RE: World Clock

Should it scare me that Merritt and I were thinking alike?

RE: World Clock

That is awesome.

I think we need one of those for our website. Proposed categories:

Burgers consumed at Goff’s
Hollywood rolls at four-way stops
Interest on oil money produced
Number of cars sitting in the valet line outside Cafe Pacific

Re: World Clock

I’d like to see a Park Cities version of that. You know, like Chanel bags being purchased and plastic surgeries taking place.

Terror in the Heart of Hardwood-floor Owners

Look for a rewrite of this press release on NBC 5 tonight:

Dear Editor,
Everything might be bigger in Texas.  But fortunately, the dust bunny problem is not.

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Re: World Clock

I have a pain in my chest and I can’t breathe.

World Clock Freaks Me Out

This is pretty cool. And terrifying.

Math or Gambling?

My husband took the week off and I’m not sure it was such a good idea. I went home to check on everyone and found my husband and nanny teaching the kids how to play Blackjack. I just stood there in disbelief and my husband said, “What? Its a math lesson.”

Then my 9 year old, without taking her eyes off the dealer said, “Hit me.” At least there is no money changing hands.

Re: Calm Yourselves

Granted, Dr. Weiner is a neurosurgeon, so he has real pressure that needs to be alleviated. The article still annoys me because it reminds me of how anti-calm I am. Yay, deadlines.

Calm Yourselves

This DMN article about being calm has my heart rate up. I think I might be better at calming myself if, like Dr. Richard Weiner, I could cool my nerves in my shiny private plane. It’s worth noting that a section of the article is called “appreciate simplicity” — the simplicity of life in your private plane, perhaps?

Re: McMansions

I love the “plywood palazzo” label, although some of these look more like a cinder block chateau to me, especially the newest one on Euclid.

McMansions Make News Overseas

I like this article from The Guardian mostly because of this paragraph:

“Huge mansions are a common site across the US, dotting the landscape alongside motorways in Colorado, or squeezed into tiny plots in urban areas. Wherever they are found, they share common features: large atrium-style hallways, showpiece kitchens, multiple bathrooms, walk-in wardrobes, built-in garage and garden statuary; a style familiar to viewers of the Sopranos. While McMansion is the most frequently used pejorative term, “plywood palazzo” is another.”

The Reputations of MySpace and Facebook

Don’t know if you knew this but apparently Facebook is for “good kids” and MySpace is for the baddies.

From a Berkeley PhD:

“The goodie two-shoes, jocks, athletes or other ‘good’ kids are now going to Facebook. These kids tend to come from families who emphasize education and going to college. They are primarily white, but not exclusively,” she said.

“MySpace is still home for Latino/Hispanic teens, immigrant teens, ‘burnouts’, ‘alternative kids’, ‘art fags’, ‘punks’, ‘emos’, ‘goths’, ‘gangstas’, ‘queer kids’ and other kids who didn’t play into the dominant high school popularity paradigm. MySpace has most of the kids who are socially ostracised at school because they are geeks, freaks or queers.”

No wonder Merritt’s searches are so fun!

PS From research group IG Central: “If you still think of Facebook as a college social networking site, think again. Research from a recent user study shows that more than half of Facebook users are not currently enrolled in a university or college and that the site’s fastest-growing demo is the 25+ age group.”

Lambert’s & Robb and Stucky

Lambert’s President Paul Fields will be giving a presentation on creating your own lovely outdoor environment next Wed. Aug 8, at 10:30am at the new Robb & Stucky store in NorthPark. Fields will also be signing his book Leading Residential Landscape Professionals for all you landscaping groupies out there. RSVP: 972-403-3063

Chopper Down

The last 10 seconds of on-board footage of this KDFW helicopter crash are a bit intense. What’s going on with news helicopters these days?

Multi-Millionaire Seeks Bimbo

This married multi-millionaire is looking for a mistress.

I need some real excitement in my life, and I’m not getting that at home. I’m looking for a slender, fit, woman in her 20s that is looking for excitement as well, but understands that I am not looking to leave my marriage.

Well, he is loyal? I mean, he’s not going to leave his wife, just deceive her, cheat her and stuff.

Re: Play Date

I think we’ll have to sit on the floor with our wine. And, I get to be the sister! You can be the brother or something.

Re: Play Date

If you buy that dollhouse, Merritt,  I’ll be there with a bottle of wine and my camera.

Paige, the play date is on again!

When Paige posted the photo of the stylin’ dollhouse I just knew that my daughters would flip out. But, to my surprise after reading Virginia’s e-mail about the house to them, one of the girls said “it isn’t pink enough.” However, I just learned that it wasn’t the lack of pink, it was the vampire part of Virgina’s description:

 It comes with dolls for mom, dad, brother, sister, and (my addition) Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Virginia, is it still on the market? Have we lost our one chance to have the only Buffy dollhouse in the Park Cities?

Paige, we may be back on for our playdate. Any other chicks want to drink wine and play with the dollhouse after the kids are in bed?

Million Little Pieces Editor: Oprah Stinks

CNN has this report about Nan Talese, publisher and editor of James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces. Apparently she was in Dallas this past weekend for a non-fiction writers’ conference and spoke to the DMN.

“She accused Winfrey of ‘fiercely bad manners’ and said she would have done nothing differently in how she handled Frey’s manuscript.

“I’m afraid I’m unapologetic of the whole thing. And the only person who should be apologetic is Oprah Winfrey,” Talese said.

Can this woman be my hero? All I’m sayin’ is that if Oprah proselytizes to one more person one more time about one more thing…well, to go on would mean I had fiercely bad manners.

Sexy coaches, hot teachers

All this talk has me thinking of my favorite teacher, whom I saw recently at the AAC. It’s a good thing I wasn’t ever in his classroom, let me tell you that. Lordy! Instead, my my male teachers were (more…)

More Wisdom from the Hot Coaches

In the Lakewood edition, Lakewood Stallions 2nd grade basketball coach Blake Chandler says when it comes to boxers or briefs, he prefers commando. Now you know.

Re: Hot Teachers

We’ve had some wildly inappropriate suggestions from Overheardians about follow up “hot” issues:

Hot librarians

Hot nuns

Hot altar boys

Hot lunch ladies

Hot Brownie moms

OK, gross.

Camp Coverage Nears End

Camp Longhorn pick-up day was this weekend. When was the last time you were so carefree and surrounded only by people having the time of their lives? I wanted to explain it to my daughter, you know to remember that feeling of no responsibilty or stress, but I knew she wouldn’t get it so I took a picture instead: (more…)

Rita Greenfield Loves the Hot Teachers

The upside of this Advocate article is that I’ve learned a little more about 87-year old Rita Greenfield in the last year. The Lake Highlands High School receptionist is the sweet old lady who snagged two doctored muffins from the teacher’s lounge in May and ended up getting really, really stoned.

“You never would think your 86-year-old mother would be eating marijuana muffins. It never crosses your mind,” said Ms. Greenfield’s daughter, Carla Fulton.

Now Ms. Greenfield shows up again in the Advocate’s hot teachers issue. From Ryan Logan, LHHS junior varsity boy’s soccer coach:

Advocate: “Have you ever received catcalls? Longing stares?”

Ryan: “Not that I know of. That would be quite odd. Just hugs from Rita [Greenfield].”

Rita!!! You crazy little minx! What are you doing this weekend? Let’s party!

Re: Hot Teachers

It seems like most teachers would try to avoid this kind of publicity — I can’t believe they would sign on for such a sexy piece. It makes me think of teachers in an inappropriate way, and when I think of teachers and sex, I usually think of these freaks.