GO RANGERS!!!! More mussels: The skinny girl at Medi-Weight Loss Clinics mentioned to Mr. B that he looked a bit anemic, his abs were sagging more than usual and his six-pack looked more like a three-pack. “Need more protein, Mr. B,” she said. No better place to get protein than Bailey's Prime Plus, so B started serving tables at the big gatherings in the back private room. Bigger gatherings = more leftovers = more protein. A few fantastic filets, rounds of rowdy rib eyes and plenty of pugnacious pork chops. Also met marketing marmalade Sarah Dalzell, who more than dalzzled us with this $100 gift card. Go South, young man: So much happening on Magnolia and throughout the Fort Worth South area, and in the forefront of it is Southside Bank, which is funding here and funding there when bank buds Terra and Brenda are not walking across the street for the best pies this side of Paris. The Pie-d Pipers love their community bank, love their area of town and love us enough to have provided a $50 gift card for you to sample the south, too. This card comes with no fees.

Picture of the Week     Former mayor, now Congresswoman Kay Granger, and former county tax assessor-collector, now Mayor Betsy Price held a news conference last Thursday to announce a funding boost for two Trinity Uptown bridges. Rep. Granger helped secure $23 million in federal funding and a $15 million commitment came from the Regional Transportation Council, which is chaired by Councilman Jungus Jordan. The funding will ensure construction of bridges on Henderson Street and North Main Street move forward as planned. North Central Texas Council of Governments Transportation Director Michael Morris also spoke. See other photos here.   Sponsored by

Was Mr. Ed a Paint Horse? Mr. B was forced to attend a pottery/clay-making class by the Prospective (?) Ms. B. He found a mold for a beautiful horse, painted it bay with a coursing of white and now had a Paint Horse. So he called Michelle Reichert at the American Paint Horse Association to see if he could be entered for the $500,000 in prize money available during the World Championships Nov. 2-12 at Will Rogers Memorial Center. Michelle knew Mr. B was horsing around, but she did offer up a fantastic gift basket of American Paint Horse items, including a coffee table book, mouse pad, tote bag and more.

So puzzling: The Child Study Center provides wonderful counseling, care and programs for children and families. On Nov. 5, the fun, fun, fun Puzzle Scuttle 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run in Benbrook will raise awareness about autism and the nonprofit. There will be 5K and mile runs, children's entertainment, a bounce house and face painting. Courtney Sanders sent over five entries for the one-mile run and day of family fun.

Healthy businesses: Mr. B has an ache in his shoulder, a throb in his knee, a mole lurking on his face and two pains in his B-hind (daughter MisBehavin' and son NoBGood), so he is attending the Cantey Hanger-sponsored Chamber Health Care Summit Nov. 4 at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. (Hate these parenthesis, but if you're lucky, you could get free legal and religious advice, too.) Partner Quitman (Q.) Stephens of Cantey Hanger, got the short straw and will give the breakfast keynote on legal issues surrounding health care reform, followed by a panel discussion on how businesses are preparing for it. Todd Whittman, president and CEO of Cooper Concepts, Inc, a division of Cooper Aerobics Center, will give the mid-morning keynote on wellness, a key component to health care costs.There's a ticket for two winners if you don't mind a three-hour wait to see the docs.

Recycling: Scott Saldinger of NBC-5 was wondering why the station's Broadcast Hill couldn't become a Texas Hall of Fame for broadcasting and a broadcasting school when the KXASers move to the mid-cities.

• Facebook is the gorilla in the room with 800 million friends. Twitter has 200 million tweeters.
• 90 percent of these surfers trust recommendations from those they know; just 14 percent trust ads. Social media is a huge opportunity for word-of-mouth sales.
• If you post, try for 20 percent informing, 20 percent entertaining, 40 percent interacting and 20 percent actually selling.
• Retailers, 33 percent of your Facebook friends are clients or customers, but 37 percent are looking for special deals.
• Don't focus too heavily on ROI; social media is about customer engagement.

Is she kidding? Hard to believe, but Brants Realtors househunter Gayle Davis says “on more than one occasion, I have sold the pets along with the house.”

Follow the leader: Cole Reeder of Reeder Construction got a lead from an unusual source...his mother. She led him to a 25,000 square foot design/build senior recreation center in Weatherford. Tom Buckman of Panther Real Estate was more interested in knowing if Cole could get him a discounted membership.

Shout outs: Congrats to Downtown Fort Worth Inc. (Main Street Arts Festival) and BRIT for winning big numero uno awards; to Charlie Powell, President and COO of Bank of Texas, for his Banker of the Year recognition from the Tarrant County Bankers Association; to Texas Wesleyan University, which is ranked in the top tier of regional universities in the west by U.S. News & World Report; and to ThyssenKrupp Airport Systems, which delivered its 1,000th passenger boarding bridge. A very special congrats to prospective 2-year-old niece Kamille for her award-winning Halloween fairy costume in her mom's day-out program. Name dropping: The sales director for Holiday Inn Express Western Center (hotels) entered to win the Ellis Pecan Country Store prizes last week and signed her name Kelly “Nut” Case.

Spider(wo)man: Just because you work for an accounting firm doesn't mean you can't have fun. Teri Palmer of Mesch, McBride & Cooper has a blow-up black widow spider that takes up a good portion of her lawn during Halloween. Every few seconds, the spider jerks its head in one direction and a few seconds later to the other direction. “When you're walking at the end of our street, you might not be able to make out the spider's body, but you certainly see the green, beady eyes turn in your direction! OOoooooOOOOooo.”

T'ing up a rivalry: Farmers Insurance agent Angela Lamb is sporting a t-shirt with a Dallas skyline and a tagline that reads East Fort Worth.

How come no Brother Cities? Belated welcome to new Fort Worth Sister City Guiyang, China. Sister City Toluca, Mexico is visiting in December to explore further trade opportunities.

Developing jobs: The Chamber's eco development divas say there have been 10 recruitment or retention announcements during 2011, adding up to 2,990 jobs in Fort Worth. That was before American Airlines brought 200 jobs here from its Tulsa maintenance base or GE Transportation announced a second plant to manufacture mining equipment with 130 jobs.

Straight talk on success: Former Mayor Bob Bolen says, “In all my travels to other cities, we're often asked, ‘How does Fort Worth do it?' I said, ‘It's easy. You get some Bass Brothers here and a Ross Perot, Jr. over there, ask 'em what they need and then get the hell outta the way.'”

Panting about world trade: Jim Falk, World Affairs Council DFW president, rides a Vespa scooter to work and shortens his pants or buys "motorcycle pants" designed in Des Moines, IA, and made in China.

Roofer rocks! Wes Tarver is a determined young man. The Lyons Construction & Development roofer was born with a club foot--it got stuck in his mother's rib--and was told he never would walk. He proved doctors wrong, making all-state in football at Burleson, and competing in baseball, basketball and track. “So, don't tell me I can't,” Wes says.