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Monday, April 21, 2025

Random Stuff

Random Stuff

Sports! Knees! Murder!

The NFL playoffs began this past weekend and were as lackluster as you probably imagined though not nearly as lackluster and bone-dry boring as...

Bye Bye, Asperger’s: Now What’s Wrong With Me?

Have you heard? Everyone’s favorite vague but strangely appealing diagnosis, Asperger’s Syndrome, is going away in May: The upcoming new edition of the American...

HEB Schools Mean Business

Looking for signs of progress? Look no further than the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District. The suddenly forward-thinking District introduced Hindi, the official language of...

HIV Infection as Aggravated Assault? It’s Complicated

Tarrant County courts aren’t earning a stellar reputation when it comes to handling complex consensual sex cases. Last year there was the Kennedale High School...

Houston, We’ve Got A License Plate

Somebody with a fancy sports car and a lot of money holds the record for spending the most money in Texas for a specialty...

Frack Me Elmo

CBS Sunday Morning recently filed this piece on fracking, and it’s about as hard-hitting as a segment on Sesame Street. As you read or...

Good Legislation Fends Off Fiscal Cliff

The headline's description isn't a joke. The newly passed fiscal cliff bill must be good because everybody thinks it sucks. The talking heads, financial columnists,...

Cowboys’ D: Trampled Under Foot

Yes, boneheaded plays and mistakes are killers. Missed game-winning field goals, unconscionably dumb penalties in crucial situations, interceptions –– they’re all horrible but do...

Good Service? Shinjuku Station

My wife Dana is a strict vegetarian, and no matter where we are on the globe –– Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, Arlington –– eating...

Snoop Throws Dallas Cowboys A Bone; Fiona Apple Who?

Here's a Snoop Lion photo we didn't have room for in this week's cover story ("Happy New Year From Sierra Blanca...But Leave Your Weed At...