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Blog on Blog: Off the Kuff's Charles Kuffner

Hair Balls introduces a new regular feature: Blog on Blog. Each week we'll interview other area e-writers and explore what they're writing about, why they write about it and why you should read what they write about. Starting things off is Off the Kuff's Charles Kuffner, who we gave Best Blog in ou ... More >>

Chron Guts Sports Department

Photo by Lori Greig On Tuesday, the Houston Chronicle laid off a whole bunch of writers and reporters, including Michael Murphy, MK Bower, and Terrance Harris, the beat writers for the University of Houston, Rice, and TSU. On Wednesday, while they were laying off people over on the advertising and ... More >>

Chron Guts Sports Department

Photo by Lori Greig On Tuesday, the Houston Chronicle laid off a whole bunch of writers and reporters, including Michael Murphy, MK Bower, and Terrance Harris, the beat writers for the University of Houston, Rice, and TSU. On Wednesday, while they were laying off people over on the advertising and ... More >>

Mack, Turkeys and Beaver's

What a Turkey

Warmed Over

Plus: Shoe Scuff, Stand Up, Broiler Steam

Hope for the Houston Texans?

Teaming Up

God, SUVs and Victoria Osteen

Cross Eyed

Blind Drunk

The palates of our staffers don't discriminate by price

Mad Vegans and Pedantic Scientologists

The palates of our staffers don't discriminate by price

Turkeys Talk Back

The palates of our staffers don't discriminate by price

Mail Call

Supernaw's Story

Mail Call

On the Cover

Risky Business

On the Cover

Spaced Out

A non-PC e-mail riles a group of judges

Letters to the Editor

A non-PC e-mail riles a group of judges

Letters to the Editor

A non-PC e-mail riles a group of judges

Letters

A non-PC e-mail riles a group of judges

A Lucky Joe

Plus: Smouldering Inside, Flunking English, Museum Stakes

We Call Bull

Readers fight back after our Texans season opener feature.

Adieu To (Part Of) The Savoy

Hearts started racing with the announcement that downtown's vacant Savoy Hotel had to be demolished immediately because it was a danger. Hearts especially raced across the street at the Houston House apartments, where residents pondered being a neighbor to the implosion of an asbestos-filled buildin ... More >>

Death of a Dancer

And more reader responses from the past week

Our Next Mayor, The Cougars Victory and Sex for Tickets

Our readers weigh in.

Credit, Perry and Shundrekia's Story

Houston Press readers weigh in

The Rev. Billy Gibbons Scats About Old Buff Stadium And The Astros... We Think

Kevin Scanlon​It's a gray day in Houston today (no pun intended), and just this past weekend, only a promotional hoodie a friend fortuitously found at our Village Voice Media party - we have no idea who or what a "Mojofilter" is; we're just glad they didn't make keychains this year - kept us from ... More >>

The Pope Problem

Readers respond to "The Man Who Sued the Pope."

Game Time: Jose Lima, One More Inning Of "Lima Time"

Photo via DeadspinJose Lima, an eye for talent​When I hit "Save" yesterday morning on my post paying tribute to the late Jose Lima, I figured that would be the end. It was, coincidentally, about the same time we were finishing up what evolved into a tribute, a Jose Lima Memorial show on 1560 The ... More >>

Game Time: Mike Leach, Texans and Grounded Clubs -- Weekend Thoughts

The Whalers can take it out of you​I'm two hours removed from a 5:00 a.m. flight this morning from Boston to Houston, so if this post is even remotely coherent we all have Rich Connelly and his ninja proofreading skills to thank. Because when you go up to Hartford for Whaler Fest 2010, there's no ... More >>

Five Step Plan To Being A Terrible Little League Parent (w/ VIDEO)

Let me preface this post by saying that I love my kids, all three of them. They are named James, Judy Anne, and Sammy and they are ages 12, 12, and 11. They have all played sports since virtually the time they could walk and attending their sporting events -- whether it's soccer, football, baseb ... More >>

Ray Lewis Predicts Crime-ageddon If There's No NFL

This is what society looks like without the NFL.​"Do this research if we don't have a season -- watch how much evil, which we call crime, watch how much crime picks up, if you take away our game." -- Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis to ESPN's Sal Paolantonio Well, that's a new one. I've ... More >>

Game of Thrones - Eight Ways the TV Series Differs from the Book

​HBO's epic series based on George R.R. Martin's first novel in the Song of Ice and Fire series concludes next month. I've been doing my best to sum up the adventures of the Starks, Lannisters and Targaryens each week in such a way that newcomers to the story wouldn't be overwhelmed by the she ... More >>

An Economics Lesson at Boheme

Inside Boheme​"What you're thinking is that we have an inelastic product here. But what we have here is an elastic product." - Economist Russell Bell In general, products that create dependence - cigarettes, hard drugs, exotic Asian quasi-opiates ordered legally on the internet, somehow - are ... More >>

The Real World

With expectations sky-high, El Real Tex-Mex Cafe struggles for glory.

Health Department Roundup

For your holiday pleasure: An artist's rendition of Houston Press blog editor Rich Connelly, in ornament form​In the spirit of the season, we're going to throw in more clean inspections than usual. In hard news, if it bleeds, it leads; and for the Health Department Roundup, if there's slime, i ... More >>