Maybe it's just the 12 years of Catholic school in me, but it's always sad to see one of these tradition-bound institutions close.And now four of them are to be shut in the Houston area.The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston announced that, on the heels of last year's shutdown of Mt. Carmel High, the following elementary schools will be shuttered: St. Chalres Borromeo, St. Philip Neri, Holy Name and Our Mother of Mercy (if George Carlin were still alive, he'd break out the "Our Lady of Perpetual M
Wholly influential and ridiculously honest stand-up comic Bill Hicks died fifteen years ago today, succumbing to lung cancer. Ironically he had always opined that that was how he would meet his end. Smoking seemed to be his obsession and he was rarely seen onstage not puffing away. The comedian moved to Houston with his family at the age of seven, and his years he forever colored his world-view. He made his name here in town performing at the Comedy Workshop, which is sadly now a cleaners. His a
