- I’m sorry for the lack of posts lately. It’s hard for me to justify looking for blogging material when I’m no longer going to have a job after Friday. Typically, with my government security clearance and tenure, I’d be able to land an interview within a week, but the new administration and DOGE have caused so much to become uncertain and unstable that government contracting companies are exercising all sorts of options in their contracts and reorganizing their various departments and programs, people are losing their job with little or no severance and hiring has slowed in anticipation of what’s to come.
- Danish petition to buy California attracts hundreds of thousands of signatures – A satirical petition ostensibly aiming to crowdfund a trillion dollars to allow Denmark to buy California has received more than 200,000 signatures.
- Dallas police adding extra drones to combat staffing shortfall
- Ringo Starr confirms he’s never eaten pizza
- Fort Liberty may become Fort Bragg again, but named after a different soldier
- Initially named after Southern Gen. Braxton Bragg, the post was stripped of the name in 2023 amid a drive to remove symbols of the Confederacy from public spaces. The new Fort Bragg would ostensibly honor Army Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, a World War II paratrooper and Silver Star recipient from Maine.
- A Complete Review of Every Pastrami Sandwich in Dallas and Fort Worth – After tasting 38 different sandwiches at restaurants and assembling two more at home, we are ready to rank the pastramis of North Texas in order.
- Christy Carlson Romano Says Bullet Fragment Was ‘Less Than 1 Millimeter’ from ‘Permanently Blinding’ Her
- Christy Carlson Romano is updating fans on her injury since being shot in the eye on Friday, Feb. 7 while shooting clay pigeons for husband Brendan Rooney’s birthday.
On Feb. 11, the former child star posted a video on Instagram from her recent visit with Dr. Sean Paul — an oculoplastic surgeon in Austin, Texas. Romano’s right eye was bruised and swollen, but she was thankful that the bullet missed her eyeball, nerves and muscles — by less than 1 millimeter.
- Christy Carlson Romano is updating fans on her injury since being shot in the eye on Friday, Feb. 7 while shooting clay pigeons for husband Brendan Rooney’s birthday.
- Nine unvaccinated people hospitalized as Texas measles outbreak doubles
- Yesterday was the fourth anniversary of someone making the sole decision to break up our family unit and alienate our kids from their father.
- I just found out Axios offers local news coverage – Axios.com/local/Dallas. If you are unfamiliar with the news website, here’s a quick summary:
Axios is a short, sharp, cleanly formatted news website adhering to the concept of Smart Brevity® (yes, they’ve registered their format as a trademark). Each article starts with a brief introductory paragraph, like this, followed by a series of sub-headed paragraphs that split the information into bitesize chunks…
Or, check out their manifesto.
- NFL faces antitrust lawsuit over refusal to allow teams to be on Bluesky