TJones

Thank you my friend. Just been a crazy 5 years or so. 2 kids...1 divorce.... 2 new homes...1 new career...4 different cities lived in...6 different cities worked in, because of my new career... and 3000 craft beers later. I am back to my hometown of H-Town. Well, Cypress, but close enough. It's good to be back.

There are lots of venues to have a fine Craft Beer here in the Houston Metro Area. Some Old buildings have been repurposed into fine drinking establishments or eateries and have found new life. Lots of new exciting people moving here everyday. What are some of your favorite wateringholes that you have found with weird or exciting architecture to behold and be in awe of as you imbibe your local or national favorites ? Feel free to list names and addresses of these places and WHY they are so awesome to you. Don't forget to tell us what your poison is as well....be it a craft cocktail they make or a specialty drink only they make or your favorite wine, but most importantly.....DON'T FORGET THE CRAFT BEER !!! P.S If you say PBR, or Bud....you will lose a testicle or breasticle, depending on gender ! I would start us off, but I don't wish to seem biased or that I am advertising for any one establishment. Just Sayin' !

I think I can get the pic to work now.

I have been looking for a new project and think I have settled on a 1946 Ford project to restore. Something similar to this.

Ok, where is the PELICAN that supposedly distracted this guy ?!?!?!? I smell an insurance scam now.

Hilarious..........Don't worry, this guy may actually be able to AFFORD to get the Galveston Back Bay smell out of his car. BLEH !!!! http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6718117.html

Yep, every millionaire will buy two, one for driving and one for investment.

It was a madhouse up there yesterday. All schools in the area were on lockdown, all roads leading in and out of town were on lockdown as well. I was up there right before this happened. I luckily had an appointment in Lampasas that had me leaving just before this occurred. I had another appointment at 6pm in Killeen which I had to cancel because I couldn't get in. What I don't understand is that "eyewitnesses" claimed there were 3 shooters, apparently their tweets were WAAAAYYYYY off ? The reason the shooter had such opportunity is that there were graduations going on yesterday and everyone gathers in the deployment area, it is a family included area where everyone can gather. This P.O.S. Hasan must have been planning this for some time. My heart and my prayers go out to all those families who were involved yesterday.

LOL! She is an awesome lady, she was a big singing star in Greece back in the 60's or 70's.

Might have been Dimitri's mom.

Orange Julius stores were very prominent in malls during the 80's San Jac had one Sharpstown had one, Memorial City. Pretty much ever food court had them.

....and YOU in a pair of Z.Cavaricci's...........ACK !!! Now, Galveston was ALWAYS fun back in the 80's, East Beach in particular.

Now musicman, I know you know the "unofficial" name for House of Pies is House of Guys. I mean, if we are gonna talk "Houston Nostalgia" here. My 10: 10) Ocean Club 9) Xcess (next to Cooter's) 8) Cooter's 7) Windsor Theater 6) Games People Play 5) Astroworld 4) The Railhead 3) NRG's 2) #'s 1) Cruising Westheimer

I would answer your question, but I am too busy talking on my cell phone. I don't understand how someone could possibly TEXT anyone and concentrate on the road ? Maybe that is how "txt messgng vocab" came about. So many people hitting the wrong keys while driving that it just became the norm ?

BUMP* For those former Rangers that lurk. We will have a little shindig at Kobain's friday July 17th,2009 starting at about 7pm. The swanky suare' will be at the Westin Galleria July 18th. You will have to pay for your tickets @ the door.

Austin is very "livable". The Domain area is not a likely place to raise the Nuclear family of 4. More for the young hip Urban professional, (used to be a nickname for these people) like a Dellionaire or some software designer, but you gotta have some bucks to make it there. High-end joint. In terms of downtown development, Trae, you couldn't be more wrong. No less than 10 cranes downtown building projects right now, and they aren't malls or bars my friend. Mostly 10 to 20 story lofts trying to acomodate the influx of people slated NOT to be coming here. I would call it "upwards sprawl".

I am all FOR an imposed higher tax on all foods over a certain amount of calories on a PER SERVING basis. Overweight folks are the third leading cause for rising insurance rates right behind smoking and drinking. We tax the crap out of Alcohol and Tobacco, why don't we tax the crap out of Hostess Twinkies and Mountain Dew ?

Did Obama ever answer the question of whether he would "enroll his own daughters" into this healthcare reform ?

Cotton, it is ARAMARK'S policy to card anyone and everyone. NOT the pimply-faced goof walking down the aisles, who has the kegerator on his back. If it was some hot chick in a Hooter's uniform carding you, she would get twice the tip, and you would say something suave like, "Bless your heart !" C'mon bro, TIP THE MAN !!!

phbbbbbtttbbt !!! Man, if you don't know how to pay for a $7 seat and move down to a better one by the third inning, then you deserve to stay stuck up top.

That's where we differ a little, I don't see all suicides as a social problem, they are mostly personal problems, that become social when they decide they need to do their deed with an audience present. Go get into a nice warm tub and slit your wrists, but do it right, do it length wise, not across. Go take some pills. Get some rope and go in your closet. Hook up a hose to your tailpipe of your SUV while in your garage with the door down and turn your SUV on. All sorts of ways to off yourself. Nobody wants to see you do it, or needs to see you do it.

Yes, yes, I believed that you were on the right track at first, because you agreed that "Selfish doesn't begin to describe the jumper". Then you turned on me. Look, I do have some sympathy, for the jumper, just a little. He obviously had problems, I just DO NOT BELIEVE, (that's just me stressing the point sunsets) that there is anything soooo terrible in life that you gotta end it all by doing a swan dive off the 10th floor. Oh, Niche, I don't think you are an idiot, that was just sorta an example, I mean it was JUST an example.

You just proved my point, I agree, it takes guts to go and face your life, whatever that may be, head on. Now, this is gonna piss you off, and I am not trying to, I promise. But, he slipped, he was weak, and then he was selfish. He left YOU angry, and you are still upset about it now, aren't you ? He didn't think about his wife, well, maybe I believe he did in his drunken state, but obviously that wasn't enough not to leave HER devasted, now was it ? Suicides like this either don't think or don't care about the consequences of their "finality", they just want out ! Sunsets, if I was at all angry, I WOULD BE TYPING LIKE THIS.............TELLING NICHE WHAT AN IDIOT HE IS AND blah blah blah . Niche is actually a friend to me though. We just happen to disagree on this, and this isn't the ONLY thing we have disagreed on. We generally agree on most subjects here. I just have "compassion" for ttu, whereas Niche and Emme harbor more feelings for the jumper in this case. For what reason, I can't fathom. Perhaps you can shed some light ? Sabre-toothed Tigers, eh? You're right, there are much much worse things out there now, aren't there ? I would take my chances against a Sabre-toothed rather than a couple of MS-13 gang members in broad daylight these days. To answer your question about broken bones, bones most assuredly will mend with proper treatment and care by first, a physician, and second, by YOURSELF. Not usually the case with psychotics. If I helped you with your broken ankle, you might thank me and go about your life, and we might never cross paths again. If I helped you with your deep psychosis, you might think that I also was out to get you, and that your dog told you to kill me and you may try to stab me with your fork, but you would fail, because of the cork I have placed on the end of your fork, as a precautionary measure, because it wasn't the first time you tried to stab somebody with your fork, so now we are gonna allow you to only eat things that you can sip through a straw. You see the difference there. Niche, did you ask your parents how many Schizos gained a full recovery from their diagnosis ? Any walking talking members of society here on the HAIF pages that have a clean bill of health , overcoming Schizophrenia?