Flashbacks

As we drove to our friend's comedy debut tonight, I gazed out at the scenery along LBJ freeway. Sometimes it seems almost unreal to me that I live in Texas again. It's almost as though the 9 years I spent in NJ never happened. But then, I looked closer and I saw how things have changed. In those days, I saw Dallas as a glittering city of the future...lined with shiny skyscrapers and encircled with endless freeways leading toward limitless tomorrows. It might have had something to do with my address at the time, which was in the (then) redeveloping area of Knox-Henderson. Everything seemed shiny and new. I was recently out, too.

The LBJ-scape has changed since 1999. West of Mac Arthur, the stores, restaurants and office buildings now stretch almost all the way to Grapevine. I remember there being little other than grass and wildflowers back in my Dallas Alpha days. Back then, my office was in Farmers Branch, right near what is now the new DART line and the new Sam Moon center. But "Hole in the Wall Burger" is still there on Harry Hines. And so is that place that makes the custom lighted Christmas decorations there at the corner of LBJ and Stemmons.

Those 9 years in NJ did happen, too. A colleague at work shared with me today how he and his partner have parted ways. They recently completed renovating their new home, and now they are splitting up. I couldn't help but think about the two breakups I endured during my Jersey period. The first one came years later than it should have, but happened after a particularly trying time of buying and renovating a "fixer upper" house. I thought it would be a home for many years. While you're living it, it's easy not to realize how much things change over time, whether it is our relationships, life plans, homes, or the scenery along LBJ freeway between Irving and Grapevine.

White House admits: We 'control' news media

It's getting hard to believe these are rookie mistakes anymore. The fascist tendencies are becoming more and more overt.

White House admits: We 'control' news media

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Powerful Speech by Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu gave a powerful and decisive speech this week at the United Nations, condemning Ahamdinajad and the weakness of the UN's will.

Netanyahu Speech at UN: Full Text Transcript and Video The News is NowPublic.com

Mass murder at 30,000 feet: Islamic extremists guilty of airline bomb plot - Times Online

Mass murder at 30,000 feet: Islamic extremists guilty of airline bomb plot - Times Online

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Röyksopp 'The Girl And The Robot'

If you've not heard of these guys and you like danceable electropop, check this track out.

Insult and Injury by The Editors on National Review Online

The techniques now being employed by the White House and the DNC smack of fascism. Perhaps more than handshakes were exchanged in the meeting with Chavez a few months ago.

Insult and Injury by The Editors on National Review Online

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The Killers - Human

This one will stay stuck in your brain!

Presidential Transparency?

This well-researched article by Andrew McCarthy is eye-opening, to say the least. How many lies does it take to make a liar?

Suborned in the U.S.A. by Andrew C. McCarthy on National Review Online

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Miss. Joan. Crawford.

Joan shows us how it's done..first with some complicated blocking and then an expressive journey through the world of "Sudden Fear"! She's planning how to turn the tables on evil husband Lester (Palance) and floozy Irene (Gloria Grahame).