Mark Blaskovich

'bout time growlers came to Dallas. Thanks for the tip on where to fill. Maybe others will catch on, too.

I'm sorry to be the one raining on this event, but I thought it paled in comparison to several shows I've seen this year in DFW. Leon and his band played their usual set, but they kicked up the pace a notch, back to their old days of what I call "frantic rock." They sounded tighter than the last times I heard them and I liked Chris Simmons' solo, even though it's been done several times before. Sadly, Leon did not speak a word - the last time I saw him he was rather chatty on stage. I'm not in deep with Delbert McClinton's show presence but I liked his set. Ok, now on to the King. I thought this was awful. I didn't pay to see and hear his band; I paid to hear BB King play. After they finally came on stage, we listened to the band, then we watched BB sit down and smile and point while his band played. Oh yes, then he sang a bit and played a riff or two, then started smiling and pointing again. At that point we stood up and left. You'll see me at the Granada whenever I see a show I think I'll like, but the $300 we spent for night at the Verizon was, in my opinion, a waste of money.

Is CJ going to be the new Jim Palmer?

According to the link, Misery is defined as local unemployment rates, increase in gas prices and change in home values. No mention of tax rates, climate, or other typical indicators of misery. Someone ought to do a Misery Index on media sites with premium content pricing as the highest form of misery. Scoring would be WSJ=#1, DMN=#2, etc.

I wonder why the Councilperson representing the District comprising Love Field is not named.

Glad that they brought her picture into the 21st century. Regarding the DMNews policy on photos, for quite a while they chopped off photos at the forehead. Steve Blow's mug notwithstanding, I'm happy that they decided to show a recent photo and that it's of the columnist's the whole head.

BFB, Thanks for showing up on a really cold night to warm our souls!

I give Sandra Bullock a lot of credit for making this predictable plot "heartwarming," and I'll suggest that I saw lackluster-to-decent performances from others. Most of the patrons, myself included, left teary-eyed, loving this feel-good movie more than we expected.

Udri ga!

Best recap from any site I've found so far, and nowhere else could I find anything like Straight From The Horse's Mouth. Thanks!

Given the fact that I considered their web site to be abysmal in the past, this is clearly a quantum leap for DMN. Through the years I have watched local online news move from StarText to the proprietary Adobe-like files (tell em, Sarah, about Mizzou's foray into this), to browser-based content of nearly everyone. Now (finally!!!) DMN moves that direction.

When DMN tried to do it, I was driven to "anywhere but Belo" by their abusive use of pop-up, march across, spit at me ads. About 2 months ago I seriously tried to decide if I should give up my print edition of the DMN. Increasing the price by 50% didn't help, mind you. I hate to carry piles of print to the recycle bin every 2 weeks but, darn it, I really love to sit in my chair every morning before the sun rises with that hot cup of Joe and my local paper. With the right online delivery method I could dump the paper and sit with a laptop. This starts to be that.

Now, will DMN drop the price 50% if they don't have to stage, print and deliver my paper copy?

Interesting. John, you say this is "the hippest, most wildly entertaining horror movie I've seen in a long, long time." The DMN reviewer says, "But, for a film that's supposed to be both scary and funny, it's not really either most of the time. And Kusama's languid direction lacks the energy that might have given it a kick." Sounds like Kusama's direction really kept your interest and apparently couldn't keep hers. I initially chose "pass" when I heard about this movie but now I'm intrigued.

Has anyone tested whether they show speeds over 100mph? ...just wondering...

Our mayor, our City Manager and the rest of the City Council apparently have their heads in the sand. Going into debt with the plan of funding the City's long term growth is one thing. Yet this is not investment funding for future growth. This is like buying groceries on your credit card with no plan to pay it off anytime soon. Ms. Hunt asks a basic, important question: if we charge $314M to our "city credit card" this year and generate $24M in additional debt payment next year (as well as future years), where will we get that money? "We'll find it" is not an acceptable answer, Mayor Leppert and City Manager Suhm. Please try again.

Sarah-Did you really turn down a glass of champagne?

Madness it is. Solutions? a) backyard grill, b) road trip.

From TipDrop website, "TipDrop creates focused sets of useful information on specific concepts" using a "built-in credibility engine." So this tip gets a 5: "Gardening is great for relieving stress. It is also a good form of exercise." I'm not convinced with either the "credibility" or "useful"-ness. Add a hundred chars to Twitter and I think they're toast.