Posted on July 20, 2008 at 4:03 p.m.

I went to this Local Talent Deep Ellum event at THE DOOR.

Twice.

First on June 10th.

You may note that it was a July 10th event.

Unfortunately I did not and appeared a month early and walked into a pre-20s alternative wild-assed teen raise-the-dead rave.

The bouncer sorta thought I looked outta place.

Gee.

Better the second time. July 10th.

File under: All knowledge is power.

On The Pin Show

Posted on July 20, 2008 at 3:26 p.m.

John Meyer writes not with the idea of impressing people with his 'fancy' words; I think he works hard to 'impress' because he takes being a professional (and professional assignments) seriously and wants to be extremely responsible with his readers. I cannot imagine denigrating Meyer when he clearly works his butt off to deliver his goods.

Me? When I read John it's like going to an intimate side-street chef-run restaurant where the food is unpredictable and fresh and the the servings are well conceived and a value and always nicely presented.

So there.

On Movie review: The Dark Knight

Posted on July 17, 2008 at 6:13 p.m.

Two things:
1)I REALLY hope this family finds their dog safe and happy. Love ya mean it as a dog lover boy!

2) I really want that new interview talk Gouldin Brothers column I suggested yesterday. (Working title: The WTF Gouldin Edge Clippers.)

THINK:

They're:

^ Versatile, harmless but potentially dangerous. Like spray paint.

^^ Sometimes tasteless like rice cakes but sometimes tangy non-nutrtious empty calorie treats. Like Eskimo pies.

^^^ Livlier than an insomniac on diet pills.

^^^^ As subtle as Tara Reid when delving into literary depths.

Unleash the Gouldins!

On A female Maltipoo is lost in Plano

Posted on July 17, 2008 at 10:36 a.m.

Dos Postscripts:

My favorite McCain-ism; When on the stump during Q & A he casually stated he had never used a computer saying, "I'm computer challenged."

Yesterday I recorded a piece about 'Modern Men'. He was not mentioned.

On Dallas-based Match.com survey: 77% of Americans think Barack Obama would be a better kisser than John McCain

Posted on July 17, 2008 at 10:05 a.m.

One (political) observation I have made about many-to-most of those who denounce (and with no small justification) our current two-party political system from a passive vantage:

Unlike my parents who were activists my entire growing up, and even me who worked very hard in the alternative trenches during the anti-Vietnam era, or even 2008 today when I and others made a very real effort to be involved in seeing the 2008 candidates (in either the miserable ice cold and Texas heat) live when possible (during Jan/Feb): Texas Primary.

Too often upon taking a closer look: What passes for activism today is blogging and/or forwarding email links to like-minded sorts (with a third glass of Chardonnay in hand?) with outraged interjections added. That in part explains the last 8 years. Maybe the next. At this point, who knows.

Mother on her 1973 deathbed said to me that the only way to change anything is 'to burrow from within'. Being politically involved is not about 'show me'; it's about showing up.

On Dallas-based Match.com survey: 77% of Americans think Barack Obama would be a better kisser than John McCain

Posted on July 16, 2008 at 11:35 p.m.

Well, rhia, here's how I look at it.

Yes, why be silly when I'm uninsured and the housing market threatens a global banking meltdown. Why laugh when there are starving people in Darfur and Hillary Clinton lost and that tsunami and the polar bears and the Hummer. Why even look at someone's profile in a sweater when someone down the streak has breast cancer.

Yep, you are absolutely right. This is an inappropriate time for mindless levity. I promise I did NOT even smile the entire time I waited in line for hours to see and hear Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton and John McCain. Twice each. But I will be smiling when I vote in November. And on election night I will fix the most sumptuous dinner with finest china ...like I did the night when I sat down to watch the televised resignation of Richard Nixon.

But meanwhile, the last time I had anything approaching a romantic / sexual fantasy about a presidential spouse was 1961. I’d call that a drought. But there's been no drought in this past political year. If you think neither candidate is right, well, I am sure Bill and Hillary Clinton and Fred Thompson (Remember him? A shorter life than a flea market moth) and Mitt and Rudy and Ron would be the first to agree.

Me? I think it all worked out just fine.

You want serious? Trust me. Seriously. I’ve taken the last 8 years VERY seriously. I and my neighbors in Iraq...deadly serious. Take that one to the bank. (Assuming yours is solvent.)

Meanwhile: Tonight. Damn that Michelle Obama is hot.

On Dallas-based Match.com survey: 77% of Americans think Barack Obama would be a better kisser than John McCain

Posted on July 16, 2008 at 11:05 p.m.

Well in McCain's case there are two wives to ask if he's a good kisser. I'm guessing he still has his own teeth so that helps. I guess.

Let's digress:

All I can tell you is that from my male perspective and personal taste Michelle Obama is hot. The more I look at her and watch her the more she looks to me like a platter of smokey ribs, an unexpected check in the mail, an old enemy that apologizes, a great song you haven't heard in a long time. That 5'11" Amazon is HOT. He looks good, make no mistake. But he's a briquette and she's the hibachi. (Doused in Kingsford fuel with a match being struck.)

Any man who could land her gets my vote. Any man who chose her has the knack to save our economy and rescue this planet and maybe even cure cancer.

I'll go cam down now.

On Dallas-based Match.com survey: 77% of Americans think Barack Obama would be a better kisser than John McCain

Posted on July 16, 2008 at 6:09 p.m.

Gee, jtmbls: Imagine men 'just wanting to get laid'. *Can someone steer the uninitiated here to where they can audit a Testosterone 101 course?*

Lemme 'splain that win, lose or draw, men want to get laid the way algae wants to grow. It's like roaches in a rent house; you cannot exterminate it!

Remember that old sayings? “Just because I’m paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get me.” Well, just because they want to get laid doesn’t mean they don’t like you. The trick is to keep ‘em so hungry so that when you finally toss ‘em even a stale Hostess Cup Cake they respond like it’s Bananas Foster.

On #1 reason dating websites suck

Posted on July 16, 2008 at 1:53 p.m.

I met someone pretty wonderful online in 1998 and went to Colombia to meet. 30 year age difference. Dreamy memories of that airport meeting.

Moral to this story?

1) People who would have never met can meet and fall very much in bed and even in love happily thereafter.

2) My experience proved both of #1 and what followed was one hell of a 7 year ride on two continents, including Dallas.

3) Making love and arguing in Spanish is everything I had always imagined.

4) Being and Anglo in love with a Latin is exhausting.

5) Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

^) What's the worst that can happen? Death? Dismemberment? Spending two years in a war torn country at the peak of a drug laced civil war waged by two camps of anti-American guerilla terrorists?

Picky, picky.

On #1 reason dating websites suck

Posted on July 16, 2008 at 1:10 p.m.

Stickin' with Ben & Jerry's Cinnamon Buns May 2008 flavor.

Meanwhile, I'm moonlighting as Collin and David Gouldin's agent here; pimping that they write a weekly column together called "Off The Edge Somewhere" where they interview each other about anything randomly. New-Age Pegasusian Seinfeld. (Thought came to me as I wrote my latest commentary...second paragraph.) Serious. I'm there.

On New product Wednesday, at Dallas-area stores: Blue Bell summer flavors ice cream