To Dallas Morning News Editors:

Please don’t hire Cassie Clark away from us. I realize Ian keeps bringing you stories a week after they appear in our paper, despite your greater financial and technical resources, but you really should keep letting him follow her lead.

Thanks.

Gmom, Step Up or Step Off

This e-mail just in concerning the regular comment leaving Merritt-hater, Gmom. I like it. And I should act while she’s down from being slapped around on Frontburner.

I think the best way to drvie page views up is for Merritt to challenge “gmom” to a coffee throwdown at Kuby’s. Whoever knows the most people at Kuby’s gets to be queen b**** of the blog, the other has to “step off.”

Gmom, I really think we could be friends some day.

Grammar be Good

So, Ms. Nightengale and I were in our fave On the Run convenience store on Lemmon for a mid-day soda when the following exchange went down:

Guy walks into store, recognizes friend. Says: “Oh, there you are.”

He then corrects himself: “I mean, there you is.”

Actually, wouldn’t what he did be called incorrecting himself?

Dan Branch Can’t Catch a Break

Dan-barino, I didn’t do it, Tim did.

Creative Fundraiser

The MIS Service Leadership Group is raising money to buy bed nets for people who are at risk of contracting malaria in Africa. The students learned that every 30 seconds, someone in the world dies from malaria, which can be prevented with the use of mosquito nets. Their fundraiser, “Nothing But Nets,” consists of two parts — first, coin collection jars with min-basketball hoops have been placed in each advisory class so student can “shoot” their cash through the hoop into the jar; and second, students may buy tickets to take part in a free throw contest and shoot baskets to win candy prizes.

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If Your Name is Something Like Lee and You Own a Dry Cleaners, Call Me

So I tried out the brand new dry cleaner in University Park. On Saturday when I picked up I used my debit card for $6.21. Last night I logged on to do some banking and noticed that the following charges were posted from the same dry cleaner:

• 05/07/08 $37.25
• 05/07/08 $37.25
• 05/07/08 $34.01
• 05/07/08 $32.94
• 05/07/08 $28.04

I called the store and the girl working there didn’t know anything about it and couldn’t credit my account. I asked who the owner was and she said she didn’t know his name but thought it was “something like maybe Lee.” She gave me Lee’s cell phone number but I still haven’t heard back from him. I called Bank of America to tell them I didn’t make the charges but they can’t do anything while the charges are still pending my account.

Lee, if you’re by chance an Overheardian, call me.

This Just In (According to Facebook)

Merritt Patterson has to rap dance for the 4th grade mom’s production. I’m serious.

 

Anybody want to go to a show? I think it’d make for great live blogging.