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Zapruder Analysis Of Erin Andrews Shutting Down 50 Cent's Attempt At A Kiss

"So I'm watching the Daytona 500, and they cut to a shot of Erin Andrews making her way through the pits and she bumps into 50 Cent..." Honestly, if I were to start a sentence off with that lead-in, how excited are you for the rest of the story? Giddy, right? There are hooks and there are hooks, bu ... More >>

Ten Television Tech Advances That Have Made Watching Sports More Interesting

Seeing a sporting event in person is one of the more enjoyable parts of being a sports fan. From the smell of the grass to the roar of the crowd, it can be an exhilarating experience, particularly if you are fairly close to the action. On the other hand, tickets are expensive, sitting in the noseble ... More >>

Top 5 Strange Ice Cream Flavors

I'm thrilled that so many ice cream purveyors in Houston offer inventive flavors. Not that there's anything wrong with good o' vanilla, but new and interesting is good, right? Let me go on the record and say, "No, not always." Especially when it comes to ice cream. Here are five ice cream flavors th ... More >>

Monster Energy AMA Supercross

What to Expect When You're Expecting

The narrow world view of the parent trap.

Kathy Reichs: Flash and Bones

Shuttle Atlantis' Souvenir Load: 22,000 Flags, 10,000 Patches, A Very Small Painting And More

Atlantis: Last chance for souvenirs​If you're making the last-ever trip on the space shuttle, you want to make it count. And if the list put together by collectSPACE.com is any indication, this last flight is taking along enough souvenirs to outfit a small army. Almost all the items are put ... More >>

The World's Busiest Breakfast at Frank's Grill

It's been said before, but it bears repeating: Grabbing a seat at the counter of Frank's Grill (1915 Mangum, 713-682-8221) and watching the men work the hot griddle like a NASCAR pit crew is one of the finest ways to spend a weekend morning. "Look at them go!" crowed my breakfast companion in won ... More >>

NASCAR License Plates: Let the Rednecking Begin

A Nascar team is sponsored by the show "24"?​For years you've been giggling at drivers from other states with NASCAR vanity plates. Now you can do it to your fellow Texans. Yet another "Like/Don't Like" poll has come from Myplates.com, the private company that has taken over the vanity-plates bus ... More >>

Guy Fieri Leaves His Mark

​I was recently at T-Bone Tom's in Kemah eating the amazing house-made smoked sausage and those awesome armadillo eggs, when I noticed that on the wall by our table was a spray-painted stencil of Guy Fieri's signature, along with a picture of him shaking the owner's hand. It was funny, and so ... More >>

ACL 2009 Day One: In Which Rocks Off's Black Heart Is Melted And We Meet Vinnie Testaverde

With another ACL comes another chance for us to sharpen our snarkening knifes and go out hunting the wilds of Zilker Park searching for only the best in surreal public displays and the fancifully misguided and miscalculated public faux-pas. On with the show! ​These two chill-ass dudes made us wish ... More >>

Aftermath: Lynyrd Skynyrd and Kid Rock at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Photos by Kim Douglass What is this place? Where it's OK to wear tank tops that cut off mid-abdomen with a pair of Daisy Dukes and a straw cowboy hat? And is that Bret Michaels eating nachos? A place like this could make any outsider feel like Alice only instead of a wonderland, they may be at a NAS ... More >>

Monster Jam: Absurdly Huge Trucks to Crush Cars This Weekend, Unprovoked

Ballz is losing confidence in the upcoming third Batman installment. Many people might see this as Super Bowl weekend, but I know that, for some reason, there are many of you out there who see this Saturday as being the most important day of the weekend. That's because it's the Monster Jam at Reli ... More >>

Monster Jam: Absurdly Huge Trucks to Crush Cars This Weekend, Unprovoked

Ballz is losing confidence in the upcoming third Batman installment. Many people might see this as Super Bowl weekend, but I know that, for some reason, there are many of you out there who see this Saturday as being the most important day of the weekend. That's because it's the Monster Jam at Reli ... More >>

Top Ten Sports Moments of 2008

10. Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300 to become the first woman to win a major (NASCAR, Indy, Formula One) auto race. 9. Atlanta Braves pitcher Tom Glavine won his 300th game, then retired at the end of the season, to just about cement his selection into the Baseball Hall of Fame in five ye ... More >>

Top Ten Sports Moments of 2008

10. Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300 to become the first woman to win a major (NASCAR, Indy, Formula One) auto race. 9. Atlanta Braves pitcher Tom Glavine won his 300th game, then retired at the end of the season, to just about cement his selection into the Baseball Hall of Fame in five ye ... More >>

The Famous And Not-So-Famous Of HISD's "Prominent Alumni" List

You probably don't realize it, but the Houston school district's website has a page dedicated to prominent alumni, listed by high school.Unfortunately, many of the "prominent" alumni are politicians, especially current and former HISD board members. Any definition of "prominent" that includes HISD b ... More >>

A Dream Team for Barack Obama

Stephen Hunter

The fifth Bob Lee Swagger novel shoves it all in there

Turning the Screw: TxHustla, Beanie Sigel, Lil' Wayne, Ciara, Kanye, Tupac, Akon, Usher and More

Alonzo Bodden

A comedian makes cracks about his own discomfort

The Astrodome Speaks...

Big State, Big Ideas

Re: Sunday, Sunday, Sunday: Roller Derby All Star Competition

Popping My Roller Derby Cherry

Tunnel Mole on Speed

Grand Prix of Houston

NASCAR can’t monopolize 200-mile-per-hour excitement

Get Your Motor Running

Farce of a Champion

No Parking Zone?

An inner-loop park is still on the endangered list

Road Rage

In FlatOut 2, life is a highway strewn with carnage

Are You Ready for Some Fútbol?

Starburst

The Velvet Melvin

Shell Game

Over the Hedge wants you to feel bad about what it's selling, which is everything

Vroom with a View

Jetsetters Invited

Cowboy Up

We just can't quit this countrified Karaoke

Mean Streets

NASCAR has nothing on Houston freeways

On Their Backs

Sugar Land spreads its legs

Gravity Games

Future racing stars gun it at the Greater Houston Soapbox Derby

Bash-Free Zone

Is the Texas Book Festival protecting George W.?

Rock and Roll Dream Team

Forget the office-football draft, dude. Here's a far cooler way to waste your time and your employer's money.

The Bull Market

Young bucks ride for a shot at the big time

White Dork Down

Silly Caucasian boy Tom Cruise likes to play with Samurai swords

The New Constitution/Stroller

On 4 (Audello) / Six Inches off the Ground (Compadre)

Popsy

Thursday, June 27 and Sunday, June 30

Reptomania

The Austin Lounge Lizards steal hearts and minds by feasting on sacred cows

Austin Lounge Lizards

Never an Adult Moment (Sugar Hill)

Crash Course

Amplified

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