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- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- Jewish culinary history
- The best movie guide ever
- A perfect description of Ted Kennedy
- "The greatest United States Senator of our time"
- A solution to the city's budget woes: Have the PIL...
- A new Mark on the Office of Cultural Affiars?
- That dirty little state we call home
- NCTCOG sticks its toe in the water when it should ...
- Does Dallas really kill 28,000 dogs and cats a year
- Austin cares more about public safety than Dallas
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- More on "Shutter Island"
- New York Times' prediction for TCU's 2009 football...
- How do you measure "alarmed"?
- Paramount removes "Shutter Island" from Oscar cont...
- New York Times' prediction for Oklahoma State's 20...
- Cultural affairs funding in Dallas and the city's ...
- A suggestion for all sports writers/reporters/editors
- Two more reasons I'm looking forward to the movie ...
- "Save our rec centers"
- It's called a "trial balloon" and this one explode...
- Let the mud slinging begin
- Caraway urges residents to reclaim their neighborh...
- Southwest Center must be de-malled
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- Sen. McCain on Justice Sotomayor
- Let's privatize the Fire Department
- Kate Winslet as a TV Mildred Pierce?
- New York Times' prediction for Nebraska's 2009 foo...
- Hair-Hutch battle goes national
- Springsteen, stories, smart rules and stupid rules
- Paul McCartney: If it wasn't for Les Paul, there n...
- Why I refuse to shop at Whole Foods
- A 50-50 split on health care reform
- Should you visit District 9
- Maggiano's trolling for customers
- New York Times' prediction for Houston's 2009 foot...
- You remember what happened the last time No. 2 Tex...
- Want to know the salary of a city employee?
- Making note of the passing of a musician that went...
- I finally found someone who actually went to Woods...
- Five key reasons why newspapers are failing
- There's more going on here than just anti-health c...
- Vaya Con Dios, Les
- All I need is my twittering merit badge to make Ea...
- Olbermann Redux: "There is no death panel, Ms. Palin"
- Keith Olbermann's "Special Comment" on heath care ...
- What's the difference between Liam Neeson and Nico...
- I want my family returned safely. At least my wife...
- New York Times' prediction for Colorado's 2009 foo...
- Why check cashing places flourish
- Why every Dallas City Council person (with the pos...
- The Lovely Bones
- New York Times' prediction for Missouri's 2009 foo...
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- Ten best Streeps and new Streeps
- NY Times on Kansas State's 2009 football prospects
- Appealing to the lowest common denominator
- Justice Sotomayor from a young Latino's point of view
- A letter about the anti-health reform mobsters
- My Hero. Meryl and Me
- New York Times on Texas A&M's 2009 football prospects
- The advantages of being a fat guy
- Take me to the PILOT out of control
- Just a reminder: Your tax rate will increase
- Shrinking City Hall
- Budget town hall meetings
- What could be a worse idea than Steven Spielberg r...
- For what it's worth: Last night's Top 5 rated tele...
- Where the wild things might be
- New York Times' prediction for Baylor's 2009 footb...
- I'm fighting for you
- They've called out the mob
- Two entirely different family films
- G.I. Joe to be the summer's final blockbuster
- For what it's worth: Last night's Top 5 rated tele...
- The New York Times on Rice's 2009 football season
- Only three legitimate Heishman hopefuls
- Good night, John
- There goes Missoula's chances at hosting the Final...
- Stallworth's reinstatement
- Does Barbra have an ulterior motive?
- Sessions continues to lie to his constituents abou...
- The best zoos in the United States
- Dallas will privatize its zoo
- Hanks halts Harvey
- For what it's worth: Last night's Top 5 rated tele...
- Dem bones, dem bones, dem lovely bones
- New York Times on SMU's 2009 football prospects
- For what it's worth: Last night's Top 10 rated tel...
- Someone is "Taken" from Liam Neeson again
- Good night, Desperados
- Olberman: "You were meant to serve the people, not...
- New York Times on North Texas' 2009 football prosp...
- Go, Jose, Go
- Ann vs. Angela
- Ledger's last still in limbo
- The New York Times on Texas Tech's 2009 football s...
- Let them eat dirt and be without air conditioning
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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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That's so funny I almost peed in my pants.
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