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- An alien on alien movies
- John Cornyn is a heartless bastard
- Hunting with Angela again
- Make way for the real dirty politics
- This is like McDonald's buying out Del Frisco's
- Bypassed by the Boss
- Button, Button, Who Lost the Button?
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes
- Peanut butter recalls
- Out in the West Texas town of El Paso
- The Chicago Cubs have a new owner and he's not Cuban
- Why "The Reader"?
- Immediate reaction to the Oscar nominations
- Final Oscar Predictions
- No Burning Bush
- A Sharp tuition idea
- Dirk does it
- Martin Luther King Jr. -- In His Own Words
- Gay Carrey film receives positive vibes at Sundance
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Gump
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- Obama party more variety show than concert
- Obama party free on HBO
- The problems with the Cowboys
- Is Angela Hunt another tool of the union?
- Dallas City Council members aren't stupid, they're...
- Dallas City Council can't see the savings for the ...
- Some thoughts on Kate Winslet
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- Golden Globe Predictions
- Circling the Cuckoo's Nest: Research + Common Sens...
- January's Oscar Poll
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- Oops there goes another yellow tree plant
- Another statistic to support gun control legislation
- Nothing left to be decided: Utah is No. 1
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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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