Articles for June 28th, 2007
RE: SAY IT AIN’T SO
FrontBurner is reporting that it is, in fact, not so. What a relief.
RE: SAY IT AIN’T SO
I hope it’s not true. I work for a bank (Bank of Texas, formerly known as First National Bank of Park Cities) and one thing I know for sure is that we don’t need another bank in the Park Cities!
SAY IT AIN’T SO
Someone tell me this mean, vicious rumor isn’t true. I hope it’s a joke.
WHAT’S IN A NAME
OK all you parents of Madisons, Jacksons, Avas, Jadons, Reeces, Hannahs, Yales, Cashs, Mackinzies, etc., this article is for you.
“We live in a marketing-oriented society,” says Bruce Lansky, a former advertising executive and author of eight books on baby names, including “100,000 + Baby Names.” “People who understand branding know that when you pick the right name, you’re giving your child a head start.”
“Names have become a matter of fashion and taste,” says Harvard sociologist Stanley Lieberson.
MOVIE NIGHT!
If it stops raining, these should be really fun. Bring a blanket, snacks, kids, a date, whatev, & watch the movies on the big, big screen. Who you gonna call?
Victory Park Theater
Every Tuesday starting at 7:30pm
Event is complimentary.
July 3 Ghostbusters
July 10 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
July 17 E.T.
July 24 Raiders of the Lost Ark
July 31 Wizard of Oz
MORE SEXUAL FRENZY
This time via our buttoned-up girls at D Home. A couple of them were flipping through an issue of a local mag (not the same local mag mentioned here, btw) and found that the editors of said pub are simply sex-crazed. So they’ve put together a little sex quiz for all you non-editor types out there. Can you match the XXX adjective to the benign subject the editors were describing? Go ahead, you know you want to. Descriptors seen in the mag left off this particular quiz: “revealing your inner dominatrix;” “FOOD PORN!” “Naked silence” (what does that sound like?); pull quote from a feature: “She’s the kind of woman guys want to sleep with no matter how old she is; “and “a his or her walk of shame kit: thong, lipstick, and tank top included” (since when are walks of shame promoted?)
RON HALL’S ORGANIC PEST REPELLANT
I ran into Ron Hall at the Dallas Arboretum yesterday and he told me his wife had come up with an organic pest repellant for your backyard, $15 a bag. Interested? Learn more here.
SMU’S DIGITAL ARCHIVES: A SHORT GUIDE TO IRAQ
Radar Online dug up this gem: A Short Guide To Iraq, a pamphlet issued to GI’s on Rat Patrol duty during World War II, helping the Brits protect oil fields and supply lines to the Russians. The White House might have learned some valuable lessons, like don’t touch the Iraqis, or look at their women. On the following pages, highlights from the War Department’s guidebook, discovered in Southern Methodist University’s digital archive.
RE: BANDITO’S PROS AND CONS
As for the restroom situation, an Overheardian who clearly under estimates me offers this:
I think I can explain the “unisex” v. “men” bathroom conundrum. As the comedian Rita Rudner once explained, men aren’t very “specific” when it comes to their bathroom practices. Thus, the invention of the urinal, which is really just a modification of the wall itself.
Sorry to be so graphic so early in the day, but I thought it needed to be said. So, don’t take it as a slight, take it in the spirit of consideration in which Banditos undoubtedly offered it.
Oh, no…I checked it out. I had to know. I went in there. It’s a regular toilet!
BANDITO’S PROS AND CONS
My husband and I took the whole fam out to Bandito’s last night for the official “soft opening.”
Pros: