Email AuthorJeff Balke
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Throwback Units: Ten Other Vintage Cop Car Designs HPD Should Consider
July 05, 2012 in Hair Balls
HPD once chose a 1975 Gremlin as its patrol car.Everybody wants to go retro. From throwback uniforms in professional sports to '80s hipster hairdos, everybody is kicking it old school....
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Dragic Gone. Is It Time for Linsanity or Just Regular Old Crazy?
July 05, 2012 in Hair Balls
Photo by groovehouseDragic go bye-bye.According to ESPN, Rockets point guard Goran Dragic has agreed to a deal with the Phoenix Suns worth $34 million over four seasons. The Rockets had...
Comment of the Day: The "I'm From Texas" Edition
July 04, 2012 in Hair Balls
William Trey Ross, 26, Investigation Continues in Drive By Shooting, Bayou Body Count No. 92
July 03, 2012 in Hair Balls
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Chron Admits Journatic Stories May Have Had Fake Bylines
July 03, 2012 in Hair Balls
Tucked neatly beneath a photo of Pitbull and next to the lotto numbers in Tuesday's Houston Chronicle A section (page 2, if you're curious) was a "Note to our readers"...
Comment of the Day: Don't Steal My Beer
July 03, 2012 in Hair Balls
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You Know You're a Texan If...12 Ways to Know for Sure
July 03, 2012 in Hair Balls
We Texans are a proud folk. We think of our state as its own little country and love to point out we are the only state in the union not...
Know Your Local Media: Jim Kovacik of 97.9 The Box Talks About Being White and The Atascocita Thugz
July 03, 2012 in Hair Balls
Why the Rockets Have to Suck Before They Can Improve
July 02, 2012 in Hair Balls
Heat? Check. Rain? Check. Hurricanes? Maybe Not. Summer in Houston, 2012
July 02, 2012 in Hair Balls
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In Like a Lamb: No Moves, No Trades for the Rockets in 2012 Draft
June 29, 2012 in Hair Balls
Rockets' first pick, Jeremy Lamb.Pick two came and went. Then pick five. Then seven and eight and it began to dawn on Rockets fans: For all the talk of trades...
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Know Your Local Media: KUHF's Paul Pendergraft on Engines of Our Ingenuity, Talking Pigs and Steely Dan
June 26, 2012 in Hair Balls
If you pay attention to local radio, you know Paul Pendergraft, but despite his receiving numerous accolades including an Edward R. Murrow award and appearing virtually every day on the...
Tropical Storm Debby Apparently Wants to Do Florida
June 25, 2012 in Hair Balls
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UPDATED: Street Artist Who Allegedly Defaced Picasso Painting at Menil Posted Media Coverage to His Facebook Wall
June 22, 2012 in Art Attack
Landeros's Facebook page with the story from channel 2 posted on it.UPDATE: That didn't take long. Friday, the Houston Police Department charged Landeros with criminal mischief and felony graffiti. Police...
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Debby Does Houston? Disturbance in the Gulf Bears Watching
June 22, 2012 in Hair Balls
The images you see above are recent model runs from two of the major weather forecasting models, both predicting a large hurricane -- which would bear the name Debby --...
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Know Your Local Media: Col. St. James on the Texas Radio Hall of Fame and Naked Strippers on the KLOL Console
June 21, 2012 in Hair Balls
Courtesy BCL PhotographyGetting into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame is a big deal when you consider the company includes Wolfman Jack and George Carlin among others. One local dee...
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11 Great Apps for Dad This Father's Day
June 15, 2012 in Hair Balls
My father loved his computer. I know because he used to call me for tech support almost every day. He was the kind of guy who loved to try out...
App of the Week: Use Your iPhone Camera to Scan Documents with TurboScan
June 14, 2012 in Hair Balls
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Know Your Local Media: The Chron's Eric Berger on Hurricanes, Climate Change and Evacuating Katy
June 13, 2012 in Hair Balls
Full disclosure: In 2000, I was working on a grassroots campaign supporting the arena referendum that passed and resulted in the building of Toyota Center. At the time, the Houston...
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Ranking Houston's Sports Radio Personalities
June 12, 2012 in Hair Balls
The Houston sports talk landscape is complicated and fascinating. We are blessed with four full-time sports stations, several other sports-themed shows scattered along the dial and one national sports network...
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Why Big Companies Hide Contact Information on Their Web Sites
June 11, 2012 in Hair Balls
Comcast's "customer central" has everything you need...except contact information.A few years ago, I was getting ready to sell a house. My existing mortgage company had been purchased by another company...
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Five Ways the Rockets Season and the MLB Draft Are Alike
June 07, 2012 in Hair Balls
Your present and future Rockets...or not. Who knows?I'll be the first to admit that while I like the game of baseball and generally keep up with it and the Astros...
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Know Your Local Media: Isiah Carey on YouTube Celebrity, Homebodies and How the Devil Is Busy
June 06, 2012 in Hair Balls
Carey's Twitter-famous red pants.Each week, we will profile an esteemed member of the local media and ask them five questions, for better or worse. Name: Isiah Carey Employer: KRIV Fox 26 Title: Investigative...
App of the Week: The Easiest Lists You'll Ever Make, with Clear
June 05, 2012 in Hair Balls
Comment of the Day: Does the Chron's Sports Coverage Suck?
May 30, 2012 in Hair Balls
