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The Truth About Black Eyed Peas and New Year's Day
The Secret Early Life of Brother Casey Ferlita
From the Vaults: The Saga of Dinesh Shah, Violent and Purely Evil River Oaks Con Man
A Holly Jolly Christmas from the Family
Render Unto God and Lee Greenwood
Racket Redux: Greatest Hits from the Column Almost Named Ruckus
Marveling at '70s History-Disco Lyrics: Boney M's "Rasputin"
The Power of Place on Mental Maladies: My Own and Others
The short career of an SEC Football hooligan
The Story of Mama and Dr. Larry
College Football Booster Flubs
Just When I Thought I Had the Transcription Issue Licked, Along Came Mr Puzzles
Bands Pitchfork Killed, Volume One
Souvenirs of a Journalist: The Shadow Knows
Urban Explorations: A Ship Channel Massage Parlor....
Dr Sofie Herzog: Pride of Brazoria
Musician Anecdotes: Johnny Bush's Salty Grandmother
"High-Tech" Sign-stealing in Baseball History
The Curious State of the Texas Vehicle Inspection Sign
The Doors of Perception, Part One
My Favorite Texas Trip: The Time I Got Pulled Over at Gunpoint on I-10 Outside of Sealy
Some Thoughts on Houston's Wards
Bar Remembrance: The Ginger Man
Rambling Institute Lane Reminiscences
Bar Remembrance: Lone Star Saloon
A Chronicle of Two Deaths Memory Holed
Bar Remembrance: Jimmie's Icehouse
Bar Remembrance: Omnibus Edition
Bar Remembrance: Bimbo’s Beer and Bar-B-Q
An Ode to Broad Majestic Westheimer
Bar Remembrance: C + F Drive Inn
Bar Remembrance: Lynn's Long Branch Inn
Thoughts on the Trumpist Death Cult
Bar Remembrance: The Spot Club
RIP Tom T. Hall, and Happy Birthday, Dad
Bar Remembrance: Burlap Barrel
Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs
Bar Memoriam, Volume 12: Mr Gino's Lounge
Bar Memoriam, Volume 11: The Next Door
Bar Memoriam, Volume 11: Club Max
Bar Memoriam, Volume 10: Etta's Lounge
Bar Memoriam, Volume 9: Carolyn's
Bar Memoriam, Volume 8: Red's Country Place
Bar Memoriam, Volume 7: The Dutchman
A Modest Proposal For A Post-GoFundMe World
Bar Memoriam, Volume 6: Cedar Lounge
Bar Memoriam Volume 5: Hans' Bier Haus
Bar Memoriam, Volume 4: Blanco's
Belated Sunday Morning Comin' Down
YELLING AT THAT DUMB HUNTER S. THOMPSON QUOTE ABOUT HOUSTON
Bar Memoriam, Volume 3: Shady Tavern
Bar Memoriam, Volume 2: Ruthie's Place
Bar Memoriam, Volume 1: Kay's Lounge
Idle Thoughts and This Week's Sunday Morning Coming Down
Sunday Morning Comin' Down, Vol 1
From the Department of Concerns Duly Noted
Tragedy Averted on Memorial Drive?
I Thought We Already Forgot the Alamo
Hidden Hall of Fame 4: Roberto Alomar
Hidden Hall of Fame 3: Grover Cleveland Alexander
Hidden Hall of Fame 2: Henry Aaron
Quick poll: How interested are you in baseball history?
Weird Baseball History, Volume 1
Quick Hitter: Some of the Most Powerful Blues on Record
Again, With the Fake Bob Marley Quotes
On the origins of Chile con Queso
The Houston Lynching That Wasn't
Latter Day Outlaw Country Songs
Critical Race Theory and why country music sucks today
A Sermon on Houston from Four Years Ago
GeoGuessr: My New Favorite Time Waster
Cocaine & Rhinestones Commentary
An Interview with Texas Mexican Chef / Historian Adan Medrano
For the Best Enchiladas in Texas, Go Back to School in San Antonio
For Memorial Day, A Letter from the USS Portent
Souvenirs of a Journalist: Superhero Days
Debut of Twangy Tuesday: The Twitty Mystique
Angleton vs Brazoria: Bloods and Crips of Brazoria County
The High Church Roots of Steve Winwood (and my "Lomax" family)
Repost: An Incomplete History of High-Tech Baseball Cheating
Thoughts on Country Drinking Songs
Paul Overstreet, Destroyer of Worlds
How HEB Enabled My Taco Revolución
Beyond the Rainbow at Midnight
Carville to Dems: You're Too Soft and Too Woke
The Impossibility of Parody, Brought Home Yet Again
The Murder of Houston Civil Rights Leader O.P. DeWalt
Jack Johnson, Galveston, and the Pummeling of White Supremacy
As If Washington Avenue Could Get Even Worse
The Last Slave Ship in American History
The Illegally African Slaves of Brazoria County
What Galveston Really Needs Is...
Flashbacks: West U Little League Parental PTSD
Of An Infamous Pirate, Hoaxes, Forgeries, Native Tribes, Welsh Legends and Vikings.
Yelling at Dumb Country Songs, Again: Toby Keith Edition
When Larry McMurtry and Willie Nelson Both Called Houston Home
Score Another Win for the Bayou City
Houston's Weirdest Ever Artistic Performance
"Cancel Culture": Same Old Shit, Brand New Name
Houston Texans? More like the Bayou City God Squad
Another Anti-Identity Politics Diatribe
From the Vaults: Memories of my Cousin, Zachary Zachary
The Prehistory of Mafia Galveston
Historical Portraiture Can Be Vindictive
OK, THIS TIME I REALLY MEAN IT
*Exclusive* Solved: The Mystery of Marjorie Taylor Greene's Mama
Is There a Patron Saint for Internet Trolls
My (Way) Extended Family, Idiocracy, and Marjorie Greene Taylor
In Your Heart, You Know He's Right
My Memories of Grady Gaines: Marred by a "Hurricane Ashley"
Short Reminiscences of Noe, My Pre-Pandemic Barber
Recipe: Kickass Southeast Asian Rice Noodle Salad
A Tale of a Texan Abroad in Tennessee
Flashback 2005: Fear & Loathing On Inauguration Day
Should We Be Worried About an American Invasion of...America?
Requiem for a Sensei, Democrats, and Democracy
We're Beyond Parody, Volume 9,287
Hey Joe: Why Did You Say We Need Republicans, Anyway?
Rants, Screeds, Tales & Lore of a Cranky Middle Aged Writer in Spanish Moss Texas