Chef Boyardee Foodstuffs

How Not To Blog About Ike

Life on the Sunny Side

A lucky few homeless people experience life ten miles out from the Pierce Elevated

The Next Chef Boyardee

Wolfgang Puck, creator of Spago in Hollywood, has lost control of his name

The Ultimate Makeover

Modeling agent Page Parkes never wore mascara in high school. But don't let that fool you.

Game Time: Your Texans Playoff Rooting Manifesto, 2009 Edition...Yeah, You Heard Me!!

​The internet has been a wonderful invention. It's allowed us to do all of our Christmas shopping in our underwear, go to college in our underwear, hell even go to work in our underwear. Basically, it's allowed us to do a lot of things in our underwear that we never thought possible, including giv ... More >>

Lawn Mower Man

Kenneth Page followed his peculiar dream from Texas to Florida.

"Rape Gaze": Worst Genre Name Ever? Not Quite...

myspace.com/wearecreep​Let's take a moment to think about labels and what they mean to us. Why do people feel the need to label things? The obvious answer is: It's the only way we know what stuff is. To anyone who automatically dismisses the very idea of labeling, just imagine what it would b ... More >>

Top 5 Stinkers

Just don't get too close.​Maybe you're one of those people known for having offensive breath. Along with coffee, garlic, onions and tuna fish, these five foods may just be the culprits. 5. Chili Cheese Fritos How's a breath that smells like the armpits of a thousand construction workers s ... More >>

Top 5 Greatest Canned Foods

Cheeseburger in a can. Yes, it's real. No, it's not on the list.​We had a look at some of the worst canned foods you can buy some time ago, which you might remember in the same way that twitchy guy in the cubicle across from you still remembers having been trapped in a burning car when he was ... More >>

Favorite Three: Pizza Places

Photo by Kevin ShalinSimone on Sunset's Smoked Duck Pizza​Picking a favorite pizza place is a hot-button topic. Let's see which places showed up on our lists. John Kiely 1. Dolce Vita Pizzeria & Enoteca 2. Russo's Coal-Fired New York Pizzeria 3. Pizza Hut John's Take: The worst pizza I've ... More >>

10 Tips for Eating MREs, from a Pro

The Beef Ravioli Meal, Ready to Eat (MRE) was the best option on my post Hurricane Katrina menu.​Six years ago, citizens of the Gulf Coast were starting to understand the immediate implications of their world post Hurricane Katrina. Power had been out since the storm made landfall, which mean ... More >>

10 Pumpkin Dishes to Try in Houston: #3 Pumpkin Ravioli at Fratelli's

Pumpkin ravioli.​In 2010, I had a grand ol' time scouring Houston for outstanding pumpkin dishes. One year later I'm older, definitely not wiser, and still in love with orange squash. So from now until Thanksgiving I'll be counting down (again) 10 Pumpkin Dishes to Try in Houston. Forks at t ... More >>

An Afternoon with SEARCH Leads a Writer to Recall His Own Homeless Mother

A different side of life.​As a guest of local homelessness advocates SEARCH, I spent last Friday afternoon pretending to be homeless. Sort of...At any rate, it was a strange afternoon for me as my experience of homelessness is far more up close and personal than that of most people. The afte ... More >>