Bomb Threat

Dallas's only daily newspaper is reporting my high school is under a bomb threat.  Shit like this never happened when Dona Stovall roamed the third floor.

Ankle Update: Week 2

The swelling in my foot is greatly reduced. But the ankle itself is still very swollen. And I love all the purple.

For I Have Looked Upon the Face of God

This is the greatest article in the history of the internet as it combines my two great loves -- booze and bacon.

The recipe:

Bacon Vodka
makes up one pint
Fry up three strips of
bacon.Add cooked bacon to a clean pint sized mason jar. Trim the ends of the bacon if they are too tall to fit in the jar. Or you could go hog wild and just pile in a bunch of fried up bacon scraps. Optional: add crushed black peppercorns.Fill the jar up with vodka. Cap and place in a dark cupboard for at least three weeks. That’s right- I didn’t refrigerate it.At the end of the three week resting period, place the bacon vodka in the freezer to solidify the fats. Strain out the fats through a coffee filter to yield a clear filtered pale
yellow bacon vodka. Decant into decorative bottles and enjoy.

Thank You For Noticing

Picture courtesy of Matt Curry.

Drinking Dallas: Black Friar Pub

From the folks that brought us The Old Monk and The Idle Rich comes this new bar -- Black Friar Pub. It's only been open a few days so the first impression may not be fair. It's not as hip as the Monk or "cool" as the Rich. Although it is "warmer" than both. The food menu is similar to the Monk and the beer menu is almost identical.

Since it is so similar to the Monk, I went and tried me some of their Fish and Chips. And boy was I disappointed. They were flavorless and bland. The batter is "flavored" with Smithwicks. I think they should reconsider this and just do whatever they do at the Monk. The chips were good, though.

I did like the feel of the place -- lots of warm wood and cozy nooks. And they at least try to have a good beer menu -- albeit mostly imports. So for that I'll give it a good grade.


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2621 McKinney Ave. Dallas, TX

Ankle Update

Some of the swelling has gone down and in it's place -- a lovely shade of purple. I can walk now with a minimum of limping. But I can't walk very fast. I'm gonna head over to TO's to see if I can borrow his hyperbolic chamber.

Movie Review: Juno

Can't we just like kick this old school. You know, like I stick the baby in a basket, send it your way, like Moses and the reeds?

I have to admit. It's a lot more fun to review a movie or a restaurant with flaws than ones that are flawless. Juno is nearly flawless -- hilariously funny both smart and broad, great acting and a cool soundtrack. All I can do is implore you to go see it as soon as you can.

• 0 breasts
• purple vomit fu
• Academy Award Nomination for Michael Cera and Jason Bateman just for their work on Arrested Development.

King Wally says check it out.

A+

King Wally's Amazing Technicolor Ankle

What a shitty week.
Tuesday morning I woke up with the flu. For much of Wednesday and Thursday all I would do is sleep, wake up, take another shot of NyQuil and go back to sleep. Finally I started to feel good on Friday. So good, in fact, I finally got around to bottling my second batch of brew.
But then on Saturday -- yet another Winter League Saturday where we had only one sub thanks to the huge lack of commitment from one of our captains -- in the middle of our second game I actually ran. And I was punished handsomely for my showing of effort and hit a horse divot and rolled my left ankle all the way.
After pounding the ground repeatedly and spouting more "Fucks!" since playing on Kip's Winter League team, I limped off the field to polite applause.
I probably did more damage by hanging out at the fields until 10pm. But, hey, I was having fun.

Does Anyone In Dallas Know The Heimlich???

This blog has been largely sports free. I think the world is better served by guys with bigger sports brains or at least bigger breasts. But this latest choke job by a Dallas sports team is just another in a long list of chokes. So bummed am I that I will not listen to my beloved Ticket all day. Well, at least we still have the Rangers. They will never disappoint us by choking in the playoffs.

• NBA Finals -- Mav lose series after choking away game three.


• Romo fumbles snap for game winning field goal.


• Stars lose series to Vancouver even though Turco has three shutouts in the series.


• A 68 win Mavs lose in the first round to the 8th sede.

Floodgates Opening?

Within about 10 minutes of each other today I heard from two recruiters. Hopefully this is the opening up of the job floodates I was expecting last week. I really need a job, not just financially but mostly psychologically. I need some focus other than that tiny carrot in the distance that is Wally's.

Debauching Dallas: Frat Party V

My team of legal advisers reminds me that what happens at Frat Party stays at Frat party. Therefore I'm bound by civil law, common law and man law to not divulge the full extent of the debaucherousnessitude of Frat Party. At least until all litigation has been settled.
But I will say it was one dandy party.
Was that gay enough??
As the kids today say, major props to Glenn and Kyle for another great party. Although the creeping sense that I'm getting too old for this stuff was starting to bum me out. Luckily I doubled down on the jello shots and that feeling quickly disappeared.