Last Friday in Houston, a young girl brought a loaded 9mm pistol to school and started pointing it at people. She is 12 years old. The U.S. Supreme Court's new term starts this week. Why exactly is socialized medicine such a bad idea? Interesting article... The guy who tried to extort $1 million from Tom Cruise commits suicide. Article about the bloggers who helped bring the story of recent government oppression in Burma to......

Conspiracy or coincidence? You hash it out. Sure to be already spreading across the blogosphere like wildfire, a reader sent us this image of evangelical powerhouse Billy Graham on the cover of this week's TIME Magazine, standing in praying position, head slightly downward, with the two peaks of the precariously placed letter M protruding from his skull like a pair of Beelzebub's horns. Now, we understand if this were Jerry Falwell then it would......

Is it new information somehow that building in a flood-prone area is a really bad idea? 7/7/07 is only a few days away. We're certainly planning to get lucky one way or another. Does this sound familiar? Aggressiveness on trails certainly isn't new to us. Happy Marriage Tip #7: Do your chores. There 5 categories of Alcoholics...and we fit into all of them...somehow.......

From the beginning of Time, it is said, carrion-eating birds have often been the bane of existence for many. Arabian legend tells us, for example, that the Bedouin of the desert have long seen the arrival of vultures as ill-fated prophecy, portending naught but certain doom. So too it is has always been for cowboys on the range in our home state of Texas, who have always associated circling buzzards with certain death and calamity.......

So that’s my plan for 2007: to sweat like a motherfucker. Laughing, fist-pumping. In bedtime comfort. Dancing with you. ...

Anyone who saw Jersey Girl could see Kevin Smith's struggle with moving away from his decade-long relationship with New Jersey malcontents and underachievers. The comedy had left his writing, and what remained felt anonymous and, well, uninteresting. Smith's decision to follow up with Clerks II seemed like a pretty bad idea: how could he revisit his cult classic without ruining it? Well, he went for it, and it all worked out just fine. Clerks......

Apparently, the doors are closing on downtown booze-and-dance stalwart, The Copper Tank Brewery. Rumor has it that the owners of Ringers Sports Bar will be opening a new sports bar mecca at the 504 Trinity Location. In order to cut some of their losses, The Copper Tank will be holding a public auction at the bar this Saturday. The auction begins at 10am and goes until they get rid of everything or get tired......