Letters

Mark Bersche
Naturalist, Houston Arboretum
and Nature Center

Tree Hugger's Challenge
Jon Mathews has told us repeatedly during his radio show that "trees" cause much of the pollution on this planet. I have personally heard Jon comment that "automobile exhaust has never been proven to harm anyone." Tom DeLay has been quoted as saying that "the earth and its resources are too vast for humans to have any detrimental effect upon." I believe Mr. DeLay was in the insecticide business prior to entering politics.

I would be willing to make a wager with these gentlemen: Mr. DeLay shall take off socks and shoes, roll up his trousers and soak his feet in a tub of his favorite cockroach Kool-aid. Mr. Mathews shall sit inside a garage with his Dodge truck running (Jon may also run his mouth if he so desires). I will consent to being hung by the ankles, and lowered into a large bush or tree, simultaneously hugging said bush or tree and breathing deeply. At the end of 24 hours, we shall be released, and then (quickly now) run a 100-yard dash. The winner will be allowed to publicly strike his opponent in the face with a banana cream pie.

Dennis O'Docharty
Houston

Corrections
Despite our best efforts to catalog the "Best of Houston" in our September 18 issue, we made a few mistakes. Computer Exchange, our readers' choice for Best Computer Store, has only one location. Its correct address and phone number are 1212 Westheimer, 529-6789.

The correct phone number for Teas Nursery, our readers' choice for Best Place to Buy Plants, is 664-4400.

And at the time of publication, Pace had resumed booking shows at the Urban Art Bar, our critic's choice for Best Place to See Live Music.

The Press regrets the errors.