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 board members is probably a little too loose for our taste, but we guess the people who put the list together like to keep board members happy.With that in mind, here are Seven Things About HISD's List
One thing about being famous and dying -- you don't want to do it too late in the year.Early December, great; you'll be fresh when every media outlet puts together its "They Will Be Missed" list (We're looking at you, Van Johnson). Late December and you find yourself left off the lists that are put together early (Jerry Orbach and Susan Sontag, we hardly knew ye, since you both died December 28, 2004).With that in mind, and assuming Roger Clemens doesn't croak from an HGH overdose in the next co
