Archive for September, 2006
Chicken Lady on Motorcycle
One chicken 700 yen, this picture, priceless.
NY Times visits College Station
Not sure which is funnier, that the Grey Lady covered Aggieland in their travel escapes column or that they sent a travel writer Finn-Olaf Jones, better known for National Geographic articles and getting into fights on Everest.
NY Times: 36 Hours -College Station, Tex.
Volcano’s Cross Decorating Fundraiser for La Rosa
I happened to notice that local watering hole Volcano is sponsoring a cross decorating silent-auction fundraiser for La Rosa/The Rose, a non-profit that helps abused Hispanic women and their children. You can pick up a cross at Volano, bring it back and it will be auctioned off for the silent auction on El Dia Del […]
Northern Forest Canoe Trail: From Adirondack Park, NY to Fort Kent, Maine
Work has been completed on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, a water route from northern Maine through the Adirondack Park in New York. The 740-mile trail includes 347 in Maine, notably the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Penobscot River and Rangeley Lakes.
The Magnificent Obsession of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail
Houstonian Collecting Oral Histories from Long-Time Residents
KUHF: Houstonian Collecting Oral Histories from Long-Time Residents
Poisoned pigeons mar Texas festival
This article couldn’t be any funnier if it tried. From the Associated Press of all places - Poisoned pigeons mar Texas festival -
TEXARKANA — The city’s annual festival was marred by dead pigeons nose-diving into pavement and others dying on downtown sidewalks after they ate poisoned corn from the roof of a nearby bank branch.
Authorities […]
Worms in Africa
My friend Julie has been working at a mission in Kenya for a couple of years now. I love posts like these. I’m sure she could do without them.
I woke up Sunday morning to worms crawling out of my bathroom sink. It just might be one of the sickest things i’ve ever seen. I felt […]
University of Houston Basketball releases 2006-2007 Schedule
Tom Penders has done a lot to revive the spirits of UH basketball in the 2 years he’s been head coach with a 21-10 season last year with wins against top 25 teams LSU and Arizona. This year promises similar opportunity with games against powerhouse programs Kentucky, Arizona, and Memphis which made it to last […]
Houston Press, Hog Dog Rodeo
Todd Spivak covers the sizable feral hog population of Texas and the culture that has emerged around it, including the hog dog rodeo. Animal lovers will be horrified, especially if they’ve never seen a feral hog. Not to defend the rodeo practice, but if you’ve spent any time at all with these animals, particularly if […]