Jesse Hughey
@hughey.bsky.social
Writer, editor and PR specialist in Dallas. Bylines in Fodor’s American Travel, Success, Southwest: The Magazine, D, Cowboys & Indians, Dallas Observer, elsewhere. He/him, P1, jessehughey.com
My daughter’s costume this year was “ribbon-cutting cereal gone wrong.” I love that she shares my absurd sense of humor and also has the energy and confidence to go through with her ideas instead of being like, “Wouldn’t it be funny if…”
November 2, 2025 at 4:54 AM
My daughter’s costume this year was “ribbon-cutting cereal gone wrong.” I love that she shares my absurd sense of humor and also has the energy and confidence to go through with her ideas instead of being like, “Wouldn’t it be funny if…”
Won’t someone think of the U.S. economy? And the business world?!
September 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Won’t someone think of the U.S. economy? And the business world?!
Superman saves the world from Nazis and mad scientists. Meanwhile Captain Marvel uses his powers to swim down to the ocean floor and choke out some poor tiger shark just minding its business.
September 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Superman saves the world from Nazis and mad scientists. Meanwhile Captain Marvel uses his powers to swim down to the ocean floor and choke out some poor tiger shark just minding its business.
I keep getting phishing texts and decided to respond to this one. Maybe the wink emoji sent me over the edge. My replies seem to have ended the conversation. Guess they weren’t so excited about meeting up after all.
August 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I keep getting phishing texts and decided to respond to this one. Maybe the wink emoji sent me over the edge. My replies seem to have ended the conversation. Guess they weren’t so excited about meeting up after all.
Here’s another half-assed city of Dallas project. They were doing street replacement for months and just stopped, right in front of my house. Of course the north end gets replaced and the south gets some asphalt patches.
August 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Here’s another half-assed city of Dallas project. They were doing street replacement for months and just stopped, right in front of my house. Of course the north end gets replaced and the south gets some asphalt patches.
If you don’t like the light from those old orange street lamps, careful what you wish for. The replacement at the end of our block is brighter than a welding torch.
August 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
If you don’t like the light from those old orange street lamps, careful what you wish for. The replacement at the end of our block is brighter than a welding torch.
Very funny one-two combination of stories that suggest or confirm these two are indeed as awful as we know they are and which will lead to no meaningful consequences for either.
July 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Very funny one-two combination of stories that suggest or confirm these two are indeed as awful as we know they are and which will lead to no meaningful consequences for either.
If my formerly Republican 70-something mom is out in the Texas heat to protest you, man, you have fucked up.
![My wife in a yellow shirt that says “[picture of a bee] KIND”; my mom in a ball cap that says “Make lying wrong again” and white shirt that says “THINK while it’s still legal” holding a flag-festooned handmade sign that says “NO kings | bribes | lies”; and me in a sweaty old white T that says “RICH BASTARDS BEWARE.” Several other people in the background seek relief from the sun under trees with signs and flags and such in the background, but this pic is not at all suggestive of the really big turnout.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:64cvvja6g2wlqjrl3qtt2c6z/bafkreigz5rhn33ugob5rwdoreeaqfkifr2rl2qivvpt4qhhnkpquxqn43y@jpeg)
June 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
If my formerly Republican 70-something mom is out in the Texas heat to protest you, man, you have fucked up.
It always cracks me up at Fiesta reading the aisle sign’s Spanish translation of “Hispanic Medicines,” which is just “Medicinas.”
June 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
It always cracks me up at Fiesta reading the aisle sign’s Spanish translation of “Hispanic Medicines,” which is just “Medicinas.”
I had the particular combination of hunger and fuck-it-all that leads to getting lunch at Wingfield’s, and holy shit am I glad I did. It had been too long. They still have an excellent burger, and it’s still the size of a meatloaf.
May 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I had the particular combination of hunger and fuck-it-all that leads to getting lunch at Wingfield’s, and holy shit am I glad I did. It had been too long. They still have an excellent burger, and it’s still the size of a meatloaf.
Why in the world would they suggest I serve coffee this way?
May 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Why in the world would they suggest I serve coffee this way?
