Posted on July 17, 2008 at 3:40 p.m.

"The thing that I find most disturbing is that staff roots around in my profile/information and changes things."

We did no such thing. We just changed the way we displayed comments when you were the one asking to see them.

On A female Maltipoo is lost in Plano

Posted on July 17, 2008 at 2:31 p.m.

By the way-- this change wasn't visible to anyone except twisted, and as such was meant as a private joke between David and twisted.

No harm was intended... just like those mooninites in Boston.

On A female Maltipoo is lost in Plano

Posted on July 17, 2008 at 1:59 p.m.

Scott, back in the day, there was also Cindy Chaffin.

On The first PegNews baby...

Posted on July 16, 2008 at 6:15 p.m.

Scott-- she's the 4th; the talented Catherine Cuellar is 3rd.

On The first PegNews baby...

Posted on July 16, 2008 at 5:19 p.m.

I think unreasonable expectations in relationships very often go both ways.

I have a great (male) friend who's encountered similarly unrealistic expectations.

It's the intertubes: there're all sorts of people in those pipes, and they fly by so quick you can't tell them apart, unless they're driving a big truck. Then they get clogged, so you can get a good look.

On #1 reason dating websites suck

Posted on July 16, 2008 at 7:44 a.m.

@rhia Preaching to the choir.

The big question is how to inform the public and demand of the government that the public be heard? Journalism has had that as a mission, but investigative reporting is expensive, and not nearly as popular as boobs and fast cars.

Investigative reporting has fallen as the monopoly rents (such as classifieds and job listings) have gone to niche players online.

The revenue subsidies which used to make the cost of journalism remain profitable have declined, so there's this pressure to do more popular stuff more cheaply. Nothing is easier to get traffic on than "child shot in driveway" and "American Idol nip slip", et cetera, ad nauseum.

I make the shocking claim that not all news is journalism, and not all journalism is news. And that not all good journalism comes at the end of months of professional work. But a lot of it does.

Nobody becomes a reporter to get rich. But if you can't serve your mission, and you can't bring yourself to do yet another lurking-terror piece, why not go to PR, where you can get rich?

I also heard recently that investigative reporters are leaving for hedge funds for the same reasons. Pretty similar skill set, no audience, but big money at the end of it.

On Uncle Barky provokes debate about local TV news

Posted on July 15, 2008 at 7:16 p.m.

Pavel, You have clearly never flown Northwest. :)

On Branch of faux low-fat chain coming to Dallas-Fort Worth Airport

Posted on July 8, 2008 at 7:15 p.m.

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On iPhone mania tease

Posted on July 3, 2008 at 7:57 p.m.

A note to people flagging comments here:

Flagging is to be used for offensive and off-topic comments-- not comments you simply disagree with.

The comment from sunilkumar99 has been flagged many times in the past few days.

The comment is reasonable, detailed, and on-topic. It stays.

You still get your say. Feel free to disagree.

On Iravat India's Bistro opens at Asia World mall in Plano

Posted on July 1, 2008 at 11:07 a.m.

Regarding preaching conservation from the big screen: hypocrisy, yes, but still something that (apparently) bears repeating.

Here's the executive summary for my personal improvement, as far as I can tell:

• Shorten your commute, or use mass transit (see, I'm a hypocrite, here)
• Fly less (fairly hypocritical)
• Make your electrical use efficient (Pretty good here)
• Don't eat ruminants (recently started this)
• Eat locally (Terrible at this. Where are the co-ops?)
• Reduce, reuse, recycle (Pretty good, I'd say.)

I'm rather puzzled by the general message that conservation is up to you though, because I think if reduction really is a personal issue, we're screwed. The planet is the ultimate commons, and the tragedy is a long emergency.

On Movie review: WALL-E