Now where I'd put my barrel?

Yeah, I know, feels like I just got back from vacation. But you know what they say in the corporate media world, "use ‘em or lose ‘em".

They do say that, right?

While I’m gone you might wanna check out our Dallas Observer Music Awards show next Tuesday night and Chandler Jackson Night with the Frisco RoughRiders July 26, and – betcha a nickel – the beginning of the end for your Texas Rangers.

The good news: My next blog item will come from Oxnard, California, and it will officially be football season. -- Richie Whitt