Category: Dallas

  • Zoo Freak Redux

    Awhile back I posted a wistful look back at my wasted youth and my preoccupation with KZEW 98 FM, an album rock format station from back in the day. Since then I’ve had a steady stream of visitors. Seems that not a day goes by without some search engine somewhere pointing another lost soul to […]

  • Friday Night Playoffs….Or not

    When playoff time rolls around you have to throw out the schedule. Friday night matches can become Saturday night, afternoon, or even morning games. Matter of fact previous Friday Night *ights contestant and #2 team in Texas, Allen Eagles, turned up with an 11 am game on Saturday and took a big fall, losing to 5-5 […]

  • Variations on a Theme Park

    Scored some sweet tickets to the Six Flags this weekend. A friend’s wife works for a company that rented out the park for a “private” party. Turns out it was semi-private, but that’s OK. Lines were still short and we had a beautiful day. One of the most distinctive things about Six Flags over Texas […]

  • It Just Keeps Getting Sweeter

    Last week I had a little schadenfreude fun at the expense of Big XII nemisises (nemisi? Are you allowed to have more than one nemisis?) Texas and Oklahoma who both lost games they were expected to win. Well with the Big Name-Your-Sponsor Red River Shootout here in Dallas this weekend, one of them was bound […]