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- Who the hell is Lucy Punch and what is she doing i...
- Happy 79th, Clint
- How about this for a pitching performance?
- Does anyone doubt this will be one of the biggest ...
- Avery's future
- Happy 73rd, Ruta
- Blew another one
- L.A. prosecutors finally bag one
- This is an ex-parrot
- Drag Me To Hell - Official Trailer
- How moral are you?
- Happy 64th, John
- Overreaction
- Today's local news report
- I've said this once, I'm saying it again and I'll ...
- Happy 66th, Bruce
- Once again Texas lawmakers prove they don't have a...
- D Magazine succumbs to Republican propaganda
- This ought to thrill KBH
- Coats finding it lonely in this closet
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- Dylan highly honored to be an almost real Texan
- Expect another ugly scene at council committee hea...
- Blow: Everyone loses in District 7
- My pick for the surprise movie hit of the summer
- I'm smelling a couple of upsets
- A victim's father speaks out on guns on campus
- Where will Blake Griffin play and how does that ef...
- Texas Senate votes to make college campuses less safe
- Women In Film
- Gov. Hair on the road to nowhere
- Keith Olbermann WTF!?! Texas Secession?
- Men In Film
- Here's one I'm looking forward to
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- Just make it one for my baby and one more for The ...
- Good night, Wayman
- Sonia + baseball = Supreme Court
- Here's a shocker
- Oh, what a delicious thought
- Two women robbed of their proper memories
- Where do the Mavs go from here
- Mavs force a game five
- McCracken's withdrawal
- We don't like your kind round here
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- Next time, Antoine, hug him, kiss him, take him ou...
- President Obama as standup comedian
- Is Dallas doing the right thing with this performa...
- This time setting the agenda wasn't enough
- My upcoming AWOL
- A Dirk Nowitzky conversation that probably never t...
- Five beers? $16.25; ugly blue shirt? $45; the abil...
- For all you bingo players bummed out by the latest...
- Promoting Project
- Good night, Dom
- Give it to me straight, doc
- Tomorrow's Trinity Toll Road hearing
- Then there are those for whom the word "obnoxious"...
- Memos to Hollywood
- Stick a fork in 'em to see if the Mavs are done
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- This Lone Ranger business is going from bad to worse
- Why you might be hearing the name Sonia Stomayor i...
- Have you ever woke up with bullfrogs on your mind
- Mavs-Nuggets playoff schedule
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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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