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    I have to agree with Gary on this one. He does think it's hilarious.
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    no pun intended, right? :lol Riparian, get it? You set 'em up, I'll knock 'em down! Good times.
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    Great post!
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    Great Post! Awesome post! Beat me to it! Great post!
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    VERY rarely does any team wrap up its division in early September. They would have to have a 15-20 game lead to do that. Most positions are settled in the final week of the season.
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    Some basic rules of baseball, proven over the past few seasons: - If there are games left to be played, the Astros are still in the race. - Don't throw to Sir Albert, regardless of the situation. He is the only person alive who can probably hit a walk-off homer, down 5 runs. - If there's a game on ESPN, there's an 85% chance it's NY-Boston. - NY and Boston play each other 75 games each season -- it's the only matchup America cares about - The Cubs will begin their "September Slide" a week earlier every year. This year, they started it on June 6th. Next year it'll begin at the end of May. - If Roger Clemens is pitching, his ERA will be lower than the price of a gallon of gas, but higher than his run support. - A team will slide into the playoffs unnoticed (last year's Astros, this year's Tigers or Twins) and wreak havok. - The Texas Rangers will realize that pitching over offense wins games, but do nothing about it. - The Yankees will find a way to pay more in salaries than they did last year. - Seattle will complain about their national following being low, because they play on the west coast. - The Giants, Angels, A's and Dodgers will continue to wonder what Seattle is talking about. - The Padres won't. - The Pirates will stink. - Somebody's girlfriend at some ballpark will say, "I didn't even know Tampa had a team." - He'll say, "I thought it was a typo." - The Angels will change their name to something that embraces more of the LA basin, in order to gain a larger fan base...or less, if they start getting the thugs from Long Beach down in Anaheim. - Current leading contender is "The Los Angeles and Orange County part known as Anaheim, west of the 5, but not counting Santa Ana, because they're getting too scuzzy Angels. - The AL will have home field advantage in in the WS - San Antonio will come "this close" to landing an MLB team, then switch their sights, unsuccessfully, to the NFL.
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    Try not to get any on you, Gary. Enough with the Redscare man crush. It's creepy.
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    The Texans is lack. Most lack team in NFL.
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    I was actually on the field for the first quarter. Yes, it was loud.
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    Ummm...Casserley's gone.
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    Maybe...but there isn't a better entertainment outlet in town. I was there at 9am tailgating and getting to know the other fans. Then, watched the Texans play a half of really great football, where the crowd was incredibly loud. Eric Moulds' touchdown sounded like a jet engine roaring overhead. Last Thursday night, I attended a Houston Symphony event, where the orchestra played the music of NFL Films, synchronized to a montage of footage. It was amazing, and the first show of its kind ever. Last night, my wife and I attended the Taste of Victory event in the practice bubble. Restaurants from all over Houston had great food and Crown Royal was flowing freely. There was also a fashion show by the cheerleaders and a pretty good jazz band playing. Very nice. Now, I'm definitely more of a baseball fan than an NFL fan. But, teams of many sports, of many cities out there could learn a lot about their fan experience from the Texans. From top to bottom, this organization represents our city very well. They are working hard to put a good product on the field, too. Give them some time. They played hard today. They will do better. All told, I think we have one of the best organizations in the league. I think it's just a matter of time before that translates into having one of the best teams in the league.
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    The city of Pearland, I believe, is around 48,000 population -- according to the newest population signs on Pearland Parkway. The older ones on 35 say 36,000. I've read that the Pearland ETJ numbers over 100,000, but I don't know what determines that.
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    6 wins would be HUGE for this team and would be a great boost in restoring credibility and fan base. I think they may surprise you and hit that magic 8 wins, though...
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    Has anyone seen the "I'm a Texan" advertising? Seems like they're finally capitalizing on their name. Has anyone seen the "I'm a Texan" advertising? Seems like they're finally capitalizing on their name to lure fans back.
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    Ugh. If the Gaylord Texas is a celebration, count me out. That looks like exactly the kind of schloky crap that goes over with the big hairs in Dallas or Nashville, but would die anywhere else. Texas queso is still cheesy. Fame City called -- they want their idea back.
