecum vandalized my home—toilet paper in the trees, broken forks in the yard, etc. It was awful.
Anyway, take a look outside right now. There’s a delightful Something Wicked This Way Comes feel to the morning, which is really only fitting given that it’s Election Day. Your first order of business: go vote (if you registered on time, that is). Then follow me over yonder, where I’ll detail the best of today’s offerings.