Archive for August, 2007



Let it be up to the neighborhood

Let me register my disagreement with Tory Gattis over the question of closing the “condo loophole” for minimum lot size…

I can’t believe I almost forgot to tell you the reason the cheerleaders were at my desk last week.

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If you like the Houston Texans, cheerleaders, high school football and the Internet, you won’t be disappointed.

Besides I used to only write scripts for TV anchor and reporters, now I can add cheerleaders to the resume.

Twitter Updates for 2007-08-29

Changing the headlamp of a VW Beetle is sweaty & strenuous work - but it saved us $ (my mechanic wanted $60 to change it for me)! #
Happy Hump Day everyone! We’ve made it halfway through the week! Yay! #
@ibettinger & @groovehouse - maybe we should have a Twitter meetup at the Luby’s on W. […]

Bacarisse makes it official

The worst-kept secret in local politics officially became a non-secret today, as District Clerk Charles Bacarisse resigned his position to…

Hello all,
We did this last minute show on Monday after the news broke of the firing.
Show Notes

Discuss the firing of Purpura and Garner
Troy Patton
Bagwell Retirement
Fan Voice Mail
Sketkar’s Crap

Promo by 2nd Shift, music by Trop Drio. Proud members of Farpoint Media
Enjoy!

O’Day won’t seek re-election

He’s not resigning, as was previously rumored, but State Rep. Mike O’Day has now announced that he will not run…

Laugh of the day

Cynthia sent a copy of the picture I posted yesterday to the her Help Desk . She received a reply back saying that it might be a good idea to have a fire extinguisher in her office…

Betty the Beetle Update

Wow, I just checked my archives and it’s been about a year since I last wrote about issues with my Beetle. Well, as it reaches 40,000 miles it’s been relatively free of issues but I have to do some minor stuff on it…
- This is not the car’s fault of course but I did […]

Is it Halloween already?

It’s often said that Christmas season seems to start earlier every year. Maybe that’s because Halloween season is starting earlier,…

Sheehan on Purpura

Since the general consensus around Houston seems to be that the Tim Purpura firing was justified, I thought it might…