Jonathan McElvy: Men, have you ever bought Lil Tummys gas drops?
This is a pop quiz. It is for men only. Ladies, you are not allowed to give hints or giggle because that is considered cheating and rude, in no particular order. OK, guys, this is a 5-question quiz. Some of you will ace it. Others of you will receive an F. In other words, you [...]
I am shocked by this whole thing. I worked under Mr. Siebenaler at Sinclair Elementary and he was a WONDERFUL boss, and great with the kids. He would do anything to help them achieve. I remember my first year as a speech therapist at the school, he agreed to wear a glittery wig to school if the kids met their goals.
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THE CURB — Another family is moving into my neighborhood, Running Rats Acres. The van has pulled up to the curb and the men are hauling giant boxes into the house, except for the satellite dish, which the new owners are installing in the front yard. It looks like the pit bull cage goes in [...]
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Allow me a departure from script. No controversies, no analysis. Just a neighbor sharing a story. I think I remember the exact day I looked at my Mother and realized I couldn’t have found one better – not if you lined up a million of them. My shorts didn’t fit, my right shoe had a [...]
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I have been doing CP for a number of years and and asking for clarification on a section of this article, i.e., “In addition to driving, the CP walks and rides bicycles. They’re identifiable to their neighbors by shirts that they wear and stickers on their car.” Are these CP members walking and riding bicycles when they are wearing the CP shirts or jackets? If so, it is a violation of HPD policy. Can you get some answers?
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THE INTERSECTION — I’m waiting for the traffic light to turn green while listening to some knuckle-dragger on the radio explain that global warming is due to Daylight Saving Time “because we now have an extra hour of sunshine.” The traffic light changes, but every Texas motorist knows not to spring out into the intersection [...]
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THE INTERSECTION — I’m waiting for the traffic light to turn green while listening to some knuckle-dragger on the radio explain that global warming is due to Daylight Saving Time “because we now have an extra hour of sunshine.” The traffic light changes, but every Texas motorist knows not to spring out into the intersection [...]
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A lot of people (and we’re talking about my Mom here) often ask why I don’t use this weekly column to talk about some of the issues impacting areas beyond the Heights, Garden Oaks, Oak Forest and North Houston. Without fail – even to Mom – the answer is pretty simple: Because we don’t do [...]
Continue reading …Memorial Park’s new steward Congratulations, Houston, for having Shellye Arnold at the helm of this critical organization! As a backyard and community environmentalist and humanist, and as someone who participated last year in fire-break clearings in the Memorial Park, I’m very excited to know that with Shellye & the Memorial Park Conservancy Board, staff and [...]
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Stand by for yet another wave of immigrants. No, not from south of the border or even from college campuses where 36-year-olds have overstayed their student visas by 17 years and have no intention of returning to Nigeria. Not the Icelanders and Finns seeking political asylum. I am talking about interpreters, some 8,000 Afghans working [...]
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