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| About Me |
Hi! I'm Cam and this is my home page. Mi Casa es su Casa! Make yourself at home!
Wait, how rude! Let me first introduce myself. Anyway, a little about me: I'm a Dallas dad who loves hanging with friends, surfing the web, doing comedy with Pavlov's Dogs (Dallas's longest-running Improv Comedy Group), and playing D&D with my pals.
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| My Chiwanas |
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These are my Chiwanas, Herbie and Stella. They are very small and very important.
Stella and Herbie, reporting for home page duty.
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Stella
Stella is a 12-year-old Chihuahua and Miniature Pinscher mix who has a brother named Bullet that lives in Arp, Texas.
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Herbie
Herbie is a 5-year-old Chihuahua and Yorkie mix who has a son named Grooty Tooty that lives in parts unknown.
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| Improv Comedy |
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I do improv comedy with Pavlov's Dogs, Dallas's longest-running improv comedy group. We make the whole show up right there with help from the audience, which is honestly one of my favorite ways to spend an evening.
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| D&D & Miniatures |
| Miniatures Update! |
I have been taking pictures of all my little bottles of paint and organizing where everything goes. I am turning the whole paint pile into a real spreadsheet.
The current project is to make a friendly paint database with the color name, brand, bottle type, general color family, and the kind of tiny heroic outfit or dungeon object it might be useful for later.
This is very useful because when a tiny wizard needs blue pants, a person should not have to dig through 169 bottles. A person should have a system.
More paint notes will go here as the spreadsheet gets tidier.
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| Recipe Corner |
Goldapp House Ranch Recipe
We love ranch around here. This is the easy house version, and I like it better than the packets.
It has a good amount of dill, so if you do not like a lot of dill, start with less and add more after it chills.
When the back yard is cooperating, the green onions come from my green onion Kratky bucket.
| Liquids / Base |
| Ingredient |
Grams |
| Mayonnaise | 300 g |
| Sour cream | 250 g |
| Whole milk | 150 g |
| Heavy cream | 80 g |
| Dill pickle jar juice | 50 g |
| Yellow mustard | 10 g |
| Base subtotal: 840 g |
| Seasonings / Aromatics |
| Ingredient |
Grams |
| Table salt | 5 g |
| MSG | 3 g |
| Ground black pepper | 3 g |
| Garlic powder | 5 g |
| Onion powder | 5 g |
| Fresh grated garlic | 5 g |
| Fresh chopped green onion | 20 g |
| Mustard powder | 2 g |
| Dried dill | 6 g |
| Seasoning subtotal: 54 g |
| Total: 894 g |
How to make it: Whisk the liquids and base ingredients together until smooth. Stir in the seasonings, fresh garlic, and green onion. Let it chill for at least 30 minutes, then taste and adjust the dill, salt, or milk until it is exactly how you like it.
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| DFW Weekend Guide for the Weird, Wild, Wonderful, and Once-in-a-While |
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Weekend of Thursday, July 30 through Sunday, August 2, 2026
This is a little hand-picked guide to things around Dallas and DFW that seem especially wonderful, weird, local, one-off, or otherwise worth knowing about before the weekend disappears.
Please click through before heading out, because event details can change.
| Event |
What the heck is it? |
When & Where |
| Original Sewing & Quilt Expo and North Texas Quilt Festival |
Hundreds of judged quilts, eight area guilds, classes, demonstrations, vendors, runway shows, and a miniature-quilt auction. |
Thu-Fri 10am-5:30pm and Sat 10am-5pm, Irving Convention Center. Admission begins at $12 online. |
| Texas Latino Comic Con |
The free tenth-annual convention brings together Latino comics, creators, panels, cosplay, and lucha libre, with a celebration of 15 years of El Peso Hero. |
Sat 11am-6pm, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas. Free. |
| Dallas Antiquarian Book Fair |
Seventy-five dealers offering rare and signed books, maps, prints, photographs, postcards, and ephemera inside a former antique-car showroom. |
Fri 5-8pm, Sat 10am-5pm, and Sun 10am-3pm, 1835 Forms Drive, Carrollton. $20 Friday preview; $10 Sat-Sun. |
| Lone Star Open |
A major tabletop championship weekend with Warhammer 40K, Old World, Halo Flashpoint, Marvel Crisis Protocol, StarCraft miniatures, and more. |
Sat-Sun, Marriott Dallas Allen and Watters Creek Convention Center, Allen. Spectating is free; competitor prices vary. |
| Farmers Branch Bluegrass Festival and Texas State Instrument Championships |
A three-day bluegrass festival, all-night jam rooms, and free spectator access to the connected banjo, flatpick-guitar, and mandolin championships. |
Fri-Sun, DoubleTree Dallas near the Galleria, Farmers Branch. Festival tickets are mostly sold out; championship spectators enter free. |
| Dashboard Diva 250 Slot-Car Race |
The third-annual 1/32-scale race runs on the museum's handcrafted Slot Mods Laguna Seca course, surrounded by more than 200 cars and 3,000 toys. |
Sat 10am-noon, DFW Car & Toy Museum, Fort Worth. Free; email registration required for one of 32 race spots. |
| 15th Oak Cliff Film Festival |
Four days of independent and archival films, Q&As, panels, and festival gatherings across Oak Cliff theaters and neighborhood venues. |
