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October 4, 2011
8 Football Announcing Cliches That Must End Now
Crucial equipment for all good pass rushersWe are joyfully deep into the football season, both college and pro, and gobbling up as many games as we can. This means we have been subjected to the latest or the most longlasting bits of coachspeak that gets parroted on the air ad nauseam by anno ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
Tasting Notes: This Week in Wine Blogs
Vintage Texas: Budget cuts by the Texas legislature have slashed funding for the promotion of Texas wines, reports Houston-based blogger and wine writer Russ Kane, author of the top Texas wine and winery blog, Vintage Texas. In an email sent to "partners" of the "Texas Wine Marketing Program" ... More >>
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October 11, 2011
Nazi POWs In Texas: Five Facts, Including The Most Inept Escapes Ever
A scale model of the POW camp in HearneTexas used to be dotted with prisoner-of-war camps in World War II, a temporary home to thousands of Germans and Italians. Texas had far more prisoners than any other state, mainly because the first batch came from the North Africa campaign, and the Gen ... More >>
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October 12, 2011
Sampler Plate: This Week in Food Blogs
San Antonio Express-News: The big stink of the week still has to do with Top Chef: Texas, which -- so far -- is shaking out to be one of the worst decisions that Bravo has ever made with its successful franchise. The stinging insult of Houston being left off the list of Texas cities for the upcoming ... More >>
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October 12, 2011
Comment of the Day: Learning English in a Texas POW Camp
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 >>
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October 14, 2011
Last Night: The Black Angels At Fitzgerald's
Photos By Marc BrubakerRocks Off hopes that this observation is wrong, but we don't think that people give the Black Angels enough due credit as a Texas band, even though everything about them encapsulates the 50 years of Texas rock. The spookiness of everything Roky Erickson touched, the swi ... More >>
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October 14, 2011
This Is the Oldest Dairy Queen in Texas. Yes, Really
Yep, that's the one. If you were driving past it on Highway 259 in Henderson (if, by chance, you found yourself in deep East Texas), you would never know from the road. There are no fancy signs outside proclaiming it to be the oldest Dairy Queen in Texas. It's just a bit of local trivia, and ... More >>
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October 14, 2011
DPS: The Mexican Drug Cartels Are Coming After Texas High Schoolers
They're coming for your high schoolers.The Texas Department of Public Safety issued a warning today to state residents that didn't sound at all alarming; it just mentioned that "the Mexican Cartels are Recruiting Texas High School Students." Yes, those innocent kids you blithely send off to ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
Teen Pregnancy: What Texas Can Learn From California
Texas is a breeding ground.Houston's Children at Risk has published a new study of teen pregnancy that highlights two findings: California does a much better job at preventing it than abstinence-crazy Texas, and 80 percent of Harris County parents support sex education that starts by middle ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Ten Tunnels Of Texas: Some Pretty, Some Odd, Some Bat-Infested
Love tunnels not includedA while back we presented a dozen of the most beautiful bridges in Texas, a state most people don't normally associate with bridges. They associate it even less with tunnels. Texas isn't exactly a mountainous state, and wherever there's a big outcropping there's gene ... More >>
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November 1, 2011
Eyewitness Testimony & Police Lineups: Have Your Voice Heard
Paragraph 14 (A)(f): Try to use the same species.Texas is trying to develop a model statewide policy on eyewitness testimony and the use of police lineups -- like, you know, the cop in charge can't point out a suspect to the witness with his eyes and subtle pointing, that kind of thing. And ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
Nominate Your 2011 Turkeys of the Year
Let the speculating and the nominating begin.It's November, and that can mean a couple of things: Optimism still reigns about the Texans, the weather's bearable and it's time to start thinking about which local eminences should be named a Houston Press Turkey of the Year. Once again we'll be ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
10 Tips for Holiday Wine Shopping
Photo by Jeremy Parzen.Top Texas wine blogger Italian Wine Guy knows a thing or two about how frustrating wine shopping can be.As you head to your local wine seller to stock up on holiday wines, here are 10 tips for smart wine shopping. 1) Find a shop that offers a mixed case discount. Most ... More >>
