Links to the art world: By now, most of you have seen Lynx, the guy with the skewed tie. Or the guy who appeared to have tied one on while tying his on. Lynx is the artist-in-residence for The Vault restaurant and much of his work is featured there…on the walls, not the plates. Lynx also has done work about the upcoming Super Bowl XLV and Van Cliburn Competition events. His work, similar to his personality, can be abstract. Featured today as a gift to a reader is a 17-inch x 10.5-inch plaster and acrylic on wood panel painting. The value is $357 (huh?). The work is, well, abstract. For your eyes only: Mr. B was child caring a two-year-old last week while at Sam Moon’s and well, there was an accident, and we were in search of some pull-up pants. Saw the signage for undergarments at the Velvet Box and walked in to, well, a big surprise. These were not a two-year-old’s undergarments. Hmmm, what to do? Look around, silly. Marcelle showed us a little bit of this and a lot of that and not much we could write about in this family-friendly and/or Rated G Newz-E-Letter. But with this $50 gift card, you can see all the fun stuff for yourself.

Last Tuesday, VisionFW held their monthly Night Vision event at Whiskey and Rye, located in the Omni Hotel where young professionals came together for happy hour and appetizers. From left to right: Corey Lark – Open Channels Group L.L.C., Nick Moore – Northwestern Mutual The Texas Group, Alexandra Atkinson – Cash America. See more photos here.   Sponsored by

Fancy pants: Said two-year-old needed some clothes, too, so we stopped at the new Goodwill Boutique in Keller and picked up an Ed Hardy t-shirt, some jeans from William Rast and Marc Jacobs sandals. Total bill? $8. When VP of retail and marketing goodwill David Cox heard our tale, he was a bit wowed. “Wonder what kind of wardrobe someone could get with $100?” he asked. Let’s find out.

Caffeine fix: OK, so after having said two-year-old for four days, Mr. B was a bit frantic. Terrible Twos are the worst combination of son NoBGood and daughter MisBehavin’. Calls to Camp Fire for advice were mucho helpful, but the best answer came from Sonya McCall at Mother Parker’s Tea & Coffee. Sonya sent over some coffee from its high-beam, bean brews and some soothing teas and B was recharged and relaxed. Sonya also sent over a huge gift basket of specialty coffees and teas to share with a reader. Two-kid is long gone, so the basket is all for you.

Road kill: Lupe’s Zamora Construction has some concrete work to coincide with the Super Bowl-widening of University from I-30 to Berry Street. He’s also doing the crosswalks within TCU and will cement Horned Frogs into the center of crosswalks. Horned Frog stamps, not students. Also, at the intersection of Cantey and University, a 24-by-48 foot TCU logo will be built out of pavestones.

More than kudos: Dr. Robert (Sierra) Leone researches marketing. At TCU’s Neely School of Business, he devises models that measure relationships between sales and advertising, branding, competition, etc...OK, sounds dry. But he's the best there is, as evidenced by his selection by the American Marketing Association as the 2010 Churchill Award lifetime achievement winner. He has worked closely with several companies including Sears, Victoria’s Secret (not that close), Alliance Data Systems, Kodak and P&G.

An offer worth saluting: Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in Glen Rose is admitting active-duty military for free during July.  

Cash (in) America: Amanda Micallef, sister of Reata’s Mike, and Chad Feehan, son of Cash America’s Dan, co-produced a movie thriller “Wake” that has been picked up by IFC Films. It’s about a couple's unnerving night at a roadside motel.

Move them dogies: Workforce Solutions for North Central Texas and its training partners have been awarded a grant for $2,786,003 to continue to advance certification of workers in the logistics industry. Chamber econ-man David Berzina is a happy dude. As we import more goods and people continue to demand instant (iPad-like) gratification, multiple distribution points that speed products to market will be in great demand. Kidstuff: After 30 years with the Fort Worth ISD, you’d think retired assistant super Dr. Leslie James would be sick and tired of kids. But he’s off the Royer Schutts lounge chair to become executive director of The Learning Center of North Texas, which assists peeps who have learning differences and disabilities.   Don’t press it, kid: For two years, Sue Johnson of Printing Plus has mentored students in a printing program at Trimble Tech High School. This summer, she hired the Texas State printing champion, from Trimble Tech, of course.

Ring of confusion: Suzanna Gonzalez of Hawk Electronics was married to Cesario for seven years. They divorced amicably. In fact, so amicably that they have lived together the past six years. Soon, they will marry again. Why? “We wanted to throw a big party,” she said. “Seems like a good excuse.” Suzanna is sporting both diamond engagement rings. “The second is much bigger.”

Back to school: Too bad you can't buy stock in colleges. Tarrant County, UTA, TCU and Tarleton State, to name a few, have seen soaring numbers of applications and enrollments. If you have the hankering for humanities (Why is it liberal arts and not conservative arts?), you might check out Tarleton's information fair Saturday from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Camp Bowie location

Growing up Cowboys: Some tidbits about the Dallas Cowboys’ opening of a 1,126-square-foot Pro Shop in Sundance Square during August: This will be the 40th retail store and is next door to the Texas Rangers retail store on Main St. Forbes magazine ranks the Cowboys as the fourth largest “team” brand in the world, behind Manchester United, the New York Yankees and Real Madrid. The Cowboys’ move to Arlington nearly has doubled the season ticket base from Tarrant County. Honesty is best policy: Elizabeth Northern of The Business Press was lunching and Leads-ing at Zorro’s Restaurant last month and that crash you heard was her car being hit in the parking area. The perp CAME INTO THE RESTAURANT to find the owner of the car. What are the odds on that?  Damage, Elizabeth said, was minimal. New-found respect was maximum.

Why you need editors: Misty Brown says staffers at Signs By Tomorrow walk around with a fire fighting foam sign that reminds them to be accurate. Sign was supposed to read: AFFF Manual Pull Station / Operation of Station Will Cause / Immediate AFFF discharge. Unfortunately, the FFFs were printed as SSSs.

Straightened priorities: Last week, Meghan LaVelle, group sales manager at Stockyards Station, wrote to try and win the Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel and Spa giveaway “I most certainly need this. I am getting married in October!” Then she wrote trying to win the Coors Distributing beer giveaway: “Wait, maybe I most certainly need this, I AM getting married in October!”

Be fair, not square: One day, Mr. B did some contract work. He charged $100.00. The check came in at $10,000. He cashed it. Maybe you have stronger ethics? If so, nominations are being accepted until August 15 for the Greater Tarrant Business Ethics Awards to be presented October 6 at TCU’s Brown-Lupton Union Ballroom. The award honors Tarrant County companies that demonstrate a firm commitment to ethical business practices in every day operations, management philosophies and responses to crisis and or challenges.