KathrynHopper

I loved "Cologne" last night - and his story about taking too many painkillers then writing it. Have to admit I still like Ben better sans orchestra. Still, a great show!

Love it! Maybe next time he can work in the Ewoks.

Wow. I had to make do with Guilford Golden Ale last year. You have to love a ballpark where you can order burritos at "Cornwallis' Last Stand." Go Hoppers!

My kids still haven't recovered from getting the bejesus scared out of them on the Jurassic Park ride at Islands of Adventure two years ago so we'll likely pass on this. As for wasn't this already at the AAC earlier this summer - you may be thinking of the last Eagles tour.

In a word - awesome!

Not only was Doug Marlette was amazingly multi-talented, but he had two qualities I dearly admired - he always made time to help out young people and he wasn't afraid of pissing off the powers than be. He will definitely be missed.

Will the offcial job title be cheerleading czar or perhaps pom pom priestess?

My wallet was stolen last month in the bar at Uncle Julio's in Grapevine. Someone reached in my purse and pulled it out while I was standing at the very crowded bar. Within an hour, the crooks had charged more than $4,000 at Lowe's and Best Buy. I'm thinking they loaded up on lumber and a flat screen TV!

Thanks Shawn for the heads-up on the Spintastics. My kids will love it!

I didn't get the photo used with this story. It looks like a child with Down Syndrome playing which is no relation to this story. I guess the link is that the child is "spinning" around, but I don't think it works. You might as well run a shot of a woman doing a "spinning" class. Can you get a photo of the school or run the distrct logo?

As bad as these numbers are for journalists, I think they are even higher for other professions like lawyers, lobbyists and, of course, televangelists.

I'm also O-L-D! I remember when this point was brought up six years ago by the Dallas Observer! I loved the bit in this story about Thor losing it to the Beastie Boys' doing "Sabotage."

http://www.dallasobserver.com/2002-06...

Here's another link with a real photo and Thor's musings on the DFW music scene including this line: "Unfortunately a lot of what is coming out of Dallas are mediocre pop singers like Kelly Clarkson, Jessica Simpson, Ashlee Simpson and Lee Ann Rimes."

http://www.onmilwaukee.com/music/arti...

Give Jon Heder and Will Farrell a perfect 6.0 for this triple sowcow over the top send-up of competitive ice skating. The gags are both in-your-face (who doesn't laugh when the Olympic mascot catches fire in the preview!) and subtle, making fun of everything from corporate sponsorships, the nationals are held in PlayStation360 Arena, to kiddie ice shows - I loved Rob Corddry's turn as the bitter manager of The Gibblets. Directors Will Speck and Josh Gordon, creators of the Geico Caveman commercials, keep the schichts coming so fast that I sometimes longed for a DVD pause feature. "Blades of Glory" isn't high-brow fare, but after I suffered through "Norbit," it seemed Oscar worthy!

You might also try consignment shops for cheap furniture finds, particularly ones run by non-profits such as Goodwill and GRACE in Grapevine.

Links:

http://www.goodwilldallas.org/store_l...

http://www.gracegrapevine.org/resale....

I'm blaming this on those two guys who co-opted the Gilligan's Island theme song to sell shrimp dishes. I'm forever reaching for the mute button during the NCAA tournament. At least the head honchos are shopping for a new ad firm. http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity...

Ouch. I'm for blaming this all on plate technonics.