David Seeley
11 Articles
The No Decade
Like it or not, it’s time to start behaving yourself.
The Shaggy Club
In a mixed-up world, mixed-up kids need somebody who really understands. In Dallas that somebody is a punk DJ called Shaggy.
Too Cool to Get Married
If marriage means commitment and trust, that’s fine. If it means never dancing in front of a Billy Idol video again, that’s no so fine.
Take This Job and Love It
Sandi Barton works from 8:30 to 5 as a secretary in a downtown Dallas office. She knows a lot of women look down on her job, but it suits her just fine.
The Ponytail
Warm spring days call for giving in to new clothes and a neck-baring hairdo.
Chilly Scenes of Dinner
The old tin tray, it ain’t what it used to be. Today’s TV dinners have become “frozen cuisine.”
A Home Away from Home
Thanks to indulgent parents, many of today’s wealthy kids are disdaining dorms for UT-area condos - and forfeiting what may be the best part of a college education.
Auf Wiedersehen, Sayonara, So Long
When you’re an Air Force brat, parting is part of growing up.
The Gods of Padre Island
Between watching girls and getting a great tan, lifeguards occasionally have to save lives.
Life With the Sutherlands, Frontier Family
Outside the back door stretches the lonely prairie; there is deep silence broken sometimes by gunshots and things that go bump in the night. But here on the edge of Dallas’s suburbs, you can always retreat to the whirlpool in the bathroom.