Good news for Dallas-area parakeets

That's the end of the first quarter, and a five and a half month absence from writing about movies for a newspaper.

I just dropped that quarter into a newspaper rack outside a North Dallas Starbucks and purchased Preston Hollow People, one of three Dallas-area weekly newspapers that began publishing my movie reviews on June 26.

I don't want to put any pressure on former President George W. Bush to read my reviews.  But this is the new neighborhood.  If the former prez and the ex-First Lady missus are in the mood for a cinematic excursion, they're more than welcome to check out my reviews for, you know, guidance.

I'm not going to lie.  I missed writing for a newspaper for the past few months.  Once that smell of ink gets in your blood, it's impossible to shake.

My goal is to do more, actually.  (Are you listening other newspapers and publications?)

For now, though, I'm proud to be appearing in not only the Preston Hollow People, but the Oak Cliff and Park Cities editions as well.  (Click here for the People Newspapers Web site; but you'll need to continue to click here for my film reviews.)

That means Dallas parakeets, who may have been holding it (so to speak) until a suitable newspaper target came along, are now free to blast away at my prose so neatly spread out under the seed feeder and water cup at the bottom of their cages.

Believe me, they won't be the first to give my movie opinions the ol' poop salute.