Tommy Cummings
Tommy moved to Texas from Oklahoma in 1992 and has lived in Mansfield with his wife, Brigitte, and son, Beaumont, since 2002 (after a two-year adventure in California as a tech columnist/editor at the San Francisco Chronicle). Tommy started his media career at newspapers in Oklahoma before becoming an editor in many capacities at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and The Dallas Morning News, where he wrapped up his newsroom career as a digital editor. His work has appeared in news outlets throughout the U.S. Tommy can be reached at [email protected].
The 2006 movie Idiocracy might have been more foretelling for Costco than previously imagined. In Idiocracy, Luke Wilson’s character participates in a top-secret hibernation program. The program is so secret that it is forgotten, and he wakes up in the distant future as the most intelligent guy on the planet. In his adventure to get…
Centuries of running water formed three sandstone ledges on land southwest of Denton. The knob is capped by dark brown arenaceous ironstone. From a distance, the ledges resembled a ship’s lookout, which earned the landmark the name Pilot Knob. Over time, the 900-foot natural protrusion — one of the highest points in north central Texas…
Living close to a Babe’s Chicken Dinner House means something to Shaquille O’Neal, but the National Basketball Association legend will have to travel further now that he’s selling his nearby Carrollton home. The Texas native, who frequented the famous family-style restaurant, has listed his five-bedroom home in the Denton County portion of Carrollton for $1.695…
If you’ve ever driven through Coppell, and especially if you’re a resident, you’ll see that it’s a cool city — not too big or small. It’s a cozy little suburb that seems to have access to anything. Travel + Leisure, a New York-based travel media brand, thought so, too. The editors recently compiled a top-10…
You can live large, but you don’t have to always actually live large. NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal has purchased vast residences through the years, including a 31,000-square-foot, 12-bedroom mega-mansion known as “Shaq-apulco” in Orlando. But he still appreciates the modest things, too. In an interview with The Dallas Morning News last year, O’Neal said that when he was a…