How complicated does a dog bed have to be? All these parts and technical instructions, you need an engineering degree to assemble this
April 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
How complicated does a dog bed have to be? All these parts and technical instructions, you need an engineering degree to assemble this
A 4/20 Easter miracle! I encountered a post that had been reskeeted 3 times and had a like count of 19. I had the honor of nudging each of those numbers up by one. I am not a golfer, but I bet this is what it feels like to get a hole-in-one.
April 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A 4/20 Easter miracle! I encountered a post that had been reskeeted 3 times and had a like count of 19. I had the honor of nudging each of those numbers up by one. I am not a golfer, but I bet this is what it feels like to get a hole-in-one.
Do the Atlantic’s kids maybe need to go spend a few days at Grandma’s, though?
April 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Do the Atlantic’s kids maybe need to go spend a few days at Grandma’s, though?
The Dallas Observer, the city’s alt-weekly, had a preview story about it on Friday. The protest took place less than a mile from the Dallas Morning News building, on the same street. It’s hard to believe no news reporter or editor saw the DO story or noticed the event.
April 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The Dallas Observer, the city’s alt-weekly, had a preview story about it on Friday. The protest took place less than a mile from the Dallas Morning News building, on the same street. It’s hard to believe no news reporter or editor saw the DO story or noticed the event.
Here’s our sweet new pit mix, Axl, whom we adopted from the pound last month.
November 5, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Here’s our sweet new pit mix, Axl, whom we adopted from the pound last month.
It’s so fucking weird how he likes playing pretend Big Boy Job and people just humor him.
October 16, 2024 at 2:34 AM
It’s so fucking weird how he likes playing pretend Big Boy Job and people just humor him.
He loves destroying Malcolm’s toys almost as much as Malcolm does, so they are getting along very well.
October 14, 2024 at 2:59 PM
He loves destroying Malcolm’s toys almost as much as Malcolm does, so they are getting along very well.
About three months after losing the best dog ever, Izzy (whose portrait is my background pic), adopted a dog from the DAS this weekend. Meet Axl. Super sweet, smart and gentle Dallas street mutt who so far seems to be up to the mighty task of following in her paw prints.
October 14, 2024 at 2:35 PM
About three months after losing the best dog ever, Izzy (whose portrait is my background pic), adopted a dog from the DAS this weekend. Meet Axl. Super sweet, smart and gentle Dallas street mutt who so far seems to be up to the mighty task of following in her paw prints.
Hey WP, are you outsourcing your fact-checking to AI? That would be bad, but it would also be the least troubling explanation for these bizarre posts.
August 20, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Hey WP, are you outsourcing your fact-checking to AI? That would be bad, but it would also be the least troubling explanation for these bizarre posts.
We tried these stuffed zucchini from my late grandmother’s Leone’s Italian Cookbook, and they were great. (Parboiled and baked longer because they were bigger than the recipe calls for.) I wouldn’t have thought to top them with Italian dressing, but it was a brilliant finishing touch.
August 10, 2024 at 2:31 AM
We tried these stuffed zucchini from my late grandmother’s Leone’s Italian Cookbook, and they were great. (Parboiled and baked longer because they were bigger than the recipe calls for.) I wouldn’t have thought to top them with Italian dressing, but it was a brilliant finishing touch.
Well shit, I’m out of the game. Saw one on I-35 south going from Dallas into Oak Cliff. They need to take this ugly dumbass thing back north of 635 where it belongs or keep going till they reach Austin.
July 16, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Well shit, I’m out of the game. Saw one on I-35 south going from Dallas into Oak Cliff. They need to take this ugly dumbass thing back north of 635 where it belongs or keep going till they reach Austin.
“S-1 E1” — are they anticipating a series on this topic stretching more than one season? It shouldn’t surprise me since we are in Hell and Trump is the only thing on TV, but Christ, I hope they come up with a good twist for Season 2. I can think of one, but it would require a tweak to the title.
July 16, 2024 at 3:10 AM
“S-1 E1” — are they anticipating a series on this topic stretching more than one season? It shouldn’t surprise me since we are in Hell and Trump is the only thing on TV, but Christ, I hope they come up with a good twist for Season 2. I can think of one, but it would require a tweak to the title.