Now Headquartered in Houston – Formerly in New Orleans, Las Vegas & Atlanta * Moderately Entertaining, Occasionally Spell-Checked
Newly installed commission by Elaine Bradford at the Vinson Library Branch.
elephant install – a set on Flickr
Elaine Bradford – Library Project Blog
Also See:
Neon Poisoning: Dressing the Dead: Elaine Bradford at the Art League
In 1952, the Houston Chronicle apparently published an article about 300 whores dispatched from Waco to the major metropolitan areas of Texas. Houston Press columnist Carl Victor Little wrote quite the poem in response.
“…They’re fugitives from Baptist Waco
Converging on Houston, TX
Three hundred gals in Satan’s shako
Who put much emphasis on sex.”
I always look forward to new photos from OneEighteen’s Photostream. This video is an unexpected treat.
Also see: Wednesday Night Photo Post: Black And White at Galveston
Texas will probably cut more money from education in the following years due to huge budget debt. Expect to see more signs like this as a result.
While checking in to see if I won tickets for Ain’t It Cool’s Houston movie ticket giveaway, I saw the following comments…
Professor_Monster:
I’ve been to Houston a few times and I will say this –
“The women there are FUCKING HOT! And I mean HOT HOT HOT! Hotter than Austin – Hotter than LA (which by the way is packed with pretty ugly ones – go figure?). Take a stroll through the Houston Galleria and get ready to welcome your dick back from the dead… …That was the first place I ever had Blue Bell ice cream and man, that shit has to have cocaine in it – it’s as addictive as cigarettes.”
Fareal:
The Houstonians are a lost people…
“…and they should be left alone.”
I like the second one a lot and can only hope the the women of Houston know how lucky they are when ever Professor_Monster is in town. So. Lucky.
2011, you are starting to look promising already.
My sweet wife showed me the website for Oh My! Pocket Pies and I’m already looking forward to some good eats. Owner Joe Philips had an interview in Eating Our Words, in which he mentioned the previously unknown-to-me Houston Railroad Museum. And I thought I had found all the museums the city had to offer!
Day one of the new year is a win.
I love when random online posts result in me finding something new to be interested and enthused about. I hope occasionally I can do the same for my internet peeps.
Without going into details, the year has been a long one. And while tonight will pass as every night does, it brings along a new year with it. And that means reflecting on the year that was and the one that might be. But I won’t be reflecting in this blog post. Instead, I will simply send thanks to close friends and the casual contacts that the internet puts me in touch with. This post will appear in RSS readers and Facebook feeds and other ways people use to keep me in their online life.
Thanks.
This place made the Texas Junk Company look neat and tidy. Plus, if you need 10 foot-long fiberglass longhorns (in picture above) this place is for you. I drove by General Supply and Equipment while doing some Sig Byrd research and knew I would have to stop by the place. Once there, I kept thinking there would be something great to be found. And I’m hoping that will be true on another visit, when I have a camera that doesn’t run out of juice. Until then, I just have to enjoy the “No Children Allowed” sign.
And it was almost mine. A lovely Contour Lounge-Chair was found in Austin TX at Room Service Vintage. But sadly, a rental truck could not be arranged in time, and now it will grace someone else’s home. I’ve been seeing these chairs for decades, but never one so tantalizingly close to ending up with me. *sigh* I look to the internet to help me provide me with this still-missing chair of my dreams.
Neon Poisoning 