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November 14, 2011
2011 HPMA Showcase: Lonesome, Onry and Mean Edition
Checkout the slideshows of the bands and the crowd at the Houston Press Music Awards Showcase. Photo by Jason WolterTexas Johnny BrownI spent most of the my Houston Press Music Awards day circulating between five contiguous venues: Dirt Bar, Ben's Beans, Reserve 101, Pete's Dueling Piano Bar ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
Texas 1015 Supersweet Onions
Photo by John KielyThey look like scallions now...If you consider the rise of a Full Harvest Moon to be the end of the gardening season, then you aren't from Texas. On any day of the year there's at least one crop you can plant or seed in the ground, and have a productive crop weeks or month ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
Ten Texas Towns That Could Use a Name Change
No, this is not on our list.For Thanksgiving, the stunt-publicity experts at PETA are asking the tiny Texas town of Turkey to change its name to Tofurky. In exchange for the one-day name change, PETA promised to reward the town's residents with holiday meals of "Tofurky with mushroom gravy, m ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
Of Rattlesnakes and Quinceañeras: Top Chef: Texas
It turns out that wearing orange Crocs does not, in fact, give you Mario Batali's superpowers.This is the time at which I should point out that I don't have a DVR and in fact only recently got cable (which is awesome and, whoa, so many episodes of House Hunters!). That means that each week at ... More >>
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November 23, 2011
Turkeys Of The Year: The Invasion Begins
They've been trying their best for the past 12 months, and now it's time to reveal which Houstonians and Texans have earned the coveted honor of being named a Houston Press Turkey of the Year. In some ways, dynasties continued their reign in this, the ninth year of competition; in other case ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
8th Annual Houston Championship Chili Cookoff
They've been trying their best for the past 12 months, and now it's time to reveal which Houstonians and Texans have earned the coveted honor of being named a Houston Press Turkey of the Year. In some ways, dynasties continued their reign in this, the ninth year of competition; in other case ... More >>
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November 24, 2011
Chiles and Chili: The Most Obvious Episode of Top Chef: Texas Yet
Above is is how I imagine the initial planning meetings for Top Chef: Texas went. I'm also imagining future episodes where the contestants will be forced to shoot their own horses and grill them over a fire of cactus paddles. Let's go, Top Chef: Texas! DO THIS SHIT RIGHT. Until then, we'll h ... More >>
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November 24, 2011
Comment of the Day: Sex-Offender Sentences
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 >>
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November 29, 2011
Fast Times: Texas Smashburger
Photos by Christina UticoneWhen I stopped into Smashburger on Buffalo Speedway I was only looking for a little snack -- some fried pickles, or some veggie frites to tide me over until dinner. Unfortunately, the line was quite long, giving me ample time to peruse the short-but-tempting menu, a ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Messina Hof Has the Best Wine in Texas, According to the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
Photo by Mai PhamThis year, more than 2,500 wines were entered into the annual Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo's International Wine Competition. Of those entries, 736 were from Texas wineries. And of those Texas wineries, Messina Hof swept up 20 medals and the coveted title of Top Texas Wine f ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
37th Annual Texas Renaissance Festival
Photo by Mai PhamThis year, more than 2,500 wines were entered into the annual Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo's International Wine Competition. Of those entries, 736 were from Texas wineries. And of those Texas wineries, Messina Hof swept up 20 medals and the coveted title of Top Texas Wine f ... More >>
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December 2, 2011
Winter Might Not Be as Dry and Warm as Previously Thought
Courtesy of Accuweather.comThe folks at AccuWeather have done some additional forecasting and, as it turns out, we might not have quite the dry and/or mild conditions this winter that were previously forecast. Looking at the map at the top of this post, you can see we are still in the "mild ... More >>
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December 5, 2011
Absurdity of Texas Wine Shipping Law Reaches New Heights
