Mom Will Give Son Kidney: When Jace Glenn was four weeks old, he had both his kidneys removed. He has been on dialysis ever since, awaiting an age when he would be old enough to undergo a kidney transplant operation. Now three, all he needs is a donor. He found one in his mom.

Police Officer Saves Women From Car Sinking In Lake: Saturday night, Ngac Do and Nhi Tran took a wrong turn on Dalrock Rd. off I-30 and drove their Honda Civic into Lake Ray Hubbard. A police dash cam caught the rescue.

Every freaking day they wake up demanding to be fed again. And then, more likely than not, refusing to eat the meal you’ve prepared. Every day. There is no cycle, much less a break from the cycle. There is only the grind. I feel like I’m tour managing an endless tour with a band comprised of subliterate narcissists.

Rev Run, aka Joseph Simmons

Two months after hosting Soul Surfer’s Bethany Hamilton, Fellowship Church in Grapevine is bringing in another big-name guest speaker: Rev Run, founding member of the influential hip-hop group Run-D.M.C. (and, yes, a practicing minister). It’s part of a new series led by Ed Young, founding pastor of Fellowship, a local megachurch. (Full disclosure: I’m a member.)

The two initially connected via Twitter (@RevRunWisdom, @edyoung), after re-tweeting things the other had posted. “He’s an amazing guy, and we thought it would be a great way to get his life-change story out there,” Young said.

The series, called “Run to the House” (a play on The Rev’s MTV reality show, Run’s House), kicks off this weekend. According to Young, it will have a family-focused theme: “It’s about how the house is the church of God, and that when we run to the house, we know how to run our house.”

Fellowship Church's Ed Young

Rev Run, whose real name is Joseph Simmons (he’s the younger brother of Russell Simmons, co-founder of Def Jam Records and the creator of Phat Farm and other clothing lines), will speak with Young in Grapevine and Miami. (UPDATE: He will speak at the Oct. 22-23 services in Grapevine and Oct. 23 services in Miami.) Along with its home base, Fellowship has campuses in downtown Dallas, Plano, Fort Worth, and Miami. Simmons will be joined by his wife, Justine, with whom he wrote the book, Take Back Your Family: A Challenge to America’s Parents.

The Rev will be giving away signed pairs of sneakers (Adidas, of course), and likely will do some freestyle rapping—maybe even getting into a little battle with Young. The services also will feature special music. “We’ve written original hip hop songs about the family that are absolutely hilarious, but very deep, lyrically,” Young said.

Hamilton—the 21-year-old surfer whose story of returning to the sport after losing her left arm in a shark attack is the basis for the movie Soul Surfer—attracted a record-breaking 26,000 people to Fellowship’s Grapevine campus in August. Big crowds are expected for Rev Run, too. The service also will be available online beginning Oct. 24.

Dennis Quaid

Actor Dennis Quaid, who’s been through all the usual movie-star craziness, from addiction to tabloid divorce, seems to have turned into a poster boy for family values. The Houston-born Quaid, who turns 57 next weekend, has moved with his wife, Kimberly, and their 3-year-old twins, Thomas and Zoe, to Austin, where Kimberly is an agent in the family real estate business. But, can he make a go of it there? “I sure hope so. Or else, I’ve made a terrible mistake,” the actor laughed at NorthPark Center Saturday, walking the red carpet at the Dallas International Film Festival for his latest flick, called Soul Surfer. Hollywood’s just a phone call away, he said, and in Austin he can be “close to family. Plus, it’s a great place to live.”

Quaid’s also drawing on his family for creative inspiration, he said. In this latest film, which is based on a true story, he plays the father of teenage surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her left arm in a shark attack but overcame the ordeal to surf again. Quaid (pictured in photo by Jeanne Prejean) recalled how just 12 days after his twins were born, they were mistakenly given massive overdoses of a drug called heparin. “It could have been fatal. But through the power of prayer from a lot of people, they survived that, and we had a happy ending,” he said. “So, I could relate to the Hamilton family that way.”

Based on those unfounded assumptions, we think you ought to head to the Grape this evening, where they’re hosting the second of their “Get Your Wine on Wednesdays” this month. Here’s the rub: Guest host (and champagne specialist) Loni Heyn is stopping by to pick out five sparkling wines, which will be paired with hors d’oeuvres for your palate’s pleasure. It’s only $25 a pop, and if you stick around for dinner, the Grape will gladly shave 15 percent off your food tab.

That sounds like the perfect, grown-up evening to me, but if you’ll have kids in tow tonight, take the jump for other options.

Might I suggest heading with the little ones to NorthPark Center? While you’re there, you can drop in for a photo with Santa, adopt a new best friend, or check out the toy-train exhibit that features 1,600 feet of winding track. And maybe – maybe – you can get a bit of early holiday shopping done.

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HM: Hi. I’m calling on behalf of my daughter, a student in high school. I was wondering if she could have an internship at D Magazine.

Me: Oh, I’m really sorry. We don’t allow high school students to intern here. We’ve tried it in the past, and it just hasn’t worked out.

HM: That’s what WFAA said, too. But now she has an internship there this spring. Let me tell you about my daughter. She’s very smart, …. (We’ll skip this section. You can only listen to and remember so many credentials.)

Me: She does sound smart. And I’d be more than happy for her to come to the office and meet with a couple editors to talk about the industry.

HM: No. I’d like for her to have an internship. I’m going to keep pushing, because I really want my daughter to get all the experiences she possibly can before she graduates high school. Who are your supervisors?

Me: I’m sorry, but I head up the internship program. And I’m the one who makes the final decisions on editorial interns.

HM: Oh, well. Who’s in your position in Austin? Whom could I talk to there?

Me: (Confused and thinking maybe she’s asking about Texas Monthly) Um. Well. I don’t work for that company, so I don’t know.

HM: Well, where are D’s headquarters? Aren’t they located in Austin?

Me: D? As in D Magazine? No. Our headquarters are in Dallas.

HM: Oh. I didn’t know that. Well. I’m going to go ahead and fill out this application and submit. I hope you’ll have a change of heart, just like WFAA did.

We’ll just go ahead and end it there as the conversation was 10 minutes and 17 seconds long (though it felt like it lasted about two hours). I haven’t seen the application from the mom daughter, but I’m eagerly waiting. Oh, and WFAA, good luck!