Email Author Craig Malisow

Awards

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published December 15, 2011

  "Down the Hatch"

• 2012 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published December 15, 2011

  "Down the Hatch"

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published October 14, 2010

  "The Littlest People"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 30, 2010

  "Prison Pays"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published December 30, 2010

  "Prison Pays"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published January 21, 2010

  "Net Gains and Losses"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published January 29, 2009

  "BARC Sucks"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published July 16, 2009

  "Cover Me"

• 2010 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published December 3, 2009

  "Credit Repair"

• 2010 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published July 16, 2009

  "Cover Me"

• 2010 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published January 29, 2009

  "BARC Sucks"

• 2009 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published July 17, 2008

  "Selling You"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 17, 2008

  "Selling You"

• 2009 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published July 17, 2008

  "Selling You"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards, published September 18, 2008

  "Language Barrier"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards, published July 17, 2008

  "Selling You"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 8, 2006

  "The Plane Truth"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published June 8, 2006

  "The Plane Truth"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published September 21, 2006

  "Penal Violations"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published February 2, 2006

  "Wize Guys"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published June 15, 2006

  "Feel My Pain"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published April 7, 2005

  "Exposed Nerve"

• 2006 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published July 21, 2005

  "Dr. Nice"

• 2006 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published April 7, 2005

  "Exposed Nerve"

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2010 Stories by Craig Malisow

• Bill White's Election "Party" Stumbles On, Even As Networks Crown Perry

  published Nov 02, 2010

  If you can get to the Americas Hilton ballroom tonight, it'd be well worth it: less than an hour after the polls have closed, the Bill White election watch is nearly deserted, which means there is no ... More >>

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  Star Trek's Spock: The Texas Supreme Court Looks To Him For Guidance

  published Nov 02, 2010

  Some judges are as well-known for their literary prowess as they are for monumental civil and criminal rulings."There is no surer way to misread any document than to read it literally," Appellate... More >>

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  Foreskin Poetry & Song: Penis-Based Odes To What Is There, Or Gone

  published Oct 29, 2010

  There's only one thing that can get Hair Balls more excited about all the Lady Gaga meat dresses we're sure to see this Halloween weekend, and that's foreskin. Or, more specifically, the 2010 "Pro-Int... More >>

• Dorothy Isabel: A&E Show First 48, Could You Please Stop Calling Me A Whorer

  published Oct 28, 2010

  Many people dream of being on TV, but what if, unbeknownst to you, your photo turns up on a reality show and you're identified as a prostitute who witnessed a brutal gang murder when -- and here's the... More >>

• River Oaks' Teflon Man Sues Wife Despite His Heroic Cancer Battle

  published Oct 26, 2010

  Last we heard from Gary Ross, the Teflon Man of River Oaks, he had e-mailed one of his lawyers about how he had colon cancer and was at death's door.But apparently Ross never lost the will to fight si... More >>

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  Juan & Bertha Gracia: Animal-Cruelty Trial Is A Trial In Itself

  published Oct 25, 2010

  Hair Balls couldn't help but scratch our head today over the arguments and testimony spewed forth in the second trial of exotic bird breeders Juan and Bertha Gracia, who were found guilty of animal cr... More >>

• RIP, Bob Guccione: Five Texan Penthouse Pets, In Your Honor

  published Oct 21, 2010

  Hair Balls is wearing sackcloth and ashes today in memory of Penthouse founder Bob Guccione, who shuffled off to the Great Stiffie in the Sky Wednesday at age 79.Maybe our sense of loss come... More >>

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  Fiverr.com: What Texans Will Do For Five Bucks

  published Oct 20, 2010

  Hair Balls has five bucks burning a hole in our pocket, and we're thinking about spending it on a postcard from a Houston-based model no one's ever heard of. Or possibly a Texas State Fair award-winni... More >>

• David Kaczynski: Unabomber's Brother Campaigns Against Death Penalty

  published Oct 19, 2010

  Once you become forever known as "The Unabomber's Brother," there are probably two ways you can go: you can do your best to hide (say, maybe move to a cozy, isolated cabin in Montanar) or you can use ... More >>

• Janet Cox Worked For A Judge, Until She Supported His Electoral Opponent

  published Oct 07, 2010

  Most people who don't like their boss are able to keep it to themselves, silently wishing plagues upon him or her, or maybe venting to a trusted co-worker. But Janet Cox says she was fired from her jo... More >>

