We build, we build, we build, scraping the sky, flattening the ground.

Freeways, airports, sidewalks, cities. We build, we build, tearing apart Mother Nature, reconfiguring her into bricks and boxes. We build, whipping her into submission.

We build, like nothing can stop us.

And then one day a freakinโ€™ raccoon crawls into a power substation and reminds us of our place.

At least his ass got fried in the process. โ€“ Keith Plocek

The Houston Press is a nationally award-winning, 34-year-old publication ruled by endless curiosity, a certain amount of irreverence, the desire to get to the truth and to point out the absurd as well...