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  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Top 5 Ways to Pimp Your Ride, Old-Timey Style

    Some people take great pride in their cars, and decided to use them as a way of expressing themselves. Modifying your ride to give it an unique appearance or performance style is a big business, but other folk tackle it with an older world in mind. Wagon Wheels on a Hummer Hummers represent the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    For Great Art, Head to the Houston Permitting Center -- Seriously

    Some of the best artworks in Houston right now can't be found at a gallery or museum, but a government building. When the city decided to turn an old rice warehouse at the end of Washington Avenue into its new Permitting Center, it also set aside money for new art works to adorn its walls. Mary Mar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    MyPlates.com: Some Vanity License Plate Customers Revolt Against Price Hikes

    Josh Kryzak's homemade expression of opinion​It's getting more expensive to be a vanity-plate consumer in Texas. Myplates.com, which has the state contract to sell the most popular vanity designs, has been raising prices much to the dismay of customers who say the company has pretty much a mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Fast Times: My Smoothie Obsession Continues at Smoothie King

    ​Last week I fell hard for the Mango Pineapple Real Fruit* Shake from McDonald's. The real smoothie/shake lover in my house is my husband, and I was surprised when my mind kept wandering back to that shake. Recently, after a truly bitchin' three hours at the DMV, my husband and I were super-h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2010

    Top Ten Houston Sports Stories in 2010 (Alternate Title: "Here Comes The Prozac")

    Brian Cushing will bring a keg and Fear of Tumors to your party​Putting together a "Top 10 Sports Moments" list is not supposed to invoke these feelings of anger and depression. But then again, I live in Houston, so try as I might to make this a list that is uplifting and inspiring, I can't. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Five Reasons Your Facebook Friends Hate You

    It's true. Your Facebook friends hate you.​It's true. Your Facebook friends all hate you. You don't know it, but most of them hid your sorry ass long ago. That's how it came to be that nobody ever likes or comments on anything you ever post. But we polled our Facebook friends to delve deeper into ... More >>

  • News

    July 8, 2010

    What's a Little Marriage Fraud Between Amigos?

    It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship.

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    Five Artists To Watch From Houston's G.O.A.T. Entertainment

    Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and, albeit sometimes awkwardly, tie it back to Houston with occasional cussing. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. ​G.O.A.T. Entertainment is an indie record label based here in Houston. Despite the weird nam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Pop Rocks: "Fly, Fatass, Fly!"

    Before I'm accused of size discrimination, a little source material: If you've spent even five second on the internets in the last two days, you're aware of the escalating hostilities between movie director/"person of size" Kevin Smith and Southwest Airlines. Smith, 39, originally purchased two ... More >>

  • Film

    January 7, 2010

    Revolting Youth

    Cult novel must continue its search for a worthy film adaptation.

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    New Texas Vanity Plates While U Wait

    When the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles opened November 1, we had no idea that it would be the greatest new state agency in memory."What's so great about the DMV, Hair Balls?" you might ask. We're glad you did.See, the DMV has partnered with www.myplates.com to make it easier and more enjoyable ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    Times Writer Dumps on Texas' JC Penney, Because We're Just So Damn Fat Here

    ​JC Penney is the reliable standby of malls across the Midwest and in Texas; for the past 20 years the company's been headquartered in Plano, the mall-infested suburb of Dallas.They've decided to open a Manhattan branch, and were met with heaps of condescending scorn from The New York Times' "Crit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2009

    "If The Real Thing Don't Do The Trick" -- A Barracuda, Elvis & San Antone

    Photo courtesy Leake Auction CompanyFor a moment there, it seemed like a lost piece of Elvis Presley memorabilia was rediscovered.No, not the mason jar where they kept his stillborn twin brother Jesse Garon, but something almost as cool - a Plymouth Barracuda thought to have been bought by the King ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 25, 2002

    The Great White Pizza

    At La Barmigiana, the decor may be tacky, but the pizza is divine

  • News

    February 22, 2001

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Capitalist

    Painter Vladimir Gorsky learned how to work the system in the Soviet Union for personal gain. He discovered that things operate much the same way in America.

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    Insider

    Baby Tug-of-war. They're common folk from Converse, locked in a legal battle to get their grandchild back from a Houston judge

  • Calendar

    July 1, 1999

    Art Imitates Life

    Baby Tug-of-war. They're common folk from Converse, locked in a legal battle to get their grandchild back from a Houston judge

  • Film

    June 12, 1997

    That Sinking Feeling

    Speed 2 runs aground before the ship starts its engine

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