Thu-Sun, centered at the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff. Individual screening and event prices vary. |
| USA Dodgeball Premier Tour Stop No. 7 |
National-level cloth dodgeball competition in open, women's, and mixed divisions. |
Sat 9am-about 7:30pm and Sun 9am-about 4:30pm, Fieldhouse Grapevine. Spectator policy was not posted. |
| Sin Fronteras Folklorico Festival |
Nineteen Ballet Folklorico companies from across Texas perform regional Mexican dances in two large showcases. |
Sat 1pm youth/young-adult show and 6pm adult show, Moody Performance Hall, Dallas. $25. |
| Dallas Original Watermelon Day |
More than 20 Texas watermelon varieties, local growers, jelly making, live music, clog dancing, eating contests, and a Watermelon Queen. |
Sat 9am-5pm and Sun 10am-5pm, Dallas Farmers Market. No admission price is listed. |
| Card Con |
Three hundred vendor tables, trading cards, retro gaming, a voice-actor panel, giveaways, and a One Piece TCG tournament. |
Sat 10am-5pm, Hampton Inn & Suites Mesquite. $7 GA / $15 VIP; the online page currently shows tickets unavailable, so check door sales. |
| North Dallas Toy Show |
More than 140 tables of Hot Wheels, action figures, Pokemon cards, comics, LEGO, Hot Toys, and vintage collectibles. |
Sun 10am-3pm, Courtyard Marriott, Allen; VIP entry at 9am. $4 GA / $15 VIP. This show recurs monthly. |
| Richardson Disc Golf Tournament |
One 18-hole recreational and intermediate round with prizes and Innova player packs. |
Sat, check-in 7:30am / tee time 8:30am, Breckinridge Park Complex C, Richardson. $30; registration required. |
| Foam Wonderland |
An enormous outdoor electronic-music foam party featuring Adventure Club, Layz, Tsu Nami, Karan!, and Deluluz. |
Sat 6-11pm, Texas Live!, Arlington. 18+; ticket prices vary. |
| HEATSTROKE Opening Night |
The opening show of Tulips' locally produced hometown-music week, with Quaker City Night Hawks, Christian Carlos Carvajal, and Desert Folk. |
Sat, Tulips FTW, Fort Worth. Check the venue calendar for the current show time and ticket price. |
| Black & Outside Block Party |
A community block party celebrating Black-owned businesses, live DJs, food vendors, games, networking, and local creativity. |
Sat 2-10:30pm, Royal Lane Studios, Dallas. All ages; check ticket page for current price and parking details. |
| Special Edition Corvette Club Anniversary Show |
An eighth-anniversary all-Corvette show and day party with custom cars, a live band, DJ, games, prizes, and cash giveaways. |
Sat noon-4pm, Longhorn Icehouse, Dallas. Car registration begins at 11am; check ticket page for current price. |
| Grand Opening of Bravo Park |
A rescheduled civic grand opening with live music, food trucks, local vendors, pickleball, yoga, lawn games, and dog adoptions. |
Sat 11am-4pm, Bravo Park at Sloan Corners, Allen. No admission price is listed. |
| Prabhudeva Live USA |
A large dance-and-music spectacle led by the celebrated Indian choreographer, actor, and filmmaker. |
Sat 7pm, doors 5:30pm, Texas Trust CU Theatre, Grand Prairie. Ticket prices vary. |
| Black Banjo Reclamation Project: Banjo Study Group |
A study session exploring Black banjo history, musicianship, cultural memory, and reclamation through traditional folk practice. |
Sat noon-2pm, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas. Free; this is a recurring monthly program. |
| 26th Annual Art Connection Members Show: Final Day |
The last day of an annual non-juried local exhibition with youth, nonprofessional, and professional divisions plus a "We Are America @ 250" challenge. |
Sat noon-5pm, Irving Arts Center. Free gallery admission. |
| Sheltered: Closing Weekend |
Sara Easter's photography and storytelling exhibition centers the experiences of unhoused parents living and parenting in a shelter. |
Through Sun, Umbrella Gallery, Deep Ellum. Confirm current gallery hours before visiting. |
| Pour Into Yourself Behavioral Health Conference |
A Black-women-centered professional conference with continuing education, networking, meals, and a masquerade ball. |
Thu-Sun, Dallas/Plano Marriott at Legacy Town Center, Plano. Main registration appears closed; check for remaining ball or guest access. |
| National Spades Tournament of Champions Qualifier |
A free 21+ qualifier where the top four teams advance to the National Spades Players Association's fall championship. |
Sat, check-in noon / play 12:30pm, DFW. The event page still lists the venue as TBD, so verify before attending. |
| Tortfeasors 13 |
A reported annual charity production in which Fort Worth-area lawyers perform comic skits. This remains a discovery lead rather than a fully verified listing. |
Reported Fri-Sat 7pm, Rose Marine Theater, Fort Worth. No current official event or ticket page was located; confirm before going. |
| Gallery DeFi Immersive Art |
A 16,000-square-foot West Dallas gallery of murals, light installations, surreal rooms, sculpture, and walk-through environments. |
Reported Thu-Sat in West Dallas. The gallery is real, but a special event schedule for this weekend was not confirmed; check directly before visiting. |
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| Cool Links |
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Great Improv Theaters to Check Out in DFW:
Some Cool Local Spots I Like in the Wicked Webb Neighborhood:
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| Guestbook |
Please sign my guestbook if you would like to say hello. I am glad you visited.
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