Photo by Jeremy Parzen.Castell'in Villa Chianti Classico is one of the greatest values in Italian wine today, but out-of-state retailers can't ship it to me in Texas... at least not legally.On Friday, one of the most bizarre press releases I've ever read found its way to my inbox. "The Texas ... More >>
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December 12, 2011
Sterling High: We're Sorry We Tipped Off Our Players to the Upcoming Steroids Test
Taking the "surprise" out of "surprise tests."Texas's efforts to test high school athletes for steroids have been pretty ineffective in finding high school athletes taking steroids, but maybe that's because Texas kids would never, ever do something like that. Whether that's true or not, one ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
Lyle Lovett
Taking the "surprise" out of "surprise tests."Texas's efforts to test high school athletes for steroids have been pretty ineffective in finding high school athletes taking steroids, but maybe that's because Texas kids would never, ever do something like that. Whether that's true or not, one ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
11 Odd & Occasionally Ugly Snow Globes Of Texas
A snow globe that makes senseWhen you think "Texas," you don't necessarily think "snow," unless your mind is drawn to fatal and tragic accidents during Super Bowls in cities that should never have them. But snow globes are an important aspect of the souvenir trade, so whether the places in q ... More >>
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December 22, 2011
Twitter and Tales from Everyone's Childhood on Top Chef: Texas
HERE'S PATTI LABELLE BECAUSE WHY NOT THAT'S WHY.I left a dinner tonight at Roost earlier than I would have liked -- I really need to stop making dinner plans on Wednesday night, but my job more or less necessitates that I eat out every night -- and will circle back around to this fact shortly. Ne ... More >>
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December 28, 2011
Tasting Notes: Holiday Wine Blog Round Up
Image via Vintage Texas.Vintage Texas: Top Texas wine writer and Houstonian Russ Kane weighs in this week with his Top Texas Wines of 2011. In the first installment, he reveals five of the ten, including a few from wineries we don't always see in year-end lists of favorite labels from Texas ... More >>
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January 3, 2012
Comment of the Day: Enjoy These Texans, Dammit
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 >>
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January 3, 2012
Playoff Fallout: Houston Boat Show Closed Saturday
See ya on Sunday.It hasn't happened in 56 years, but the Houston Boat Show will be closing one day during its run this year, in order not to create a traffic nightmare at Reliant Park Saturday. As you may have heard, the Texans now have an NFL playoff game scheduled for that afternoon. You c ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
5 Replacements for The Jim Rome Show
Jim Rome = Not Burning in Houston.Jim Rome is done in the Houston sports-talk radio market after KILT-AM 610 dropped the popular The Jim Rome Show last week. Rome's show had become more than a little tedious in recent years, so replacing it should be easy; here are five replacements that wo ... More >>
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January 6, 2012
Texans: Reliant Stadium Is (Almost) Ready for Its Playoff Close-Up
Photos by Francisco MontesPlayoff football, after all these years.Texans officials gave a tour to show their preparations for tomorrow's big playoff game. Things are going relatively smoothly, including a new field, but there have been some snags. It looks like things will be camera-ready c ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
Texans Getting Dumber: More Are Playing the Lottery
Step right up.In these tough economic times, there's no greater financial plan than putting your money into a game where the odds of winning are relatively microscopic. Right? Apparently that's what a lot of Texans think: This year, for the first time in ten years, there has been an increas ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
Our Rockets Season Preview: Ready For Some More Mediocrity?
It hasn't been making a lot of waves here, given the excitement over the Texans' playoff games, but the NBA season has begun. Of course, if you're a Rocket fan, you know what that means: A team not good enough for the playoffs but not bad enough to get a franchise pick in the draft. Our Sea ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
A Drunken Wade Boggs Channels Garth Brooks (w/ VIDEO)
Garth BoggsWe interrupt your Texans-versus-Ravens coverage for some drunken quasi-karaoke video! Let's face it, there's only so many different angles you can take with analysis of a football game over the course of seven days. I'm a little Texan-ed out at this point, and besides, I won't hav ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
Houston Texans Grieving Process 1.0: At Least We're Not in Louisiana!