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    Right. Thanks for the correction.
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    Speaking of nice malls, I hear that Northpark, in Dallas, is nice. I think they have art there, or something, and Houstonians are too stupid to understand why.
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    I heard (never confirmed this) that the original plan for that open roof was to shine a huge spotlight straight up at night that would be seen for 50 miles, or so. It seemed sort of like the idea behind the lighting on the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. To me, that would have been a pretty tasteful answer to everyone who wants more downtown lights at night. It would have been elegant, like the beacon on Williams Tower. Anyway, I think the Reliant people believed it would appear wasteful, particularly in the climate of deregulation, where Reliant's rates are higher, in effort to break up their monopoly here. I guess it's still an option...
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    This will most certainly be a suburban-style location. If CVS had wanted to open a pedestrian store in that location, they would have put it in the ground-floor of that newly remodeled parking garage for HCC that's there. That would have been a welcomed and much needed addition, in my estimation.
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    I understand your point and agree. What I meant to illustrate was that new, more affluent people moving into a poor area "get to" experience crime firsthand. Sure, it could be the crime that was already there. Ask the people in Midtown trying to erradicate the prostitutes. No one reallyever cared much about "Boys' Town" until $300k townhouses went up. Now, it's a prostitution hotspot. You're right, that West End neighborhood was really poor, though not really all that violent. I moved in in 2001 and lived very close to where the murders took place. You're also right to point out that no one knows the circumstances of that crime. Now, the 4th Ward, over by EMO's, at the edge of Montrose -- that was a crime-ridden area and violent with robberies, if not murder. Some people moved in and found themselves in the middle of a tough neighborhood...but they had granite countertops. My point was exactly yours -- anecdotal evidence is not indicative of worsening crime. I thought it was curious that Montrose1100 was so disturbed by this robbery that happened a few miles from his townhouse, when those brutal murders happened 300 yards from it. He's clearly a result of the gentrification in that neighborhood, witnessing the kinds of goings-on that have happened there for some time. It's "tree falling in the woods" logic. Crime is only a problem when certain people see it and make it a problem. The fact that reported crimes are up is an indication that people are moving into a neighborhood and expecting police response. That's why I said it wasn't really getting worse, though I realize I was, as I am now, rambling...
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    Montrose1100 -- recall the brutal murders in the townhouse off Leverkuhn, just around the corner from you over the holidays. That area -- on the line between the West End and Montrose has been neglected for decades and has rapidly gentrified over the past 6-7 years. Crime is a natural byproduct of this rapid influx of new money into very poor neighborhoods. Its the same situation on the eastern edge of Montrose, too, near 4th Ward. I used to always run into drug dealers and thugs going to and from Emo's. Now, that's a respectable, though still a little dicey neighborhood. I once was almost mugged by a cracked-out tranny at the Westheimer Street Festival in 1989. The poor little thing tried to strong-arm rob me, but I was able to throw her off me pretty easily. Bottom line -- I think crime is in line with the numbers of new people coming into the area, which is to say it is on the rise, but not necessarily getting worse...if that makes any sense. It's nowhere near levels in the late 80s, where every city had rampant crime and Houston was the murder capital. Back then, The Guardian Angels roamed the streets of Montrose, there were gay bashings, prostitutes getting beaten up, drug use, robberies and such every day.
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    Citykid: did you happen to get a look at the airside ops in Atlanta out of your RJ window?
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    Agreed on the Apple store. Our ONE in the Galleria is not convenient to people who hate malls. Plus, Apple pricing is set, just about anywhere you buy. So, why not buy from the "boutique" where you can find everything in stock? My one caveat to them would be that Downtown is not exactly the center for Creative professions. Uptown is where all the ad agencies, design shops, photographers, etc. are. Downtown is corporate central, so the computer jazz they buy plugs into beige boxes. Anyway, welcome to Houston -- part-time, or whatever. I hope you find this city as strangely appealing as I have for the past 17 years (minus a year and a half of temporary insanity spent in Dallas).
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    Respectfully, I hope Houston Pavilions does so much more than to carve out a little slice of California-based retail in Downtown. We're already sufficiently stocked-up with all of those California-based brands you mention.
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