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February 29, 2008

Movie Madness: Semi-Pro

Say What Andrew?! If you like Will Ferrell, you'll probably go see Semi-Pro despite what any critic says. Nevertheless, "Movie Madness: Semi-Pro," the latest installment in the Star-Telegram's video blog movie review series, is worth watching just to see film critic Chris Kelly make no attempts to mask his shock and dismay at senior arts writer Andrew Marton's high praise for the movie. It's good banter.

Why DFW is lucky to have PegasusNews.com

What otherwise would have been an unremarkable speech by Governor Rick Perry at a Dallas book-signing is now a legitimately funny story ("Unruly baby heckles Perry"), thanks to Chad Jones' creative coverage. Read the story, then watch the video:




Online Videos by Veoh.com


Pegasus, you're a welcome and formidable competitor.

February 27, 2008

Step aside Obama Girl, "Hillary Guy" is here

Nick Anderson, editorial cartoonist for the Houston Chronicle, takes a cue from Obama Girl in this animated cartoon:

Tarantulas: gentle, graceful and sweet?

Jessica Azzinnari says her tarantula is gentle and graceful (Joyce Marshall) When it comes to pets, I happen to prefer canines to arachnids. But I gotta say, Jessica Azzinnari's tarantula is pretty, uh, cute. See just how darling tarantulas can be in this short video by Joyce Marshall. Read about Azzinnari, her spiders, and how to stop tarantula bleeding.


February 26, 2008

Why webcasts can inspire "fanatical loyalty"

Picture_12_3 The Guardian has a great article about several webcast stars -- Rocketboom's Joanne Colan, Ze Frank, Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht of DiggNation, and BoingBoing TV's Xeni Jardin and Mark Frauenfelder -- and why their shows "inspire almost fanatical loyalty."

Watch the shows:

Rocketboom

Ze Frank

DiggNation

BoingBoing TV

Texas on NYTimes.com

Picture_1_2 The NYT has a video report today about what a daunting challenge it is for the Democratic presidential candidates to campaign in our enormous state.



February 25, 2008

Racing pigeons redux

Walter Goodwin of Arlington holds one of his pigeons (photo by Bruce Maxwell)
Ron Caram of Burleson gives his favorite pigeon some love (photo by Kristin Campbell)
There's a story in today's paper about an Arlington man who wants to build excitement for the mostly forgotten sport of thoroughbred pigeon racing. The sport suddenly becomes much more fascinating when you learn that people are willing to pay $75,000+ per pigeon. This video blog explains why that's not as insane as it sounds.

February 18, 2008

Why the Texas primary will actually matter

Picture_4 Texas will be much more than just an ATM for presidential candidates this year. 

Aman BathejaStar-T political reporter Aman Batheja explains why in this stellar video. Why is the video so stellar?

1. It's hella good for being his first video story.
2. It's informative and clever.
3. He fed ducks while on the clock.

Watch the video, read Aman's blog, then send him a story idea.

February 13, 2008

Strawberries and chocolate...mmm, mm, m

Star-Telegram photo by Richard W. Rodriguez You can either pay about $3 per chocolate-dipped "tuxedo" strawberry at the store, or you can watch this KC video blog to learn how to make them yourself. There's no more dapper Valentine's Day gift than these fancy tuxedos.

You'll need:
- Dark or milk chocolate
- white "chocolate" (which isn't actually chocolate since it doesn't have cocoa, but whatever)
- several of the biggest strawberries you can find
- toothpicks to skewer the strawberries
- parchment paper and a pair of scissors to make the piping cone to draw on the buttons and bow tie

February 08, 2008

Shoppers beware

www.fashionindustrygallery.comSet your spending limit before entering the FIG Finale sale, otherwise you're liable to fall victim to too many of the dangerously tempting deals (75% off designer clothes, shoes and accessories) at the semi-annual sale at the Fashion Industry Gallery in downtown Dallas. A couple stores that usually have booths at FIG were MIA this time (Forty Five Ten, where you at?), but there are still plenty of steals, especially at Austin Lorin (2nd floor, far left corner) and LFT (2nd floor, on the left).

The sale ends at 8 tonight. Ready, set, shop.
 

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