Ha-ha!Forty-eight hours have come and gone since Sunday, and the Texans' loss to the Baltimore Ravens is still maddening and painful. How does one process the anguish coming out of a sporting event in which your team had every chance to win the game and put themselves one step away from th ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
More Expensive Meat in 2012: The Rising Cost of Beef
A rancher on the verge of bankruptcy. A state on the verge of another devastating drought. A nation on the verge of a depleted beef supply. These are the stories told in this week's cover feature, Meat Market, which examines the many reasons -- from the hoof up -- that you'll be paying more f ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
The Price of Beef Is On the Rise for 2012
Ronnie Bartley is a rancher on the verge of bankruptcy after 16 years in the business. Texas is on the verge of another devastating drought this summer. And our nation is on the verge of a severely depleted beef supply. These are the stories told in this week's cover feature, Meat Market, wh ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
Meat Market: Sorry State
Slim pickings at an East Texas cattle auction point to a grim future for the industry.
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January 20, 2012
Upcoming Events: Beer Fundraisers, Wine Dinners and Resolutions
Beer lovers, pay attention: February is your month! Up first is the next Open The Taps fundraiser, held on Sunday, February 12, at the Southern Star Brewery in Conroe from 2 to 5 p.m. (Trust us, February is one of the best months for hanging out in the charmingly un-air-conditioned, corrugat ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Must Like Texas Wine: The Wine Slinger Chronicles, a New Guide to Texas Wines
Photo by Jeremy ParzenLeading Texas wine authority Russ Kane (left) and his wife Delia love meatballs. That's Russ with Coppa executive chef Brandi Key. Russ has called Brandi's meatballs "the best in town."It seems inevitable that the authors of the two guides to the wines of Texas have name ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Best Thing I Ever Ate: Dips
Photo by Beaver'sIt sounds so wrong but it feels so right.I've been exploring The Best Things I Ever Ate around town. This time, I was on the hunt for Houston's best dips: creamy avocado ranch, Buffalo chicken, spinach and artichoke - you name it, I've tried it. All while looking for the city ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
Tasting Notes: This Week in Wine Blogs
Image via Vine Sleuth Uncorked.Things get steamy over at Vine Sleuth Uncorked with a "Date Night" wine pairing recommendation.Bear on Wine: We've been having a blast following Texas wine legend Bear Dalton's new blog, Bear on Wine. This week he weighs in with some of his insights into cork d ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Galveston's Red Tide Appears to Have Dissipated, Oysters Recovering
Photo by mintprofusionOysters affected by red tide are toxic to humans.On January 27, two small portions of Texas Gulf waters were conditionally opened to shellfish harvesting after a red tide epidemic forced the indefinite closure of oyster season in October. San Antonio and Espiritu Santo ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Some Questions About the Texas Music Awards 2012 Ballot
Photo by Jim KrafkaLeslie Krafka nominated for her album White Cat SessionsIf you think we were flabbergasted by songwriter Bob Cheevers touting his election as 2011 Songwriter of the Year in the Texas Music Awards sponsored by mytexasmusic.com and "sanctioned" (a hedge word that appears freq ... More >>
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February 1, 2012
Tasting Notes: This Week in (Women's) Wine Blogs
Photo by Margaret Shugart, curator of a new blog, The Wine Roads of Texas.The Wine Roads of Texas: "If you've never seen the communities that run across that vast stretch of road," writes Margaret Shugart, author of a new blog called The Wine Roads of Texas, "you are missing one of the most u ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
Brew Blog: Shiner Wild Hare Pale Ale
Photo by Nicholas L. HallFar more subdued than its name would suggest.Shiner Bock used to be one of my go-to beers. This was early in my drinking life, and I think the perceived cachet of a Texas Beer was part of the allure. Though my tastes have changed significantly, largely leaving Shiner ... More >>
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