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Hair Balls
3:00 pm
Jun. 17, 2013
Houston News
Daniel Duplaisir: Guilty Plea in A&M Prof's Extortion Case Daniel Duplaisir pleaded guilty to one count of extortion today, admitting in federal court that he pretended to be a 16-year-old girl during sexually explicit online chats with a Texas A&M profe... More >>
Eating Our Words
3:00 pm
Jun. 17, 2013
Houston News
Despite The Missing Sign, Dunkin' Donuts at S. Shepherd Is Still Coming If anyone has driven by the future location of Dunkin' Donuts at Shepherd and Fairview, they may be wondering where the "Coming Soon" sign has gone. No, Dunkin Donuts hasn't changed its mind abo... More >>
Art Attack
2:00 pm
Jun. 17, 2013
Houston News
Heights Yarn Installation Destroyed By Vandals On June 8, several knitters worked tirelessly to turn a black metal structure into a colorful installation to brighten up Heights Boulevard. Exactly a week later, someone destroyed it. All tha... More >>
Eating Our Words
1:30 pm
Jun. 17, 2013
Houston News
The Final Feast: Groundbreaking Restaurant Closes With Sold-Out Night Click to view the full, final menu from Feast. Feast's friends and fans packed the little house at 219 Westheimer for a final taste of hearty delights such as fish and scallop pie and coq au ... More >>
Hair Balls
12:00 pm
Jun. 17, 2013
Houston News
Second Tropical Depression of the Year Forms in the Caribbean It is mid-June and we already have another tropical disturbance to deal with. In this case, it is a depression that has formed near Belize in the western Caribbean Sea. It formed rather quickly an... More >>
Art Attack
12:00 pm
Jun. 17, 2013
Houston News
Houston Ballet Flies High with Peter Pan The Setup: Houston Ballet brings to life J.M. Barrie's fairy tale, Peter Pan, the first time since the ballet's 2002 premiere. Choreographer Trey McIntyre's interpretation is filled with the s... More >>
Hair Balls
11:00 am
Jun. 17, 2013
Houston News
Rooting for Rivals: Five Reasons This Rockets Fan is Cheering for the Spurs Few things are more difficult for a sports fan than rooting for a rival. Even when that rival's victory could help your team, it feels uncomfortable wishing they would win. For Rockets fans, that... More >>
Eating Our Words
11:00 am
Jun. 17, 2013
Houston News
Buffalo and Turkey Burgers Make Successful Debut At Skeeter's Mesquite Grill Last time I attempted to go to Skeeter's Mesquite Grill for a burger I was sidelined by a case of food poisoning. History did not repeat itself, thank goodness, and a few weeks later I was abl... More >>
Art Attack
10:00 am
Jun. 17, 2013
Houston News
Falling Skies: "So Much For Talking." Last night's epsiode, "Badlands," offered the surviving humans (and us) a bit of a respite after the bang-zoom-pow of the two-part season premiere. That's not to say the highly anticipated alien ... More >>
Hair Balls
10:00 am
Jun. 17, 2013
Houston News
Sex and the Space Invaders: Strip Club Slash Game Room Raided in North Houston Normally, when two or more businesses operate out of the same location, it would be expected that they share some commonality that makes putting them both there logical. Getting Kentucky Fried ch... More >>
Eating Our Words
10:00 am
Jun. 17, 2013
Houston News
Top Five Foodie Beach Reads Given the fact I loathe the word "foodie" and dislike the term "beach read" (for the way in which it relegates potentially good literature into the realm of superficial fluff), I'm surprised I'... More >>
Hair Balls
9:00 am
Jun. 17, 2013
Houston News
Is The Atlantic League Expanding to The Woodlands? Maybe The Atlantic League exists because the New York Mets didn't want the New York Yankees to have a minor league team in Long Island. Bud Selig had yet to become Major League Baseball commissioner fo... More >>
Art Attack
9:00 am
Jun. 17, 2013
Houston News
A Houston Web Awards Daily Deal For You It's time for us to host our third annual Houston Web Awards honoring the best online practitioners in the Houston area - and now we're making it even easier for you to attend with our Voice Daily... More >>
Hair Balls
8:00 am
Jun. 17, 2013
Houston News
Rockets on the Right Path With or Without Dwight Howard, But Landing Him Would Be Huge In three straight drafts, the former Seattle Sonics and eventual Oklahoma City Thunder completely altered the trajectory of their franchise and became the envy of the entire NBA, save perhaps Mia... More >>
Eating Our Words
8:00 am
Jun. 17, 2013
Houston News
Clutch Delivery Brings Composting to Houston's Masses I live in a loft and I love to cook. I also try to be as green a consumer as possible. A few years back our little community got those large green recycling bins, the kind where you don't have t... More >>
Hair Balls
7:00 am
Jun. 17, 2013
Houston News
Bully, Ideologue, Worst - Sen. Patrick Targeted by Colleagues and Media Alike Dan Patrick seems to have no issue with verbal altercation. The state senator, representing parts of northwest Houston, has gained quick notoriety for transferring his acidic on-air personality t... More >>
Eating Our Words
7:00 am
Jun. 17, 2013
Houston News
What's Cooking This Week? Mussels in White Wine & More I love cooking for my fiancé and me, but most of the time, cooking for two proves to be difficult. If I don't make a plan, I end up running around in circles at the grocery store and wasting half... More >>
Hair Balls
6:00 am
Jun. 17, 2013
Houston News
Summer of Johnny: Looks Like The Haters Got To Manziel Every hero has his setbacks. Nothing is forever, and no story is just a perpetual arrow pointing upward, with puppy dogs and gumdrops (or, in this case, bikini clad coeds and jello shots) 24 by 7.... More >>
Eating Our Words
6:00 am
Jun. 17, 2013
Houston News
Finally Discovering Down House My first time at Down House was on a blind date. He lived in the Heights and I had never been so it seemed perfect. Sometimes there's just a connection, an instant attraction, a chemistry you ca... More >>
Eating Our Words
4:30 pm
Jun. 14, 2013
Houston News
5 Foods My Dad Really Wants for Father's Day, & Your Dad Will Want Them, Too Father's Day is this Sunday, for those of you who may have been living underneath a rock and haven't seen all the buzz about the holiday dedicated to celebrating our dads. This week, Brooke Vigg... More >>
Rocks Off
2:00 pm
Jun. 14, 2013
Houston News
Top 10 Bars, Clubs & Ice Houses In Upper Kirby As our sister blog Eating...Our Words does, from time to time Rocks Off will be giving your our picks for the top taverns in various Houston-area neighborhoods. Of course, the lines can be porous,... More >>
Rocks Off
1:15 pm
Jun. 14, 2013
Houston News
Here's a Link to the New Kanye Album If You Want to Listen Well, everyone who had today in the "Kanye Pool," time to collect your winnings. Since it is simply impossible to just wait for an official release date, Kanye West's much-anticipated new album ... More >>
Hair Balls
1:00 pm
Jun. 14, 2013
Houston News
Top Five Things to Do in Houston Sports This Weekend: Father's Day Edition Another week behind us and another weekend of hot, humid Houston weather in front. Time to kick back in the air conditioning and watch some movies in the dark surrounded by ice packs and half a ... More >>
Rocks Off
1:00 pm
Jun. 14, 2013
Houston News
Marfreless Says It Will Reopen Later This Summer In Same Spot After closing at the end of March, Marfreless, the notorious River Oaks bar known equally for its ritzy interior and the countless clandestine assignations that happened there, has announced tha... More >>
Hair Balls
12:00 pm
Jun. 14, 2013
Houston News
Head for the Hills -- West Nile Virus Found in Harris County! You can commence panicking: The West Nile Virus has been detected in a mosquito trapping site in northeast Harris County (ZIP Code 77346), according to Harris County Public Health & Environmental... More >>
Art Attack
12:00 pm
Jun. 14, 2013
Houston News
Reflection Pool: The Week In Photos It's time again to check out the Houston Press Flickr Pool and see what kinds of art shots our talented photographers have added. We love street art, unique perspectives and beautiful photos of ... More >>
Art Attack
10:00 am
Jun. 14, 2013
Houston News
Summer TV Club: The Twilight Zone: "And When the Sky Was Opened" This week we travel way back in time, long before the Art Attack TV Club writers were even specks of dust in our parents' loins, with the exception of Pete, who was already like ten or something, ... More >>

