Fine Arts Chamber Players. There is nothing we have enjoyed more than the Bancroft Family Concerts that the Fine Arts Chamber Players oversees every year. This year's season opened yesterday in Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art.
All of their programs are totally without charge to the public, and are held where there's no chance of getting anything other than the best seat in the house. Here's where you can find out the details. CLICK or 214.520.2219. Ask for Rogine Russell.
Patty and I will see you there.
Splitting the Difference. Cloaked in the shrouds of fair play, it rarely if ever is. The one who suggests splitting the difference is always the winner.
Classical Music and Hip Hop. Interestingly those who study the Internet and its affect on social change have discovered that the sale of classical music is on the rise. And it's on the rise among those who also are hip hop and jazz enthusiasts. That's been primarily attributed to being able to hear snippets of classical pieces via web sites and listen and listen until you find a sonata you like. And you don't have to be able to pronounce the composer's name or have ever heard of the orchestra or its leader to make the choice. For more information
Business Cards. I've been self-employed since I was about thirty-five, if memory serves me. That's a long time. And if you share that category with me, you know that picking and getting business cards printed that look as good as you and your business is a continually returning nightmare.
More of a hit, miss and golly attitude than that it was a conscious decision I have found the very best printer of these little necessities there is. Beautiful and very heavy coated stock, impeccable photo reproduction, fine tuned print. Honestly, it seems everyone I present the card to takes time to comment on the quality. CLICK and here's the customer service address: CLICK
Rogue Wallet. A few years ago, I was in Manhattan. My business associate and I had walked up to a restaurant, and were on our way back to our hotel. It was dark by then and sprinkling. Just moments before the Waldorf, three men attacked me from behind and took my wallet from my back pocket. That's the problem. Most men carry their wallet either in their back pocket or in the breast pocket of their jacket. Easy prey.
Now there's a wallet made in the shape of your front pants pocket, and that's where you carry it. Problem solved. 1-800-786-1768. Tell them Groucho sent you.
Republic Title Company. It you haven't tried Republic Title Co.'s office on Douglas, a block off of Northwest Highway near Preston, you should. I fell in there by accident, and with a complicated closing that needed to be handled quickly. They did it all in record time. I'll definitely be back. There are six escrow officers there. My champions were Meredith Williams and her assistant Ali. 214.521.6143. CLICK
Hip Hop and Orientals. Oriental young people are learning to dress in a vernacular hip hop style. Because of their small frames, this look is totally perfect for them. And the caps? The perfect accouterment! As finished products, they appear to have leaped off of the fashion runway into real life.
American Red Cross. Interestingly, the other day the newsman was interviewing a woman with the American Red Cross about how people could help the Red Cross help the California fire victims. In her finishing school voice, and elitist vocabulary, I pictured her at the telephone in her couture outfit and Tiffany jewelry. She said to send money, not clothes, groceries, blankets or toiletries. Something about it costs the Red Cross too much money to handle items. They're good at handling money, she said.
I won't be sending money.
Learning about Life. There is an AM station in Dallas, 660 on the dial, that is owned by a network of primarily Christian broadcasting stations, Salem Communications. The Dallas call letters are KSKY. This station devotes itself to conservatism format. What interests me is that the lineup includes Laura Ingraham (a Roman Catholic), followed by Dennis Prager (a Jewish Scholar) and Michael Medved (a Jew). I am totally hooked on the breadth of the knowledge of these three with religion. Prager and Medved both have enormously big brains. And Miss Laura is no slouch. I wish they would bring Michael Savage back for comic relief.
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