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- The Savages - Trailer
- This is what happens when you have a sick mind
- What's wrong with this picture
- Thankfully, we have Brad Sham
- What's the world coming to
- The current state of independent films
- FILM REVIEWS: "No Country" "Devil" both must-sees
- Loza's political future
- "Rude"? "Immature"? Give me a break!
- Rusty Wier benefit to be held at Poor David's
- DVD REVIEW: "Rescue Dawn"
- My 2-cents
- DVD REVIEW: "Colma: The Musical"
- DVD REVIEW: "Hairspray"
- DVD REVIEW: "Live Free or Die Hard"
- I don't care, I'm still sleeping late
- The Boss is Coming Back
- Power of Observation Quiz
- DVD REVIEW: "La Vie En Rose"
- 10, 9, 8, 7 ....
- DVD REVIEW: "Amazing Grace"
- DVD REVIEW: "Ocean's Thirteen"
- DVD REVIEW: "Shrek the Third"
- City Hall's customer service initiative
- Trolling for "dynamic" speakers
- Something to give thanks for
- Giving the Army the boot
- On the national political scene
- Advocating the Advocate
- Terri Hendrix at Uncle Calvin's
- R.I.P., Mr. Jones
- Is Dallas Police Chief Kunkle on the way out?
- MOVIE REVIEW: "Paris Je T'aime
- He's what?
- This Obsession with No. 1
- Starting it off
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About Me
- Pete Oppel
- I have scratched together a living, in one way or another, as a writer for more than 60 years now. I was a free-lance writer during the early stages of the Vietnam War. I was the Southwest Division Overnight News Editor for United Press International back when UPI was a legitimate news gathering organization. Following that, I went to the Dallas Morning News where I became the first person to write about rock 'n' roll on a daily basis for a Texas metropolitan newspaper. I later became the News' entertainment editor. Following some stints with a couple of prominent PR firms, I had the extraordinary good fortune to team with two communications legends, Ken Fairchild and Lisa LeMaster, as part of one kick-ass media consulting/crisis communications team. That was followed by stints as a department head with the City of Dallas (and its public information officer); the Dallas Northeast Chamber of Commerce where I had the good fortune to meet and work alongside some of this city's business and political titans; and editorial director for QuestCorp Media until that company went out of business. Now officially retired, concentrating on this blog.
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