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- The proposed names for Industrial Boulevard
- Not so fast there, you crazy Dallas Morning News h...
- Good night, and ... well ... Good night
- So, OK, American is charging for a second checked bag
- Here's a scoop ... for 31 cents
- For those who care: Mel Gibson will try acting again
- New York Times assesses the Mavericks
- Dirk figures it's over
- Dallas plans to get tougher with pet owners
- New plan proposed for Love Field leaves one questi...
- Grades for this week's new movies on DVD
- Cowboys screw up in the draft yet again
- Was Brett Favre really serious about all this reti...
- Nice words for George Karl
- One of my favorite scenes from the movie "Casablanca"
- It's getting a little less lonely over here
- Dale Hansen on the Pacman Jones Trade
- The Avery Countdown, Chapter 2
- Keith tells it like he sees it
- I really like this guy
- "Doing the right thing" comes with a price
- Mavericks need to make radical changes
- Think we can get Catherine Zeta-Jones to sing this?
- The Avery Countdown
- What Tiger does is impressive, but ...
- Was the Stars series win over Anaheim a surprise?
- Do you love Dallas enough to splice 3,134 photos i...
- A prediction on the eve of the Pennsylvania primary
- Questions that need to be answered after Hornets w...
- Grades for this week's new movies on DVD
- It appears the DPS did jump too fast, too soon in ...
- There will be blood amidst the lights in the wide ...
- A sad day on E Street
- Grades for this week's new movies on DVD
- For those who missed it Sunday at the ACC
- "Music Within"
- City Council obviously composed of quick learners
- Protecting us against second-hand voices
- The truth is out there, but will we ever find it?
- "He's got the heart, he's got the soul, he needs c...
- Scorsese lights Stones, Renee bangs heads, salutin...
- "Reservation Road"
- It would take something really really important to...
- $igns of the Times
- "Sharkwater"
- Sharing a cell with Bruce
- "The 11th Hour"
- "Resurrecting the Champ"
- "Lions for Lambs"
- "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep"
- A prophecy fulfilled
- "There Will Be Blood"
- We're sorry you're that stupid
- Mazel Tov
- "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story"
- Minor disagreements with fellow bloggers
- "August Rush"
- Note to Self
- Did DPS jump too fast, too soon in Eldorado?
- "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
- "The Good Night"
- The many sides of Charlton Heston
- Here's 'what just happened' with DeNiro and compan...
- A worthwhile way to spend a Saturday with friends
- Random thoughts on a Friday morning
- You think SMU's football rankings are bad, you ain...
- The city's proposed auto insurance/towing policy
- "Presses" gloriously spotlights newspapers' plight
- Bulgarian Idol
- How about Villanova's guidance counselor coming to...
- City Hall: Where sometimes is heard an encouraging...
- Why no one's talking NBA and what could be done ab...
- "Innocent Voices" and other recent DVD releases
- News' obit slights Dassin
- Mondells present poignant, must-see 'Monster'
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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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