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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, August 20 through Sunday, August 23, 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 |
| One Voice Conference USA 2026 |
A full professional convention for voice actors, producers, writers, agents, casting directors, and other people responsible for the voices inside cartoons, games, commercials, and audiobooks. |
Thu 3pm-Sun 1pm, Hyatt Regency DFW International Airport. Passes approximately $299-$519. |
| Ritual Warfare Breaking Competition |
An annual national-level breaking battle rooted in hip-hop culture, with competitors and spectators coming from around the country. |
Sat, lobby 3pm, doors 3:30pm, competition 4pm, The Kessler, Oak Cliff. All ages; ticketed. |
| 98th North Texas Fair and Rodeo |
The full county-fair organism: PRCA rodeo, livestock competitions, carnival rides, vendors, multiple music stages, and a Saturday morning downtown parade. |
Fri-Sun opening weekend, North Texas Fairgrounds, Denton. Fair opens Fri 5:30pm and Sat-Sun 1pm; rodeo 7:30pm nightly. |
| Art in the Arena Frisco |
More than 50 artists take over an indoor hockey arena for a juried art festival, gallery, music, food, and direct artist sales. |
Fri 6-10pm, Sat 11am-7pm, Sun 11am-5pm, Comerica Center, Frisco. Friday VIP is $50; Sat-Sun free with a pass. |
| 50th Annual Hunters Extravaganza |
Camo, blinds, feeders, optics, outfitters, game calls, an annual deer competition, and a 20-target indoor 3D archery tournament. |
Fri 3-8pm, Sat 9am-7pm, Sun 10am-5pm, Fort Worth Convention Center. Ticketed. |
| NTX Arena Collector Weekend |
The Arlington Card Show fills the upstairs with 300-plus tables while the first NTX Sneaker Show takes over 30,000 square feet downstairs. |
Sat-Sun, NTX Arena at The Vista, Lewisville. Admission starts around $5-$6 per event; free parking. |
| Texas Coin Show |
Seventy dealer tables of coins, stamps, currency, proof sets, gold, jewelry, and related collectibles. |
Fri 2-6pm, Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 9am-3pm, Grapevine Convention Center. $5 Fri-Sat; $2 Sun. |
| Spectacles of Power and Faith |
A world-premiere exhibition of 63 rarely or never publicly seen colonial South American paintings, including a multisensory chapel with period music and scent. |
Opens Sun, 1-5pm, Meadows Museum at SMU, Dallas. Adults $12, seniors $10, non-SMU students $4; several free-admission groups. |
| Dallas Prego Expo |
A traveling consumer convention for expectant and new parents with seminars, specialized vendors, gear demonstrations, contests, bingo, and a branded scavenger hunt. |
Sat, early entry 1pm, general admission 2pm, ends 6pm, Hyatt Regency Dallas. $20-$125. |
| Expo Quinceañera Dallas-Fort Worth |
A culturally specific planning expo with fashion shows, dresses, DJs, cakes, photographers, decor installations, vendors, and a dress giveaway. |
Sun noon-5pm, Esports Stadium Arlington. Reported admission $12 online or $15 at the door. |
| Lantern-Making Workshop |
Build a cellophane conical lantern from rattan, with materials, tea, pastries, and snacks included. Finished lanterns are invited back for a public exhibition. |
Sat 1-4pm, Bath House Cultural Center, White Rock Lake. Free with required RSVP; limited capacity. |
| Hobert Trauma Symposium |
A publicly registerable professional conference devoted to emergency and trauma care, with nursing, EMS, physician, and other medical education tracks. |
Fri, breakfast 7am, conference 7:45am-4pm, Methodist Dallas Medical Center. $25 symposium or $100 with CME. |
| New Texas Talent 33 - Closing Day |
Final chance to see the gallery's 33rd annual juried exhibition, featuring 50 works selected from roughly 1,500 submissions by unrepresented Texas artists. |
Sat 11am-5pm, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas Design District. No admission charge listed. |
| Heart of Texas Classic |
A ProMac/NASKA sport-karate tournament featuring forms, weapons, point and continuous sparring, team fighting, padded sword, and para divisions. |
Sat, Renaissance Dallas North Hotel. Competitor registration starts at $95; spectator admission and final public schedule are not posted. |
| Texas Kung Fu Classic |
A traditional martial-arts tournament with an Elite Breakers Association competitive board-breaking component. |
Sat, DeSoto Recreation Center. Price, schedule, and spectator admission are not posted. |
| Texas Blaze FIDE |
A five-round Swiss chess tournament with Championship, Under-1800, and Under-1400 sections, FIDE-rated upper boards, and a guaranteed prize fund. |
Fri 7pm-Sun afternoon, Courtyard Marriott Dallas Carrollton. Competitor fees approximately $78-$138; spectator policy not stated. |
| Intrigue Dance Intensive and Competition |
A judged dance weekend with choreography, an improv competition, classes, showcases, and awards. |
Sat-Sun, Pure Movement Dance, Allen. Convention registration approximately $325; casual spectator access is not explained. |
| Dallas Mineral Collecting Symposium |
A specialist mineral symposium plus a public online benefit auction of minerals, mineralia, and collecting field trips ending Saturday evening. |
Fri-Sun, Dallas/Richardson area. The current page does not explain in-person venue, registration, schedule, or price. |
| Jess Garland at the Modern |
The composer, harpist, and multidisciplinary artist performs directly on Stage, a functional artwork installed with the Rashid Johnson exhibition. |
Fri 6pm, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Free and open to the public. |
| UNT Faculty Recital: Stephen Dubberly and Friends |
A one-night faculty recital inside UNT's College of Music rather than a routine commercial concert. |
Fri 8pm, UNT Recital Hall, Denton. Price not listed. |
| National Dog Day |
A large dog gathering with adoptable dogs, vendors, activations, contests, and photo stations benefiting two rescue organizations. |
Sun 11:30am-4pm, Backyard Dallas, Deep Ellum. $5 plus fees. |
| MicroMania Wrestling |
A touring short-stature professional-wrestling show, which is considerably stranger than the venue's routine nightlife programming. |
Sat 9-11pm, Little Woodrow's Frisco. Free; 21+. |
| Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey featuring Bello Nock |
The modern no-animal circus includes trapeze, acrobatics, high-speed bicycles, Mongolian performers, salsa-acro artists, and the Double Wheel of Destiny. |
Fri 7pm, Sat 11am and 3pm, Sun noon and 4pm, Dickies Arena, Fort Worth. Ticketed. |
| Vitruvian Salsa Festival Finale |
The final night of Addison's annual seasonal salsa series with Havana NRG, DJ Ruben Reyes, a dance lesson, food trucks, and vendors. |
Sat 6-10pm, Vitruvian Park, Addison. Free; event parking $15. |
| Poetry in Place |
An unusually hyperlocal civic-writing project exploring and archiving how the Trinity River shapes, divides, and connects Dallas communities. |
Sat, Trinity River area. Free and designed for adults; exact meeting time and location are supplied through registration. |
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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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