From the Print Edition

Chemically Burned: Dow Chemical Tries to Avoid Hot Water in Worker's Death Chemically Burned: Dow Chemical Tries to Avoid Hot Water in Worker's Death

His skin was on fire. Brian Johns couldn't feel exactly what was happening to him through the jolt of endorphins and adrenaline pumping through his body, but the acid was… More >>

Dear 59/610 Exchange Drivers, Seriously, WTF?

Highlights from Hair Balls Spaced City Hi, fellow Houston drivers. Listen, if you ever drive on Loop 610 or Interstate 59 and use the intersection of those two freeways, we need to talk.… More >>

A Redcoat in Patriotland: A Brit Visits the 2013 NRA Convention A Redcoat in Patriotland: A Brit Visits the 2013 NRA Convention

The AR-15 is lighter than I expected. It's an intimidating chunk of rough-hewn black metal and rubber, but it sits softly in my hands. I bring it to my shoulder and,… More >>

Tear-Down Tear-Down

Highlights from Hair Balls Houston 101 I have spent most of my 44 years on this earth in the city of Houston. I started visiting the Astrodome when I was just a… More >>

Forced Apart Forced Apart

Highlights from Hair Balls Texas A couple in McKinney, Texas, has been together for nearly three years. They've been together following one's messy divorce. They've helped raise the two young children that… More >>

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