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    May 18, 2012

    Joshua Matthew Pierce: Con Man's Short, High-Flying Career Over

    Though his actions were sleazy in the extreme and hurt a lot of people, including some he was ostensibly close to, you've just got to hand it to Joshua Matthew Pierce. In a Waco federal court yesterday, Pierce, of Houston, pleaded guilty to defrauding a Waco bank, his own son-in-law and another ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Five Mistakes You Need to Stop Making on Facebook

    As Facebook marches onward toward 1 billion users (yes, billion with a 'b'), it is understandable that people make mistakes on the social networking monster. You know that thing where your friend joins Facebook and immediately starts sending you a hundred requests for Farmville because "It's so much ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Calli Dretke: Cops Say Drunk Driver Slams Into Blood-Alcohol Testing Van, Bringing Serious Charges for Area Hospital Spokesperson

    In a DWI incident that recalled last year's "Why was the helicopter flying so low?" debacle, a 25-year-old Montgomery woman has been jailed after police said she drunkenly rear-ended a police Blood Alcohol Testing Van. According to the Montgomery County Police Reporter, a county sheriff's deputy wa ... More >>

  • News

    April 5, 2012

    The Stripper Reporter

    Society writer's other job

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Sarah Tressler: Houston Chronicle Society Writer By Day, Stripper By Night

    It sounds like a bad rom-com book and movie, which no doubt its author hopes it will be -- society reporter for a big-city newspaper by day, stripper by night. That's apparently the life being led by Sarah Tressler, who began writing society stuff for the Houston Chronicle after Douglas Britt left ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    Pinterest Taking Sharing Online to a Whole New Level

    Somewhere near the crossroads of Facebook, Tumbler, Digg and an Amazon Wish List, there is a rapidly growing social network known as Pinterest. Developed only a couple years ago, this "virtual pin board" has been rapidly growing in numbers and clout since its beta launch in the spring of 2010. To u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    Raynor Barrett, Ashley Authorlee: Pair Allegedly Hijacked a Christmas Toy Drive

    "No, my name isn't 'Grinch,' it's 'Griinch.' I don't know who you're talking about." ​ If you've ever wondered what sort of bottom-feeding Grinches would create a bogus "charity" and mislead donors in order to collect cash and toys, you might want to meet Raynor Barrett and Ashley Authorlee, t ... More >>

  • Music

    November 10, 2011

    One Fan at a Time

    Hollywood FLOSS, nominated for a Houston Press Music Award for Best Songwriter, grows his brand the only way he knows works.

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Comment of the Day: If Twitter, Google and Social Media Were Around During the First Moon Walk

    ​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    John Hunsucker: Stilll Making Waves With Controversial Lifeguard Classes

    Daniel KramerUsing the Heimlich on drowning victims not a good idea, experts say.​Four years ago we wrote about John Hunsucker, a retired UH professor who owned a company that taught lifeguards to use the Heimlich maneuver on drowning victims, something that has been widely discredited in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    App of the Week: MySocialMania

    It doesn't get much easier than this.​App: MySocialMania Platforms: iPhone Web site: Apple Link Cost: $0.99 Mania seems to be an appropriate word when discussing the crazed use of social media by millions worldwide. From Twitter to Facebook to Flickr to MySpace (God help us), millions of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Bobby Whitlock: Derek's Main Domino Dishes On Layla & More

    Derek & the Dominos​It's been an active, and retroactive, time for singer-songwriter/keyboardist Bobby Whitlock, best known as one of the playing pieces in the Eric Clapton-led group Derek and the Dominos, along with bassist Carl Radle (who died in 1980) and drummer Jim Gordon, currently in pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Why We Can't Be Friends on Facebook

    Why can't we be friends, why can't we be friends.....​Something interesting happened when social media started bearing down on us a few years back. We began to yearn for friends, and not the kind that you can call up on a Tuesday night for a bull session at the bar, or someone to watch your pu ... More >>

  • News

    September 16, 2010

    Beauty School Dropouts

    HISD might close cosmetology program.

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Josh Daniel Goes From Houston Press To Hillary Clinton's Speechwriter

    Josh Daniel: From the Press to some government job​In a huge step down that can only be seen as evidence of incredible drug abuse or chronic ineptitude, a former Houston Press copy editor has become the new chief speechwriter for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.Josh Daniel, who had been working ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    Thomas Calvin Vickers, Goateed High School Teacher, Somehow Charged With Underage Solicitiation

    Photo via KTRK"I thought she wanted to play Traveller RPG!"​An eighth-grade history teacher sporting an allegedly hip goatee, who also likes to play a little online sci-fi games? Mr. Cool. All the kids probably like him. The cops aren't so hot on him, though, especially the one who posed online ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Clinton Tod Harwell: Fake Oil Millionaire Convicted Of Felony Theft In California Court

    Bad dealings, and porn actresses who are anal-sex specialists​Clinton Tod Harwell might have run his last scam for a while. The long-time Houstonian -- well-known as a defendant in the civil and criminal courthouses here -- moved to California a while back, and that's where he came to grief.And a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Yes, Anastasia, You Too Can Cyber Land a Job in a Recession

    ​Pardon us, but we're about to impart some useful, seasoned knowledge on you. Don't get too accustomed to it, however. We'll return to our regularly scheduled programming of a wee bit of technology talk with a whole lot of intertwined innuendo in no time.But for today, we educate. Our topic? E ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Unfollowed & Defriended: Online Rejection Sucks

    ​The hefty bovine heartily clearing the moon had nothin' on you when you located your closest chum from elementary school on Facebook. The only glee rivaling yours was that of the dish skippin' town with the spoon when your hometown sports hero followed you back on Twitter. But months later ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    How to Trust Your Mate in the Digital Age

    ​Look. We couldn't miss the collective whoop of joyous philanderers worldwide when Al Gore sat down and decided to invent the Internet. Clandestine, illicit communication via password-protected inboxes on web platforms? On what dotted line can you sign your penis away, and how fast? Salacious ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    While You Weren't Tweeting: It's Back to School Time

    ​Take a stroll down any aisle in Target.  Pirouette through the airy walkways at the Houston Zoo.  Squint your eyes in disbelief at a nearly abandoned Discovery Green.  Go ahead; try it.  There's something markedly different in the world today, isn't there?Oh, helloooooo, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Social Media Smackdown: Facebook vs. LinkedIn

    They tell you landing a job via social media that won't trigger your gag reflex is a piece of cake. They share insider tips and tricks like Carrie and Samantha dishing blowjob techniques over Cosmos. They tell you to keep your nose clean, but if you can't, don't post photos of it online. So whe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Tweating Out

    Twitter, the microblogging and social media tool that's become increasingly popular among the technologically hip, both young and old, has literally thousands of applications.  How any one person (or company) uses Twitter is unique unto them.While some people (also called Twitterers or Tweepl ... More >>

  • Music

    July 12, 2007

    Move Over, MySpace

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