you'll see this

because you need to see this

see this because

you either like the Office, Superbad or Back to You. and if you don't, you should probably watch those again and then see this

listen to Big Bill Broonzy

see this

wait, then rent this

BBQ

here are some places I'd like to try in Dallas- Baby Back Shak on Akard for ribs Big Al's Smokehouse on Inwood for ribs and brisket Fred's Bar-B-Q at 808 E. Irving Blvd. for ribs and brisket North Main BBQ at 406 N Main St. in Euless for ribs and sausage Randy White's Hall of Fame BBQ at 14905 Midway in Addison for ribs and sausage Sugar Baby's Barbecue on Regal Row for ribs and sausage

Bill Simmons, hilarious-

Hey, just because the Mavs are long gone from the playoffs doesn't mean we have to stop making Josh Howard jokes, right? Can we call the 2008 Mavericks team video "Howard and Kumar?" Do you think he ever tried to get Shawn Bradley high? Has Visine approached him about becoming its new endorser yet? Does he own a 7-foot bong that he named "Desagana?" How many times do you think he toked up with a teammate, then fell over in hysterics imitating Avery Johnson's voice? And can ESPN organize a Josh Howard roast so I can stand on a dais and make these jokes as someone like Jerry Stackhouse keels over in hysterics and does the slumped-over-and-pounding-the-table routine?

(Whoops, I forgot -- you'll see Danny Moder leave Julia Roberts alone for the night with George Clooney before you see ESPN get involved with another roast. Scratch that thought.)

stealing signals, again?

baz luhrmann, so you know it's good

must see

duh!

one of my favorite television scenes ever.

Psalm 127:2

It is vain for you to rise up early, to retire late, to eat the bread of painful labors; For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.

I agree

a few fun facts about North Texas

Arlington’s Top O’ the Hill Terrace was the largest gambling mecca in the country when Las Vegas was still barren desert. it was frequented by John Wayne, Clark Gable and Bonnie and Clyde. it is now a Baptist college, and open for tours.

the Hollywood sign in California was modeled after the Welcome sign that is still standing on Welcome Mountain in Mineral Wells. when D.W. Griffith, a famed film producer and director saw it, he loved it and copied it. the California project ran out of money before completion- to this day the sign says “Hollywood,” and not “Hollywood Land.”

Frisco bought and used a prefab jail cell for years that was formerly owned by Willie Nelson.

Grand Prairie has a heart-shaped tub for newlyweds in the Holiday Inn Express.

Plano hosts the largest Balloon Festival in Texas the third weekend in September and has been named the Hot Air Balloon Capital of Texas.

the Brazos Drive-In theater in Granbury is one of only ten left in Texas and recently achieved permanent landmark status.

Carrollton is home to North America’s tallest indoor climbing gym, Stoneworks Rock Climbing Gym. (there used to be a large mural on the outside of the silos, advertising Robert Tilton)

the city of Dallas began as a trading post with John Neely Bryan in the 1830’s on the banks of the Trinity River. shopping, not the fabled wild west, is the true history of Dallas is still a favorite pastime for tourists.

the largest collection of Norman Rockwell’s original Scouting-related works is in Irving at the National Boy Scout Museum.

Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington is rumored to have the ghost of a little girl named Annie roaming the park, usually seen in the section known as ‘Texas’. she peers from a second story window and often plays pranks on staff.

Bonnie Parker is buried at Crown Hill cemetery in Oak Cliff, and Clyde is buried at Western Heights Cemetery, off Fort Worth Avenue in Dallas.

both ballpark nachos and the internationally-famous “Dot Race” were born at Arlington Stadium. both are now baseball staples everywhere.

it was from the Statler Suite in The Adolphus Hotel that Tina Turner left Ike for good. as he slept, Tina sneaked down the back stairs with 36 cents in her pocket. after finding a Ramada Inn nearby, she told the manager who she was, and what happened. she needed a room but had no money. she later wrote, “Out of the goodness of that man’s heart—I mean this was Texas, you know?—he said ‘All right.’”

Texas Christian University in Fort Worth has an entire museum devoted to meteorites. its opening day fell on February 1, 2003, the same day the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas.

legend has it that Grand Prairie was so named after a famous actress stepped of the train and exclaimed “My, what a grand prairie!”

the original jailhouse in Dallas still exists in the West End, although now it houses a law firm. the jail bars that formerly held notorious prisoners such as Bonnie and Clyde are now part of the exterior fence.

the stone carvings of the Waxahachie courthouse is said to be the story of a sculptor who fell in love with a local girl. when she didn’t return his affections, he became so angry that the faces grew more and more ugly. the timeline of the dwindling love affair is portrayed as one walks around the courthouse.

after their last job at Winnemucca, Nevada, in 1900, Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and their Wild Bunch headed for Fort Worth, where they lingered long enough to buy some fancy duds and have their picture taken at John Swartz's photo studio in 1901. according to one story, they sent a copy to the bank in Winnemucca, a bit of cheekiness that got the Pinkertons on their trail.

Arlington is named after Robert E. Lee’s famous plantation; the city was previously known as Johnson Station.

it is often theorized that the city of Irving was named after Washington Irving, but no one knows for sure.

in 1925, Conrad Hilton built his second hotel in Dallas. it’s now one of the largest hotel chains in the world.

there are over 113 bonded wineries in Texas and more than 1.5 million gallons were bottled in 2007. Grapevine boasts eight of those wineries, and hosts wine trail events during the harvest.

sixty percent of America’s paper money is printed at the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth (tours are available).

the DFW area is the #1 tourist destination in Texas, more visited than San Antonio, Austin or Houston.

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