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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.
1 comment:
19 for me.
Plus, #10 is wrong. First of all, the answer they give is "clockwise" and if one was using the wive's tale of the Coriolis effect, then it would be counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. And, since the Coriolis effect has no effect whatsoever on such small bodies of water, then 'straight down' is the the most correct answer.
So, maybe you got 17. Or 15? ;-)
PS... security word is 'bkrub' ...nice of Blogger, eh?
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