Email AuthorJeff Balke
Rockets Crash Back to Earth with Losses to Division Rivals
December 31, 2012 in Hair Balls
One More Reason Not to Drive Drunk on New Year's Eve
December 28, 2012 in Hair Balls
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Superstorms, Mayans, Zombies and BDSM: The 10 Most Over-Hyped Stories of 2012
December 28, 2012 in Hair Balls
Journalists are really fond of writing about stories that went underreported every year. Too often, however, they forget to remind us all that those critical stories that went without needed...
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Five of the Least Important Reasons Not to Drive Drunk on New Year's Eve
December 28, 2012 in Hair Balls
We all know driving drunk is dumb. We all know doing it is dangerous and literally kills a lot of people every year. We also know it is completely avoidable....
Wet Winter Weather Continues Right Through the New Year
December 28, 2012 in Hair Balls
App of the Week: Facebook Poke, the Dumbest App You'll Ever Own
December 27, 2012 in Hair Balls
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Open Letter to the Jerks Who Killed Someone Over a Pair of Air Jordans
December 27, 2012 in Hair Balls
Dear A-Holes, Well done. You have reached the absolute lowest point on the criminal totem pole. You are now ranked down there with people who steal Christmas gifts on Christmas Eve...
Former President Bush Moved to ICU at Methodist Hospital
December 27, 2012 in Hair Balls
Metal Swingset on Southwest Freeway Turns into Fatal Accident
December 27, 2012 in Hair Balls
License Plate Auction for Something Similar to But Not TEXANS
December 27, 2012 in Hair Balls
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Louis Vuitton Obsession: Domain Seizure Reminds Us of Five Things You Shouldn't Buy Online from Random Websites
December 26, 2012 in Hair Balls
As part of the continued crackdown on counterfeit merchandise websites, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations announced in a release that it seized 89 Internet domain names last...
Rockets 120, Bulls 97: Offensive Juggernaut Routs Another Defensive Powerhouse
December 26, 2012 in Hair Balls
7 Things You Are Allowed to Do in Houston When It's Actually Cold Outside
December 26, 2012 in Hair Balls
Randi Zuckerberg and the Irony of Facebook's Privacy Wars
December 26, 2012 in Hair Balls
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10 Reasons to Be Pissed Christmas Is Over
December 26, 2012 in Hair Balls
Is there anything more depressing than hearing a Christmas song the day AFTER Christmas? It makes me want to punch Nat King Cole in the face. When we reach the...
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10 Reasons to Be Thankful Christmas Is Over
December 26, 2012 in Hair Balls
After a full-blast Christmas season, most of us are worn out to the point of exhaustion. The time spent with family, the commercialism, the "sounds of the season" and the...
NBA Season Jump Starts with Spate of Christmas Day Games Including the Rockets
December 25, 2012 in Hair Balls
Elusive White Christmas Evades Houston Again, But Cold Weather On the Way
December 25, 2012 in Hair Balls
I Almost Started a Militia Because Stray Dogs Prevented My Mail from Being Delivered
December 21, 2012 in Hair Balls
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Last, Last-Minute Christmas Shopping: Five Gifts from the Gas Station
December 21, 2012 in Hair Balls
Photo by Philosphygeek via FlickrLike Santa's workshop, only it smells like mushrooms and everybody looks like they want to hurt me.You pop out of bed on Christmas morning. You've been...
Robertson Stadium Goes Boom as UH Releases Renderings for New Football Stadium
December 20, 2012 in Hair Balls
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Waze, Echofon, Chrome: My 12 Favorite Apps of 2012
December 20, 2012 in Hair Balls
It's been a crazy year in apps. Apple released the iPhone 5, complete with larger screen and new OS, as well as the iPad mini, aka Jumbo iPhone. There were...
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Nerd Humor: NASA Gets Clever with "Why the World Didn't End" and Gangnam Style Parody Videos
December 20, 2012 in Hair Balls
From an even earlier spoof: "We're Nasa And We Know It (Mars Curiosity)" video by the YouTube parody group SatireNerds have a sense of humor and when those nerds also...
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[PHOTO] JJ Watt Tweets Photo with Actual S.W.A.T. Team
December 20, 2012 in Hair Balls
Via TwitterJJ Watt is batting down balls on the football field at a record pace for a defensive lineman, earning him the obvious nickname JJ "Swatt." Yesterday, he tweeted out...
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The Top 10 Houston Sports Stories of 2012
December 20, 2012 in Hair Balls
Photo by GroovehouseSports in Houston is always an adventure. Whether it was the Luv Ya Blue Oilers being robbed of a trip to the Super Bowl, the Astros losing a...
