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- That guy warning aliens will suck our brains
- What will the Big 12 Conference look like this tim...
- Annette's next
- I have nothing against your right leg ...
- Mike's origins
- Suhm names Brown police chief
- Where have these Mavericks been?
- Why do we continue to elect these idiots?
- DART's money woes
- Crowe allegedly threatened to kill "Gladiator" pro...
- David Letterman shares his thoughts on Jay Leno wi...
- Mulligan to get "Tattoo"
- The landfill fire
- To be released tomorrow on DVD
- Joni Mitchell calls Dylan a fake
- Six signs the good guys are in trouble
- The Rebel and the Prez
- In case you didn't see The Blind Side
- Carrey on, Jim
- Reason #787,633 why Jesse James is the dumbest man...
- Released today on DVD
- Follow that yellow brick road
- What a turn around: the Spurs are going to win thi...
- Headlne of the Day
- I'm not buying Jones's story
- Where's the water?
- Mavericks must play better to win this series
- Live Bruce DVD coming in June
- The future of college sports
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "The Lovely Bones"
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "35 Shots of Rum"
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "44 Inch Chest"
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "Cloud Nine"
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "Crazy Heart"
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "Godspeed"
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "Homecoming"
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "The Horse Boy"
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "Mammoth"
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "Summer Hours"
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "The Young Victoria"
- Good night, DeDe
- My problems with the Kinkster
- Where's the money?
- The things you learn from volcanos
- Mavericks and the NBA playoffs
- Movie Notes: DeNiro and Scorcese together again
- Houston Chronicle calls out Gov. Hair on high scho...
- Patty Griffin's coming to town ... finally
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "Pirate Radio"
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "Defendor"
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "The Missing Person"
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "Oh My God"
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "The Slammin; Salmon"
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "Tenderness"
- A proposal for Dallas City Council pay
- A third woman on the U.S. Supreme Court
- Atkins's timing stinks
- PTI
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "Youssou N'Dour: I...
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "Taxidermia"
- To be released tomorrow on DVD; "Storm:
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "Irene in Time"
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "Easier With Pract...
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "Beeswax"
- To be released tomorrow on DVD: "The Collector"
- To Be Released Tuesday on DVD: "Bad Lieutenant: Po...
- Mary Suhm's future
- How to build a winner in two easy steps
- Movie notes
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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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