• Rapper Tow Down, Brother Arrested On Drug Charges

  published Oct 01, 2010

  Tall Caucasian rapper Tow Down, aka Bryan Theriot, made mainstream news in 2008, when The Man raided his posh Sienna Plantation home and seized about 50 marijuana plants. But as sweet as Tow Down's&nb... More >>

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  Stephone Taylor: Mayor Steals Town's Lawnmower

  published Sep 29, 2010

  A former small-town Texas official's crime spree may have finally come to an end: Former Anahuac City Administrator Stephone Taylor, currently the mayor of Ringgold, Louisiana, has "pleaded no contest... More >>

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  Jersey Village Sinking Into The Abyss, And This Time Not Metaphorically

  published Sep 29, 2010

  Jersey Village is sinking like the Titanic, and anyone who continues to live there is sure to be sucked into the Earth's core, according to a recent geological study of Houston. Well, maybe that's a ... More >>

• DJ Buddha Tells His Side Of The "Truck Flies Into Greens Bayou" Story, Including His Arrest

  published Sep 24, 2010

  While Houston police investigate the death of a man whose truck smashed through a guardrail and plunged into Greens Bayou Wednesday, the man who says he was chasing the driver told Hair Ball... More >>

• Steve Mostyn, Anti-Perry Attorney, Tries To Subpoena Reporters' Notes

  published Sep 23, 2010

  rWe've seen some idiotic legal filings over the years, but there's something especially mind-boggling when a lawyer files a stinker on his own behalf. Houston's own Steve Mostyn has ju... More >>

• BARC Supervisor, On Tape, Squelches Employee Complaint And Says Mayor Has His Back

  published Sep 21, 2010

  rWhen Chatauqua Allen, a supervisor at the Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care, was shut out of certain meetings, she got the nagging notion that it may have to do with her race.The f... More >>

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  Troubles (and Lawsuits) Keep Coming for Bailey's American Grille in Seabrook

  published Sep 21, 2010

  After news broke last week that Brad Bailey, a Nassau Bay councilman in addition to the owner of Bailey's American Grille in Seabrook, had suddenly closed his popular restaurant and banquet hall, Bail... More >>

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  Bailey's American Grille: The Troubles Keep Coming

  published Sep 21, 2010

  rBrad Bailey, the Nassau Bay councilman who freaked out everyone in Seabrook by suddenly closing his popular restaurant and banquet hall last week, has failed to show up for a deposition in... More >>

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  Obama Birth Certificate: San Antonio Demands The Truth, Via Billboard

  published Sep 17, 2010

  While the mainstream media continues to perpetuate the myth that Barack Hussein Obama is American as apple pie and waterboarding, one publication has been brave enough to answer the single-most import... More >>

• I Wanna Be Your Dog (Or Cat): TV Pilot Edition

  published Sep 15, 2010

  Hair Balls was excited to learn that one of its favorite old TV shows, Hawaii 5-0, is returning to the air this fall. That show's success was attributable not just to the swaggering awesomeness of Jac... More >>

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  7-Cent Gas Likely Equals One Big Traffic Headache In Cypress

  published Sep 13, 2010

  Want to fill up your gas tank for 7 cents a gallonr Then be sure to hit the Murphy gas station at 26272 Northwest Freeway in Cypress from 7-9 a.m.Tuesday.Sprint is promoting its new pre-paid cell, Com... More >>

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  Rodney Ray, Rodeo's "Texas Kid," Gets Busted On Child-Sex Charges

  published Sep 09, 2010

  If you're a fan of professional rodeo, then this week has been a dark one: Trick rider Rodney Ray Hayes, aka "The Texas Kid," has been indicted on four felony counts of "transportation of minors ... More >>

• Rick Santorum Coming To Houston To Rebut JFK, Constitution

  published Sep 03, 2010

  Fifty years ago, then-presidential candidate JFK delivered a historic speech on the separation of church and state to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association. As the first Catholic candidate for p... More >>

• Jose Luis De Jesus: Only 666 More Days Until He Becomes God, As We Understand It

  published Sep 02, 2010

  You know who wasn't surprised by today's oil platform explosionr Jose Luis De Jesus MIranda, aka the Anti-Christ, aka Jesus of Missouri City -- that's who.And there will be plenty more disasters in th... More >>

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  Reliance Radiance Foundation: Controversial Billboards Come To Texas

  published Sep 01, 2010

  Perhaps because it would take up too much room to say "Honk if You Love Insane Conspiracy Theories," the new super-creepy billboards in Bryan simply show an African-American child under the terrifying... More >>