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41. Stirred and Shaken

    T-BONE TOM'S SUNSET SHOT

    By Debbylou Mountjoy

    Published: April 17, 2008

    It was my turn to pick up brother-in-law Bruce from Kemah. Our designated meeting point was T-Bone Tom's (707 Hwy. 146, Kemah, 281-334-2133), a honky-tonk that's been amusing...

42. Film

    Jason Segel uses his balls to great effect in Forgetting Sarah Marshall

    Sad Sack Extraordinaire

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: April 17, 2008

    Jason Segel is responsible for two of the most cringe-­inducing, hands-in-front-of-your-face moments in the recent history of television, both of which occurred during the...

43. Film

    Leaving no gimmick unturned, that Super Size Me guy goes searching for Public Enemy No. 1 in Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?

    Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

    By J. Hoberman

    Published: April 17, 2008

    Morgan Spurlock, the daredevil documentarian who lived on Big Macs for a month and turned this exercise in "body art" into the 2004 hit Super Size Me, returns — this time...

44. Film

    88 Minutes Is Too Long

    Ridiculous Al Pacino stars in ridiculous running-down-the-clock thriller 88 Minutes

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: April 17, 2008

    Jon Avnet's cheesy new thriller 88 Minutes is 105 minutes long, and going in, I feared that 100 of them would be eaten up by Al Pacino chewing the furniture. Alas, it's worse...

45. Theater

    Loving Love Loves a Pornographer

    Nova Arts Project surprises with a wicked Victorian comedy-of-manners parody

    By D.L. Groover

    Published: April 17, 2008

    It takes a few minutes to become acclimated to Nova Arts Project's immaculate staging of Love Loves a Pornographer, Jeff Goode's wicked parody of a late Victorian comedy of...

46. Artbeat

    Capsule Art Reviews: "Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006," "Ethnography, Photojournalism and Propaganda: 1934-1975.," "FotoFest2008: Current Perspectives, 1998–2008 CHINA," "Vivid Vernacular"

    By Kelly Klaasmeyer and Troy Schulze

    Published: April 17, 2008

    "Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006" For an exhibition about design, this show isn't very well designed. Organized by the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National...

47. Encore

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Gutenberg! The Musical!, La Bohème, Rounding Third, Underneath the Lintel, Young and Fertle

    By D.L. Groover and Lee Williams

    Published: April 17, 2008

    Gutenberg! The Musical! Pirate Queen, Dance of the Vampires and Kelly – these were rank bombs all, made legendary by their horridness. Billed as serious Broadway...

48. Ask a Mexican

    Press 1 for English

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: April 17, 2008

    Dear Mexican, I work at a Seattle-based company, and our Customer Service Department uses a phone tree system that asks all callers to press 1 for English, 2 for Spanish and a...